How Do I Stop My Dog From Barking and Peeing When He Is in His Kennel?
December 27, 2009 by Dog Lover
Filed under Stop Dog From Barking
He is a two year old housebroken dog with no health problems. I don’t know how to make the barking and peeing stop. My other dog has no problems being in her kennel.
Barking starts as soon as he is put in the kennel. He is in there for only 3 hours and he pees. When I am home, he holds it longer than that.
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Put a dog door on your house so he can get outside and not be locked in tiny cage all day.
Many dogs are usually well behaved in their kennels because it is thier den, their personal space that is there’s alone. This is why they normally do not pee in there, because it is their home space and they do not want to abuse it or make it unpleasant to be in.
However, your dog sounds like he doesn’t want to be in his kennel, by his behavior. There are many possible reasons:
-Has he been in the kennel long? Long enough to treat it like his home? If not, then it will take a little while before he does. Put him in his kennel at the far end of the house for the night (after taking him outside to relieve himself) and leave him there for that night. Don’t let him out or clean the pee till morning (clean him too if he wet on himself). Ignore him for the night though, even if he barks or pees, he needs to learn that he will be in there for a while, and has to treat it like his home. It may take a few nights (perhaps longer than a week) but he should come to understand that no matter what.
-If your dog was recently extremely frightened just before or while he was in his kennel, then he may fear the place now. Don’t yell at your dog while its in the kennel, even if its barking. He needs to see the kennel as his sanctuary (den). Try the above steps for the first cause to solve this problem too.
-The kennel may be large enough that he can pee at one end and still be comfortable. If this is the case, get the appropriate kennel size for your dog.
-How long is he left in the kennel? A dog can be in the kennel for the night, and under six hours during the day, as long as they are excercised pleanty later. If you leave your dog in the kennel for too long, they will not like their kennel and immediately see it as a prison for the day. Do not put your dog in for more than six hours a day, and if you can, try leaving him out of the kennel in a normal room. Also, try putting the dog in there for random periods of time, like ten or fifteen minutes, so he realizes that just because he is in the kennel, he won’t be in there forever.
-If these steps fail, your dog may have a bladder problem and may need to see the vet. It could be he is simply barking because he needs to pee and can’t hold it.
Hope this helps!
Is it locked up all day? If so I’d pee and bark too. My dogs are in their crates only to sleep at night. Once they start going to the bathroom in their crates {kennel} its very hard to break them of it. Make sure you put him out to use the bathroom prior to putting him in and he does not drink anymore after he has gone pee outside. But again do not lock him up all day
You need to make sure your dog feels “at home” inside the kennel. Put toys inside and play with him in and around the kennel. Once he goes in, if he begins barking, you MUST ignore the barking. If you let him out when he barks, you are reinforcing the unwanted behavior.
To minimize peeing in his kennel, be sure to take him out immediately before he goes in and be sure not to leave him in for too long. How big is the kennel? If he is peeing in it, it means one of 3 things, his bladder is too small to hold it, the kennel is too big for him, or he has a bladder problem. I had a dog with neurological problems that would pee where he slept. Dogs (just like humans) don’t like to sleep on their pee. If he does pee inside the kennel the only way to stop it is if you catch him in the act… Otherwise he doesn’t understand what you are scolding him for. You have to stop him while he is peeing and tell him firmly “no” and take him outside to finish going. Hope this helps!
they miss you give them some thing of youres that you have worn and not washed also make sure that the Kennol is nice to youre dog the one I worked at I would play with all the dogs so they knew me when they came back. They like there stuff to be there like bed blankets toys. Just make the Kennol to wright down what you leave. Alway give them food youre dog can get sick on theres