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roxybc · 09-06-2008, 02:17 AM

We've had Roxy for just over 3 weeks now, and generally she's a really great dog, but in the past week or so we've noticed a problem with her.........

If she is not being paid any attention (ie: if I am on the computer, or trying to watvch TV or something) Roxy will bark at us because she wants to play - fine this is understanable, but sometimes we are just to busy to play with her at the moment. We may have been playing with her before, and she was either biting us too hard, or just went and started playing with her toys by herself, so we'll get up and sit on the couch, and then she'll bark to get out attention again. We're trying not to respond to the barking and give her the satisfaction of getting our attention because she's barking, but the last 3 days in a row she's messed in the house right in front of us, and she knows she's not supposed to. She has been potty trained for close to 2 weeks now, and she knows that she has to go outside. She knows that we'll open the door if she sits by it or barks, so sh can go to the bathroom. Today she even pooped behind the couch while my husband was sitting on it, and this was about 2 mins after she went pee outside! A few hours later she was back to pooing outside. We probably went at least a week without an accident and now this is happening!

Does anyone have any tips on what to do if we just can't pay attention to her when she wants us to. I don't want her to become a clingy needy dog, so I don't want her to be ruling us, it's us that will rule her........

09-06-2008, 02:17 AM	#1
roxybc Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 83	Ugh oh - barking (& peeing?) for attention! We've had Roxy for just over 3 weeks now, and generally she's a really great dog, but in the past week or so we've noticed a problem with her......... If she is not being paid any attention (ie: if I am on the computer, or trying to watvch TV or something) Roxy will bark at us because she wants to play - fine this is understanable, but sometimes we are just to busy to play with her at the moment. We may have been playing with her before, and she was either biting us too hard, or just went and started playing with her toys by herself, so we'll get up and sit on the couch, and then she'll bark to get out attention again. We're trying not to respond to the barking and give her the satisfaction of getting our attention because she's barking, but the last 3 days in a row she's messed in the house right in front of us, and she knows she's not supposed to. She has been potty trained for close to 2 weeks now, and she knows that she has to go outside. She knows that we'll open the door if she sits by it or barks, so sh can go to the bathroom. Today she even pooped behind the couch while my husband was sitting on it, and this was about 2 mins after she went pee outside! A few hours later she was back to pooing outside. We probably went at least a week without an accident and now this is happening! Does anyone have any tips on what to do if we just can't pay attention to her when she wants us to. I don't want her to become a clingy needy dog, so I don't want her to be ruling us, it's us that will rule her........