I'm no dog trainer, but . . .

The funny thing is the dog apparently can't even be left at home with the husband . . . the dog barks at him too . There are other issues too . . . the dog likes "fluffy" things, so he'll go around taking whatever he wants around a person's house - like house slippers or jumping on a bed to drag off pajamas. I heard he'll bite off carpet. I don't think that dog understands "no". Well if you call it lucky, we have fur allergies anyway, so no dog is allowed to enter our house .

@much2say The human and the dog need to go to obedience school and BOTH be trained how to teach a dog properly. Yup! Me, too.

@much2say What a spoiled brat of a dog. Where is the pleasure in having a dog like that?

@much2say I do because Nico is like that as well. When it comes to breakfast, I simply must be close by Umm, who exactly does he think is going to steal his food?

@snowy22315 Ah, you are guarding Nico's food . I don't know why this dog needs her to be near to eat . . . but he seems to be around her all the time or he acts kinda insecure.

I am thinking she thinks giving the dog a treat like that will make the dog feel better about the person thus stop barking - um, it doesn't work that way. She had a dog before, but yah, that was one was quite spoiled too (and nervous). Can you believe that dog will not eat his food unless she stands there to watch him??

It's quite possible, though she'd never admit it . She does think she is patient with animals, but well, doing it that way will never teach her dog to behave.

@much2say Do you know who Jim Parsons is? He played Sheldon on "The Big Bang Theory". I remember watching him do an interview in which he related that he has to give his dog prescription anxiety medication. I was thinking, wow...

@AmbiePam I do know "Sheldon" - woh, anxiety meds for dogs? This dog gets "nervous", but I am thinking because his daily lifestyle molds him this way. At home it's just the owner and husband - the dog is sheltered because the owner keeps him in his safe shell . . . so going outside home makes him super anxious.

Little ones need guidance - even dogs. Oh, your neighbors have a bigger task to make their dog stop barking now . . . it is what they should have done much earlier, in the first place. But of course now they do it for their baby . . . they did not think of how it affects the neighborhood .

@LadyDuck Right. It would not be fair to the neighbors who have to deal with a constantly yapping dog. I don't understand how some dogs can bark so much . . . you would think they would eventually lose their voice .

@much2say At least now they know and I am very glad of this. I told them to imagine if all the neighbors let their dogs bark all the day. They are not the only ones to have a dog and their dog was the only one annoying.

Exactly. Even dogs need to understand boundaries. If they don't, they will do what they will do - and that will most likely not be a good thing. Teaching discipline is not abuse . . . this owner thinks she has a lot of patience with animals . . . but well, to be "too nice" does not help the dog either. The dog may be the nervous type, but I think because she feeds into his nervousness . . . the dog thinks he runs the show because the owner goes with what the dog wants. He doesn't deal with other people or situations much in his own home - he is safe and unbothered . . . so other people/movements must freak him out. Oh gosh, and parenting kids in this generation is a whole 'nother thing . . . don't get me started .

@CarolDM Now that I think of it, maybe our parakeet is like me more than I realize .

Interestingly, her last dog had a different personality, but he was also on the nervous side in the same way. Hmmm, yah, maybe that says something about "her".

@much2say I would have to agree with you. It has happened to me many times.

@much2say ........Yep. They need to learn what is expected.

@celticeagle Exactly!

Right. They need guidance about these things (pets or kids) . . . they can't just do whatever they want especially if they are going to be out in the world with others!

@much2say It's sad that the dog even barks at the husband. He should be able to know all the residents of the household so he won't bark at them. If he does, then he is not a good dog.

@Jenaisle I guess the husband works and isn't around a lot, so all the care has been left to the wife. She probably controlled everything - and they did not allow the dog to get familiar with him early on. I have a feeling the dog is on his own in the home (the dog likes to hang out under a bed . . . so she let's him stay in his comfort zone all he wants). He was probably unintentionally conditioned this way . . . and now this is the way they live .

The dog can bark all he wants in his own home - and apparently he does anyway (the dog barks at the owner's husband . . . the husband cannot feel ease even in his own home ). I doubt they will take the dog to training . . . the owner thinks she knows what she's doing and that she's very patient - hmmmm.

I believe so too. It's ridiculous. I can't even imagine this in their own household . . . apparently this dog does not care for the owner's husband and will bark at him in the same way. In fact, the dog will not even eat any food given by the husband - it must be from the owner and she must stand there to watch. For a while, there was a habit that he would not eat unless he was handfed. The dog should wear a crown, for he is the king of his domain .

@much2say The dog's behavor is abnomal !He is like a spoiled kid ,apparently his owner conditioned him to do that way from when he was a puppy .I can't see the point of having such a dog.

@changjiangzhibin89 There are many other terrible habits the dog has, all because the owner thinks she has patience to let the dog learn in his own time. I think they got him when he was a year old . . . it is believed he may have been living in the streets. But it has been over a year since he came to live with them, so by now he should have learned some discipline.

@rebelann Oh wow, that poor dog must've been so traumatized . The trust thing can be so hard for dogs but surely he is in a good home with your friends plus with peers. This dog, they don't know the history of, but they suspect he had been living in the streets.

This dog barks at her husband at home in this same manner . Apparently the husband can't even feed the dog - the dog won't eat unless she feeds him . The dog is just startled all the time . . . I think things are kept quiet in the home - he doesn't need to deal with anyone else (I think he stays under a bed a lot) and gets free reign. But yah, if he goes to someone else's home, he better be disciplined!

A friend of mine adopted a dalmatian mix that spent his first couple years being brutally mistreated and is still not that trustful of people plus it's been over 3 years that my friends have had him and he still barks at Hank now and again. My friends have 4 dogs.

Right - the dog needs to be controlled, not the other way around!!

It's kinda common sense, right ? Too bad te owner doesn't get this.

@Tampa_girl7 Ain't that the truth!!

@much2say unfortunately not everyone has common sense.

It's ridiculous, right? The dog rules . The owner claims to be so patient and knowledgeable about dogs, but well, it shows in the dog that he lacks discipline for sure.

@JudyEv Exactly. Having boundaries is good - but this dog has no concept of it. Yep - the dog thinks he is king and he controls his servants !

@much2say Animals do best when they know the limits and, with dogs, they need to have a leader for their 'pack'. This dog is taking on that role for himself it seems.

Even a dog needs to learn boundaries. This dog barks at people in other people's homes . . . he also finds and chews what he wants and growls to not want to give it back. He is out of the control!

@RubyHawk It seems these days people just bring their dogs to people's houses . . . I don't know when that became a thing as no one did that when I was growing up. I don't allow them in here either as we have fur allergies.

@much2say I wouldn’t allow a dog inside.

Exactly. I think the owner sees it backwards . . . that the treat might make the dog less nervous about the person and he'd stop barking - I don't think it works that way. I don't think the owner is connecting the dots there.

That is what I think too. The owner is the one not making that connection. The dog even barks at her husband this way in their own home!

The owner is not connecting the dots about that. I think she thinks the dog will feel better about the person he's barking at and stop - but we know it does not work that way.