u/tectonicalloy_

I have a 5 almost 6 month old Samoyed, and she is a talker. Especially in the mornings. I tried asking for advice here before and just got people insulting me for 'not researching the breed' and not offering any real advice. But I'm asking again because I'm a bit desperate. This morning we got a complaint from one of our neighbors about her barking. I wasn't even aware they could hear her from outside of our house. I'm not sure what to do, we can't ignore her it just isn't working when she first wakes up. And she's doing this at like 4am so nobody is awake enough to really play with her as much as she wants. Especially my parents, who are getting kinds old.

My dad is talking about getting a bark collar, but I really don't want to use something like that on her I've heard not great things about it. Please send some advice my way I'm not sure what to do.

I got a 4 month old Samoyed, and we've been talking her to the Petco puppy play dates for a while now, but the guy that ran it stopped because he wasn't getting paid and no other locations have it for that same reason.

I want to introduce my puppy to more dogs, as it improves her reactivity and general behavior at home. Not to mention it makes her happy and is very cute.