My Dog Howled for 24 Hours!

Hello, My dog does not bark a lot. For the longest time I didn't believe she had a voice. She started to make growling noises when she was out of the puppy stage. By two years old she was making small attempts to bark. It was such a quiet bark like she was holding back. I thought it was quite odd for such a large dog. I was shocked the first time I heard her bark. It was a really loud bark. I think she scared herself because she looked at me like she did something wrong. She mostly whines. She makes whimpers at other dogs tied up when I walk her on a leash. She is a big baby. She whimpers when I leave the house. My tough rottweiler is really not so tough. She is 5 now. She barks at the new neighbors. She doesn't bark at a lot of people. She watches out the window a lot. I haven't figured out how she decides which people are bark material. She looks scary when she barks. People tell me I have a mean dog. I laugh inside because she is such a baby. She is quiet. She rarely barks. She barks maybe once a day. Usually at the same guy. Most smaller dogs never stop barking.

My cats have always done fine, not that I have moved much in the last thirty years. Usually I only had one when I moved. Even when I moved one clear across country, as long as we (her people) were there she was fine. She did not like moving across town though. Probably because she was older. Her response was to never leave the house. We moved from a neighborhood on a quiet street to a house on Main Street and I think the noise of the traffic scared her.

I've never had a problem and I've moved a few times with different pets. There have even been a couple of interstate moves...the last one, my dog had to travel with me for 9 hours in the car in the summer time with no air. I was really worried as she had never been on a long trip but she did just fine. She was obedient and relaxed with no misbehaviour and I think she enjoyed the trip immensely. It was a shame that the cats move was via the cattery...I would have moved them straight to the new place, together. Your dear little ones must be highly strung or easily stressed or something. I hope your little ones are doing fine in the new place.

cats do best if you put them in a smallish room with familiar objects after all the moving is done, or at least all the moving into that room... I've never had a problem with dogs, but never had a hyper one either...

I moved my 4 cats about 2 hours away. I gave them seditives and they still cried the whole way. We put them in the carriers early, that was a task in itself. I didn't take them till we had done all the painting and moving because they don't go outside and they always try to sneak out. Once they got there they were okay, it was just getting them there!

We keep our dogs in the barn and sometimes we take them home. I think they already got used to it and they even understand when it is barn day for them. They love traveling by car too. We did not have the same experience like you did. But the first time we got them as puppies, they also cried and howled all night.

I moved my two cats from Germany to the States when we relocated here and then after the flight and the long drive plus hotel living for a few weeks was a trip and event I would never want to repeat.

Ah! A woman after my own heart! We have two cats, one dog, one bird and four fish and yes we too had to move them all once! Everyone did fine, the cats have always lived indoors so they were okay but our dog was not happy either. She cried and whined the first night and fortunately settled down after that. Shifting house is a drama for everyone human and animal!

I had an experience moving my big dog from are old house to our new house about a year ago. At first the dog since uncomfortable. She ran here and there and try to sniff almost every little thing. When the night came, we all sleep together in one bed. The dog seems to get used with the house already the next morning.

I had no case. but I know that your dog is experiencing a breakup with his former house. Simple is hard because it is there chuvstavalo sigulno of place and it was his house. He needs time to get used to new surroundings. do not worry. nice day!