Ok so we recently came home and found a stray dog on our porch.. it is not a puppy.. she is full grown.. shes a very sweet dog.. we allowed her to stay , we fed her and gave her water... but the bad thing is she barks ALL NIGHT LONG and wakes us up... shes not crying to get inside or anything.. she just looks down the driveway and barks at nothing.. its driving us crazy.. im 8mths pregnant and i need my rest... IF we cant stop her, then she is going to have to go... any suggestions?
2007-08-15 08:47:37 · 5 answers · asked by MandiGurl M 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Lorraine, if she wanted to leave, she could just walk off, we do not have her chained up or fenced in or anything.. so thats not the problem
2007-08-15 08:58:06 · update #1
maybe she wants to leave. give her away on craigslist or pennysaver
2007-08-15 08:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
She could be afraid of the dark, or sees night time animals, or lonely, I would bring her in or make her a dog house in the back yard, She might not being walked enough during the day, She needs to bond with someone and train her, but you are already saying she is going to go if you can't stop her and you are 8 months pregnant, what will happen when the baby comes? You might look into finding her a home that will love her, you were very kind to help her this much. I hope it works out for you but no matter what it will take along time to stop a habit. Good luck on your future baby.
2007-08-15 16:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you wanting to put the time into training this dog? If so and if you can be consistant this will work. Every time the dog barks go to the dog wrap your hand around thier nose and mouth holding thier mouth closed. Don't squeeze as to hurt the dog, just enough so that she can't pull away. When you do that say your command that you so choose: "no bark", "quiet"...whatever you so choose. Then release her, if she barks again repeat. She will catch on and if you take the time to be consistant with this for a few days it will change her barking. When she gets the idea that hand around the mouth and the command means no barking then when you give the command she will stop. If she barks after the command is given then revert back to step 1 with the hand around the mouth.
2007-08-15 16:03:42 · answer #3 · answered by jhg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please consider bringing the girl in at night (daytime too) Dogs are pack animals and you need to be a leader of the pack. Your home is a den site for her. If you had more time, crate training would be beneficial. Depending on what you think her breed may be it may be best to find a rescue group so they can evaluate a home that may have more time for her.
2007-08-15 15:59:39 · answer #4 · answered by anacrostic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it possible to let her stay in a room in the house. mabey you could see what the dog is barking at it could be many things like a squirell, other animal, a rock, just about anything really.
2007-08-15 16:04:36 · answer #5 · answered by Jeppy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋