[gabbylynn88]

Originally Posted by YorkieLover9

How old is your puppy? I'm asking because Canyon is 7 months old and he has never been a barker and just in the last 2 weeks, he has started this growling and the barking at sounds that he hears, he has even started barking and growling at his own reflect (which he never did prior). He doesn't do this at night time, only during waking hours but in talking with his breeder, we've determined that he's growing up and he's now began to "guard". When he's barking, I usually go see what he's barking at or pretend to know what he's barking at and I will acknowledge him such as Thank you Canyon for telling me about the school kids walking by (or whatever the situation is), mommy hears them too, thank you for telling me Canyon. then I hold a finger to my lips and do the shhhh sound and say quiet and this usually works for him as he knows that I've heard what he's wanting to "warn" me about and he quiets down.

Noah is 12 weeks old.