squashynose
09-13-2006, 05:01 AM
Another one...
Whenever anyone goes to the front door and puts shoes on, or even just goes near his lead (god forbid they actually pick it up!) Rocky goes berserk! He jumps off the walls and barks his head off! He doesn't stop barking until we're half-way down the street, but if we're not almost running, he carries on, like he's yelling "Come on! Let's go faster!" When I have to leave for work at 7, walking him before I go is a pain in the arse, 'cos he always wakes my neighbours, and I've had complaints!
Can anyone tell me how to shut him up, save putting a sock over his nose?!
Oh, and telling him to stop, even if he understood, wouldn't work, 'cos he's deaf, so it'd have to be some kind of gesture? And just to make it more difficult, I can't give him treats as a reward, because he's on a special diet.
Whenever anyone goes to the front door and puts shoes on, or even just goes near his lead (god forbid they actually pick it up!) Rocky goes berserk! He jumps off the walls and barks his head off! He doesn't stop barking until we're half-way down the street, but if we're not almost running, he carries on, like he's yelling "Come on! Let's go faster!" When I have to leave for work at 7, walking him before I go is a pain in the arse, 'cos he always wakes my neighbours, and I've had complaints!
Can anyone tell me how to shut him up, save putting a sock over his nose?!
Oh, and telling him to stop, even if he understood, wouldn't work, 'cos he's deaf, so it'd have to be some kind of gesture? And just to make it more difficult, I can't give him treats as a reward, because he's on a special diet.