This is the puppy training podcast episode number 21, to bark or not to bark.

This podcast is for those looking to train their own dog, whether as a family companion,

a service, or a therapy dog, and I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast, and I'm your host, Amy Jensen.

Hello, everyone. How is your week?

I spent my Labor Day weekend backpacking into White Pine Lake, which is in the

Cash National Forest with my husband, three kids, and one of our really good neighbor

families.

It was so beautiful.

It was a really good time.

And I hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend.

So backpacking is something that was on my bucket list. I really wanted to get my kids out and do it together as a family.

And we were able to do it this weekend. So what's on your bucket list? What are you going to do

about it? Hopefully something. It's always fun to check those things off of our list. So it was a good

weekend. Now I'm back at it. I'm here today to talk to you about barking. That is something that

it's a kind of a tricky topic. You know, barking can be a good thing, but also barking can be a

little bit annoying. So we're going to talk about that today. But first I want to give a shout out to Sunny. She's an eight week old golden doodle puppy and her awesome owner Callan is doing a great

job training her. She sent me videos this week of Little Sunny going into her kennel on cue and then

waiting to come out until she's been released. It was so fun to watch. So remember you guys

can start your puppies on training right away. Eight weeks is not too soon to start training.

I teach my service dog puppies, you know, several new commands a week. And I'm getting them to learn as

many things as I can in the first several weeks because they're like little sponges. They soak

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