"bizby40" wrote in message
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"MauiJNP" wrote in message
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When Maui was first learning to be quiet, he would do the same thing as
Lexi (bark lots then stop and wait for a treat). What I ended up finally
doing was keeping a spray bottle near me and whenever he barked, he got
one quick spray to the face (avoiding the eyes). I know some people
probably really

I tried that already (hey, it worked for the cat!), but he looked
just a little surprised, and then thought it was a game.

My dog *loves* the spray bottle. I could never use it to punish her,
because she just thinks it's fun to try and catch the mist/stream of water.