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pepper87 · 09-23-2008, 03:03 PM

So we got pepper about few months ago and she never, ever barked until recently. We took care of a friend's cat a couple weeks ago for a few days and every time the cat made a noise in the night pepper would jump out of bed and howl and bark until one of us got up to check it out with her.
Assuming it was because she was stressed out by the cat, we thought it would go away after the cat left... but it hasn't.
At random times in the night she starts barking at nothing! I started to gently hold her snout and say "No!" which still works every time but now she has started to jump off the bed and run away from barking as much as she can before I can catch her and tell her to stop.
I don't know what to do to fix this.. I am losing sleep and I just want her to go back to normal.
Any suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance.

09-23-2008, 03:03 PM	#1
pepper87 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise Posts: 31	Barking throughout the night So we got pepper about few months ago and she never, ever barked until recently. We took care of a friend's cat a couple weeks ago for a few days and every time the cat made a noise in the night pepper would jump out of bed and howl and bark until one of us got up to check it out with her. Assuming it was because she was stressed out by the cat, we thought it would go away after the cat left... but it hasn't. At random times in the night she starts barking at nothing! I started to gently hold her snout and say "No!" which still works every time but now she has started to jump off the bed and run away from barking as much as she can before I can catch her and tell her to stop. I don't know what to do to fix this.. I am losing sleep and I just want her to go back to normal. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance.