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My dog goes crazy when something in the room has changed Has anyone else had this problem? I just brought the carpet cleaner upstairs and she would not stop barking! I changed the flag on the patio and put up a bird house and she would not stop barking at them! Help any ideas? |
Not sure about your baby, but I'm convinced my Coco has OCD. She goes nuts if something, anything is left on the kitchen counter or if the bathroom garbage can is too full. She Barks until I either put it away or throw it away! LoL |
I used to have one that would pout for about a week when ever I hanged anything. The 3 I have now, just watch what I am doing and if I change something they have to really inspect what I have done. LOL |
My yorkie Callie will pout and act mad and upset if we change certain stuff also which is really gonna suck when we move but not sure what you can do about it. |
I've never had this prior to my dogs now, but they both do the exact same thing!! I know for certain that one of mine was not socialized properly to say the least when he was younger, and it has been a long road to get him over his fear of almost EVERYTHING. But regarding the barking when things are new to a room, I taught them both the touch command. And when they see the new item and start barking, I now tell them touch... and if they cant reach it, I will go get it down, and they will both work up the nerve to come up and smell it and touch it, and I promise you that they are then fine with it. I don't know if this will work for yours, but it has made all the difference in the world for my two!! Because prior to finding a solution that worked for mine, a towel laid out of place would literally cause frantic barking until I removed the item....so good luck with yours!!! |
I think it's a consultation issue. Had you thought to discuss these changes with them/it first ? :rolleyes: |
Charlie goes bananas when something changes or is moved. Most recently I had 2 carpets delivered and when they sat rolled on the floor in the mudroom he barked, growled and wouldn't get within 3 feet of them. A few weeks ago, I dropped a roll of masking tape in the hall and he wouldn't walk by it, just sat staring at it and growled. We did move into a new home this summer, and he did fine. I think because everythign is new and in a new arrangement. We made sure to unpack his bed, crate, toys and put down the food/ water first in the house while the movers were still unloading the truck too! |
Lol, Pfeiffer is the same way :)! If something new/different is placed on the floor or things are rearranged, she is just up in arms over this assault of the senses. She will growl/bark at things that are out of place -- advancing and retreating and growling, very dramatic. Last summer, we were all on a walk (me, hubs, the 3 furs) and this one house we always pass had a new little security sign in its yard (very small!) and OMG, Pfeiffer was just beside herself!!! It was about 20ft away, not even close to us -- but she just thought it was all so wrong to have that new sign there. Apparently, Pfeiffer's dog-Mama is the same way, so I guess she inherited it. Funny. |
Yorkies notice everything, don't they? Nothing gets past these little guys. |
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The last time my gang did a fear bark and stranger alert (all the while backing up) was because of my new crock pot on the counter. I had to put Gracie up on the counter and let her sniff it. Then all was calm again. Rubin has a trash thing too he will bark if the trash sticks out above the top of the can. I just empty it. LOL I don't know why it bugs him but it does. |
One day I made the mistake of putting the trash out a day early and then realized it. I went out and moved it back over the fence to inside the yard so dogs or kids in the alley couldn't get to it and perhaps create mischief. Tibbe took extreme exception to moving it from one side of the boatgate to the other - some 6" maybe! He let me have it for quite a while and for the rest of the day every time he looked outside. That trashbag being in a different place was just so wrong to him! |
My Jewels is funny about change too chachi goes on as normal |
Yes, if anything at all has changed in our house or yard, Tucker goes nuts. He hates big play balls and fire hydrants.. (go figure :/). He is super high strung anyways, so little things bother him. |
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My last Yorkie Prissy, did that all the time. I remember one year placing a pumpkin on the hearth. She had a stomp down fit about it being there. Also moved a doll from one shelf to another and she barked about that also. Too funny. |
One of my guys does the same thing - if I put out a new decoration etc. he'll bark at it until I take it down and let him smell it. Too funny!:) |
Oh I am so glad it is not just my dog!! LOL she is only 17 weeks old, maybe more socialization would help??? |
Jaeger was REALLY well socialized as a puppy (not at all til 10 weeks though :( ) and still has this issue. The dog trainer says its a part of his resource guarding issue and to keep very on top of our routine and enforcement of rules until his increased aggression passes in a few days (I know most dogs dont get aggressive about change but Jaeger sometimes does.) If it's a barking issue (occasionally) or a fear issue (almost never with him) I will offer him said object to sniff, or, in the case of a bigger issue, I will stand by the object and offer treats. |
Around my house, if anything is out of place, or if something new is brought in, Neo will pitch a hissy like you've never seen! It has become something of a joke between DH and myself, just saying "Somethin' Different!" means that the stinker does not like it and is upset that we did not ask his permission.:p Thank goodness nothing like that seems to upset Connor. He is pretty mellow about such stuff.:) |
Love reading these cute stories! I love Yorkie barking - shows an attitude. Hehehe. Thankfully I live in a house & don't have to worry about someone on the other side of the wall like in an apartment so I let Tibbe bark a good bit if he wants. He chews out the garbage truck, traffic in the street, school kids walking by the front window, squirrels and cats, postman and all the delivery men - and all visitors until they come through the door. A good round of barking seems to relax him and after a few minutes of barking, then grousing, then growling and then snorting, he decides he's had his say and settles down. But if any of those people he barked at comes in the house, Tibbe is Greeter #1, fawning all over them. So I kind of just let him go & say his piece about whatever is different or new since he doesn't bark forever. |
Well I have to update on my girl's. LOL They are all 3 going crazy right now. I am having the fence in the back of the yard replaced and they don't seem to like it. LOL Maybe it's all the noise and seeing the old come down and new going up. They are having a fit about it. |
This is hysterical!!! Mine are like this too....Poor Miss Mini when I move. This poor baby spends most of her life in the house because of her severe allergies and her "couch potato like mom" thingy...anyways, this house has been her life for seven years, she too goes batpoop crazy when I change things, imagine what living somewhere else will be like! :eek: |
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I am amused and relieved to see all these stories. My Meika goes ballistic like this when something new is in the house or yard. I call her my little sheriff, as she is always on patrol making sure everything is in it's place. I thought she was a little psycho or something because she gets startled so easily, and then barks at the new thing. Nice to know she's not the only one. My other 3 pupsters just look at her like "what's wrong".... they don't get it. |
I think maybe Yumi has done this a couple times. I thought she must have heard something outside, but Yuri didn't react at all, and he's a real barker. I never thought about something having been moved, or added to the room. It's kinda funny. |
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Most of the time, I let them stay in the room that we are doing something to, sometimes that's hard to do because they are in the way, but if they are involved with the change, they accept it more easily. So last month we took out the living room carpet, put in a laminate floor and got new furniture. They would have been beside themselves if we didn't let them in the room, but we just did it and didn't make a big deal of it and let them come & go as normal and they were fine with it. |
My two do just about everything everyone says on here. The bark, growl or attack certain things moved around or new stuff brought in. Oh the outside garbage when you put it out road for pick-up, Jack's sits on back of couch and growls at it. So funny. I do try to show it to them, let them stniff smell or what-ever to let them know here is something new. I have put a tread mill in their potty pad room its been there 3- weeks now. I have no idea why Jack still thinks he has to pee on it. LOL I think he doesnt like it, Josie tries to get on it with me. |
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