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03-28-2005, 09:06 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Iowa
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| Excessive barking.... Gracie is 6 months old and the only dog in the house, there is also no kids...just me and my boyfriend. She has the tendancy to bark constantly directly at me when I am not paying attention too her. I lay down to take a nap and she is right on the side of the bed barking literally until I get up whether it be 10 minutes or 2 hours. The other night she barked ALL NIGHT from 10:00 until 12:00 when I took her out to potty and then she came back in I got in bed and she barked and barked some more. She also does this when I am sitting at the table doing my homework for my Pharmacy classes she barked for an hour straight today. I tried ignoring her, putting her in a different room with her gate up..... How do I get her to stop the barking....I cant sleep with a barking dog next to my bed ALL NIGHT. I think she might have slept maybe an hour and the rest of a typical night is spent barking and scratching at the bed.... ANy suggestions on how to get her to stop this??? It seems its an attention thing she gets it all the time and when she isnt her way of showing she wants attention is to bark.
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03-28-2005, 09:54 PM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California
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| lol............ toby does the same thing to me...... i do all my school work on the computer, so i usually let him sit in my lap to "alleviate his attention problem"...... when im sleeping is another story though, he is KONKED out the minuit i go to bed. . . If he does bark, i just yell at him and he usually stops when he realises that i am not going to be giving into his needs or wants. . . When he was younger he would bark or whine like that, so we started playing with him or taking him on a long walk in the evening before bed to tire him out and that did the trick.... sorry i cant be of more help |
03-29-2005, 07:12 AM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Iowa
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| Well the thing is when we go to bed Gracie is usually knocked out on her bed in the living room. Once I go to bed so wakes up and stands on the side of my bed and barks and run from side to side. I have tried yelling at her but she just barks louder....I do not want to get her in the habit of sleeping with me because I know at one point in my life that is not going to work out so well and once she begins doing that there is no going back lol. I didnt know if this had something to do with attention, maybe she is insecure about the dark. I think I will try putting her in another room of the house and just getting up about every 3 hours and taking her to potty. I know when I put her in our spare room to go to job she doesnt bark the whole time because she doesnt when I come in the door from work. Maybe if I put her in her own room she will think no one is home and stop the barking???
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03-29-2005, 09:27 AM | #4 |
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| lol If i state at my dog Kelsey in the eyes, she thinks i'm playing with her so she'll do a light growl and prance on me. She's psycho sometimes! haha. She cracks me up though. I think she's finding her bark right now. She'll hide underneath the couches and bark a little. I think she likes to hear herself bark. The only advice I could probablly give you would be to give her a FIRM "No BAD GIRL/BOY!" and tap them on the rear. This has worked for my dog. She'll put her ears back and lay down. It's sad, but yorkies need the dicipline just like kids do! |
03-29-2005, 05:48 PM | #5 |
I Love My Monkeys! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Falling Waters, WV
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| Maybe Gracie and Simon are related I have had this problem off and on with Simon for a long time. I started teaching him the command Quiet and rewarding him with a treat when he was quiet. THis worked for awhile but then we moved so I had to start over. I spoke with a trainer and she suggested using a clicker but I found that too noisy for my apartment building and started using a squirt bottle of water. When he would start to bark out the window or at me I would tell him quiet and if he didn't stop I'd squirt him(from a standing position so it wasn't directly at him) and he HATES the bottle. Now I tell him quiet and just reach for the water bottle and he stops. I don't know if this is helpful and if you find something else please let me know..... |
03-30-2005, 06:21 PM | #6 |
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| When Sully was just 12 weeks old, we put a bark collar (not a "shocking" one) on his neck anytime we left the house because he used to bark at every noise and annoy the neighbors. Anyway, the collar cost us $50 and it's the best fifty bucks we ever spent b/c now we don't even have to use it anymore. He barks but only when he's excited and when we're home. He has really learned well. Plus, when he was little and he'd bark when in the kennel we'd never give in WHILE he was barking and let him out. We never wanted to teach him rewards for behaviour like that. Anywho, if you're interested in a collar like we got let me know I can probably find you the link b/c we bought it online.
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03-31-2005, 06:47 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2005
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| [QUOTE=simonandhallie]Maybe Gracie and Simon are related QUOTE] I think Mason might be in the gene pool too!! Gracie, I totally feel you! Mason does exactly the same thing. He sleeps well at night when we are going to bed, but during the day he does not let me rest He barks nonstop unless I play with him. He is partcularly obsessed with the puppy Kong and he will bring it to me as soon as I walk through the door - and makes me play fetch all night. Sometimes I have to hide the stupid toy so I can just sit and read/watch tv/talk on the phone and have time for myself! I tried spraying him with water and vinegar....didn't work then tried water and listerine....didn't work either. Mason actually liked them!!! He started licking the spray bottle I say "NO" or "QUIET" but he barks even more, as he perceives it as getting my attention. I haven't been successful stopping his barking either. The ONLY thing I can seem to do is give him treats for distraction. He seems to like Nylabone and rawhides, so I give it to him when I want some peace to watch my General Hospital on TIVO I don't know if Mason necessarily needs anti-bark collar, as he only barks when he wants attention. Passionfruition, just out of curiousity, can you tell me what kind you used on your Sully? Thanks! |
03-31-2005, 11:47 AM | #8 |
Mommy's Little Angel Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern New Jersey
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| Mocha barks alot too... I am not sure how she is during the day when i am at work but she seems to bark whenever she is in the crate.. when i take her outside in her carrier she's fine... I guess she just wants to be social!! Brooke |
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