Let's go over the things that may be the reason why your dog is barking or barking

excessively. Number one was it's a breed trait. So there are breeds like hunting dogs.

There's a breed in New Zealand, I believe it's called the hunt away dog that they actually bark while they work. It's part of how

they go about working. There are a lot of dogs I mentioned beagles or huskies that bark as something

that's kind of built into their DNA. But breed doesn't give any dog a get out of jail free card.

I hope you all got the reference to Monopoly right there. What I mean

is you can't just say, oh, they're a terrier. It's okay. I don't have to do any work. No, no,

no, remember we want to minimize any excess of barking. So if you have in your mind, this is a

blank, therefore they bark.

Please, let's just clean that thought out, all right?

And let's polish up the brain and get some.

My dog can do anything thoughts back in your head.

All right?

So, breed, yes, maybe reason why your dog barks at times when others don't, but it isn't a reason for excessive barking.

Number two, emotions. All right? So, let's go over some of the list and I'm going to give

you some of the things that you can do. Number one, excited. My dog gets way too excited. Have you

taught your dog the relaxation protocol? I'm not saying that protocol is going to change everything. It's going

to be part of the change as well. So, we start off with podcast episode number 191, that

relaxation protocol. Number two, I mentioned that the dog barks because they're trying

to initiate play. So, why is your dog initiating play by barking at you? I would have to think it comes down

to two reasons. Number one, there isn't enough conditioning of the dog being okay without you

entertaining them. So how much crate games has that dog played? How much time is that dog spent

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