01/10/2026
Every car. Every person walking by. Every leaf blowing past.
Mufasa barked at ALL of it.
I tried closing the curtains. Didnāt work. Heād bark at sounds instead.
I tried āquietā commands. Didnāt work. Heād stop for 30 seconds then start again.
Then I taught him ONE game: DMT (Distraction, Mark, Treat).
Hereās how it works: Trigger appears ā I say āniceā (my marker word) ā Mufasa gets a treat.
At first, heād see something and keep barking even after I said ānice.ā But heād stop long enough to get the treat.
Then he started stopping his barking when he heard ānice.ā Then he started anticipating it - seeing the trigger but pausing, waiting for me to say ānice.ā
Now? He sees something outside and barely reacts. Sometimes he just glances and looks away. The house is so much quieter.
It took consistency. But it worked.
Comment BARKING for the exact game that worked for Mufasa.
