{"id":6167,"date":"2022-05-15T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:26:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:26:10","slug":"why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is my dog barking in the middle of the night?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/#Why_is_my_dog_barking_in_the_middle_of_the_night\" title=\"Why is my dog barking in the middle of the night?\">Why is my dog barking in the middle of the night?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/#Why_do_dogs_bark_at_3am\" title=\"Why do dogs bark at 3am?\">Why do dogs bark at 3am?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/#Should_I_ignore_my_dog_barking_at_night\" title=\"Should I ignore my dog barking at night?\">Should I ignore my dog barking at night?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/#How_do_I_stop_my_dog_from_barking_at_night\" title=\"How do I stop my dog from barking at night?\">How do I stop my dog from barking at night?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/#Why_is_my_dog_suddenly_barking_in_the_middle_of_the_night\" title=\"Why is my dog suddenly barking in the middle of the night?\">Why is my dog suddenly barking in the middle of the night?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-barking-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/#How_can_I_stop_my_dog_from_barking_during_the_night\" title=\"How can I stop my dog from barking during the night?\">How can I stop my dog from barking during the night?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_my_dog_barking_in_the_middle_of_the_night\"><\/span>Why is my dog barking in the middle of the night?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Why do dogs bark at night? Often it&#8217;s <b>because they see or hear an animal in the yard, or because they hear other dogs barking in the neighborhood. Other reasons they bark include loneliness, lack of supervision, or inadequate exercise and play.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_dogs_bark_at_3am\"><\/span>Why do dogs bark at 3am?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Owners tend to notice their dogs&#8217; barking the most around the early morning hours such as 2 or 3am. Once more, the reason dogs bark at this time is that <b>they hear something that sets them off. If you live in an area with wildlife, it could be a variety of different animals outside such as: Coyotes.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Should_I_ignore_my_dog_barking_at_night\"><\/span>Should I ignore my dog barking at night?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>It is important that you completely ignore your dog if you feel they are barking for attention, otherwise the barking will continue. If you tell your dog &#8216;quiet,&#8217; &#8216;shush&#8217; or any other vocalization to tell them to stop, that is considered attention to your dog.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_stop_my_dog_from_barking_at_night\"><\/span>How do I stop my dog from barking at night?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>How to put a stop to alert and alarm barking<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Step 1: identify triggers.<\/li>\n<li>Step 2: remove perches and vantage points.<\/li>\n<li>Step 3: give them something to do at critical times.<\/li>\n<li>Step 4: prepare yourself to put an off-switch on your dog&#8217;s barking.<\/li>\n<li>Step 5: cache your treats away from the scene of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_my_dog_suddenly_barking_in_the_middle_of_the_night\"><\/span>Why is my dog suddenly barking in the middle of the night?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sadly, the most common medical cause behind sudden nightly barking is <b>canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS), a disease that typically affects older dogs. However, pups with anxiety disorders may also develop a habit of barking during the night. Just like humans, dogs are social creatures.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_can_I_stop_my_dog_from_barking_during_the_night\"><\/span>How can I stop my dog from barking during the night?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Owners tend to notice their dogs&#8217; barking the most around the early morning hours such as 2 or 3am. Once more, the reason dogs bark at this time is that <b>they hear something that sets them off. If you live in an area with wildlife, it could be a variety of different animals outside such as: Coyotes.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Why is my dog barking in the middle of the night?Why do dogs bark at 3am?Should I ignore my dog barking at night?How do I stop my dog from barking at night?Why is my dog suddenly barking in the middle of the night?How can I stop my dog from barking during the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118381,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167\/revisions\/118381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}