Puppy barking when we enter room My yorkie puppy, 5 month old, has been sleeping in an x-pen in the kitchen for about three weeks with no major issue, meaning no whining or crying (in fact I rather think he likes the move from my room where I woke him up a lot as I am a night owl and was up till late). However, there have been a couple of instances were my mother and I will go into the kitchen after he has already gone to bed and he will jump from his bed suddenly and start growling and barking. This continues until after we leave the kitchen and does not subside until a few minutes later. I m just wondering what this reaction could possibly mean. He is normally a very quiet, sweet puppy. |
It sounds like he's being possessive/ territorial with his pen. If one of my girls did this I would probably start going into the pen regularly when they were sleeping and try keeping a strong/confident/assertive emotion until they stopped then leave & repeat... rewarding when I go in and there was no reaction and ignoring when they reacted negatively. If they wouldn't stop the growling I would probably give a light correction with my two fingers & say "no" then again ignore any bad behavior. I haven't had this particular problem but have found that my dogs, especially my Yorkies, are very in-tune with my emotions and I've been able to get them to do pretty much anything I want by being confident & assertive (not aggressive)... sometimes it's hard to control but these little ones are so smart & seem to just "get it" when I actually feel like I'm in control of the situation... they just sit back & enjoy the ride! Haha. I love Cesear Millan and watch him regularly... I've gotten a lot of helpful tips from him! Best of luck! |
I imagine he's not too happy about being woken up. Plus if you startled him he will have a sudden, vocal reaction. That's just what dogs do. Just try to ease his displeasure by talking to him and trying to get him to calm down. It won't take him long to figure out that you mean him no harm. |
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