Help my boxer does NOT bark...
Hi all
My boxergirl Rina and me are training in the IPO-programm (Schutzhund), great sport but Rina has to bark ....
The only place where she (sometimes) barks is in her crate and that is her way to protest against the cruel world. I can't reward her for that.
Trying to tease her with food and toys only results in the most amazing sit-stays-with-eye-contact ever performed (first thing she ever learned) or a very athletic work-out of sit-down-sit-down (which has been rewarded before)... even showing her the other boxer bark and receive treats doesn't ring a bell in her little head.
My husband and I are regularily barking at her (we really don't want to know what the neighbours think...) :-), so now she assumes that before she gets her food she has to do a 2 minute sit-stay and listen to us barking...
If anybody has an idea...please let me know!
Constanze + Rina "the silent one"
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