how do i stop this before it gets worse and we are all starting to get fed up with it
we lie in a bungalow and we have just the one dog that does it and it is getting worse,
when anyone leaves the living room to go to the toilet or into the kitchen,
and she hears them moving around she growls and then if they walk back into theliving
room talking she flies at the door and barks and growls and looks like she is going to bite
she has not bitten yet, as we have started using a shaker bottle at her to interupt this
behaviour, but now if my OH gets up from his chair and stretches or talks to me she
will run at him and bark he is now getting fed up with this all the time not just a one off,
it started with the barking in the living room when other members of the house moved into
other rooms and she could hear them talking or doing stuff, when she started growling a quick shake
of the bottle and a stern NO,  and this would stop her, but now i am starting to use training disc and if i can't get to
them quick enough the shaker bottle, she growls and barks and before i even say anything she now runs off behind the chair as though oh god should not of done that.
the thing is once the person is in the living room she will sometimes still growl when they move this is totally unaceptable and i need this to stop and how do i stop it any ideas thankyou

I honestly don't know what the answer is, you maybe should consider a behaviourist to find out what is going on but I do know that punishing her will only make things worse. Using bottles and discs is only going to increase the insecurity that clearly already is there.

Have you had her eyes checked out to make sure she hasn't got any issues with her sight as it could be related to that ? Might be worth getting that checked out and ruled out first ?

Could you give a few details about this dog please? Age,sex,breed,how long you've owned,past history if known. You may get some advice if we know more.

Kind Regards

she growls and barks and before i even say anything she now runs off behind the chair as though oh god should not of done that.

I always find dogs to be extremely honest in their approach to life....much more honest than we are at times....so it is probably a misunderstanding that is currently developing between you all...

She won't have any "hidden agenda" to annoy you....its more likely to be something that has changed in her life/surroundings that is causing her to react differently and making her feel insecure. Certainly with one of my own dogs no amount of waving a shaker at her would stop her from being fearful of the noises she is fearful of...and thats assuming that I even had the ability to hear them before she does...

It would probably be helpful to know what breed she is....and how old she is.....and whether she is a younger member of your pack or an older member...??

as regard with the eyes she has had a clear eye test two months ago,
she is 18 months old and we have had her for 8 months she is a german spitz,
she is not the baby of the pack but she is one of the youngest.
when we first had her she did grumble when anyone moved to start with
and we used to say ahah and she would stop, but it has got worse,
i know her background and where she came from and she lived in a pack in the house
there and the dogs did bark when anyone came to the door, i do not mind the barking if
someone comes to the door and they all do that and then told quite and they do, but she goes
on and on and on grumbling and watching the door as though someone is going to come flying through
the door and grab her .
she is very late for her season last one was may last year and nothing since , she is absoultly brilliant at everything else she has had to learn, she is great with the puppy we have and mothers her and reprimands her when necessary, do you think if we got a baby gate and left the door open so she could see and hear people in other rooms, but then i would still have the problem of her growling and barking when my other half moves, she sleeps on the sofa with him in the afternoon, she goes for walks with him will sit on his feet etc when i am doing other stuff and then all of a sudden will bark and growl at him for no reason, she has never done it to me.