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Dog Barks at Night

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#1 ·
My dog is a little terrier mix of some sort, but she is surprisingly very mellow most of the time. She loves to cuddle all day, nap, and play with my other dog. We make sure she gets exercise, and she seems very content. At night, however, once we go to bed, if she hears something outside, she immediately starts barking at it, waking us up. She stops pretty quickly and goes back to sleep, but this is happening 5-6 times a night, and keeping everyone up. Any suggestions as to what I might do?
 
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#3 ·
Background noise is a GREAT idea because dogs that are subconsciously distracted by say, classical music playing, are less likely to be wakened by a footstep outside. It will diffuse the outside noises and is also proven to calm your dog down (classical music, that is)

Putting music on helped a lot with my friend's Husky. He used to howl at every noise he heard but when he can't hear it he's got nothing to howl at!