1 year old started barking at night
Good evening everyone ☺️. I have a 1 year old girl shih poo. She recently started barking at night. Last week she acted spooked by something and spent the whole entire night barking (poor baby). Then this week she barked for a bit 2 nights ago, I took her out and she didn't go potty. So, I put her back to bed and she barked for about 5 minutes then went to sleep. Last night she started barking, so I did the same thing and took her out then put her back to bed. She barked for probably 10ish minutes and eventually soothed herself enough to go to sleep. For reference she hasn't really ever had to much of a problem with bed time and bedtime routine. Occasionally she would bark but it wasn't horrible. We've gotten into a rhythm with bedtime, and haven't had any problems until last week. My question is, if anyone has experienced this with there pups at all? If so, what did you do to fix/help the situation from occurring again? We give her 2mg melatonin every night as well. Bumped it up to 2.5, which knocked her out😄. Last night I didn't give her the half and she barked, so when I put her back to bed I gave her it. I know coming to her aid when she's barking doesn't help because they need to learn how to self soothe as well. Any suggestions or tips very much welcome🙂