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09-19-2005, 11:36 AM | #1 |
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| barking help needed, every night about 4am rosie wakes up barking and running around wants to go out when i let her out she barks outside and of course i have to go get her she cannot wake next door up at that time of the morning. she goes out with my hubby and me EVERY night for up to 2 hours of running around chaseing us about and playing with other doggies but she still stays awake and BARKS. has anyone any ideas how to stop this as im getting little sleep from her messing about and the constant barking is wearing me out, also people are going to start complaining about her noise. wendy and rosie |
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09-19-2005, 11:41 AM | #2 |
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| I don't know. I suppose it's a possibility that she hears things. Does she sleep in the same room as you? If not, try putting her in your room or bed. Mine always slept from the time we go to sleep until morning. Perhaps she doesn't like her sleeping arrangement. You might consider some sort of change to accomodate her...just experiment.
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09-19-2005, 11:52 AM | #3 | |
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Do I understand that you take the pup out when she barks and run around for two hours? With that kind of response, I'd bark too! I hope I missunderstood that... I think you meant that you run around every day, right? In any event, Chewy used to do this too. It passed when we ignored it (took a few months). I would sit up, give the dog a calming signal , and try ti ignore it for a night. Just in case, there are a few things you should do to make sure that the behavior isn't being provoked. What happens at 4:00 am? I doubt the pup has a built in clock...SOMETHING is probably getting her attention. It may be racoons (god help me if a racoon goes by our place) it may be the paper boy running up to your step and thumping a paper at your door (Scary!), or it may be when a neighbor gets up early and is clomping around noisily in the next yard. We found in Chewy's case that the paper-person was setting him off every morning. We closed the bedroom window and added a fan on low-setting (only if your pup is crated or has Pajamas please, drafts chill them too much). The fan's white-noise drowns out distractions and now he sleeps through the night. Closing windows, dramatically reduces barking. If you find that you just have a chronic barker, you can initiate training to reduce the tendency (and to respond to "shush" as a command). See the training forum on this site for more information. In general, this is going to be a case of logical deduction. It may sound self evident, but it's actually a tricky concept to grasp: There are no mysterious reasons for your dog's behavior. If they are doing something, they are doing it for a reason. In the case of night-alarm barking, you should porbably find the source of the alarm, and stop it from bothering her. One more tip: Depending on the kind of training you do, try to lure her or click her for a treat while she is barking...many a dog will shut up and get cuddly if a hand-full of treats are to be had. If you are doing Clicker Training, ask your coach...If you are doing Lure Training (traditional), hold the treat so that the puppy can see, when you have her attention ask for a sit, then down or a "stay", then treat. Don't reward the barking, but the behavior you distract them into. I would not rely on this short-cut to solve the problem. But it's good if you are worried about being evicted and your landlord is sleeping upstairs! | |
09-19-2005, 02:54 PM | #4 |
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| What time does Rosie go to bed? If she goes to bed too early, this may cause her to wake up at 4am each day, "ready" to play. A treat may help, if there is something that may occupy her for quite some time (like a Greenie), maybe try to offer that to her at 4am, but if you do it too much, she may start to expect that treat each morning. Good luck in training her, Yorkies can sometimes mellow out a bit the older they get. Rosie sounds like she has a lot of energy! |
09-19-2005, 11:41 PM | #5 | |
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thanks for that, what are greenies we dont have them over here. she goes to bed with us bout 1am and gets all the bed as well, but she does sleep alot during the day i wonder if that has anything to do with it wendy and rosie | |
09-19-2005, 11:47 PM | #6 | |
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thanks for that but here in england we dont have racoons and the paper boys over here start bout 7am. im now wondering if its foxes she can here from our bedroom coz she jumps onto the window ledge and looks outside then runs down the stairs to go out, i think il shut my window up in the bedroom tonight and see what happens. im not worried about being evicted because we own our house its just inconciderate (sp) to wake them up at that time of the morning. wendy and rosie | |
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