Re: RE: [pyrnet] Bark bark bark woof

["Ann K. Wetherilt" <wetheri@emmanuel.edu>]

pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org writes:
>After I check on what she is barking at, and assuming its really nothing,
>I say to her in a very calm and very low voice... "Luna, its ok.
>shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, quiet".  Believe it or not, this actually
>works
>REALLY well.  When I lower my voice, she lowers hers right away. When I
>raise my voice and yell at her, she seems to dial up the volume.
It works this way for us too. I say, "thank you, now that's enough," and
they really seem to get the idea that I've checked it out and made a
decision that there's no threat. It's better than "no bark!" for a dog
bred to protect.
Ann, Peg, Ivy Rose and Tori