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sudden barking at night
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I have a 1 1/2 year old golden retreiver named Jazz (my husband and I are music teachers ) ) who has been a FANTASTIC dog. For the past three nights, Jazz has started whining and barking starting about 5-10 minutes after we crate him for bed and lasts for as long as we can endure (last night it was about 4 hours, hoping that it would just stop and he would go to sleep). I have been searching through these threads trying to find some answers, but nothing seems to fit the situation. His crate isn't near any windows or doors so he can't see any possible animals that might be outside; we always let him out to go to the bathroom before bedtime; my husband thought that it might have been because of the full moon the other night, but the barking happened again last night when there wasn't a full moon; we don't have a paper delivered or anything of that nature that could cause him to bark. The thing that I don't understand is that when we say "bedtime," he runs right into his crate, which is something he's always done, and obviously he knows it's not a punishment of any kind. Another person's post said that when they let their dog out, it just wants to play...well, when we let him out, he just quitely goes and lays down on his spot on the couch where he spends most of the day (we never crate him during the day, even when we're at work - the crate is just his "bed"). Since this started happening on Saturday night (11/8/03), we've been home during the day, so he's had plenty of interaction and playing time, and it's been a long weekend with Veteran's Day so it's been the same every day that he's barked at night. We don't really want to make it a habit of letting him out of the crate at night, but we need to get some sleep!!! PLEASE HELP US!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Pam |
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"jazzlily12" wrote in message m... Hi I have a 1 1/2 year old golden retreiver named Jazz (my husband and I are music teachers ) ) who has been a FANTASTIC dog. For the past three nights, Jazz has started whining and barking starting about 5-10 minutes after we crate him for bed and lasts for as long as we can endure (last night it was about 4 hours, hoping that it would just stop and he would go to sleep). I have been searching through these threads trying to find some answers, but nothing seems to fit the situation. His crate isn't near any windows or doors so he can't see any possible animals that might be outside; we always let him out to go to the bathroom before bedtime; my husband thought that it might have been because of the full moon the other night, but the barking happened again last night when there wasn't a full moon; we don't have a paper delivered or anything of that nature that could cause him to bark. The thing that I don't understand is that when we say "bedtime," he runs right into his crate, which is something he's always done, and obviously he knows it's not a punishment of any kind. Another person's post said that when they let their dog out, it just wants to play...well, when we let him out, he just quitely goes and lays down on his spot on the couch where he spends most of the day (we never crate him during the day, even when we're at work - the crate is just his "bed"). Since this started happening on Saturday night (11/8/03), we've been home during the day, so he's had plenty of interaction and playing time, and it's been a long weekend with Veteran's Day so it's been the same every day that he's barked at night. We don't really want to make it a habit of letting him out of the crate at night, but we need to get some sleep!!! PLEASE HELP US!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Pam I think he wants to sleep on the couch. |
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"jazzlily12" wrote in message m... Hi I have a 1 1/2 year old golden retreiver named Jazz (my husband and I are music teachers ) ) who has been a FANTASTIC dog. For the past three nights, Jazz has started whining and barking starting about 5-10 minutes after we crate him for bed and lasts for as long as we can endure (last night it was about 4 hours, hoping that it would just stop and he would go to sleep). I have been searching through these threads trying to find some answers, but nothing seems to fit the situation. His crate isn't near any windows or doors so he can't see any possible animals that might be outside; we always let him out to go to the bathroom before bedtime; my husband thought that it might have been because of the full moon the other night, but the barking happened again last night when there wasn't a full moon; we don't have a paper delivered or anything of that nature that could cause him to bark. The thing that I don't understand is that when we say "bedtime," he runs right into his crate, which is something he's always done, and obviously he knows it's not a punishment of any kind. Another person's post said that when they let their dog out, it just wants to play...well, when we let him out, he just quitely goes and lays down on his spot on the couch where he spends most of the day (we never crate him during the day, even when we're at work - the crate is just his "bed"). Since this started happening on Saturday night (11/8/03), we've been home during the day, so he's had plenty of interaction and playing time, and it's been a long weekend with Veteran's Day so it's been the same every day that he's barked at night. We don't really want to make it a habit of letting him out of the crate at night, but we need to get some sleep!!! PLEASE HELP US!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Pam I think he wants to sleep on the couch. |
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"jazzlily12" wrote in message m... Hi I have a 1 1/2 year old golden retreiver named Jazz (my husband and I are music teachers ) ) who has been a FANTASTIC dog. For the past three nights, Jazz has started whining and barking starting about 5-10 minutes after we crate him for bed and lasts for as long as we can endure (last night it was about 4 hours, hoping that it would just stop and he would go to sleep). I have been searching through these threads trying to find some answers, but nothing seems to fit the situation. His crate isn't near any windows or doors so he can't see any possible animals that might be outside; we always let him out to go to the bathroom before bedtime; my husband thought that it might have been because of the full moon the other night, but the barking happened again last night when there wasn't a full moon; we don't have a paper delivered or anything of that nature that could cause him to bark. The thing that I don't understand is that when we say "bedtime," he runs right into his crate, which is something he's always done, and obviously he knows it's not a punishment of any kind. Another person's post said that when they let their dog out, it just wants to play...well, when we let him out, he just quitely goes and lays down on his spot on the couch where he spends most of the day (we never crate him during the day, even when we're at work - the crate is just his "bed"). Since this started happening on Saturday night (11/8/03), we've been home during the day, so he's had plenty of interaction and playing time, and it's been a long weekend with Veteran's Day so it's been the same every day that he's barked at night. We don't really want to make it a habit of letting him out of the crate at night, but we need to get some sleep!!! PLEASE HELP US!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Pam I think he wants to sleep on the couch. |
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"jazzlily12" wrote in message m... Hi I have a 1 1/2 year old golden retreiver named Jazz (my husband and I are music teachers ) ) who has been a FANTASTIC dog. For the past three nights, Jazz has started whining and barking starting about 5-10 minutes after we crate him for bed and lasts for as long as we can endure (last night it was about 4 hours, hoping that it would just stop and he would go to sleep). I have been searching through these threads trying to find some answers, but nothing seems to fit the situation. His crate isn't near any windows or doors so he can't see any possible animals that might be outside; we always let him out to go to the bathroom before bedtime; my husband thought that it might have been because of the full moon the other night, but the barking happened again last night when there wasn't a full moon; we don't have a paper delivered or anything of that nature that could cause him to bark. The thing that I don't understand is that when we say "bedtime," he runs right into his crate, which is something he's always done, and obviously he knows it's not a punishment of any kind. Another person's post said that when they let their dog out, it just wants to play...well, when we let him out, he just quitely goes and lays down on his spot on the couch where he spends most of the day (we never crate him during the day, even when we're at work - the crate is just his "bed"). Since this started happening on Saturday night (11/8/03), we've been home during the day, so he's had plenty of interaction and playing time, and it's been a long weekend with Veteran's Day so it's been the same every day that he's barked at night. We don't really want to make it a habit of letting him out of the crate at night, but we need to get some sleep!!! PLEASE HELP US!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Pam I think he wants to sleep on the couch. |
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Pam wrote:
(we never crate him during the day, even when we're at work - the crate is just his "bed"). ....... We don't really want to make it a habit of letting him out of the crate at night, but we need to get some sleep!!! PLEASE HELP US!!!!! Why are you crating a 1.5 year old dog overnight, if he doesn't need crating during the day? Make it available if it's his bed, but I wouldn't be shutting the door. Where is the crate located? Janet Boss Best Friends Dog Obedience "Nice Manners for the Family Pet" Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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