Do you let Gidget sleep in your bed? I let Tinker sleep with me, and I have a ramp next to my bed so she can get up and down on her own. It seems to work for her, because if she wants to go potty she can or she can just sleep next to me until I get up. I wouldn't get up everytime she barks, because she thinks she has trained you to get up and that is why she does it every morning. I know you said ignoring her won't work, but that really is the best thing. You need to get her to realize that you don't get up until you want to. Try it on a Sat. or something when you don't have to go anywhere. It may be annoying to sit there half asleep listening to her barking, but once she stops I would get up. That way she starts getting the idea that it is you who is incontrol and not her. See that is a yorkies biggest thing, they seem to think they run everything.I would try it just one more time, but the second she is quiet jump up so she can associate it. I would try and make her sit before you open the door so maybe she will associate sitting at the door to getting up, and then she will just sit there in the morning instead of bark. Good Luck!!! |