As you probabally know, I adopted a new dog over a week ago. Ever since I brought her into my house, Graham has been barking very often, and he does not want to stop when we try to stop him. If we lived in the house it would only simply be annoying, but since we are in an apartment, we could get kicked out if anyone complains, which IS going to happen because of the hours that Graham chooses to bark. You see, Graham rarely barked, and when he did, it was when we got a visitor. It was very under control, and putting him into a down/stay by the door when I opened it for a visitor gave me control and he stopped barking.
Problem is, Graham has been barking VERY often, and for unknown reasons. It seems that at 2 or 3 or 4 in the morning, perhaps Graham hears something outside because he barks, waking everyone up. This has only been happening since we adopted the new dog, but it's been happening every single night since we have had her. I know for a fact that he is not barking at her, because he wakes her up when he starts up, also. She gets up out of her doggie bed and she's all startled. Graham also barks alot more during the day, but thank goodness, everyone in my building seems to head off to work in the mornings, so hopefully few people hear him during the day.
Why would Graham start this barking problem after we adopted this new dog? Why does he not want to stop barking when I tell him to? He never used to have a problem with it in the past and I am not only frustrated, but I am worried that we will lose our apartment and have nowhere to go.
Please, help me. I know that this has been brought up in the past, but it was never an issue for me so, unfortunately, I pretty much ignored the subject.
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And by the way, wouldn't it figure, Graham hasen't barked at night time since I sent you the email...perhaps he read the email first and stopped barking in fear of having to be locked out of the bedroom!
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