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Old January 13th, 2012, 07:40 AM
BenMax BenMax is offline
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BenMax.... how?!?! LOL I would love to use this method with my dog as he does retrieve and loves to show off what he has retrieved. How did you get your dog to associate retrieving with barking?
She is very toy motivated so it was pretty simple actually. Everytime she would start to bark, we gave her that favorite toy. She runs around with it to entice us to retrieve it. We kept that toy handy and had another member of the family ring the bell, entice her with the toy and she would stand at the top of the stairs with the toy in her mouth. We did this frequently.
So now, whenever someone is passing by or someone at the door, her toy box is right next to her to take the toy and keep her mouth occupied.
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