I live with my boyfriend who is deaf as well. He loves to get G'Mo going to bug me. Or when his cat is in heat he just laughs at me because I am the one who has to listen to her whine:)
--- In [email protected], "marsha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As a Deaf person, the barking doesn't bother me...lol. However, it does tend to get on a hearie's nerves don't it! lol First, I have one chi, Pepper, who is a hearing dog. It is his JOB to bark and alert me to sounds. This drives my ds crazy, because Pepper barks to tell on him! I make sure I NEVER try to stop Pepper from barking because I do not want him to become confused about doing his job. > > For the other chis, I try to make sure there are times when they are permitted to bark and carry on. For instance, if they are all in the family room playing, they are allowed to bark all they want...it is no different, to me, than the laughter of human kids as they play. > > For times when barking is not appropriate, I have found the water bottle method works best for me. Some people say their chis like the water, so the penny in a can method works better for them. > > I did have one chi, Honey, who would bark his head off constantly. No method worked for him! lol. > > While barking can become annoying for those of you who hear it, it is important to remember that barking is a dogs voice, and sometimes there is a reason for the bark...they have something important to say or are letting you know something. In my opinion, it isn't right to try to cease barking altogether. The goal should be to train the dog to know when barking is ok and when it is not. > > Try the water or penny can and let us know how things work out! > > Marsha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jaye > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:24 AM > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Barking > > > How do you all deal with the barking? Mija barks at everything even me when I first come home. I can't train Mija like other dogs because of her disablity like sit stay and stuff she can't do any of those things but I sure would like to somehow lessen her barking a tad bit. She was abused before she came to me and I just want to be very careful that she doesn't think I would ever be mean to her. When she first came to my home she would cower down and just shack I would pick her up and hug and kiss her and tell her she was safe it was ok and a 1 year and 1/2 later she seems to not remember what had happened to her. So I don't want to do anything at all to her to make her think I broke my promise to keep her safe forever. So if anyone has any good ideas please let me know whats the best way to go about teaching her to not bark so much? > Jaye > > > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! > Join today! " > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Breed charm dog italian Dog breed gift Dog breed jewelry > Dog breed charm Dog breed flag Dog breed t shirt > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "Chihuahuas" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/MJOolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
