[Dailydrool] Excessive barking

[Val Brewer]

The losses lately have been so overwhelming. We are sending love and condolences 
to all. We are still praying for Sandi's Pat's full recovery.

I wanted to chime in on "excessive barking". I think each state has its own 
definitions. Here in Hawaii, to merit an excessive barking "ticket", a dog must 
bark for 10 minutes straight without interruption, or intermittently for 25 
minutes. Complaints are handled by the police department rather than the humane 
society. There are escalating fines for each complaint--not sure what happens 
after 3 complaints.

One of our boys, Harley, got us in trouble with our last landlady. When we were 
not home, if something started him up barking (a noise outside usually) and no 
one was there to say, "Quiet, Harley!", Harley didn't have an "off" switch. He'd 
just keep intermittently barking until someone came home (or the landlady came 
downstairs from her apartment) to tell him to be quiet. We have since moved. I 
have not really figured out how to solve this problem (citronella collars didn't 
work, and he stops if a human intervenes, so it's hard to reinforce being quiet 
since when he sees a human he'll stop). What I have been doing since we moved is 
dropping him (and his brother) off at doggie daycare if I will be out of the 
house for more than an hour. Our doggie daycare has a 'half-day' deal for folks 
who need this service. If I will be gone less than an hour and Harley and Bo 
can't come with me (they often do--they are popular at a lot of stores, even 
though they have to ride in a grocery cart at Lowe's and Home Depot), then I 
close them in the house and shut the windows that face other houses. If anyone 
else has solved a problem like this, I'd love to know how you did it. I am 
embarrassed to admit that I plan just about all excursions out of my house 
around my dogs. Val
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