Really struggling with my mini poodle and alert barking. She only does it when I’m home, never when home alone.
My living room windows are in front of the driveway so she spends her day sitting there looking out.
The problem is once she starts she won’t stop
E.g. neighbour across the road comes home, and she’s still barking/patrolling etc when they have already parked their car, gone inside, lights are off etc.
I have tried
-acknowledging someone is there
-training “quiet” I just get barks then looking at me for treats. So bark/quiet/bark/quiet
-calling her away, I can get her to come over and sit next to me on the couch, but she is still alert, barking etc.
-having the blinds down, she still barks or moves the curtains or barks at noises
Help? What am I doing wrong? I have no problem with a bit of barking, she’s a dog. But just stop when the person is out of view
I have a small baby so often nap trapped etc on the couch
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