Well the water skirting idea is working quite well and we have reached the stage where I only have to pick up the water bottle and Sky stops barking. She has also stopped when I have not had the skirter to hand and have just said no. I think now I just have to be consistent. The barking occurs mostly when my neighbour opposite raises her garage door, as soon as Sky hears the noise she is up ready to bark and this is what I want to stop.
All in all it has been a very positive day, first Bryan came round and both dogs came to the gate with me and neither barked. I was really surprised at Sky she wasn't a bit timid, all though she wouldn't go right up to Bryan she was wagging her tail. Next Ian and his brother Mick came and she was fine. Ian thought she had made loads of progress and reminded me how nervous Shula was when I first had her.
Ian, Mick and I went out to a garden center and I bought six climbing plants and some border plants to put round the back of my house. Ian is going to come round early next week to help me put them in. I am hoping that the climbers will fill the gaps in the back hedge so we will see less of our neighbours garden. It would be nice if it would help stop their dogs barking as you can't walk there without the constant yapping of her dogs. That is one good thing, neither of mine bark back. Fortunately most of the year it is only their weekend house, it is just a couple of months in the summer when they are there full time.
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