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Post by beatrice on Mar 11, 2008 7:55:28 GMT 1
Any ideas how I can stop Max from barking early in the morning?
He sleeps in a crate, in a warm room downstairs. About 50% of the time he'll sleep or wait till we get up about 6.30. But the rest of the time he'll wake at 5 something, or even earlier, and bark.
I try to ignore him, so he learns that barking gets no attention. But I'm concerned about our neighbours.
If I do get up, he'll curl up and go back to sleep on the couch or in his basket. So I think it's just company he wants.
All suggestions gratefully received!
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Post by sledgehammer on Mar 11, 2008 10:20:24 GMT 1
Hi Beatrice, We had/and sometimes still have the same problem with our Anubis. Anubis also sleeps in his crate and had the same (nasty) habit to wake up at 5 or even before that... Felt like we had a baby all over again...  At first we thought that he had to go to the toilet, so we let him into the garden (at 5 in the winter, that freezing when just coming out of bed Brrr  )...we stopped to give him water after 19h00, late night walk, let him have a visit to his favourite spot in the garden just before he has to go into the crate... But that just didn't help, that approach even make it worse I think.. We tried to ignore him, but the neighbours didn't like that approach ;D and now he would wake up at even 03h00 in the morning, or should I say night...  So it is safely to say that we were struggling to have a complete night of sleep  Until the night that my wife went to bed early and that I fell asleep in the living room, with lights on and TV playing.... I woke up at 07h00 without hearing a peep from my dear rebel Anubis... So now we let a small radio play at reduced volume (no need for dico dancing in the night) and 95% of the time Anubis is calm and quiet until we get up...  Off course then we have to be fast to open up the crate and back yard door because he is turning green of the pressure building in his blather ;D Now sometimes he still barks (1 bark, that's all) and then we say something like , "shut the #@&$ up!" ::)and our Anubis is back to the dreams of open fields and bunny rabits that are just to fast for him perhaps the radio thing would help for you? Hope it helps!! |
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Post by Kobie on Mar 11, 2008 12:48:23 GMT 1
We had till date no complains about barking puppies, but our puppies are used to the sound of (soft) music from their birth... It gives them a save feeling, knowing that they are not alone...
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Post by daniela on Mar 11, 2008 20:20:24 GMT 1
What time do you put him to bed?
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Post by shekeik on Mar 12, 2008 7:30:42 GMT 1
Hey Beatrice, I have my baby in a crate at the moment but once she is toilet trained she will be out and on a mat beside the bed. She wakes up at about 3 religiously every morning (she is only 9 weeks old though) and I take her to the toilet and put her in bed with me as she is cold ( and spoilt). I do have the crate in the bedroom though beside the bed where she can see me, maybe you could try that for one he wouldn't feel so isolated and two you have more control when he is right beside you to stop the barking. Start to use one command leave , no or quiet something like that in a low growl tone to show that the barking is not accepted and high happy tones for good behaviour. Maybe he just does need to go to the toilet, or maybe he gets cold to just like my girl. She feels it really easily, even when I'm not cold she shivers. Also take him to the toilet right before the last person goes to bed and if you wake up in the night to go to the toilet take him out since your up anyway. Take away his water early and offer just a little to him so you can solicit what he is drinking. Could he be hearing or seeing something that could be setting him off? Hope that may help....  |
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Post by beatrice on Mar 12, 2008 11:59:23 GMT 1
Thanks for the suggestions ( he slept till 6.30 this morning - bliss!)
We've used the radio if we have to leave him in the crate any time during the day, and that helps.
The night-time routine is: no water after 2100, bed about 2300, ensuring he has a pee in the garden before being put in the crate. Also I've found that taking off my sweater and leaving it near him seems to help.
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Post by tasha on Mar 13, 2008 21:01:57 GMT 1
mine always have water available you can get one that locks onto the crate so you don't need to leave a bowl on the floor of it.
You can use a baby monitor to tell him to go back to sleep in the morning. I always make sure that mine have pee'd and poo'd before bed males will mark rather than pee properly so he might not be empyting himself properly before bed.
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Post by beatrice on Mar 14, 2008 19:38:27 GMT 1
Ah, now excuse my ignorance, but how can you tell the difference between peeing and just marking?
(He's slept through 3 nights in a row now - I keep reminding myslef that training is baby steps all the way, and the occasional lapse is to be expected)
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Post by europeword on Dec 26, 2008 14:26:25 GMT 1
I've also had this kind of problem with my dog before. After having longer walks before sleep, it seemed to be a solution. Now he still barks in the morning, but not before we are awake. |
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Post by tasha on Dec 28, 2008 18:41:03 GMT 1
marking is usually just a quick cock of the leg where as a proper pee they will usually (depends on the male though) squat down and it can last several minutes.
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