I'll try all of those suggestions. Max has been through a lengthy obedience class process and happily Petey has picked it up by watching him. Problem is, hubby and I have been decidedly lax in putting them both through their paces. But although they both know "sit," "stay," "come," "wait," "heel," and "stay close," the "leave it" and "no bark" thing NEVER worked - of course !

We tried the shaker can - they didn't care. We tried the spray bottle with a vinegar/water mix as recommended by our trainer - Max just came out of it smelling like antipasto!!

We're starting again to put them both through their training paces. Our new apartment (yes, we're moving too - lovely timing) is pet friendly and all coming and going into the building is doine through our telephone - no more buzzers and bells to set them off, happily!

I'm hoping we'll be able to get an appointment with this behaviorist.

We've been thinking about doing another training class, but since we already have such specific voice and hand commands, do you folks think that would be confusing to them? Or can we inform the teacher that we're there for a refresher and will be working with the commands they respond to? Not quite sure what the etiquette is there.