Night Time Barking WAY OUT OF CONTROL!!! Long Post
 

Ok for the most part my puppy who is now 3.5 months old and is doing pretty good during the day time with her barking and misbehavior. Today she spent most of the day with me alone and was very calm and quiet. I did notice that she would want to sleep on the couch or on a pile of clothes etc for most of the naps.

I noticed that she was quite calm and very easy going and not even biting as much as usual. I was alone as my husband had taken the kids out for a few hours. My kids are 11, 7, and 1.

When everyone got back home she went wild. Boy do I mean wild. It was then time to go to bed and she just went nuts with the barking. All day she wasnt barking at all and all of a sudden she just wouldnt stop. I had to put a blanket over her crate to muffle the sound.

She did the same thing the night before. No one could sleep. She barked for two hours straight. I tried the water in the face, the coin shaking, ignoring her etc. Come to find last night that she had vomited in her crate. After it was clean she was ok for about 10 minutes then started up with the barking again. I waited and did the corrections again to no avail. I then let her out after 30 minutes and took her to her litter box. She peed. Then back to the crate for more barking again for at least 30 min. I then fed her and she was ok then she fell asleep in my rec room on top of some clothes. I took her off the clothes and into the crate she went then into my room. I finally got to go to sleep at around 2am.

Tonight she starts up with the barking again. She goes at it for about an hour. I put the blankets over the crate and after about 30 min she stops. She starts up again and i take her to the litter. No pee. I take her to her food. NOt hungry. I put her back into the crate again. She starts up again. I turn on the tv for a little while she goes at it for about 10 more minutes. She finally stops for about 45 minutes. Now she is back to the barking again. I have her in the kitchen and dont want to bring her into my room etc because i dont want her to get used to sleeping near us. I dont want her to get used to being near us as I dont want to start any type of separation anxiety later on. Its bad enough my 1 yr old wants to be on my hip all day.

Dont know what else she could want other then to sleep with someone. Ive tried everything and nothing is working. I live in an apartment and my downstairs neibors are real jerks when it comes to noise esp late at night to the point they will call the landlord and the police. I dont know what else to do to get her to stop the barking. My husband is really giving me a hard time about it as he gets up at 4am to go to work and he cant sleep with all the barking.

I need help!!!

Any advice? Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post.

Is.

Try moving the crate into your room,I know this sonds as if it will make her more clingy but I think it works. If sh can see you she might settle!
Does she only go in the crate at night?Try and make the crate a place good thing happen like feed her in it or give her a little treat when she is in it or hide some treats in it you could also get a kong toy and fill that so she has somehing to focus on!
Hope this helps.

Why can't your dog sleep with you?

My puppy slept with me from the first night I got him (8 weeks old) - and he slept through the night (6 or 7 hours) from the very first night on - never cried and never barked --- and didn't even pee during the night.

I would certainly give this a try - because I couldn't stand barking at night - I sympathize with your husband...

*** If you don't want him sleeping with you - let him sleep with one of the kids...they'd love it.

Good luck! Carol Jean

How much exercise is she getting? When you say she spent the whole day with you and was calm and quiet, the first thing I think is that she needs to burn off some energy at some time during the day.

I thought when you are in training they shouldnt sleep with anyone and should be in the crate. She is not potty trained completely (she will do fine when she is calm etc but excited goes everywhere) and I am afraid she will go on my bed. Also, my 1 yr old and sometimes my 7 yr old end up in the bed with me and I dont want anyone to end up on top of her.

Ive moved the crate into my room but she still cries and barks. She is not satisfied with being the crate in the bedroom she wants on a bed with someone.

No she goes in the crate at all times of the day to just lay in there and also to sleep at times. Sometimes I will find her on top of a pile of blankets, or the sofa.

I had play time with her the whole day it was just not as much as she would have received had the kids been home. She roamed around the house with the exception of the bedrooms and my office and she did awesome with the potty etc. She went on her own many times and even came to get me to let me know.

:eek: We still have a crate/night barker. I still havent been able to get this dog to quit barking while in the crate and its worse at night. I cant get to bed any earlier than 1 or 2 am with her. She then starts right back up with the barking at 7am or earlier. Ive tried everything and nothing works. She doesnt want to be in the crate at all she wants to run around the house. She wants to sleep anywhere except the crate and voices that decision loudly every single night. Im really getting tired of it and I have already considered getting rid of her. Anytime she starts up the barking its so loud and its so annoying I just cant take it anymore.

I dont want her loose in the house while im alsleep as she tears up paper and anything she can find around the house even clothes. She will also jump on anywhere where anyone is sleeping and jump all over their face and start to nip at them.

So that's where we are today a few months later after the original post. Any additional suggestions?

Is.

My 4 dogs sleep in bed with me and my husband...they go in crates when we arent home only. They certainly dont have separation axiety because they sleep with us?? Id give it a whirl...I couldnt imagine 2 hours of non stop barking..eek..I agree with alaskayorkie and try to excersise her more. Puppies have TONS of energy they need to get rid of and a few walks a day might do the trick..make the longest walk your last walk...maybe she will crash out in her crate after that. Also try putting her in her crate just before you get into bed...if she hears you all having fun, talking, doing things..she probably just wants to see what you are doing...and if you dont want her in your bed...try the crate in your room..she is still a baby and probably just wants to make sure you are still around..

Dawn

We put a baby gate up infront of our bedroom doorway...most likely she will stay on the bed with you. My dogs were with us since day one, 8 weeks old, never had an accident in the bed, never tried to jump off...just cuddle with us and sleep till morning...its really worth a shot..especially if you are thinking of getting rid of her due to the barking.

Dawn

Did you just get her? When I brought Lillie home (she was 8 weeks old) she cried and whined for the first 4 nights...(Her crate is in our bedroom) I also got up with her, did the pee thing, gave her food etc....but, this was encouraging her behavior...I just left her to whine and kept telling her NO LILLIE!! GO TO SLEEP! after 5 nights of this she finally stopped...Maybe she's cold? try putting a heating pad under her blanket in her crate...and leave the crate covered...Maybe put her favorite toy in there with her...

I'm sure this isn't going to be easy...especially where your hubby gets up early and your neighbors get upset....

Good Luck

Maybe a play pen with the clothes she likes to sleep on would help, or here is a link to a heartbeat thingy...


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I got her on 9/20/06 and she was a couple days shy of being 3 months old. She is now going on 5 months old.

I would let her sleep with me if I could be 100% sure she would actually sleep and not be running around the house or in my room chewing everything in sight. She just wants to play 24/7 and its rough play. She will not just cuddle with anyone. she will lay on your lap for a few minutes and then she is nipping and gets all roudy again. if she is laying with someone she will jump all over you and start to bite like crazy. My 1 yr old sleeps with me and i couldnt have the dog jumping all over him while we are asleep.

I actually think what the problem is that we let her roam around the house pretty much all day with exception of the bedrooms and sometimes living room. Then its time for bed and she wants to lay in the office on top of clothes and or on the couch. So when she gets crated i think she just gets mad cause she wants her way and be out doing what ever she wants.

I definately cant let her stay out of the crate at all when not supervised. We tried a couple of times to leave her out of the crate while running a short errand and upon our arrival she has pieces of things all over the place that she either chewed up or shredded into pieces. Luckily its not furniture or walls etc and its only paper or clothes but still its not a good habit for her to keep doing. I came home one day to find her chewing my underwear. She has a fetish with socks which is why we named her socks and now with underwear. She is weird.

She is so cute and we all love her to death but she is just way too fiesty and always wants her way. if she doesnt get her way forget it she goes crazy. She wont even eat her food if she thinks she can find something better on the floor that the baby dropped.

Dont know only time will tell. thanks again everyone

Like all dogs, Yorkies are naturally roamers and like to explore a large territory each day. IMO, a large house and backyard is not enough. To prevent hyber-excited behavior, the dog needs to be walked, so it can fulfill its urges to roam a larger area and check out the neighborhood.

I think the barking at night might be just a side effect of not being walked enough. My puppy is only 4.5 months old, and if I don't walk her at least an hour per day, she can get pretty crazy too. Forcing the dog to walk next to you is a good bonding experience, as it shows your leadership, which makes the dog more relaxed. The mental challenge of matching your walking pace becomes another energy outlet for the dog as well. Whenever the dog walks perfectly next to you or slightly behind, make sure the leash is loose so the dog gets the idea that if it is patient and doesn't pull you, it will feel no tension from the harness. Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggestion to leash pop the dog. But it's just having a little tension on the line when they are not walking next to you.

The best way to burn off their energy is to set up play dates with other dogs. We have a neighbor with a yorkie, and when our two girls get together, they turn on the afterburners and sprint for hours on end.

Ollie barked for a week straight in the cratre at night. Finally I took the door off of the crate and penned her in the laundry area. That did the trick.

Everytime you take her back out of the crate when she is barking you are just reinforcing the problem. You would not give in to a child throwing a temper tantrum.
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What would you do if one of your cildren decided they wanted to sleep with you and threw a fit. Would you keep going to there bed and getting them up, or would you let them scream it out.

From my experience I would say that eventually she would grow out of it with time . Also give her plenty of exercise and walk her a lot . I live in an apartmeent complex and today since it was rainng a lot i could;t take royce out for his walk so what i did is I played with him in the hallway and made him run really fast for a couple of minutes olaying with his ball and when we returned home he was exhausted .

Good luck

Bailey went through a stage of barking during the night when she was younger. She is very protective and every little noise set her off.( deer walking by, coyotes howling, pinecones hitting the roof, the wind, etc) She also hates to be kenneled and gets very upset being locked up to the point where we were afraid she would hurt herself.

We put her in our 16 year old daughter's room when she was younger, who plays her music all night. (how she sleeps we'll never know) we also went to the fabric store and bought her some fleece and made her her own blanket to sleep on, on the bed. She also has a canopy bed on the floor that she will occasionally sleep in.
We also kept the door shut (so she wouldn't wander around) and put her litterbox in there with her.

She really wants to sleep with us, so she doesn't bark at night now (unless the kids are coming in late) we can keep our door ajar now so she can get down to go potty and come back to bed.

I would spend some time playing with her before bed to tire her out, also try using rescue remedy to calm her down before bed. A drop or 2 in her water bowl. My vet said it is safe to use everyday,ask your vet about it. I use it on Bailey once a week to go to her training class.

I don't use a crate because of the anxiety it causes Bailey, Bailey also hates the dark so we use night lights around the house and in the laundry room where her food and litterbox are. Hope some of this helps.

Michele & Bailey:aimeeyork

I mentioned that my pup has slept with me from the first night on.

He really never did wet the bed - and has always slept through the night.

But - when he first worke up in the morning = I immediately took him outside - and then if we want to - we could go back to bed for hours more.

I don't know why - but my dog's favorite thing in the world is to sleep with someone.

**** It might be worth a try - you may end up having to try several different things - and this would just be one.

**** I really do believe that because I let my dog sleep with me - which kept him from ever barking or crying at night - that this is why he doesn't bark to this day. It's almost like he never has any reason to do it. My other dog doesn't bark either.

Good luck - Carol Jean

Well I have decided to let Sox either sleep with my boys or me and my husband. She has been doing so good the past couple of days. I just gate off the living room at night and she for the most part stays sleeping until its pee or poo time. She has even woken up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Every morning I check and she has gone a couple of times. She hasnt even gotten into any mischief either which was surprising to me. I guess she doesnt want to go to bed in the crate so she figures she better behave.

So far so good and hopefully everything will be alright. Now to just get her to stop barking everytime someone makes a noise or walks past the room she is sleeping in. She is now getting into the protect the people in the house mode.

I kept my little Dash in the crate at night when I first got him, the barking the first few evenings was terrible, but after that he got used to it (I think he knew I would let him out when we woke up!) I continued with the night-time crating until he stopped barking to wake me up to pee (made sure he did this for about a week) after I knew he could sleep through the night, no more crate :) and now he sleeps soundly next to me.