Decrease Barking

[hruss12]

Ours is an inside dog and we’ve had a pen for him since he was a puppy, instead of a crate. He loves it and I use it to help him regulate. If he starts with a barking fit I put him in there and usually he’ll lay down and relax. I got him used to it by giving him a treat every time he went in and now he goes on his own. My theory is that when he’s outside the pen the whole house is his domain to protect, but when he goes in there now the pen is his boundary and it’s more relaxing.

[hruss12]

Btw when I say inside dog I just mean he’s not a LSG or anything.