Hi Marsha and Pepper, This was "Pixil's" first year with fireworks. At first she barked at them, and growled at them, then, I praised her and told her "enough" and she watched them very attentively. Since I take her to work with me, and I work in a retail store, she started barking at every new person who came into the store. This started to cause a problem, so, I thought, how am I going to keep her ever vigilant of strangers, yet stop barking at them when I acknowledge their presence. My niece came up with the idea to gently hold her mouth with one hand, praise her for her work (barking) then tell her "Enough" in a gentle, but stern "business like" voice. This is working very well! We use it at home when she barks at noises at the front door, or backyard, or on walks when she barks at cars or strangers or other dogs, and so far so good! Hope this helps other with the "barking" issues, cause it sure worked for us! Mary and "Pixil"
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