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Hi,
We just got a dog from the shelter. We're noticing a few things she needs help with, but I think I'd better start with this one.
At night, she will bark at little things that seem suspicious to her, but really aren't.
So far it's been:
a little kid playing in the stairwell, 2 apartments away from us.
a guy just walking on the sidewalk.
another guy running up to the dumpster with his trash, throwing it in,
and running away.
A security guard who I'm friends with. He said hello to us from the sidewalk, I started speaking to him, and she barked. (so we all made a
point of showing her that we are all friends).
A woman talking to her german shepherd on her 2nd floor balcony.
Another security guard standing behind a locked gate, which made it harder to see him clearly.
So far she's not getting off to a grand start. She always stops when I tell her, but she is half pit bull and half greyhound, and I don't need complaints about her.
We wonder if maybe she was a street dog, and it's a survival issue?
What can we do to make her feel less nervous about every little thing that happens at night?
This afternoon she did bark at some balloons she saw (someone's backyard party). But she doesn't bark at people in the daytime.
Thanks for your thoughts.
We just got a dog from the shelter. We're noticing a few things she needs help with, but I think I'd better start with this one.
At night, she will bark at little things that seem suspicious to her, but really aren't.
So far it's been:
a little kid playing in the stairwell, 2 apartments away from us.
a guy just walking on the sidewalk.
another guy running up to the dumpster with his trash, throwing it in,
and running away.
A security guard who I'm friends with. He said hello to us from the sidewalk, I started speaking to him, and she barked. (so we all made a
point of showing her that we are all friends).
A woman talking to her german shepherd on her 2nd floor balcony.
Another security guard standing behind a locked gate, which made it harder to see him clearly.
So far she's not getting off to a grand start. She always stops when I tell her, but she is half pit bull and half greyhound, and I don't need complaints about her.
We wonder if maybe she was a street dog, and it's a survival issue?
What can we do to make her feel less nervous about every little thing that happens at night?
This afternoon she did bark at some balloons she saw (someone's backyard party). But she doesn't bark at people in the daytime.
Thanks for your thoughts.