Great feedback, thank you!
Awesome! So glad to hear that.
There are a few things you can try.
1. You can manage rather than fix. This would be doing things like closing curtains/blinds, applying a tint film to the window to make visibility less, rearrange furniture if she's getting on it to see out the window, limit her accessibility to windows during busy times of the day. Sometimes things like this work faster with less stress than fully addressing the situation, and as long as everyone is happy, it's a totally fair way to go about it.
2. Sometimes dogs just need validation. She barks, you calmly and quietly go to the window with her, say something you can say consistently like "no threat, thank you," and walk away. I met someone who is very well known for their work with their dog using those voice buttons. She said that her dog used to go nuts about giant sea birds outside. When they started using buttons, her dog would bark, then go push the "bird" button, and then the lady would just calmly say "yes, that is a bird." And now her dog doesn't really react at all to the birds.
3. Get ahead of her barking behavior. Instead of waiting for her to bark and then call her off, get her attention when you notice someone outside or you notice her behaviors leading up to her barking (ears perking up, eyes focused on the window, getting up, etc.). Then when she engages with you rather than what's outside, you reward her for looking to you and choosing not to bark in the first place. At first you'll probably want to use high value treats or toys. Eventually she'll just look to you for what she should do instead, and then maybe she'll just not respond at all to what's out there.
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