Why does Biddy bark only at night???
 

Ok, so I'm an early bird. I go to bed at about 9ish with the pups. My fiance stays up until about midnight. When he comes to bed, Biddy barks her head off. At first I thought she didn't recognize him, but that's not the case. He now turns on the light and announces his presence when he comes into the bedroom - but she still goes bananas!! She jumps all over him and goes crazy. She doesn't do this any other time, except for the middle of the night...Help - I need some sleep!!!

Sounds like she is being protective in a way....except that it does sound like she is very excited to see him :D . Does she "Hush" when you tell her?

Maybe~ it's that she's groggy, half asleep, can't quite get a grip on the situation?? Bailey does it also, if he hears ANYTHING in the night,when he's been asleep, it takes him quite awhile to settle down afterwards.

She's definitely excited to see him - but she is uncontrollable! She will not calm down for say 5 minutes - meanwhile my lazy boy Tucker sleeps through the whole thing! I wish I could ;)

That's cause Tucker knows Biddy has guard duty covered :) If Trace is startled when sleeping he goes nuts or if I fall asleep on the couch....he barks at anyone who comes in....I always thought he was protecting me...ya mean, he's just excited cause someone came in???

Yeah, he's probably thinking - Finally someone who's not going to fall asleep on me!!!!

Gidget does the same thing. She knows how it is so I think its a protective thing. When someone walks by the door and its open she goes crazy also.

What time do you go to bed again? I just may call you to chat....LOL.

Chachi does the same thing.

I stopped pretending I was going to stay awake by sitting on the couch and falling asleep a long time ago! Reality set in that I don't "have a life" and I started putting myself to bed earlier and ealier...LOL

I don't pretend....I take a nap before I get up and go to bed. I used to lay on the couch to watch the news (the 6pm one) and fall asleep for an hour. Now if anyone needs/takes a nap in our house....it's referred to as "watching the news".

Ah - My Dad's old "resting my eyes" trick - I'm with ya!

Yep, while ya excerise your diaphram....with the little zzzzz noises ;)

If that's excercise, then my bf should be buff (and he's...well...not)...

might wanna hit that clear history button before you sign off. Never know when he might just check up on what you're writing....LOL

Oh - I'm at work...I know better!

If it disturbs your sleep, why not let Biddy stay up with your fiance and let him bring her to bed when he comes?

She has free raom of the house - she just chooses to come to bed with me.

HELP!!!

My Jeter is 4 months old...and last night he did something he's never done before...He barked all night... I WANTED TO DIE! ( I don't crate, he has his bed and is free to roam the room) I got 2 hours of sleep and now I am at work DEAD. I felt horrible, because he has NEVER barked at night, he hardly barks at all. Always sleeps thru the night quietly. So I gave him food, thinking ok perhaps he is hungry...he ate it up and still wanted more... which was also weird, because he ate plenty throughout the day...

But about 5 minutes later the barking started again. I turned on the lights and yelled no! He would stop...I'd turn the lights off...and then he did it again, I turned on the light to see if maybe he was barking at something in the room that was new to him...he kept looking around as if to stare at something in the air, but nothing was there (Which of course creeped me out, because I'm thinking oh great GHOST LOL) but all kidding aside, he wouldn't stop... He finally gave it up at 3am. I spoke to my dad this morning and he said perhaps he was in pain or something...something bothered him? I can't put my finger on it...and I HOPE this doesn't become routine...any ideas what could have caused this...and if he does it again, any suggestions on how to correct the behavior. HELP!!!!!!

He is also wee wee pad trained...and the past few days he has not been using his pad..he's been going on the other side of the room on the floor...

I am falling asleep at work now- Help, help help.... all suggestions are appreciated.

So sorry! Do you live in an apt bldg where he could have been hearing other people? They can hear things we cannot. Where does he sleep? In a crate? Could he be cold? He's about at the age where he would start teething. It was something. They don't just bark - at least, usually, they don't!:D