Graeme Hall talks through how to determine whether your dog is barking to tell you something (more on that next week) or if it’s just to get your attention. If you’re sure it’s the latter, there’s one method that’ll work best: you have to ignore the dog. You have to act as though the dog has completely ceased to exist. Graeme explains the psychology behind this method, as well as giving some advice on other techniques to try if, for whatever reason, ignoring the dog isn’t an option for you.

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