Okay so now that we finally have some warmer temps and some melting, we are going to be able to play outside. Yay! Here is my problem...whenever we play ball of any kind...basket ball, baseball, soccer, anything..Yaz barks and barks and barks. I HATE it! I always have to tell the kids not to go near the balls. I HATE that too. We all love to play but her barking drives us mad. I have even tried to play ball with her while the kids play ball but she ignores my efforts and continues to bark at them. Nora.....HELP! I want us to be able to play this year.

Button used to be like that with all her toys when she wanted you to throw one. But now she's just like that with her Wiggly Giggly ball, because it makes such weird noises as it rolls. Nothing calms her barking and play growling down but taking the thing away from her. She's just so intense when she plays with it. Because of this, I won't let her play with it inside. I don't have any ideas how to stop Yas's barking over balls. How old is he? Some dogs will outgrow the excited play barking as they get a little older. Button sure did.

Hey Peggy...Yaz will be 2 in June. Maybe this year will be better. I have my doubts though.

Hi Nora...it's not when we are playing fetch with her. It's when we are trying to play ball without her.  For example...the kids want to play basketball. Not really a dog activity. She barks incessantly. I TRY to play with her during this but she won't. If they so much as go near the basketball hoop she starts in. I did read your thread on barking and will be working on that with her but I really have my doubts that it will work outside. I am more than willing to play with her but she wants the ball that the kids have.

LOL...no problem. Am I expecting to much of her to just observe? I mean I would rather she be outside with us. She also didn't do well with crate training. We did it for 5 months and it was disastorous! She peed and pooed everytime we put her in. We followed every rule of crate training we could find but it just wouldn't work. So crating her is out. Next.

Thanks Nora. I was just telling my husband today about the kong filled with peanut butter. She has also calmed down alot over the winter. We were just remarking today how when we first got her, the kids couldn't really play in the living room because Yaz would get so excited that she would jump all over them and nip at them. Now when the kids get wound up Yaz goes and hides like it's all just to much for her. So we will see. Like I said, I am going to work on the "quiet" command inside. Maybe that combined with a peanut butter stuffed kong will do the trick.