You're welcome. Let us know if the melatonin helps.
Joan, Dolly Dee & Desi Lou From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of deavis13 Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Sudden night time barking Every night I use the same routine...5 min walk to pee, tell them "go to bed" and then go to be myself. He has a blanket in his crate and he's nowhere neat a vent or draft. I have 2 dogs and the min-pin is the one that usually barks at cars and people walking by, but he does not participate in the night time barking. I took my Chi to the vet to make sure it wasn't anything medical related and he checked out just fine. She recommended Melatonin at night, so I'm going to try that. Thanks for the reply! --- In [email protected] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> , Joan Croft <joan_croft@...> wrote: > > What happened before when he barked - did you talk to him, give him a > blanket, see that he peed on the puppy pad, etc.? > > You don't have any idea why he is barking, so could there perhaps be someone > in the building that is up later and maybe he hears music or loud talk - our > chis can hear a lot more pitches of sound than we can. So, is there a new > neighbor? A new dog/cat in the area? I really hope that you can find a > reason. Dolly always slept through the night and then she started waking up > at 5 am and sat up in bed and barked and barked. It wasn't until about two > weeks later when I was talking to my neighbor who had two new dogs about a > month before. One is a beagle and one is a Shitzu. She told me that she > didn't get much sleep because they had just been spayed and the one was up > in the middle of the night and so they went out to go potty and the one > needs to smell the ground to go potty which was hard with the e-collar. But > she had said she went out with her at 2:30 am.that rang a huge bell in my > head, because that same night, Dolly woke up at 2:30 barking like someone > was breaking into the house. They always make their dogs go potty only on > the side of their house which is right next to my bedroom. Dolly heard that > morning at 2:30, but the lady's husband gets up at 5 am to get ready for > work and to take the dogs out and repeatedly telling the dogs to go potty. > Dolly did get used to hearing him and so that doesn't happen anymore. But, > sometimes it can be something that we don't hear that the dog does. > > If you have his kennel and pen near an A/C vent, he may be a little cold and > maybe just need a little blanket on top of him. But it sounds like he goes > to sleep and then wakes up, so maybe there is someone getting up early and > singing in the shower, or some other noise in the area. > > > > Joan, Dolly Dee & Desi Lou > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of deavis13 > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 4:59 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Sudden night time barking > > > > > > Thank you for letting me join the group! I'm extremely overwhelmed by my > chihuahua right now, and I'm hoping I can find some advice. > > My chi is 9 1/2 years old and I have had him since he was 5 weeks old (he's > a rescue). In the last year and half I married and moved into the condo that > my husband owns, which is a 580 sqft studio. Prior to that, I lived in a > 1500 sqft townhome with a roommate. > > 3 years ago, I decided to start crating my chi at night since he didn't want > to sleep with me and he can't be trusted not to pee on the carpet. I have > not had any issues up until about 2 months ago. Starting then, he barks at > all hours of the night and claws at his crate door to get out. I tried to > use a dog pen to limit his ability to pee on the carpet, but keep him out of > the crate, which worked for about two weeks. Then one night, he seemed to > decide he was done with that and started barking again. > > In the last 3 weeks I moved him back to the crate and just ignored him when > he barked. I also increased his walks from 3 ten minute walks to 2 ten > minutes and 1 thirty minute before bed. He had back surgery and has the > floating knee cap issue, so I don't want to push him too much. > > I slept 2 hours last night due to his barking, which I know has to be > bothering my neighbors. > > He doesn't seem to be in pain (never barks like that durring the day) and > nothing has changed in the house for over 6 months. Our routines are the > same, his appetite is the same...I just can't figure out what has spurred > this on. I'm a wreck and need some tips if you have any. the lack of sleep > is really starting to impact my performance and work and my relationship > with my husband. > > THANK YOU! > Andrea >
