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Our dog is constantly barking non stop

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  • #52
    Ginger83
    Registered Users Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Ginger83


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122087875#Comment_122087875

    I think you may be correct



  • #53
    babyducklings1
    Registered Users Posts: 225 ✭✭babyducklings1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122087331#Comment_122087331

    Dogs won’t / don’t go where they sleep and rest. Why don’t you bring her back in. Buy a dog crate.Feed her in the crate then when she barks then take her outside to go. Then bring her back in and let her free around the house. If you feed her at regular times ( twice a day) then you should have a regular patten.

    You could also put a dog flap in your back door so that she goes out when she needs to go. It’s not easy but the dog sounds lonely and is barking for company. Another thing you could do is get a dog trainer in but she is elderly though so don’t know how responsive your dog would be. But get her checked at vet as well.



  • #54
    headtheball14
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭headtheball14


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122087932#Comment_122087932

    I know that is typically the case but my dog used to pee wherever she slept and rested. I think it was an anxiety thing she had to mark the space. she was used for breeding and so she peed on her bed , my bed, the couch.

    she hasnt done it for a long time now but it took a while to train her. lots of treats when she went outside and no punishment for accidents . she's great now even if she is left all day she holds it



  • #55
    arrianalexander
    Registered Users Posts: 986 ✭✭✭arrianalexander


    You are a dog's world

    Everything they need you must provide.

    You and everyone in the household must provide that.

    In return they provide , friendship , love , affection everything that is wonderful about having a pet in your life .

    If you can't provide , you can't expect the above because the dog doesn't know any better and the dog deserves better

    The household needs to look at what it can do. If you can't provide (for whatever reasons) you need to look to re-home , dont be selfish.

    This needs to be addressed now. Not in a weeks time or when you have time. Make time. And if you can't make the time because of whatever reasons you know what the answer is .



  • #56
    highpitcheric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 389 ✭✭highpitcheric


    maybe watch some cesar milan episodes. you might hit on the cause. research this issue.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ln5lpH5Nf0



  • #57
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,027 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    One thing that is jumping out at me from your posts Op is that there is a lack of any affection in the words you use to describe your dog, including using an anti bark collar on an 11 year old small dog. Not sure if it has always been that way, or has the health focus meant the dog was sidelined and the dog was acting out because of that? Either way, its not good for any of you as you almost seem resentful of the dog.

    The words you are using come across that the dog is a pest / nuisance at this stage for you. At 11, a dog should be part of the family, enjoying their retirement with those who love them. Shih Tzu's and Bischons are intelligent and crave company and attention so no wonder they are barking.

    I would ask you why you are keeping the dog at this stage.

    Treat them as family or dont keep them, certainly not as a garden ornament.



  • #58
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭Oscar_Madison


    Speak to your family OP- one of them might take the dog but that you can still see it from time to time but don’t have to look after it -



  • #59
    HazeDoll
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭HazeDoll


    When I think of the lengths I go to make the dogs comfortable in their old age…

    I will stop at nothing to keep them happy and let them know they're loved. It is the very least any of us can do for a little animal that never chose to come and live with me but provided me with years of entertainment and affection.

    OP, a few years from now when you are once again tempted to buy a cute designer crossbreed puppy, please remind yourself how annoyed and impatient you were when this one stopped being cute.

    The dog has been banished. They're social animals and you have cut her off from everything she cares about. That's why she's barking.



  • #60
    rondog
    Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭rondog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122086448#Comment_122086448

    couldnt agree more.Im sure theyre stressed and being quiet about it hoping the neighbour will sort it out.Doesnt sound like the neighbour will.



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