However, we're guessing that you don't need
a bark alert every time a car passes by, when the phone rings, or when a squirrel scampers across your roof.
Not exact matches
Beyond that, collies love nothing more than to make their humans happy, and it's really not a stretch to imagine that you could train yours to
alert you to a fire in the barn, or to remind you that you've left your cell phone on the dining room table before rushing off to work with a well -
timed bark and whine.
A dog that is whining and pawing 40 minutes before a seizure one
time, then
barking and mouthing an hour before another seizure, then more pawing and nosing 10 minutes before one is not exhibiting
alerting behavior.
If your pooch
barks every
time he hears a noise, either a specific sound or noises in general, he's probably just trying to be helpful by
alerting you to something new in the area.
It is a good idea to start obedience training early and teach your Pomeranian to
bark a few
times as an
alert but then to «be quiet for heaven's sake».
Over
time your dog will get better at recognizing when to
bark, and will do so almost instantly to
alert you of problems.