toffee, SPEAK!

I've been to vet clinics, where the owners always complain tat it's impossible to train his/her dogs bcoz of tis, tat.. the commonest being, "my dog's only 9 months old! how to train? he wun listen to y until he's 1!" ahem ahem.. well, you're the CLIENT... so i juz replied with a polite smile. In fact, my doggy Toffee was just 3month old when he learned ,
"Sit" ,
"Down" ,
"Hand" ,

"Come" and of course, the one we use commonest, "NO!".

2 days ago i started training him to speak, which actuali means barking. tis is a good training, as it trains ur doggy to bark at ur command, which indirectly allows u to control when and where for him to bark. By right, i should find sth tat intrigues him into barking.. but after a long while of thinking n looking.. i realize tat my Toffee dun usually barks.. he barks only at strangers n cats (i'm trying to eliminate tis trait!).

so I found a penguin toddler-stool, which he's very much frightened of, and used it to lure him into barking. The beginning was real slow, as he kept running away from it. after abt 5 min, he began learning to bark at it, but frequently running away from it as well. the entire session took me at least 30 min.. but it's worth.. for there were a few times when i said "Bark" without using the penguin, he gave a few deliberately-made-up "pfffff"s and "fierce look"s.


scary penguins... boooo... kekekekeke..