cmedeiros17
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- Nov 6, 2014
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Fatima
My husband and I just rescued a 5 yr old English Bulldog (we named her Fatima). She has quickly become a part of our family but we are facing several challenges with her. My husband had posted about her eating issues .....still working on it but we are making progress. The other HUGE issue is that she will not stop barking in her crate at night. During the day she is fine in it. At night for bed time- completely different story. I have tried ignoring her, but it goes on and on for hours and hours. We have tried bringing the crate in our bedroom and she still does it. Currently I have resorted to letting her sleep in our bedroom (on the floor on a nice comfy doggie bed). But she still keeps us up because she will get up and roam around the room so all I hear is her feet clacking around the floor. She will also bark....and I end up getting up to let her outside to relieve herself. We have started taking the water away sooner in the hopes that will help deter some of the middle of the night bathroom breaks. I am to afraid she will have an accident on the floor so don't want her in another part of the house (unless crated). She also will bark at us while we are eating our dinner. I can't put her outside because she will just sit and bark while throwing herself against the door. She gets exercised (walks in morning and evening). We play with her and give her love. We also believe she is deaf which makes training difficult.......any advice or ideas!!!! I need to be able to get some sleep!!!!