Riley is four months old, and not crate trained. At night, we leave him in the kitchen, and he cant get out because we have a child safety gate up. All he does is bark when we leave and go sit on the couch in the living room. He can see us, but he doesnt stop jumping on the gate and barking!!! Other than a shock collar, how do we stop him?? Please HELP!
2006-08-23 17:46:19 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
dogs are "pack" animals and by seperating him from you ,you are telling him he is a bad dog, and he is trying to get back in your good graces so as to rejoin the pack. you are really confusing him. try letting him stay in the living room with you till bed time instead of closing him off while you are still up. then at bed time take him out to p then let him sleep in the bedroom in his own bed and get up to take him to p if you hear him at night. much happier puppy. if his bed is beside your bed you can touch him if he cries and say go to bed. same routine every night will work fast. dont talk to him after bed time , cept to say BED .
2006-08-23 18:06:14 · answer #1 · answered by sillygoose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To first answer the question--try squirting him with water. When he is being quiet, praise him.
By not being crate trained, do you mean he's not used to being in a crate or that he's not housebroken? I strongly recommend crate training and it's never too late to start. It really helps a puppy with housebreaking and keeps them out of trouble.
First, if you are still up and about, let him be with you. Get him a dog bed for the living room and encourage him to lay in it so that at least he can be in the same room with you. When you actually do go to bed, put him in a crate for the night if he is not housebroken. The best way to housebreak is to work at it! The more chances he has to learn, the better. By four months of age he should be getting the idea pretty well.
And put the crate in the bedroom with you, at least at first.
Until you get the crate--try shaking a can or jar with a few pennies or rocks in it, the noise will startle him when he starts barking. As soon as he is quiet, praise him. Or try a water bottle--a good squirt often works. Ideally, though, don't let him see you because he wants attention, and even if he get squirted it is worth it because he got your attention. Above all, don't give in and give him any attention when he is barking or you will accidently encourage him.
Good luck!
2006-08-23 18:41:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whilst you go away discontinue announcing goodbye and kissing the dog if you happen to do. Simply leave without any word. While you come home, wait a while earlier than you get excited as good. This indicates your pupy that's is typical while you leave and you'll come again. You can't make a tremendous deal out of it. Do this a few times when you find yourself genuinely no longer leaving. Just fake. All trainers use this approach, and i also used it on my boxer that used to have seperation anxiousness. Putting clothes that odor like you guys near the dog could help too.
2016-08-09 12:27:18 · answer #3 · answered by mahall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would highly suggest you start him on crate training and simply keep him in his crate throughout the night. Be sure NOT to feed him anything after 8pm or let him drink water after 9pm; walk him between 10pm-11pm, and he'll be good to go for the rest of the night and shouldn't wet or soil his crate home.
If he whines or doesn't want to stay in the crate at night, or if you decide to leave him in your kitchen, I've found that placing a ticking wind-up clock near the area where he sleeps to be helpful (reminds him of his momma's heartbeat and calms/soothes his mind), as well as wearing an old t-shirt for a few hours and placing it in with him to sleep with as this will give him your scent throughout the night and make him feel calm and connected to you, as well. One or two chewtoys (a small rope bone and perhaps a little rubber or plastic squeaker toy that he won't chew up -- be sure NOT to go overboard and fill his nighttime area with toys), turn a small radio nearby on low tuned into a soft music station, and he'll soon be sleeping soundly all through the night. If he should wake up, DO NOT take him out of the crate or whatever room he's in, or he'll realize that if he whines or makes noise, you'll let him out.
If you do all of this, he'll soon take to his crate or kitchen area like his home away from home, won't have any accidents, and even go in his crate all on his own to play and/or sleep during the day if you leave it open and accessible to him 24/7. He'll soon feel safe and secure and be a happier little puppy all around!
Start crate training; it will make housebreaking and quiet times at night so much easier and quicker. Just be patient, give him lots of praise each time he uses the bathroom outside like you want him to, ignore him while he's in the crate or kitchen area, and good luck on enjoying your new addition to your family!!
2006-08-23 22:32:55 · answer #4 · answered by omally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to be VERY patient. The way they say to train a dog as I have heard is. Leaving them in one area only with a gate around them. You will need to purchase puppy pads to paper train it. But remember don't pick it up for nothing. this takes like one month. Then you proceed with training your dog to go potty outside. As soon as it finishes bring the dog in. Put the dog back in the area that you have made for it. At night you would put it in the crate. There after you do the same thing until it adjusts to the route. It will probably be barking at first but it takes patients in doing this. I didn't believe this until I tried it myself. Believe me it "WORKS". Good-Luck !
2006-08-23 18:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try crate training him. You could take him to obedience school. If money is tight you could check out dog training videos or books. You are opposed to shock collars, but they are effective and getting a good night's sleep is worth it :)
Walmart has the best prices on shock collars. Sorry if that is offensive, but we work and can't have our dogs keeping us up all night barking, and it is not fair to our neighbors if our dogs were to allow our dogs to bark all night.
2006-08-23 18:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by redeemed 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dogs are pack animals. They desire to be with thier pack. As we humans have domesticated dogs they have adapted to view us as their pack and thier pack leader. This being said, as far as the jumping and barking try to ignore him. Make sure that he has safe toys to play with. Try putting a radio in the kitchen with hi at night playing low. This works with the dogs that board at out facility who get home sick in the evenings when things quiet down and start whining or crying. Also reenforce positive behavior with praise and rewards.
2006-08-23 17:59:14 · answer #7 · answered by Just a thought 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One trick is supposedly to put a clock in the dog's bed, so it sounds like his mother's heart beating. Keep in mind, this must be a clock with an audible ticking sound.
I have read and heard about this trick, but haven't got it to work on a puppy yet. But there's nothing lost if you try it I suppose.
2006-08-23 17:50:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He just wants company. You could try a hot water bottle wrapped in a blanket, for him to snuggle with. Also you could let him stay with you until you're ready to go to bed. That way he won't be seeing you while he can't get to you.
2006-08-23 17:54:09 · answer #9 · answered by parachute 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a night light and spend a lot of time with he or she before going to bed. only put him in there when u go to bed if u put him in to early he thinks he has done some thing wrong
2006-08-23 18:49:31 · answer #10 · answered by jay uscg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋