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hi welcome to my channel I'm your host G
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and today I'd like to talk about how to
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stop dog barking at strangers are you
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tired of apologizing to your neighbors
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every time someone walks past your house
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does your heart race with anxiety when
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you see another person approaching
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during your daily walks you're not alone
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millions of dog owners struggle with
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their pets excessive barking at
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strangers just like my matis Luna who
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used to think she was a tiny god dog
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responsible for announcing every passing
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squirrel Male carrier and leaf blowing
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in the wind to the entire neighborhood
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but here's something fascinating your
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dog's barking isn't random it's a
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complex form of communication that can
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be decoded and redirected through my 15
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years of experience as a professional
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dog trainer I've discovered that most
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reactive dogs aren't being aggressive or
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difficult they're actually trying to
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protect you or Express their uncertainty
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about situations Luna taught me this
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firsthand she went from being the
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neighborhood's four-legged alarm system
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to becoming the welcoming committee at
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our local dog park
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and the best part the transformation
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didn't require harsh training methods or
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expensive equipment dogs bark at
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strangers primarily due to three reasons
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fear territorial Behavior or excitement
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Luna my sweet malt used to be quite the
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neighborhood watchdog herself announcing
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every passer by like a tiny furry news
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anchor let me paint you a picture folks
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imagine you're sitting in your living
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room and suddenly a giant 10ft tall
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alien walks past your window that that's
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exactly how your dog might feel when
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seeing strangers your natural reaction
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would probably be to yell hey there's a
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giant alien out there that's exactly
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what your dog is doing they're either
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saying I'm scared of this unknown
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creature hey this is my territory back
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off or oh my gosh oh my gosh a new
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friend I'm so excited understanding
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these motivations is crucial for
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addressing the behavior your dog needs
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to trust your judgment about who isn't
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isn't a threat when you're calm and
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confident around strangers your dog dog
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should follow your lead Luna learned
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this lesson after watching me greet
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countless suspicious delivery people
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without any drama think of yourself as
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your dog's personal security adviser
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just like the president's security team
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stays calm and professional even in
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crowded places you need to show your dog
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that you got everything under control if
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the security team started panicking
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every time someone new appeared the
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president would feel anxious too right
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the same goes for your relationship with
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your dog when I first got Luna she would
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bark at everyone wearing hat hat s but
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by consistently showing her that had
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wearing people bring treats and belly
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rubs she now sees them as potential
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friends instead of mysterious had
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wearing monsters reward your dog's quiet
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Behavior around strangers not their
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barking every time your dog stays calm
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when seeing a stranger immediately
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reward them with treats praise or their
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favorite toy this creates a positive
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association with staying quiet you know
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how we humans love getting a bonus at
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work for doing a good job dogs operate
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on the same principle just with a
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different currency treats and praise
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instead of money in Luna's case her
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favorite currency is chicken bits I
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started carrying them everywhere and let
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me tell you it was like magic every time
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she saw a stranger and managed to keep
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her cool she got her salary soon enough
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she started looking at me expectantly
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whenever someone walked by instead of
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launching into her usual barking
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Symphony it's like she went from being a
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chaotic street performer to a
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sophisticated business dog who knows
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that staying quiet pays better start
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training at a distance where your dog
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notices strangers but isn't triggered to
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bark gradually decrease this distance as
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your dog becomes more comfortable this
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is called the threshold training
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technique here's a fun way to think
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about it remember when you learned to
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swim you didn't just dive into the deep
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end on day one you started in the
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shallow end maybe even just sitting on
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the steps that's exactly what we're
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doing with your dog and strangers when I
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started training Luna we began so far
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from other people that they look like
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ants in the distance it was pretty funny
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actually I'd be standing there with my
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tiny malt treating her for being calm
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about specs on the horizon but just like
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those swimming lessons we gradually
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moved closer and closer to the deep end
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where we could pass strangers on the
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sidewalk without Luna thinking she
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needed to alert the entire neighborhood
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and by the way if you are enjoying the
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video so far do me a quick favor hit
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the channel and it only takes a second
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the quiet command is your emergency
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break for barking Behavior start by
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teaching it when your dog is calm then
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gradually introduce it during mild
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barking episodes Luna learned this
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command so well that now she thinks
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quiet means Street time is coming let me
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share a funny story about teaching this
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command it's like having a volume
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control remote for your dog but first
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you need to program it I remember when
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Luna would bark at the mailman and I'd
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say quiet while holding up a treat at
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first she'd look at me like but Dad
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can't you see there's an intruder with
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suspicious paper objects then one day
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clicked oh if I stop my very important
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barking announcement I get chicken now
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she practically mutes herself mid woof
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when she hears the command it's like
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watching someone hit the pause button on
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a furry alarm system proper
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socialization means exposing your dog to
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different types of people in positive
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situations the key is to make these
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encounters Pleasant and rewarding this
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wasn't easy with Luna At first she
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thought every person in a uniform was
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plotting against our household think of
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socialization like your dog's education
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system just as we send kids to school to
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learn about the world and interact with
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different people we need to give our
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dogs the same opportunity Luna's school
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days involved meeting friends who would
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ignore her until she calmed down then
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shower her with attention and treats it
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was like running a tiny Charm School
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where the graduation ceremony involved
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successfully walking past the pizza
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delivery guy without turning into a
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four-legged car alarm every family
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member must follow the same rules and
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commands if one person allows barking
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while another discourages it your dog
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will get confused used trust me Luna
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tried to play us like a fiddle until we
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all got on the same page this is like
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trying to raise a Teenage Human if Mom
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says no phone after 9:00 p.m. but Dad
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says whatever you want sweetie guess
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what's going to happen dogs are exactly
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the same I had to call a family meeting
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when I discovered my mother was actually
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encouraging Luna's barking because she
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thought it was cute we had to explain to
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Grandma that wild Luna's alert barking
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might be adorable our neighbors didn't
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share her enthusiasm at 6:00 a.m.
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remember remember folks your dog isn't
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confused they're just following the most
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rewarding set of rules they can find
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never punish barking with yelling or
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harsh Corrections this often makes the
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problem worse also avoid inconsistent
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training or giving attention even
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negative attention to barking behavior
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when Luna barks at strangers and I yell
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no guess what in her mind we're both
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barking at the stranger together let's
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be honest here we've all made these
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mistakes it's like trying to put out a
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fire with gasoline yelling at a barking
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dog is basically like joining their bark
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choir I learned this the hard way when I
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used to shout no barking at Luna and she
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would look at me with those eyes that
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clearly said oh we're doing a duet how
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fun the neighbors probably thought I was
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running some kind of we canine opera
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house remember folks if your solution to
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stop barking involves making more noise
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than your dog you might want to rethink
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your strategy if you're are having
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difficulty identifying the triggers
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there is an interactive quiz for you in
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the description thanks for sticking
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