Butty is a "barker" to, but hers definetly seems to be more territorial than play barking. She barks at ANYBODY who approaches or walks past our house :? She also barks when I come home from being out, so I suppose this is excitement
The main problem I have is her barking in the back garden if I let her out at night it's especially worse. Even though i have an outside light which I switch on just before she goes out, she is still insistent on letting the whole neighbourhood and any other dogs..."here I am" :roll: Luckily she now comes back in on command and when I shout "enough" she runs back in :wink:
Also my neighbour is a DJ :shock: and has been so busy the past month with Christmas etc that he hasn't been arriving home until way beyond 2.00am everynight, which means she barks her head off in the middle of the night when she hears his car pull up the drive :shock: :?
I do try and curb the barking and say "enough" and it does work a bit but then she just starts all over again :roll:
I have to be honest and say I have got used to it and it doesn't really bother me anymore..she is a free spirit and this is part of her personality and I don't want to curb it in anyway :wink: although if the barking was aimed at me and she was being "cheeky" i might be more inclined to look for a cure :wink: