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Originally Posted by SWOwner  We take Charlie (9 month old Yorkie) everywhere we go without a problem. We have a carrying case for him that has been just fine since we got him. We place the case on the floor - he would jump in it and off we would go. We would zipper it up when we get out of the car (he has a hole to stick his head out) of and screens all the way around - no problem.
Now, he is fine (in his carrying case) until we pull out of the garage. All of a sudden he goes nuts just about jumping out of the carrying case. I tried holding him but can’t stop this behavior. It is though he sees a ghost! He barks, screams and scares us - we have tried to quiet him down without success. He gets so worked up that we are afraid he will nip us - his legs going 100 miles an hour, etc. If we can get him in the store - he quiets down completely - always loved going shopping with us. It all started recently when he would know we were going to stop the car to go into the store - he would go nuts until we got him into the store. Now – he just won’t stop the moment he gets in the car - we simply don’t know what to do and hoping that someone has gone through this. We take trips and this just isn’t going to work.
Any help would be appreciated. |
Yupper, I have been going through this with Beanie since last year. I have a little bucket car seat that hooks over the headrest that she sits in. She decided last year that she was going to start barking at dogs when she saw them. She actually broke 3 of the car seats because she jumped around so much. THIS year, she has decided that she does not like anything that juts out from a building, like a pipe or a chimney, along with trash bags in front of buildings. She also sometimes thinks that a person holding a child's hand is actually a person walking a dog. OHMYGOD. She does this along with barking like the Tasmanian Devil when she sees a dog when I am walking her. I tried everything to curb it. The First Alert Bark Genie (that worked like a charm for about 6 months), this thing that shot out a burst of air (that worked for about a month), I have tried squirt bottles and positive reinforcement (making her sit and giving her a small piece of a cookie when she didn't bark), NOTHING has worked. I end up picking her up when we are walking and just removing her from being around any dog, all the while apologizing to the poor person who is walking their dog and looking at me in horror.
And I too have done the barking back at her thing, so I know EXACTLY what you are talking about - LOL.
The bottom line is that I have just about given up and try not to get too upset at her because most of the time she is a really, really good dog. Just a little bit nuts the rest of the time!!