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Dog Barking at Night? Do’s and Don’ts

Barking dog

What could cause a dog’s night-time whining or barking, and do the reasons for a dog barking at night vary by a pup’s Age, and Location? How can you handle a dog barking at night?

The above questions are very general from peoples who have opted to pet a dog first time. Here Dr. Frydman Pet Care going to explain it all to you in very simple and shortlisted way.

The most common reasons behind a barking dog at night are discomfort, loneliness, boredom, and exposer to sounds and lights. Later if it keeps going every day can lead to an unstoppable illness.

The next concern is does age matter?

Yes, Age matter according to studies it is found that dogs are older age bark more and hard to train for not barking. One of the most common old dog barking sickness is Vestibular disease or Old Dog Syndrome. It is an illness refers to a sudden, non-progressive disturbance of balance.” It is more common in older dogs. It is also referred to as old dog vestibular syndrome and canine idiopathic vestibular syndrome. This can cause less sleeping time or discomfort in sleep cause of multiple reasons. It is a curable syndrome. A professional Vet can guide you all the way.

The next concern which is also a common one is location.

About the location, it is observed that if a dog is outside, that will bark or whine more than a dog inside. The reason is straightforward. Dogs outside will experience more sounds and lights, so as loneliness and boredom. All that will cause more whining and barking. So if your dog is outside at night, the only real solution to the problem is to bring your dog in. Make dog feel your attention, that way dog will bark but only when it needs to alert you.

Common Knowledge.

Barking and Whining is the nature of a dog, it’s all good if it’s just sometimes. It is needed to alert you some time. It is a problem only when they do it continuously and never stops. In 90% of cases, it never needs a Vet visit. There are many dog training procedures that you can use to train your dog’s behavior, these training can stop Barking and Whining. An Experienced dog trainer can suggest these effective ways for you. Dogs have lots of energy they need to lose it, stop your dog’s day sleep, and make them do lots of exercise in a day that will make your dog get tired and have a good sleeping time at night.

We understand that it can be very annoying and disturbing if your dog does that, But keep in mind that don’t yell or beat your pet for it. He needs your love to sleep better, yelling and beating can make things worse. 14 Ways You Are Hurting Your Dog Without Realizing It by Jaw-Dropping Facts can add more explanation to your concern on things to avoid with your dogs.