Spike (Chinese Crested / Chihuahua), Scotch (Lhasa Apso), Beatrice (Staffordsire Terrier) and Ty (Minature Pincher) can often be found in the office, especially during morning hours, ready to greet
visitors with barks, whines, wags and smiles.
This approach works with all misbehavior, but let's look at one example in particular: the dog who menaces
visitors with barking and growling.
Not exact matches
Its advertiser - supported BarkPost is filled
with dog news and videos and gets 10 million unique
visitors a month; BarkShop is an e-commerce site where customers can buy all manner of dog paraphernalia without the committing to a subscription; and BarkLive sponsors dog - centric live events such as Open
Bark Night, where waggish stand - up comedians share drinks and dog stories («Three corgis walk into a bar...»).
First time
visitors to the
Bark Park must register
with Park Staff before entering the park.
In fact, Trudy now regularly rolls around
with her toys, exposes her belly to her foster mom and
visitors for belly rubs, stands up easily to walk around, wags her tail, and has even shown a bit of her voice by
barking when her foster mom comes home from work.
This beautiful girl now
barks at
visitors at the door, tries to play
with other dogs and just wants to be a member of a family who will love her and whom she can love
with all of her big heart.
Are you struggling
with persistent housebreaking issues, puppy nipping, digging,
barking, or jumping on
visitors?
If your dog gets upset by being left home alone, or if he is protective and likes to
bark at things outside or at
visitors, work
with him to get him used to being alone and comfortable
with everyday occurrences he might view as threatening (other dogs, loud street noises, etc.).
Obvious signs are; begging for food at the table,
barking stridently for no apparent reason and autographs every
visitor with muddy paw prints.
Clare Lee, writing in The Pet Owner's Guide to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier notes that, «he rarely
barks, greets all your
visitors and may well let them walk off
with the family silver.»
In m experience as a training consultant for behaviour problems, what one person calls a serious aggression issue can be very mild — and easily rectified, while what somebody else calls a minor problem
with barking at
visitors can be a very serious aggression issue.