With my two Brittanies and a Lab and then with Grace, when she was a puppy while she was eating I would slap two blocks of hardwood together about 20 feet from them.
It is important that you don't look for a reaction from the dog because they WILL react if you do. Just act nonchalant like it is a normal occurrence and they get used to the noise very quickly.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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