momay
Well-known member
Hi All,
Sofee Marie is starting to find her voice more and has been barking and howling when we put her in the crate when we leave for work in the morning. This routine is no different from when we got her in October! She gets a kong with PB frozen with a few Cheerios in it, but once this is gone (about 7 minutes), she starts being vocal. Lasts about 5-10 minutes, but we live in a condo and I'm afraid it will start becoming a problem. She sometimes is vocal after the two dog walking visits, but not consistently so.
We are also trying to limit her to a certain part of the room while we eat dinner and has taken to barking and howling at this point too. Any ideas on how to handle this? I realize we can't respond, but there must be some way to distract her...... I'm thinking I'm giving her too much attention and when she is not with us, she is darn mad!
Thanks for your thoughts! I did just order a few more toys to stuff treats in and so forth, maybe that will help. She is walked 4 times a day and at night before dinner she goes 3 miles! She just doesn't seem to settle down at night. She will be 6 months old on 2/7.
Sofee Marie is starting to find her voice more and has been barking and howling when we put her in the crate when we leave for work in the morning. This routine is no different from when we got her in October! She gets a kong with PB frozen with a few Cheerios in it, but once this is gone (about 7 minutes), she starts being vocal. Lasts about 5-10 minutes, but we live in a condo and I'm afraid it will start becoming a problem. She sometimes is vocal after the two dog walking visits, but not consistently so.
We are also trying to limit her to a certain part of the room while we eat dinner and has taken to barking and howling at this point too. Any ideas on how to handle this? I realize we can't respond, but there must be some way to distract her...... I'm thinking I'm giving her too much attention and when she is not with us, she is darn mad!
Thanks for your thoughts! I did just order a few more toys to stuff treats in and so forth, maybe that will help. She is walked 4 times a day and at night before dinner she goes 3 miles! She just doesn't seem to settle down at night. She will be 6 months old on 2/7.