About the author

Chris Morris

<p>This book came about when I lived in a small, cramped apartment next door to an irascible neighbor. I had a dog barking problem because he had a dog barking problem. And neither of us owned the barking dog!<br /> <br /> The dog-owning neighbor at the rear of us had no idea how to control his dog&#39;s persistent barking, at all hours of day or night. I could live with it, being a placid person (and I was out a lot anyway), but my neighbor&#39;s temper became more and more frayed, banging on the wall, shouting, and turning his hi-fi up to &#39;11&#39;.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Believe me, the dog&#39;s barking sounded better. Then his irascibility turned towards all his neighbors, me included, even though the dog constantly barking wasn&#39;t mine. I know how to exercise barking control, after all.<br /> <br /> So this book was born, out of an impulse to solve our communal dog barking problem, and also in the hope of living next door to a less cantankerous neighbor.<br /> <br /> I can&#39;t claim to have written the book <em>&#39;Help! My Dog Won&#39;t Stop Barking&#39;</em> there and then. Ebooks hadn&#39;t even been dreamt of in those days. But I did jot down the framework which forms the basis of this book and I slipped a copy of my notes through the offending dog-owning neighbor&#39;s door.<br /> <br /> It took a while, but it seemed to work out for the best in the end. And we all lived happily ever after.*<br /> <br /> <br /> *I am using some artistic licence here. Eventually I moved far, far away. My five-year mission to seek out new barking dogs and new dog training ideas, to boldly add to the planet - this book.</p>