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Barking All Night Hi guys my little guy Diesel is all healthy now but he has just started barking almost all night and I can't seem to find much advice other than to give him a ticking clock, which I am going to look for today. He had been doing good and would just occasionally wake up and bark for a little bit but lately he barks almost all night and it is wearing us out. It starts earlier each night....last night it started at 1. He sleeps in a wire crate with his bed in the front and pee pad in the back. I leave him with a nylon bone and stuffed animal. I cover the crate with a sheet. Has anyone been through this and have any suggestions? We have him in a spare bedroom with the door shut but our house is small and we still hear him. Also we play with him all evening after we get home from work and would think that would make him tired. Thanks!! |
Have you tried putting the crate in the same room as you? Yorkies want to be with their humans and although the door is closed to the other room, he can still smell and probably hear you. He might settle if he is nearer. Maybe put the crate next to the bed where if he gets restless, you can put a hand down to him and reassure him you are near? |
May I assume that Diesel is a rather young animal ? Yorkies can be rather possessive and protective, right from the start. Your "play time" with him, reinforces the bond you have, and I'm not saying not to do that, however... When you separate from him, it's like your abandoning him, and he wants to keep an eye on you, to keep you safe. This is a strong representation of the Pack Mentality which all Yorkies are bread to possess. I suggest that you move his crate to a near location in your bedroom. Possibly on the night table next to your bed, where he can see you. I do this with all my new Pups, where when they get lonely, all I have to do is stick a finger in the Crate where they can touch me, and they settle down quickly. This is a very basic need for them, you should support it. Let him be your Protector. ;) PS: HA, Marhcarter and I were writing the same basic response at the same time. Like Minds ! :thumbup: |
my Chip who I just got at 12 weeks 5 days ago cries for a very short time then settles right down at night. His pen is in our room and he had a Snuggle Puppy with warmth and a heartbeat that I put with him from day one. Last night I forgot to turn on the heartbeat and he was still fine. I think being in the room with us makes all the difference. Good Luck! |
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Yes Diesel is only 16 weeks old and he has only been doing this for the last week and a half or so. He used to sleep until about 4 in the morning and bark for a bit but then quit. I guess I could try putting him in our room but I am afraid when we get up in the night to go to the bathroom he will wake up and bark anyway. Quote:
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When I get up in the middle of my sleep cycle to potty (usually 1 or 2pm) Huey gets up, too. I let him out to potty, then he climbs right back in bed and goes back to sleep with me. He does sleep in the bed under the covers, but I think the concept is the same. |
Well I took your guys advice and put Diesel in our room last night in his crate and he never made a peep and he didn't use the bathroom in his crate either! Thanks again for the help!!! :) |
Awww. Little tike just wanted to be with his peeps; so cute. Glad he's happy and now you are too!;) |
Sounds like one big happy family now!!! |
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Try petrol? ;-) |
See!! He just wanted his mommy close to him! |
I am going to suggest a good long walk before bedtime. Sophie Kate used to get up in the middle of the night and want to play (think Nyla bone being dropped on your head). This was resolved by making her really tired and a good long 30 minute walk was the answer. This also made for good night time habits, she learned that the final walk of the night is her time to potty before bedtime. |
Can you get flaps for dogs like you do with cats so they can go in the middle of the night without waking me up? I guess this is only for small dogs, or burglars would get in! |
Callie was a terrible barker at night oh my goodness I was so tired the first month I was like a zombie. Have you tried putting the crate where he can see you when your in bed? I would take Callie out to potty and then put her in her crate when she started the barking and ignore her. It is very hard to do the ignoring but that is what you have to do because if you respond and take them out they will know the barking will get them what they want. Good luck puppies are hard work. There is also something called a snuggle puppy that has a heat pack inside and a heart beat and that might help. |
I'm envious your little guy sleeps in his crate. I wish Darla would but she just will not. She will bark and whine all night if she's in her crate. DBF will not allow it and that is with her in our room. But she is fine if she's out of the crate. She has a soft bed next to my side she will sleep on if she's not in bed with us. But she does get up to go potty or poo. Bad thing is she doesnt tell me :( |
I'm sticking with cats from now on, they are so much quieter. |
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I've never known a loud cat. Also they can roam free without getting into trouble! And don't need walking. I think I'm getting lazy in my old age. |
My Yorkies would do the same barking if they were not in the bed beside me. Yorkies are people dogs and they do not like being left alone. I tell JoJo to lay down and he does. Spud has his pillow and when I turn that light off they both lay down quiet. If you can let Diesel sleep with you. I bet he will stop barking. Teach him to lay down, go to sleep. If my two boys as wild as they are can do that I bet Diesel will too. |
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