We have a roommate who stays in the basement. Everytime he comes upstairs, our dog will bark viciously unlike her normal barking. Should we use the bark limiter collar?

My girlfriend and I have a 7 1/2 month old female Standard Schnauzer named Gracie that we have had since 8 weeks old. I have had no problem establishing myself as a pack leader, but it has not come so easy for my girlfriend, so we purchased your Pack Leader DVD along with Obedience Training for later. We started the social isolation phase this past week.



My main issue that I have is that I let a friend move in a month ago while he deals with separation/divorce. He stays in the basement and every time he comes upstairs, Gracie will go into vicious barking unlike her normal barking. This happens when Gracie is in her crate. Before we started the isolation, we had allowed Gracie to be in the living room with us and she did not exhibit the same type of barking at my room-mate, only when in the crate and when my girlfriend and I were in the room. Everything I've read on your site about barking points to using a bark limiter collar. Do you think that this is the way we should handle this situation? Thanks!