All of a sudden Charlie going nuts in car!

[buddybear]

Originally Posted by Jkpal

Maybe you should buy a new car? Perhaps a tricked-out Harley-Davidson? Simply offering some reasonable options...Have you ever put Charlie in a thunder shirt? And/or, what happens if he is in covered carrier, unable to see out? Maybe he just needs a traveling companion...like a miniature horse or goat?

Omgoodness you come up with some original ideas!!!!!
I can just see Charlie in a Harley, LOL. The.mini horse or goat isn't a bad idea but to be acceptable it would probably have to be a registered service animal for their neeeeeeeeborhood.
I did the thundershirt for Buddybear and all I can say is it was excellent for absorbing the pee!

If you ever come up with the solution please post and give me the secret.

[Cindy_17]

Originally Posted by Jkpal

Maybe you should buy a new car? Perhaps a tricked-out Harley-Davidson? Simply offering some reasonable options...Have you ever put Charlie in a thunder shirt? And/or, what happens if he is in covered carrier, unable to see out? Maybe he just needs a traveling companion...like a miniature horse or goat?

Lol!! This cracked me up! I second the traveling companion, imagine Charlie (which is adorable) saddled up on a goat !

In ALL seriousness, I live where a huge Harley rally comes every year in May. Without fail every year a man rides in with his Yorkie on the bike with him (no kidding) I have seen the Yorkie riding in a sling across the mans chest, and I have seen him tethered somehow on the seat/tank area sitting in front of the man! Mind you there are literally thousands of bikes that come through, but there is no mistaking the man with the Yorkie, lone rider, blinged out bike, rough looking, big as a barrell man with this cute Yorkie with a Harley shirt and goggles I will try my best to get pics of it this year, it's too funny!

[Mayzoo]

Originally Posted by SWOwner

Attachment 409073I understand completely! The strange thing is he never barked for months - all of a sudden - he started going nuts. Same car, same places, same parking lots, same intersections but something changed. We were hoping something would "change" again and he would stop. We still hold out hope for down the road though...

Reading your siggie, and I JUST figured it out!!

You fairly recently acquired a fox, badger or rat living in your car and Charlie can hear it best at intersections and parking lots. He is just doing his job DAD!!!

Get an exterminator for the car and your problem will be solved. On the very unlikely chance that does not solve your issue, try a medium or an exorcism ......................................... no not for Charlie silly, the car!!

[Mayzoo]

Originally Posted by buddybear

Omgoodness you come up with some original ideas!!!!!
I can just see Charlie in a Harley, LOL. The.mini horse or goat isn't a bad idea but to be acceptable it would probably have to be a registered service animal for their neeeeeeeeborhood.
I did the thundershirt for Buddybear and all I can say is it was excellent for absorbing the pee!

If you ever come up with the solution please post and give me the secret.

Oh!!!! Now you are just being ridiculous.

We all know that goats simply cannot be service animals since they would eat the leash and harness and the seat belt and part, if not all, the car back seat and the owner's shoe laces and the owner's shoes and the tires on the shopping cart and maybe even the tires on the car.

STOP being soooooo silly!!

[Jkpal]

Mayzoo--you're a little meatball! Smooch!

[SWOwner]

Well, a member PM'd me and said to try putting Charlie in a soft "crate" and see what happens. We just happen to have a traveler with one screened opening so we put him on the floor of our Van with the screen pointing forward so he could at least see the console and the wife could put her hand on the screen and talk to him. Well gang - it worked! NOT! It worked right up until I put on my turn signal to turn at an intersection and then it got so bad - I was getting dizzy! Turned around and left Charlie at home. Like my granddaughter says - Oh Well!

[canana]

Originally Posted by SWOwner

Attachment 409089Well, a member PM'd me and said to try putting Charlie in a soft "crate" and see what happens. We just happen to have a traveler with one screened opening so we put him on the floor of our Van with the screen pointing forward so he could at least see the console and the wife could put her hand on the screen and talk to him. Well gang - it worked! NOT! It worked right up until I put on my turn signal to turn at an intersection and then it got so bad - I was getting dizzy! Turned around and left Charlie at home. Like my granddaughter says - Oh Well!

By any chance did someone suggest (sorry, I'm too lazy to read back all the many pages/posts ) that you keep him in some kind of comfy carrier/crate and then stuff his face with treats, before he has a chance to even make a growl or sound, when you approach an intersection or parking lots? Maybe first trying this during a 2 minute car ride and then incrementally longer rides? Obviously, not giving him treats as soon as he makes as much as a peep, and go straight home.

[SWOwner]

Originally Posted by canana

...and then stuff his face with treats, before he has a chance to even make a growl or sound...

Based on his performance so far - I don't have enough treats to try that!

[Jkpal]

Does Charlie try to go with you when you leave? How is that handsome little boy when you return from outings? This, too, may have already been suggested, but what about short trips around the neighborhood and such? Is he comfortable with those car rides? I tell ya, he is as difficult to figure out as he is cute--and that's extreme! We just gotta get him right because he really is too much of a character not to show off and too cute not to be exposed to and adored by the masses~~really-truly.

[SWOwner]

Originally Posted by Jkpal

Does Charlie try to go with you when you leave?

Yuppa! He runs to his carry case and jumps in the moment we get ready to leave the house.

Originally Posted by Jkpal

How is that handsome little boy when you return from outings?

The moment he see's the house - he starts going into his bark/scream mode.

Originally Posted by Jkpal

This, too, may have already been suggested, but what about short trips around the neighborhood and such?

Tried that - absolutely no difference whether we have been in the car for a few minutes or a few hours. Same thing - pulling into any type of parking lot he goes crazy, making turns - he goes crazy.

Originally Posted by Jkpal

Is he comfortable with those car rides?

Yes, he has no problem being placed in his car seat or even holding him - same thing on turns, parking lots, driveway, etc. Otherwise, he just sits and watches the world go bed - totally content. We are just hoping one day it will all stop. In the meantime - no more car rides unless we are going to the Vet, Groomer, etc.

[buddybear]

Originally Posted by SWOwner

Attachment 409089Well, a member PM'd me and said to try putting Charlie in a soft "crate" and see what happens. We just happen to have a traveler with one screened opening so we put him on the floor of our Van with the screen pointing forward so he could at least see the console and the wife could put her hand on the screen and talk to him. Well gang - it worked! NOT! It worked right up until I put on my turn signal to turn at an intersection and then it got so bad - I was getting dizzy! Turned around and left Charlie at home. Like my granddaughter says - Oh Well!

I figured it out!!!!!!!!!!! STOP using the turn signal----------that clicking noise is sending him bonkers. So in all sorts of weather you must drive with the window down so your arm can be the indicator.

[SWOwner]

Originally Posted by buddybear

I figured it out!!!!!!!!!!! STOP using the turn signa...

Well, actually tried that and ole Charlie figured out the movement of the Van in a turn and went right back at it. My only option is to always drive straight and never pull into a parking lot. Unfortunately, Charlie will probably figure out the feel of the car when you shut off the engine!

[SWOwner]

Update time! Took ole Charlie to the vet about his baby teeth. Previously, the vet said wait until he is one year old and they will extract his baby teeth. The vet (office has 3 vets) said he has never seen a Yorkie with so many baby teeth! Yea, Charlie strikes again! His 1st Birthday will be spent at the Vet Hospital having his baby teeth extracted.

Oh yea, Charlie is completely paper trained here in PA. However, when we took him to Florida he flat out refused to use the paper! I went to the expense of replicating the exact same setup (crate, paper, etc.) but he knew it wasn't the same. He simply wouldn't use it. He would poop just outside the setup and that wasn't going to fly. So I took him outside and he did his thing. He is pretty regular so it wasn't a real issue other then he refused to go potty IF it was raining. Yes, I had to hold an umbrella over him in order for the King to go! Did that for 6 weeks - no problem. OMG - what have we created! Anyway, I was concerned about having to take him out in the cold weather in PA considering he refused to use paper in Florida. We returned to a bunch of snow and ice cold weather - what was I going to do now. Well, that little turkey went right over to his paper and did his thing - no problem! This dog is killing me!

[sportschick]

Originally Posted by SWOwner

We take Charlie (9 month old Yorkie) everywhere we go without a problem. We have a carrying case for him that has been just fine since we got him. We place the case on the floor - he would jump in it and off we would go. We would zipper it up when we get out of the car (he has a hole to stick his head out) of and screens all the way around - no problem.

Now, he is fine (in his carrying case) until we pull out of the garage. All of a sudden he goes nuts just about jumping out of the carrying case. I tried holding him but can’t stop this behavior. It is though he sees a ghost! He barks, screams and scares us - we have tried to quiet him down without success. He gets so worked up that we are afraid he will nip us - his legs going 100 miles an hour, etc. If we can get him in the store - he quiets down completely - always loved going shopping with us. It all started recently when he would know we were going to stop the car to go into the store - he would go nuts until we got him into the store. Now – he just won’t stop the moment he gets in the car - we simply don’t know what to do and hoping that someone has gone through this. We take trips and this just isn’t going to work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Yupper, I have been going through this with Beanie since last year. I have a little bucket car seat that hooks over the headrest that she sits in. She decided last year that she was going to start barking at dogs when she saw them. She actually broke 3 of the car seats because she jumped around so much. THIS year, she has decided that she does not like anything that juts out from a building, like a pipe or a chimney, along with trash bags in front of buildings. She also sometimes thinks that a person holding a child's hand is actually a person walking a dog. OHMYGOD. She does this along with barking like the Tasmanian Devil when she sees a dog when I am walking her. I tried everything to curb it. The First Alert Bark Genie (that worked like a charm for about 6 months), this thing that shot out a burst of air (that worked for about a month), I have tried squirt bottles and positive reinforcement (making her sit and giving her a small piece of a cookie when she didn't bark), NOTHING has worked. I end up picking her up when we are walking and just removing her from being around any dog, all the while apologizing to the poor person who is walking their dog and looking at me in horror.

And I too have done the barking back at her thing, so I know EXACTLY what you are talking about - LOL.

The bottom line is that I have just about given up and try not to get too upset at her because most of the time she is a really, really good dog. Just a little bit nuts the rest of the time!!

[SWOwner]

Originally Posted by sportschick

Yupper, I have been going through this with Beanie since last year. I have a little bucket car seat that hooks over the headrest that she sits in. She decided last year that she was going to start barking at dogs when she saw them. She actually broke 3 of the car seats because she jumped around so much. THIS year, she has decided that she does not like anything that juts out from a building, like a pipe or a chimney, along with trash bags in front of buildings. She also sometimes thinks that a person holding a child's hand is actually a person walking a dog. OHMYGOD. She does this along with barking like the Tasmanian Devil when she sees a dog when I am walking her. I tried everything to curb it. The First Alert Bark Genie (that worked like a charm for about 6 months), this thing that shot out a burst of air (that worked for about a month), I have tried squirt bottles and positive reinforcement (making her sit and giving her a small piece of a cookie when she didn't bark), NOTHING has worked. I end up picking her up when we are walking and just removing her from being around any dog, all the while apologizing to the poor person who is walking their dog and looking at me in horror.

And I too have done the barking back at her thing, so I know EXACTLY what you are talking about - LOL.

The bottom line is that I have just about given up and try not to get too upset at her because most of the time she is a really, really good dog. Just a little bit nuts the rest of the time!!

DANG - another Charlie! Thank you so much for your reply - it ain't just Charlie. Charlie is perfect (like Beanie) in every other way - but something sure gets them excited. We miss not taking Charlie with us on rides now but I just can't take the crazy barking/screaming anymore. I had to laugh with your description of Beanie jumping around so much in his seat - Charlie gets all twisted around when he goes into that mode. Someday a member will pipe in with a working solution that we both can use. For now - I have a box full of "solutions" that have worked for other members but not for Charlie! Thanks again for sharing your experience.