I have a 10 week old Shih Tzu. She is doing really well. Sleeping through the night, going to the bathroom on the patio... We are running into an issue with barking in her crate. I know she is doing it for atention and becuase she wants to get out and play. I also know that I'm playing into it becasue I'm forced to let her out when she barks because my neighbors would kill me if I kept it going. I know I'm causing this problem and in an ideal situation I would just let her bark. But, I can't becasue of I'm in an apartment.
What should I do. When she is tired she goes in and is great. At night she is great. When she is awake, and I want to take a shower I put her in the crate and she barks.
Help.
Jason
2007-02-12 08:31:02 · 10 answers · asked by Jason S 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The shower was just used as an example. Here is another. I wake up with her at 6:45. She eats, and then does her "business" out side. I play with her until 7:30. At that point I have to get ready for work and my fiance is still sleeping (as well as my other neighbors). So I put her in her crate...she barks. I let her out of the crate and let her be in the closed off kitchen with toys...she barks. She just wants attention which I love giving her but I have to go to work... I'm going to do my best to let her bark and realize that I'm not going to let her out but I can only let it go on so long before my neighbors will get pissed.
I agree about the dominance thing, she also like to bite. I'm working on both things but having a hard time getting dominance over her. I have put her on her back and she barks, gowls, kicks and bites and will not relent.
More help will be great.
2007-02-12 10:06:23 · update #1
This is turning into a power struggle between you and your dog. You said that she does this for attention and because she knows you'll let her out if she barks. She's asserting dominance over you.
Begin by praising her when she's in her crate and is quiet. Leave the room for a few minutes. If she starts barking ignore her. Go back into the room after 2-3 minutes and when she quits barking, praise her for being quiet. Ignore the barking for as long as you can. By letting her out whenever she barks you are reinforcing the idea that she can get her way by barking.
When you leave her in the crate, try turingin on the TV or radio. This will do two things. First it will make her think she's not alone, and second, it will help drown out any noise she's making.
If you don't work on breaking this habit now, it's only going to get worse with time. Remember that you are the human, and therefore the one in charge. You must be the one that makes the rules not the other way around.
You may want to read some books on dog behavior and training.
2007-02-12 08:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by Just Jess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she has to be contained because of chewing or something while you take a shower. Try either putting the crate in the bathroom with you or just bring her in the bathroom with a toy and shut the door. She sounds like she is fine with the idea that she has to sleep there, but if she's awake and she knows you are awake she won't have it. Ask the neighbors if she barks alot when you are away from the house durring the day. If she does you may want to look at an ultrasonic bark stopper, but I'd use that as a last resort.
2007-02-12 08:55:14 · answer #2 · answered by shannon_crystaln 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.
2016-07-18 20:35:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try to take your shower at the time when the dog is tired and goes in the crate, or it sounds terrible but you could get a muzzle to help train the dog to let her know she needs to be quiet when she is in there. A muzzle as long as it is not on the pet all the time can be used to train an animal quite nicely, very affective.
2007-02-12 08:38:03 · answer #4 · answered by Tigerluvr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is she crated when your in the shower? If your home why can't she be out with you? Obviously she doesn't like the crate. Some dogs don't...mine hated it!!! At least you are thinking of your neighbors...i have a neighbor who just lets the dog bark...it's miserable for the rest of us. Have you tried covering the crate with a towel? just be patient with her. Good luck.
2007-02-12 08:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by imagr00vychick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put the crate in the bathroom and put her in it . she will probably not bark if she can she you. my little dog is ok in the bathroom with toys and a sleeping rug and food and water and a wee wee pad . i leave her there if im busy or sleeping and she is ok . only barks for me after a few hours and i go to her right away and pick her up and then let her run around the whole apt and she fusses a little when i put her back in there and settles down right away
2007-02-12 08:41:44 · answer #6 · answered by Nora 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a spray bottle and fill with normal water. When you crate her and she barks, say nothing but squirt her in the face...unless she loves water she'll learn to stop barking very quickly and no a squirt in the face/eyes won't hurt the dog.
2007-02-12 08:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by smurf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you put her in her crate for you to take a shower..instead of doing that take her outside before you take a shower and see if it has to go to the bathroom..and if it does then why do you lock her up...your shower is what 10 15 minutes...if she knows where shes supposed to go to the bathroom then whats the point of locking her up at all?...
2007-02-12 08:37:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
put the crate out with she can see everything that you guys are doing, when my dog was a puppy he did the same thing, but when i left for work i didnt put him back in there i left the dog with my boyfriend and they sleep together. eventually she will learn that the kennel isnt a bad thing
2007-02-12 13:21:25 · answer #9 · answered by piggylover_850 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you have a dog, in a cage, in an apartment? It is cruel to the dog and rude to your neighbors. Grow up.
2007-02-15 03:53:04 · answer #10 · answered by schummi99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋