My wife and I adopted a dog from our local rescue shelter a few months ago. She is a pretty mix of golden Labrador and other breeds. She suffers from noise anxiety, so thunderstorms are especially hard on her.

She has a pleasant disposition and personality. But one of her annoying traits is to look out our front window or glass door and bark at the neighbors as they walk by on the street. We have attempted to correct her of this behavior but we’ve been utterly unsuccessful. Until the electronic spider came along…

I love Halloween! When the local stores start to carry Halloween decorations, I enjoy perusing the aisles in search of doodads to add to our scary collection of home decor. Many years ago, I purchased an electronic dropping spider but last year, he died. It was a sad day. So I was delighted to find an even better replacement during a recent Walmart shopping trip! He is big, ugly and scary!

The very next morning while my wife and I enjoyed our morning cup of Joe, our dog Kiwi was on her usual high alert at the front windows and door. “Bark, bark, bark! Woof, woof, woof!”

Suddenly, java bean enhanced inspiration struck! I took the new electronic dropping spider from the box, equipped it with fresh Duracells and hung it with a long nail by the front windows. And then waited with anticipation.

“Bark, bar.. yipe!” With her very first bark, the electronic spider immediately began it’s motorized whirring and motion down the wall, with extra sound effects to boot. Kiwi ran out of the room. It only took about 3 incidents for her to correlate her sudden barking with the big, scary spider being activated.

After just two days, she is now well trained to not bark at the front door and windows. Who knew Halloween decorations could be so multi-purpose?

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