Quote Originally Posted by scoutiegirl
We have done this with two dogs, and it's worked both times. We teach the dog to speak, and once they begin to bark, we teach them "no bark." Learning the speak command has been helpful in housetraining as well. If nobody's at the "out" door when they're there to go out, they know to speak to alert someone.
I have a Border Collie who has yet to learn to speak. It was very easy to teach my first BC, but I'm having huge difficulties with this one... any suggestions?