@seek2bboldwitness I hope that in addition to the body language resources, you’ll provide plenty of resources on kinds of barks and how to identify them.
I recently mentioned “cry it out” in a comment, referring to attention-seeking barking. I never explicitly said so, because I thought that’s what was being referred to any time “cry it out” is mentioned.
So when I first read your post, I was shocked, first because it seemed like terrible advice for attention-seeking barking —
which it is — and I only realized you were referring to distress barking by reading more closely, and second because I realized people were letting their distressed puppies “cry it out.” But then I’d hoped to see literally any other kinds of barking mentioned, and whether the new rule applied to that, but it never came.
Please remember the nuances of barking. I see you’ve been more specific in this post, but again it only discusses body language.
Understanding types of barks is equally important for interpreting what your pup is trying to communicate, and I think everything but distress barks have been lost here.