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I can't stand the barking anymore! Roxie barks every morning at 4:00 on the button. She continues to bark for 30-60 minutes. She barked when we put her in her crate. She barked when we put her in her ex-pen. This morning she decided 2:15 was a better time to start barking. We're losing sleep every night and it's miserable. What should we do? Would it stop if she wasn't contained overnight? I know she is just lonely because as soon as I come down and let her out she goes to sleep on top of me. |
I think u may have hit the nail on the head. She wants you. Do u have a problem with her sleeping with you? If not..let her. I bet she (and you) will have a peaceful nights sleep. |
My boyfriend is dead set against her sleeping with us. Roxie doesn't even go upstairs (where the bedrooms are)...I don't know why, but she's never even tried. |
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Hope you can get some solutions..(and sleep)! |
How long has this been going on. If you ignore her she will learn that no one is going to come when she barks and eventually she will stop. If you react, then she's got you. Is she a puppy, did you just get her? |
It's very early so I thought I'd reply - ask your boyfriend if she can sleep in your room (if you're crate training) - then maybe the barking will stop....she's just lonely. I tried the playpen thing with my youngest and she screamed her fool head off - I caved and she ended up right next to me and never made a peep again BUT - you have to be a very light sleeper to do this and I don't recommend it....I think I slept in the exact same position for 3 months :) These little guys are so much different than regular size dogs aren't they ? |
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Different!? For sure!! High maintenance!! But so am I so we work well together! :heart toKandi |
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Cheri perches above me on 2 pillows I set up. Once I 'tuck' her in - she's down for the night and never moves. |
I went through this when Piper was about 5 months old. Piper slept in the kitchen in her x-pen at night. My problem was my son who was home from college for the summer was up all night. He and his friends hung out all summer in our family room downstairs going in and out of the kitchen all night long. Everytime Piper saw or heard anybody she wanted out of the pen to play. Sometimes my son took her downstairs with them and when Piper was brought back upstairs the barking and crying would start. I would complain to my son can't you hang out at somebody's elses house once in a while. Which he replied that nobody elses parents wanted them over late at night. I wonder why. So rather then having my son and friends hanging out on the streets at night I decided to let Piper sleep with me at night. Best decision I ever made. From the first night I brought her to bed she curls in a ball next to me and falls right to sleep. You don't hear a peep from her all night long and is perfectly content to stay in bed until I'm ready to get up. Letting your baby be with you in your bedroom will probably end the barking problem. |
If all else fails get a new boyfriend.....jk..:D |
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LOLOL!!! I was thinking the same thing. But seriously though we know you want to keep your boyfriend. She is lonely and sleeping with you will cut that barking out. Yorkies are not like other dog breeds. They need to be with their owners and that means nighty night time too. If not in the bed with you at least in the bedroom placed in a play pen :) or (heaven help me) crate. I'm not a crate fan :rolleyes: My baby sleeps with me and she has her own side of the bed and small pink blanket that she has become very possessive over. If I slighty move it she flips out and pushes it the way she wants it...LOL But she curls up on it after kissing me goodnight...EVERY NIGHT...and we both sleep peacefully. She's even begun to fuss at me by 9:30 in the evenings to let me know it's bedtime. |
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LOL I crack up laughing when she does it, but I'm so grateful because I need to go to bed and rest too. Especially during the work week. I have a terrible habit of staying up too late sometimes. |
This has been going on off and on since we got her...6 months ago. She is 3 and fully trained, so we're not crate training her. She stopped for a little while about 2 months ago, but it has since started up again. I don't always go down and let her out, but she will continue to bark for an hour straight if I don't. |
I couldn't stand it. It would be in bed with me in a heart beat. I have always let my dogs sleep with me so never had them carry on in the middle of the night unless they had to go potty. We got our little guy when he was 8 weeks old and he has always slept with us. |
Aw she's lonely, maybe you can convince him to let her sleep with you and everyone might get a good nights rest! |
I agree, your pup is lonely. Does your bf not want her upstairs because she's a "dog" and is dirty? I only ask because my mom is of that mindset. She didn't want him here to begin with (we didn't live with my parents when I first got him). But to keep my mom happy and make sure Kaji is also comfortable, I take on a few extra cleaning steps. Those are: -weekly baths -puppy wipes, I wipe his Mr Peeper after every pee brake he takes, and wipe his feet every night. -If his aim is off that day, I give his belly a quick wash (a little soap, warm water and a towel dry) -Basic obedience. Just having him listen and really know where it is ok to potty made a huge difference in my mom's attitude toward him. He goes all by himself! It made a huge difference for my mom that she holds him now and even lets him sleep in her bed!! Just a thought. :) |
maybe she could sleep on Your side of the bed? |
Mine always sleep in the bed. They just want to be with you.:( It's a scarey world without mommie. |
Don't do anything that you aren't willing or able to do forever. Someone once gave me that advice about dogs and its so true. She must do it after 6 months because she knows it gets you down there. I can see the majority here are well trained by their yorkies...lol You must either stick to your guns or bring her bed closer to you- if she is not barking to relieve herself then she is just doing it to get you down there and its working for her. You say she is 3--what were here previous sleeping cirumstances? Maybe she slept with people before you. |
Pixie started doing this at 5 months and I couldn't take it so I caved in. She sleeps with us and is so happy that she got her own way;) |
Maybe you should move her bed in your room. My husband and I got Kona when she was 7 years old. The people we got her from said she would sleep in her crate in the kitchen at night. Well for the first 2 weeks it worked out great then she decided to start barking about 3:00 am and go on and on. We tried to ignore it but it was hard. I took her to my parent's house and there was no way I was going to have her in the crate in their kitchen and start barking at 3 in the morning so I put the crate in my room with me. Problem solved. When I got home I told my husband we were going to put the crate in our room. She has not barked at night since and now she sleeps in a bed on the floor on the side of our bed, she only sleeps in the crate when we travel. |
Thanks for the advice. Our trainer told us the same thing about moving her crate into our room. My boyfriend says he doesn't want her to think she can just wander around upstairs (upstairs is carpeted). I admit, I would like to at least give it a try and see if it helps, but I don't want to have an issue with the boyfriend. *sigh* :( |
I wouldn't be able to stand it either. Not at 4 in the a.m. You need to put your foot down and every time she barks make a loud noise and say a firm NO! She should get it. I have 4 and none are barkers...but that's not to say they wouldn't be. As soon as one started to bark when they were younger i did just that and they only bark when the doorbell rings and that's fine with me. Livie barks a little more than the others but I am working on her with that. If you let them keep doing it they will. I have a friend who's yorkie barks nonstop! Whenever I go over it's sooo annoying but then again they never correct it. The family is loud in general so maybe it takes after them. |
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My husband said that our doggies were not going to sleep with us in the bed. Once that sweet YT curled up with him, his heart melted away! lol |
Our Yorkie has her crate right beside our bed raised somewhat as the floor is cold. However; when she is in bed with us early in the morning my DH calls that safe sex. |
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This makes me sad. Your pup wants you. Dogs are pack animals and you are her pack!! We did this (had him sleep in another room) with Snick the 1st 2 weeks he came home....I still feel guilty about it, I feel like I tortured my lil babyboy being all alone!! I hate thinking about it. If she is trained, why does it matter if she is upstairs? Would it be ok to put her bed on your bedroom floor? Snick's been in our bed for about a year now after he was potty trained and now he is liking his alone time in his bed that is raised and next to our bed. He can jump up to sleep with us anytime and usually does in the middle of the night. But now since he starts out in his own bed, we all have our own space. I would suggest you try asking your BF to ATLEAST let her sleep on the floor in your room. You will all have a good nights rest now and forvever!!!! Good Luck- Snick & Viv |
Last night she barked at 3 am. Boyfriend wasn't here, so I put her crate in my room next to my bed. She barked even louder. I let her come up on the bed with me and all she did was run around and lick my face for an hour until she figured out how to jump down. *sigh* I want to cry. I just want to get a decent night's sleep. :cry: |
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