My Dog won't stop barking everytime We try to go to sleep?

Question

He crawls under the bed and barks and barks intill we turn off tv and turn off lights help

He is a Shi Tzu

Answer 1

Well he might be a little lonely. Don't worry, this is common in dogs. Try to sleep with him, or keep him near your bed. What kind of dog is he? That can help me answer, because if he is a lap dog or a puny little dog or even a pup they can get lonely. My puppy does this to but sometimes you can just ignore and maybe they will stop or let him sleep near you. Good luck!

Answer 2

Try walking your dog about 2 hours before going to bed or even closer to bed time if possible; at least 20-30 minutes. This will drain some of his energy. If the tv and lights are still bothering him, then you could take the easy way out and see if putting him in another room would work. However, you are just removing him from the situation, and not helping it.
If he is still persistant, you are going to have to get up and maybe even put a leash and collar on him to keep him out from under the bed. This way you will have easier access to him. As soon as he begins to bark while on the leash and collar, give a slight tug on the leash and make some sort of noise, do not talk to him during this time (that means nothing to the dog when you are fixing a problem with them). Once you give that slight tug, he will stop barking. Just let him be and wait. As soon as he tries barking again, slightly tug on the leash again making that same noise you did previously. Once your dog calms down a bit at this time you can give him a slight pet and say good boy. This could take only several minutes, or it could take much longer. The end result will be the same, a dog that no longer barks while you are watching tv. You must remain calm and assertive during this exercise, and at no time lose your patients with him.

Answer 3

The issue is that dogs are poor generalizers - it's not that the dog is "sneaky, greedy" etc, but that they have no intrinsic sense of morality or "rightness" and so only think something is "bad" if it has bad consequences. If it has never had bad consequences except with a human in the room, then how on earth are they to know that the rules still apply with the human out of the room? You need to train in such a way that corrections and rewards occur when the dog does not think you are present - i.e. hiding around the corner. Read here https://tr.im/6ljiI

I personally owned a Labrador Retriever (read: chow hound) that could be left 6" from a hot dog in a sit-stay for half an hour and not touch it - the word was "mine" and it meant that you don't touch that, even if I am not in the room, even if whatever, you DO NOT touch that. You could leave a plate of food on the floor for hours and not only would she not touch it, she would also keep the other animals (dogs and cats) from touching it.

In all probability, these dogs studied were just not properly trained/proofed before the experiment. With "proofing" to set them up and catch them in the act to give

Answer 4

This question doesn't make sense as written.
How can he be keeping you from going to sleep if he doesn't stop barking till you turn off the RV and turn off the lights? Are you trying to goto sleep with the TV and lights on ???

If a dog barks when it's dark, then leave a light on for him.
If a dog barks till the lights are out, then turn the lights out.

But if he barks till the TV is off and the lights are off, then bring him to you while you watch TV and groom him as you watch. It will quiet him and be good for him.

Answer 5

Put a light enough leash that can drag the ground (cut the loop/handle end off) so when he gets under the bed you have something to pull him out with. Then once you get him out there's a number of things you can do to get your point across of the behavior not being acceptable (all of them stem from you being your dogs pack leader). So try a few things and then if they don't work get back on YA & ask what else you can do ... lots of people will have suggestions once you get to that point.

Answer 6

Is his bed in your bedroom?
Does he know the basic command like 'sit' and 'down'?
Show him his bed and have him lay in it. Each time he tries to get out of it have him go back to his bed. Use the same word command each time. You may have to sit there and do it 50 times before he catches on that YOU are the boss. While doing this you may put his leash on, that will help you control him.

Answer 7

AS MENTIONED BEFORE IT REALLY MATTERS WHAT KIND OF DOG IT IS. IF YOU LEAVE THE DOG ALONE DOES IT CHEW UP THINGS, ESPECIALLY THE OWNERS? IT DOES WHAT IT IS TAUGHT.THE DOG COULD FEEL ABANDONED,LEFT OUT-OR JUST PISSED BECAUSE YOU AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.THEY MAKE SLEEPING PILLS TO CALM DOWN YOUR DOG. FOR TRIPS AS AN EXAMPLE. BE FIRM WITH YOUR DOG AND TELL IT STOP-IF THIS DOSE'NT WORK TRY A ROLLED UP NEWS PAPER AND LIGHTLY SPANK THE DOG AND TELL IT NO.

Answer 8

Adjustible noise sensitive shock collar. Works great

Answer 9

what samham said was so mean sry i dont know what to tell u

Answer 10

This should help.