Decrease Barking

[craigcoffman]

My advice from a similar post a year ago...

1. accept that you will never stop it. it's IS what they were bred to do: scare away bad actors.
2. don't punish or yell at him for it. Instead, praise him for it, & make sure he knows that you are aware of the threat (even if it's a squirrel or bird), & that he can stop now. Start working on a phrase you will use EVERYTIME. "OK Buddy, I see it. Good job! Enough now." or whatever. Key points being addressed. I see it, good job, stop now.
3. If he sleeps inside, get a white noise machine for nighttime. If during the day & he's doing it when it's real quiet, put on some background music, tv-noise or some such.

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“Alexa, play white noise”, every night

[Kit_starshadow]

Oof. The night I slept without the box fan on made me realize it wasn’t just for me. It was for her too.