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Originally Posted by Candacekimble   You all have helped me so much in the pasts thank you!
I have a one year old dog who is completely potty trained and does tricks on commands. No problems in that area.
Two problems we are having:
At night my dog barks at random noises outside and wakes up the house. I dont want to lock her in her crate room at night. I want her to continue to sleep next the bed at night in her doggie bed. She does not do this at all during the day. She only barks when the doorbell rings and then she is happy to greet whoever comes in. I dont want to confuse her becaue i want her to bark if someone comes in the house at night (which she does). Any suggestions, considering Im half sleep and the Corrections are not seeming to work.
2nd issue Pixie whines loudly in the car, i take her to a lot of places with me so she gets car rides a lot. I wonder if she thinks im taking her to the kennel. I dont think its carsick.
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When my dog Sophie started to bark, I would get up and go to her, pet her gently and say, " good dog, good bark." then I would leave when she stopped.
I have a dog car seat in front and if she starts to whine, I immediately correct with a little Dog Whisperer suggestion by using my two fingers and do a very lite tap on the side of her neck and make a sound of " SHH, Shh." or....that will do, no whining. IN a different tone of voice, I lower it. It works.
Sophie sleeps with me and only uses her dog bed at the office at work. When I get ready for bed, I just say, let's go, it time for night night and she goes in my room , gets on chair to help get into bed and waits for my permission to get on bed or under covers. Usually she is very tired because we walk at least a mile and one half a day. If she hears an animal and barks I again acknowledge it calmly until she stops. I don't know why this works, I must have read it in one of my thousand Yorkie books. Good luck. Or....how about moving her dog bed out of the room?