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Originally Posted by candacejaydee  I think she barks for attention at night. She sleeps with me on my bed and she wants me to play with her I think but I'll be so tired and I need her to know its bed time. I try to be the dominant one, she's so damn stubborn. She doesn't listen at all! During the day I take her for about 1 walk a day, sometimes 2. I have a big back yard so she runs around in there as well, and I play fetch with her. I was thinking of putting her in her crate for punishment but I read somewhere that's a bad idea because when I'm at work she has to go in her crate while I'm gone and if I put her in there for punishment she won't like the crate. Thank you for your feedback! |
Well the crate is a wonderful tool- if you are using it correctly. When Peanut was a puppy he slept in his crate, unless he was on the bed- during the day he was in his xpen. However if he did something that was wrong, I corrected him and placed him in his crate. He was a really good puppy so he hardly got in trouble. I think in your case she is just restless. Can you play with her ˝ to hour before you go to sleep? I think an hour or so before bed time would be great- since puppies have endless amount of energy you have to make sure to drain it all!! While you are sleeping and if you correct her to stop barking or biting and she doesn’t listen- put her in her crate, with a blanket or sheet over it. A couple nights of not getting her way, sleeping in the crate should correct her…. When you wake up and if she was good, let her out and reward her for being a good girl.
Do you work with her during the day? Train her how to do any commands? Peanut loves our training times. He gets that special one on one time. He loves to learn new tricks and of course get treats… I think training them to do tricks is really good- it teaches them more than just the trick you are trying to do.