Me and my wife took in a puppy (we think he’s a Staffordshire bull terrier) that my friend found in the park. The other option wasn’t the best for him so we decided we would try to take him on to give him a shot at a life.
We already have another dog that’s been apart of the family for 2-3 years. We got through the initial blending stage and he seemed to mesh well with us, we have slowly built a routine which works for the most part, but recently he has been barking from his pen/crate area CONSTANTLY. I mean he would often bark an hour almost non stop. We make sure his needs are met ie feeding, toilet, play time ect. But if he doesn’t go to sleep immediatley he will bark the most ear piercing bark for an insanely long time. We keep him in an area of the house that isn’t reachable from our other pets. We try to keep the area as low stim as we can. We have tried white noise. We try to burn as much energy as we can but nothing seems to work and it’s becoming an issue. We don’t want to place him elsewhere as the options aren’t great where we are in the world and we’re worried he may end up in a bad situation. It’s literally becoming an issue with our neighbours and we keep him inside. We aren’t trainers by any stretch but we have managed to raise a dog before this and he is extremely well mannered ect.
Please, any help will be appreciated. We don’t want to have to look into other options but as it is we cannot keep things as they are.
What can we do to try and get a cap on the constant barking for attention.
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