I have an older (7) lab. He sleeps in the kitchen at night, we live in the country, so cows, rabbits, cats etc v common.
Our dog barks at night at the patio door, at least 2/3 times a night. He has that big deep lab bark, so wakes everyone (bar DH ).
I'm at a loss on how to handle it. If I ignore, it goes on and on. If I go up there, I feel I'm promoting the behaviour by rewarding him with attention.
It's causing a lot of problems. He frightens my DS age 11 who thinks he's barking at burglars, it's causing him lots of anxiety & insomnia.
If I can't resolve it I'll have to have him PTS. I really can't imagine rehoming him would work out- he's an older dog, very sweet but quite needy. We got him age 2 & I thought he'd be great for the kids & that he'd enjoy living in a big country garden, but he rarely goes 10 feet from the food source (me). If I put him outside he circles the house looking in every window & barking/ whining.
I can cope with the daytime things but this nighttime barking is really upsetting my DS, who's an anxious type anyway.
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N0tfinished · 02/10/2016 02:54
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