Help with barking in cafe.

[Sam.P]

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Hi , my dog is a 3 1/2 year shi chi and is generally well behaved , I am trying to reintroduce her to be able to go to pubs/ cafes in the nicer weather and have found a local dog freindly cafe which i have decided to take her to, to help her get used to going out. She usually barks even in empty rooms just when the staff behind the bar move around so we go outside and then she barks at the staff or other guests as she sees them coming in and out. This is often how she is and we don't really take her inside places anymore as she doesn't settle. I tried taking her to the local dog friendly cafe this morning on my own for the first time to get her used to going there, it was nearly full and busy and she was quiet and well behaved. I am really confused by this why would she be so happy and quiet with me but bark when I am going for a drink with her and my mum and dad and how can I work to make her always this well behaved. Sorry for the long question.

 

[Hemlock]

Whatever is spooking her in the other places - acoustics, human behaviour, so many possibilities - she is happy in this one place you have found, so stick with this for the time being and she may well become more relaxed in other places in due course.