Comments on: A Non-Barking Low Maintenance Apartment Dog?

By: Mary-IE

Mary-IE — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:34:44 +0000

Dani- How do you deal with your cat needing to use the restroom while you’re out and about?? Is it litter trained or do you walk it like a dog?? I really would like to know because I used to have a cat I did that with and we just had a small litter box in the back of the car Didn’t know how to train them to use the potty “on command” or during a walk.

By: Dani

Dani — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:40:02 +0000

I agree with Jo, even though this post is old! I love my cat! He is leash trained, performs tricks, (clicker-trained cat! It’s great!) and he never barks! When he was a kitten, he earned the name PuppyCat because of his behavior! There was a lot of training and socializing involved early on to expose him to sounds, people, and new environments, but he is now a take-anywhere, do-anything kind of guy who loves trips to pet stores and visitors of any species in our house. I’ll admit, he does get catty once in a while, but in general he’s a great guy! Sorry – not up for adoption!

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:49:58 +0000

Well, Wayne… you’re correct to a point.

There are very few dogs that bark for ‘no apparent reason’. Conversely, there are far too many people who believe that normal dog behavior is ‘disobedience’ or ‘wrong’ just because it’s not the same as human behavior!

If you don’t address why the dog is barking in the first place, suppressing the behavior won’t do a darn thing in the long run. The behavior will only come back as soon as the suppressing element it out of the picture.

By: Carly

Carly — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:32:21 +0000

Do you have something against dogs or something?

By: Wayne| 4FuryFriends.com

Wayne| 4FuryFriends.com — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:18:12 +0000

Thank you for this very informative article. Dog obedience is very important to dog owners and each one should know the proper measures to take to control them. Take a dog that keeps on barking for no apparent reason, this is one of the behavior problems that needs to be addressed. The bottom line is that a well behaved dog creates a happy dog owner.