Hi everyone
Sherlock's behaviour has improved a lot over the past months (he used to be a bit of a terror, to put it lightly, at 15 months he is thankfully mellowing somewhat!) but one thing that he has started to do more and more is bark at inanimate objects.
He gets fixated on things like the wheelbarrow, or a chair, and he will stand beside them, bark, paw at them, then bark some more when the wheel spins or the chair rocks. I know it's probably just being (extremely!) nosy by nature, but I was wondering if anyone had any tips on getting him to quieten down. The issue is that our garden is quite close to our neighbour's and Sherlock's bark is very piercing, and once he gets going he really doesn't want to stop. Plus, if he barks at something that we can remove from his environment then we can manage, but when it's bulky objects which have to stay in the garden for lack of room elsewhere, it would be useful to be able to get him to learn to leave them alone or at least be quiet when examining them!
Thanks in advance for any tips