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Newyorkiemom774 · 02-08-2017, 08:23 AM

Hi everyone,
I hope I am posting in the right place.
I have terrier troubles! This is my first terrier, though I'm an experienced dog owner, This is new territory for me and frankly I need all the help I can get. I've had my boy for over a year and things have been pretty good, except for his separation anxiety, which we are working on! But recently a new behaviour has developed. For a few weeks now, he's been running to my apt door and barking like crazy. In trying to remedy this issue, im afraid I may be making it worse. ive read many articles of advice and am trying a combination of things I'm not even sure are a good idea. I read that I should get up and look and tell him "it's ok" and this seems to work in the sense it's a single bark and then he calms down. But it also means in an evening I have to get up and go to the door ten times to tell him it's alright. I'm also afraid it may be encouraging the behaviour. Ignoring him doesn't work he just gets louder. So we've also tried training "settle down" using a leash. it seems to be working but still in progress. If he's not actually attached to the leash he only listens 50%. In doing this I realize, there's a new dog on our floor! Eureka! So I waited for just the right moment to catch them in the hallway, I thought introducing the dogs might be the answer. My dog is very social, he meets dogs outside no problem, dog park, no problem, he goes to doggy daycare, no problem. He let the new dog sniff him for a few seconds, it seemed to be going well and all of a sudden he lit up. Barking, not play barking and the nasty growl. So we separated for a second and let them try again, same thing. They gave up and walked away. Yikes. Now I know he's really going to go crazy every time that dog passes and I'm not sure how interested they are in working out the problem since it's my dog who is the issue!!! Any suggestions? Thanks.

02-08-2017, 08:23 AM	#1
Newyorkiemom774 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Toronto Posts: 1	New dog on my floor (condo) HELP! Hi everyone, I hope I am posting in the right place. I have terrier troubles! This is my first terrier, though I'm an experienced dog owner, This is new territory for me and frankly I need all the help I can get. I've had my boy for over a year and things have been pretty good, except for his separation anxiety, which we are working on! But recently a new behaviour has developed. For a few weeks now, he's been running to my apt door and barking like crazy. In trying to remedy this issue, im afraid I may be making it worse. ive read many articles of advice and am trying a combination of things I'm not even sure are a good idea. I read that I should get up and look and tell him "it's ok" and this seems to work in the sense it's a single bark and then he calms down. But it also means in an evening I have to get up and go to the door ten times to tell him it's alright. I'm also afraid it may be encouraging the behaviour. Ignoring him doesn't work he just gets louder. So we've also tried training "settle down" using a leash. it seems to be working but still in progress. If he's not actually attached to the leash he only listens 50%. In doing this I realize, there's a new dog on our floor! Eureka! So I waited for just the right moment to catch them in the hallway, I thought introducing the dogs might be the answer. My dog is very social, he meets dogs outside no problem, dog park, no problem, he goes to doggy daycare, no problem. He let the new dog sniff him for a few seconds, it seemed to be going well and all of a sudden he lit up. Barking, not play barking and the nasty growl. So we separated for a second and let them try again, same thing. They gave up and walked away. Yikes. Now I know he's really going to go crazy every time that dog passes and I'm not sure how interested they are in working out the problem since it's my dog who is the issue!!! Any suggestions? Thanks.