Training a Dog Not to Bark

When my neighbor refused to keep his dog from barking I had to take matters into my own hands.

            When the barking of my neighbor’s dog woke me, I rolled over and looked at the clock. I cursed as I got up, slipping on my robe and slippers. I had asked him to take the mutt inside at night or something so it wouldn’t wake me at 2 AM, but he hadn’t. I went down to the kitchen and got the bag of jellybeans I had bought after talking to the neighbor. The slingshot was already sitting by the window, so I sat down and ripped open the bag.

            I loaded the slingshot with a jellybean and pulled it back as I aimed for the dog. As it started barking again, I let the jellybean fly. It was an excellent shot, right into his side. The dog yelped and I duck down in the chair so I couldn’t be seen.

            I sat back up after a few minutes and loaded up again. Dogs are dumb creatures, but you can train them. Now if you are the owner, it isn’t hard, but since it wasn’t my dog, I had to be a little more inventive.

            I loaded up again, and it was only a few minutes before he started barking. I fired and hit him again. The significant thing about using jellybeans for this is the dog will eat them, so as long as nobody sees me there is no proof.

            I sat there the rest of the night slowly teaching the dog that barking was bad. I had to call off work the next day, but when the mailman came by and the dog didn’t bark once, I knew I had done a good job.