Ok I love my dog Roxy & she is doing really, really well in her training & is just a great dog in a lot of ways. Except for one...SHE BARKS AT THE WORST TIMES OVER NOTHING!
Pretty much every night she is barking non-stop from 1:00am to about 4:00am. No kidding either. Its awful for us because Joe gets up for work at 4:00am everyday so he really needs his sleep. Plus, I can't imagine how much our neighbors hate us right now. I'm shocked they haven't called the cops on us.
I can put her in the garage every night but I don't want to because she destroys everything in there & we really have way too much stuff in there to move in out of the house every night. I obviously don't want a bark collar either because I want her to warn me when there is actual danger. Especially when Joe deploys. I'm thinking maybe a muzzle just when she starts barking so she takes the hint that we don't want her barking at that time.
My Mom sent me a great article (http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+2085&aid=153) teaching you all the types of barks dogs have & what they mean & what you can do to stop the problem. But I'm still thinking of starting with a muzzle for like a week or 2.
Anyone else have any better ideas? I'm up for suggestions.
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