Still barking- now middle of the night

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I posted a little while ago about my little JR x who had become very very vocal in the last couple of months.
I lost the post but am pretty sure there were no replies at my last check.
Things have got worse though. The dog is now barking madly in the night. We are unable to get out of bed for risk of setting him off and once he's started he can go on and on. He's now started to set out other dog off also. They sleep in seperate rooms as at first they didn't get on.
Any ideas? We live in a terraced house meaning when he starts barking his head off at 3am I have to get up too him else I'll be getting justified complaints from my poor neighbours!
If I get up to him there is no physical contact, I literally go in say "get in your bed" and leave, trying not to get an association with barking and mid night visits!
Help.....
 
Is he in a crate? Could he be with the other dog? Having had a pup for a week, I've got him going into the crate, ignore any noise, 4am wee wake up call then back in crate, bit of whinging then sleep through. I would be tempted in your position to start from scratch. Is he suffering from separation anxiety? Is he guarding? Is he waking at the light? Treat him like a brand new puppy and see if that works, maybe.
 
My firts dog did this an no amount of ignoring him worked. In the end I went down stairs and shouted at him to shut up - I was sleep deprived and very mad and must have put the fear of god into him as he has never done it since.

Does your dog actually know what he is doing is unacceptable?

Before you start yelling though do listen to the tone of the bark - is it anxious , inting at SA, or does he just like to hear the sounds of his own voice?
 
I with amyMay and Micky ,but what you do now will probably be for life...we've let our two standard poodles sleep on our bed,one for thirteen years and now her successors for the last eleven. our new pup flew in from abroad ,arrived at night and was put on our bed and slept through as if he'd always been here...there would be real protests if we booted them out nowLOL ..we love having two there,but it's not for everyone.
 
IMO allowing dogs to sleep on the bed increases SA - deal with the problem don't mask it and you will have happy dogs. By quieting them at night to stop them stressing, isn't addressing the cause. What is the next step - never leaving them alone?
 
Fides said:
IMO allowing dogs to sleep on the bed increases SA - deal with the problem don't mask it and you will have happy dogs. By quieting them at night to stop them stressing, isn't addressing the cause. What is the next step - never leaving them alone?
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Our dog doesn't have separation anxiety. She's happy to be left, and is more than happy to take herself off out of sight of us for some 'her' time.

My answer originally was sort of tongue in cheek. But a dog sleeping on yourbed does not creat SA.
 
Fides said:
IMO allowing dogs to sleep on the bed increases SA - deal with the problem don't mask it and you will have happy dogs. By quieting them at night to stop them stressing, isn't addressing the cause. What is the next step - never leaving them alone?
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I certainly don't think letting your dog sleep on your bed increases SA.

One or two of mine occasionally are invited to sleep on my bed, they are happy to sleep wherever.
 
Don't you think it all depends on the dog and the future lifestyle for which you intend it to live? if you have a working schedule,it is obviously better to create the independence that sleeping is a separate area will establish. If ,like me , you are lucky enough to live and work alongside your dog then sleeping in the bedroom is a plus on both sides.JMHO.
 
For the first five years we had our Westie he slept on the bed, then we got our Border Terrier and they both went into the spare room, where they have remained for the last six years. If my daughters come to stay, we have the Westie with us and they have the Border. They just adapt and have no say in the matter.
 
Hi everyone! He's no puppy, I should have explained that- he's almost 10- I think 10 this summer.
He's always been chatty, as in he gets Whiney in the car or when it's walk time and barks at the door or if a cats in the garden but not like this.
There is not a hope in hell he can sleep in our room! My o/h would kick me out ;)
His long term friend died in January but it didn't start then he seemed fine until about a month ago. Puppy arrived in November and they slept in seperate rooms from the start or no one got any sleep as they scrapped at first.
I've tried them together and he barks worse.
 
He's fine alone also. I take puppy to work with me but the jr has to stay home alone as he gets in everyone's way and is just too crazy, it's a racing yard and he will get kicked.
He's fine at home he sits on the sofa and my neighbours don't hear a peep. I'm only gone 3.5 hours then I come home and either get him or leave pup with him.
 
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