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It seems everytime I post in these forums I am asking for something so I am going to start and try and give something back! (from my very limited experience)
Training your puppy to bark is useful for plenty of reasons, for me I mostly wanted to do it because then I can teach him shut up
I read loads of places (including here) that if you have a toy or something that he always barks at it's easy, I never really found one untill the other day;
He was out playing with an old skateboard in the back and was barking like mad at it, so I ran to the fridge, sliced up a hotdog and went out and played with him. As soon as he started to bark I said "speak" and afterwards I gave him a piece of hotdog.
He couldn't believe it as I normally don't like him barking so he thought I was mad and to be safe barked constantly for 5 minutes getting a piece of hotdog everytime.
10 minutes later all I need to do is say speak and he barks!
The same night that came in handy when some cheeky kids were annoying a cat in the park, they didn't listen at all when I told them to leave it alone, but as soon as I told Thor to speak they were all ears
-thomas-
Training your puppy to bark is useful for plenty of reasons, for me I mostly wanted to do it because then I can teach him shut up

I read loads of places (including here) that if you have a toy or something that he always barks at it's easy, I never really found one untill the other day;
He was out playing with an old skateboard in the back and was barking like mad at it, so I ran to the fridge, sliced up a hotdog and went out and played with him. As soon as he started to bark I said "speak" and afterwards I gave him a piece of hotdog.
He couldn't believe it as I normally don't like him barking so he thought I was mad and to be safe barked constantly for 5 minutes getting a piece of hotdog everytime.
10 minutes later all I need to do is say speak and he barks!
The same night that came in handy when some cheeky kids were annoying a cat in the park, they didn't listen at all when I told them to leave it alone, but as soon as I told Thor to speak they were all ears

-thomas-