i have the same problem as well. i just adopted a shih tzu (4 yrs) that was abandoned by his owner [can read the story in my blog or in the shih tzu thread]. we keep him in the house during the day, but when it's sleeping time, we put him in the kitchen. once we leave the kitchen he will bark and bark and BARK! non-stop until 3am

then early morning around 7-8am bark again...

it is not annoying for me, i'm just worried that he gets traumatised. i can hear him barking from my room upstairs and i feel very sad. everytime we bring him to the kitchen he will refuse to go to his spot, looking very sad (but didn't bark). only when i leave him, then he start barking.

we used to put him in the front of the house but when it rains, he gets wet (my roof is short). he will also bark when we put him there but just 10 mins he will stop. but in the kitchen he just keeps barking and whining.

i think he hates the kitchen. should i just ignore him so that he gets used to it?

what can i do?

This post has been edited by Jessica Tan: Apr 8 2009, 11:11 AM