The issue may not be anxiety, is it possible someone or something is agitating the dog? I neighbors child or another dog for instance?
We have problems with our neighbors dogs bothering our dogs causing them all to bark. Early this morning at around 3:30 our neighbors dogs started barking which set our dogs off. You also might setup a web cam in your back yard and try to find out what the dog is barking at. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Eeek... Dog barking problem > > So, this morning, our neighbor came over and alerted us (very gently > and > nicely) to the fact that our dog apparently barks all day long while we > are gone. All day, and it's been going on for months. I'm surprised > it > took her so long to tell us! > > Our setup is that we have a room in the house that she can hang out in > and a dog door to go outside to our fenced in yard whenever she wants. > She does not bark / is not barking by the time we get home or when we > leave in the morning, and rarely if ever barks when we're home (which > is > why this is a complete surprise). > > Anyway, do you guys have any advice for how to curb this behavior? We > think it's apprehension/anxiety driven from being alone. WWCD? (What > would Cesar do?) > > She gets enough exercise, and she's usually home alone for 7 or 8 > hours. > She is not an anxious dog when we're around. > > Our proposed plan of attack (as of this AM): AM walks (instead of > evening exercise), a dog walker for her once a day so she gets a little > love, and finally, not cuddling with her every second that we're home - > making her a bit more independent and not quite the center of our > universe (which she undoubtedly is at the moment). > > Any of you peeps with puppies encountered something similar? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221183 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
