There are also herbal remedies for dogs alot of which are for calming . Look up Bachs Flower Remedies for dogs . He sounds so anxious , poor little guy , that is just awful !!
Sheryl Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2013, at 10:59 PM, GinbarMinPins <ginbarminp...@aol.com> wrote: > Try LOTS LOTS of exercise, really tire him out. Low protein food has been > known to help along with benedryl, melatonin, valerian, st johns wort. Also > if you are home and he barks while near you make a bridging sound, buy a > whistle, then leave the room. Yelling while he is barking is barking along > with him. Pleading please baby be quiet is rewarding him. Leaving the room > after only the bridging noise takes away the attention he gets when he barks. > I leave a radio or TV on all the time, you can move furniture if he hops on > the sofa to bark out the window. But tiring him out helps with positive > endophins so is the first step. > > > > Robin, Dobe Axel CGC, TT, German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, Chihuahuas Alice CGC, > Monte CGC, and MinPins HoneyB, and Brutus > > www.minpinrescue.org > > www.chi-rescue.com > > Http://chihuahua.rescueme.org/florida > > > -------- Original message -------- > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Barking Rider > From: grands...@hotmail.com > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > CC: > > > > > I haven't been on for a long time but I have a very important question about > our 3 year old, male Chihuahua. The last year has been very hard on him. Our > neighbours who have now been evicted, had 5 kids, who were his living hell. > They tried to poison him twice and every time I let him out they would be > there to throw bricks at him, or any thing that could hurt him. As soon as I > found out I started going out with him to protect him and because of them he > is now barking at every thing that walks by the house, or he imagines that > some thing is there and we can't find anything. Now he is barking a great > deal during the day and evening. Now he thinks every one outside our home is > his enemy. We took him to the vet and had him put on a special calm diet and > some medication but the medication made him start biting every one he saw. So > we had to stop it. > > What can I do to stop his barking???? Every thing else about this dog we love > but the constant bar king and pacing is getting on every ones nerves. Please > help us with him, I just love him so much. > Blanche and Rider >
