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barking in the crate HELP

Discussion in 'Dogs - all breeds / types' started by taffyap, Aug 16, 2005.

  1. taffyap

    taffyap New Member

    Help! We have 2 shih poos that are now 1 yr and 3 months. The Shih poohs are litter box trained and are in seperate crates because their litter boxes are in with them.T they are still sleeping in their crates in the evening because they have not yet grown out of their "chewing phase". They are also crated during the day. Here is the problem, they have no problems going into their crates at either time and do not bark at all when they go in. The only time that they bark is starting at about 5:00 a.m. until they drive us crazy enough to get them. I am starting to be seriously sleep deprived and am in desperate need of some suggestions. Ignoring and/or yelling have not worked. HELP!
     
  2. Jamiya

    Jamiya New Member

    Unfortunately, by going and letting them out EVEN ONCE when they are barking, you have now successfully reinforced their barking. It is going to be very hard to get rid of.

    You must stop rewarding them for barking. This means ignoring the barking and rewarding quiet times. Is there any lull in the barking at all? If so, you can start rewarding any small periods of quiet (like even a second or two) and then start raising your criteria so that you are rewarding longer and longer periods of quiet. It will be a long, slow process most likely.

    Or, you could move their crates to the other end of the house, if they are safe.

    Have you provided them with things to do inside their crates? Like a stuffed Kong, or a safe bone to chew on?
     

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