Discipline!

Ugh, we HATE westie barks! For real! They are super shrill and loud. We knew that terriers have loud barks because we'd read about it, but MAN, Trixie has QUITE a voice! We tried clicker training with her to be quiet, but she usually didn't care enough about getting the treat. Trixie LOVED to bark up a storm whenever a dog passed by our house, which is a lot on a sunny day! Eek!

Enter Renee, the dog trainer that we had come over when Trixie was a wee pup. She told us that the best method for dog barking was a citranella collar. Dogs hate the scent of citranella and this particular collar has a spraying mechanism that goes off whenever the dog barks. It also has a microphone in it so that it goes off instantaneously.

She HATES it! I don't love it. It makes me a little sad when it works, but boy does it work! She has stopped barking almost completely, and I can usually get away with just 'threatening' her with it.