Hot Rod started barking at night after I would go up to bed (I have a ritual where he lays on a pillow on me and then I put him in his pen for the night). Well, we have a sprinkler system that goes off at 3:00 am. I don't know if that is it or what but I made the mistake of going downstairs. Of course they learned that and kept doing it. One night hubby went to the top of the stairs and yelled down to tell them to stop. It stopped! Ever since then (2 mos ago) it's only happened a handful of times. so it hasn't totally stopped but has gotten a lot better. |