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How to stop dog toy aggression, barking, and nighttime restlessness?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 1 year and 7 months old | 104 lbs

Pilot has become insanely aggressive with his toys and his barking is getting worse lately and staying up all night. How do we we stop it?

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Answered By Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA

Veterinarian, Certified Dog Trainer

Published on August 15th, 2018

Hi there. It sounds like these are three separate issues, all of which can be quite complicated to address - so it's hard for us to give much specific advice in this type of forum. You really need a professional who can evaluate Pilot in person and take a detailed behavior history to help determine what is causing these issues, and put together a training plan to work on them. I would recommend getting in touch with a veterinary behaviorist or a good reward-based trainer in your area who can help. You can search for a board-certified veterinary behaviorist in your area here: www.dacvb.org or a qualified trainer here: www.ccpdt.org

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