We have recently bought a little puppy daschound to the family home. How can we stop it barking all night?...

Answer 1

Tough as it may seem, you HAVE to ignore the barking. Even if you go and yell at it or spray it with water, the dog will see that as getting your attention, and the dog would rather get negative attention than none at all. When the puppy is quiet, that's the time to go and see it, and give it love, praise and most importantly treats. The puppy will learn very fast that barking gets it nowhere, while being good and quiet gets it treats. Since dogs are 99.999 per cent motivated by food, guess what it will do from then on?

Answer 2

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The new puppy is certainly one of the most adorable and cuddly creatures that has ever been created. It is the most natural thing in the world to shower it with love and affection. However, at the same time it is important to realize that if you want to have a well trained adult dog, you need to begin the training process right away. The dog, like its related ancestor, the wolf, is a pack animal. One of the features of a pack is that it has a single dominant leader. Your new puppy is going to want that leader to be you, but if you do not assume that role from the very beginning, the puppy’s instincts will push him to become the leader.

The most important thing to remember about training the puppy during its first six months of life is that it must see you as the leader of the family pack. The essential thing is gaining the trust and the respect of the puppy from the beginning. You will not do this by allowing the puppy to do whatever it wants to do whenever it wants to do it. On the other hand, a certain amount of patience is required. Most people err in their early training by going to extremes one way or the other. Although you need to begin the basic training process at once, you can not expect your dog to do too much at first. Basic obedience training is fine and should include simple commands like sit, stay, and come. Remember that trying to teach the dog advanced obedience techniques when it is a puppy is much like trying to teach a five year old child algebra.

It is also important to restrain from cruel or abusive treatment of the puppy. You can not beat obedience into your dog, and it certainly is not going to engender feeling of respect and trust. House breaking is an area where this usually becomes a problem because of the anger that is triggered when the puppy fails and creates a mess inside the home. Although this issue must be addressed without anger, it most be addressed. If you allow the puppy to eliminate inside the house, it will continue to do so as an adult dog. The same thing is true of other destructive or dangerous behavior such as chewing and biting. Do not expect the puppy to grow out of it. You are going to need to train the puppy out of it, but you should do so firmly but with a sense of play and fun using positive reinforcement and lots of love and praise for good behavior.

Answer 3

Is your puppy in a crate? If so, I found that putting a blanket over the crate when it's time to go to bed did wonders for getting my miniature dachsund to hush. Otherwise he would bark and bark. You could also invest in a bark collar and put it on him at night. Walmart has one for about $35 and it sends a small shock to the dog when he barks. While he has it on he won't bark but I would use this as a last resort if the blanket over the crate does not work.

Answer 4

Your puppy is probably feeling alone as it will have been used to sleeping with the pack. One possible answer is to wrap an old fashioned (mechanical) alarm clock up in a towel and put it in the dog bed, the ticking is like the heartbeat of the mother and helps to calm a puppy down.
As one of the other responses says, the barking will probably stop in time if you do nothing. Some of the other responses are just cruel and should be ignored.

Answer 5

I have a mini dachshund. Dachshund's are know for barking. They make good watch dogs. My dog Oscar barks all the time. When he is looking out the window he can always find someting to bark at. I just eventually got him to learn to stop when I say "that's enough." He barks when we go outside. You little puppy will eventually stop barking all the time or will learn to listen to you and stop when you say. It'll take a little time, but just keep working on it. Good luck and congratualations on the new cute puppy.

Answer 6

Don't give in or the puppy will learn to bark until you come running.This can't be what you want? It will soon forget its mother and/or siblings. All the bleeding hearts (aaah, poor baby, shame, cuddle the little darling, shower it with love etc) won't want to hear this, but this is NOT a human baby you are dealing with, this is an animal and what is more, it is a pack animal that needs to learn to respect your authority, and the earlier the better! Later on you can let the dog sleep near or with you if you choose, but a puppy has to learn to be on its own some of the time or it will be an aggressive, nervous wreck, and so will you. Good luck with your DOG. And to all the b.h.'s, please go back to biology classes and learn the difference between a baby and a puppy!

Answer 7

ok I have an kinda embarssing story about this. My husband and I both love dogs. my husband called from work one day and i missed the call. He promptly called back and said he called 8 times and I didn't answer so check the messages and he would see me when he got home. his message said he had found to puppies and was bringing them home. When he got home i quickly cam to realize the "puppies" when were almost a year old and going to be very large. We lived in a one bedroom apt. So needless to say we told one to his mom and kept the other. He barked all night. At 5am I remebered hearing about at timer or old fashion alarm clock wrapped in a towel. Needless to say I didn't have on but an old vibrator wrapped in a towel worked wonders he slept all morning.

Answer 8

It's natural for your pup to cry in the night when first in a new home. I found a little dog teddy did the trick with my Dachshund so she had something to cuddle up to. I also kept her basket next to my bed so I could hang my arm into it if she was distressed and to reassure her I was there. Pups like kids are used to and need lots of contact, (the world can look pretty scary when your nose is only 4 inches off the ground), once she knows you are there she will be a lot better. If she is a new puppy and has already found her bark then you should probably get used to it now though Sausages love to bark!!! Great dogs though and more than worth it.

Answer 9

sure it gets extra effective because of the fact the pup a while and in case you practice him. for the duration of the night i might placed the pup interior the crate like properly-known and while it starts off to bark or whine, purely flow away the room . watch for your pup to calm down and be quiet, then enter the room back and compliment your pup. you could permit it out to puppy it for a couple of minutes in case you prefer, yet i don't propose it. proceed this till it is conscious barking does not get it interest. additionally, do not forget approximately to allow it out each 2-3 hours to flow potty because it won't be able to hold it longer than that. For the destruction, i does not flow away the abode for extra effective than 2 hours at a time. i prefer to propose style of hiding outdoors the door, making your pup have faith which you're long previous. pay attention for while your pup starts off destroying your abode and thats once you enter the abode and scold him and take it away. proceed this till your pup believes which you will seize him and scold him each and every time he's detrimental. Make him sense like he's under no circumstances relatively on my own. solid luck!

Answer 10

It's just natural for a new puppy to bark at night. It's frightened and yes it misses its mum. You can calm him down before you leave it for the night. But it should stop barking in about a week or less when it has settled down. Yes you can give it a rubber bone to keep it's mind off its loneliness and don't forget fresh water because all that whining and barking will eventually make him want to drink.