[AnAmericanMother]

Feeding her in the crate is a good idea (remember she probably has bad associations from the pound with crates). Leaving her in the crate for short periods while you are home or even in the room is a good plan too - just stop at the crate door and give her a treat and praise her from time to time.

One of my dogs is silent as a fish, the other is a barker. We use a bark collar, either the automatic kind or just put the training collar on her and zap her with a "Quiet!" when she barks. But of course you WANT her to bark at strangers . . . so you want her to be quiet only when you ask her to.

[codercpc]

One of my dogs is silent as a fish, the other is a barker.

I think in all thirteen years that we had Ed, he only barked a handful of times, and scared himself when he did it. LOL. I think that is why it frustrates us with Yenta so much now.

Thanks for the advice, I will look into the collar. If we can use it only when she goes outside that would be great! As for strangers, it is when we are inside that is when we are looking for "protection" the most.