Obsessed with her cabinet!! My Holly has a cabinet in my kitchen where all her food and treats stay. She now knows this and will stand in front of her cabinet and bark and bark and bark! She refuses to stop unless someone opens it up and gives her something. She'll push her nose against the doors and cry. How can I stop this behavior? |
I hate to laugh, but I can just see this. |
Move the treats around to other cabinets so she doesnt always know where they are |
I've actually moved the treats twice now...She'll pick up on where it is and is very tenacious. My girl is too smart! |
Have you tried separating her treats into *all* your cupboards so she can't really distinguish which cupboard to bark at? Take the treats out of different cupboards every time so she can't pinpoint where you're getting them every time (don't make it routine). Maybe that will confuse her enough? Also, if she's nosing and nudging the cupboard they must be the lower cupboards (near the floor) - do you have any high cabinets that are nearer to the ceiling of your kitchen that she can't "sniff out" quite as easily? I would put them in those. It may not stop the whining and barking but it definitely will stop the nosing and nudging. I would recommend putting treats and food into airtight containers too (not original boxes and bags) so the smell of the goodies don't waft through the air via the cracks in the cupboard door (it will keep them fresher too) :) I too can picture this and it's a very funny image. :p |
Once a dog has you figured out you are in trouble! Gracie only gets treats on specific occasions like after grooming and especially if I have to fix her topknot. Certain tricks she does that she does not like to do.....like give back her favorite ball after I throw it. She might get one or two a day and I only feed all natural treats. She knows where they and never goes after them. Of course she has never been very food motivated. Does sound like you are going to have to rotate where you keep her treats. Is she getting enough to eat? Does she like her food? I just wonder because some dogs need more than the recommended amount. |
Probably will have to ignore her or if she knows what no means say no. Callie's stuff is taking up the whole hall closet and she goes running when it gets open but never stands and barks at it lol. |
Joel is doing the exact same thing with his chewies in the pantry. He doesn't get them anymore bc he gets to obsessed with them and there not really safe. But what I've been doing to make him stop barking is doing something else when he barks instead of giving him one, like when he barks I pretend he wants to go potty or whatever, and only give him a treat when he's ignoring the pantry. He's starting to catch on and barely does it anymore:) |
I keep a little baggy of treats with me since we're still training, but it could help with the barking too. If you never give them out of the cabinet maybe she won't fixate on it? |
I think the hardest thing to do is not give in. She's learned of she repeats the behavior (the barking) you'll give in. What I have done (Had the same problem a few years ago) Kaji's treats are now up high where he can't reach, he's only allowed in the kitchen with permission, and I stopped giving in to every whine and whimper. Took a while but problem solved. :) |
some dogs smells are amazing, with Lola it is her toys, she gets herself in a state of frenzy from squeaking or hiding her toy in places she can't retrieve them like wedging them under a couch, dropping them in a trash can, pusing them behind a piece of furniture, and so forth. She is huffing and puffing and pacing so hard that we finally have to take the toy away. No matter how high the cupboard is or what we place it in, eventually she smells the hiding place and stands below it. We are lucky she just stands there looking up at it and huffing and making small wimper sounds. Loud barking is a pain, I would do as others suggest, mix it up and have treats in several areas so she is never certain where a treat will appear from. |
Brandi knows which cabinets her stuff is in. She won't bark but man does she give you the most hopeful stare you have ever seen. Her eyes are so full of hope everytime I open those cabinets. I also keep her medicine in there as well so she never knows what she's gonna get, her meds or her treats! |
My suggestions are simple. 1.) Say NO ( you can use any cue word you have chosen we would probably cue with' Enough') When you give into demands you are just setting yourself up for repeat behavior. Giving in to barking, encourages more barking and so on. 2.) Put a squirt water bottle in the cabinet, on the counter and keep one close by until you resolve the demand issue. Give the cue word "Enough" if she stops praise, if not one quick blast from the spray bottle with the same firm cue word. 3.) You can block the room off with a gate, but I think this really does not solve but accommodates the unwanted behavior. And most Yorkies are too smart they will bark or whine at the gate. The idea is to change the Yorkies unwanted behavior not keep them away from the cabinet. Check out the Yorkie Talk sticky under training titled Enough Barking. It teaches how to modify and change demanding behavior. |
Jaeger used to bark at the fridge a lot. We told him no, and then ignored him. Sometimes redirecting his behavior helped. Jaeger's a pretty active dog with a fast metabolism, so sometimes I think he does get legitimately hungry. He now knows if he is legitimately hungry, he can do a dance and talk (not bark) to get my attention. I'll ask him to "show me" and if its food he wants, he'll sit between his food and the fridge and eyeball the dog food to tell me he wasnt fed enough. |
Thanks everyone!! I'm going to try out all these tips and see what works after some time! The hardest part is going to be saying "No." to her when she shows off her sad eyes and whimpers. ;) No matter how cute it is when she nudges everyone's legs and leads people to her cabinet, it definitely needs to stop. :p |
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