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JuLiA
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what do you do if your dog keeps on whining even at night? |
ritchellei
156 posts |
I think it’s a sign of depression. Check this link for more information. |
Mikel
155 posts |
This is a common problem. Your dog wants attention and gets it by whining. To understand this behavior more, Just click on this link: |
ryma
69 posts |
Hi JuLiA, I think your dog is experiencing separation anxiety since constant whining is one of its indicators. Check out this article to know more about this problem: |
bucheger
4 posts |
You don’t give a lot of details into why or under what conditions your dog is whining. I have 3 poodles, one does not like to be confined while anyone is in the room having fun, so he whines. He does have some separation anxiety issues, but they are not severe. We’ve been working on this problem for about 2 years. He is MUCH better at home, but still has problems at our dog club, but even there he has improved. For him, I kept the confinements as short as possible and let him out only when he was quiet. At first this meant letting him out the second he took a breath, then building up the requirement to be quiet for a whole second, then two, etc. My hardest thing was whining at night when I finally decided to get them all out of the bed! (I was becoming sleep deprived and needed constant chiropractic adjustments from sleeping all twisted up!) My success came by starting on a Friday night, making sure everyone had been outside to relieve themselves, ear plugs in, and I slept all night. I must admit, there was whining for a long time, but it did stop. Saturday there was much less whining and by Sunday night I didn’t need ear plugs. Good luck! |
pcarpenter
62 posts |
Not a lot of details to work with but most likely the dog is whining for attention. You may have inadvertantly taught him (her?) to whine nonstop if the dog has learned that eventually you’ll cave in, if only to yell at the dog to shut up. (Even negative attention is better in some dogs’ eyes than no attention at all.) I would think that the best cure is to give the dog no attention whatsoever…as if you don’t even hear the whining. The closest experience I had was with my shelter adopted dog who decided to whine and paw at my bed every night around 1:00 AM. Well, at first I thought she needed to go outside to potty. After all, I didn’t know what kind of a schedule she was used to. But then I realized that when I’d let her out, all she wanted to do was run around and play. If she pottied it was almost like an afterthought. So, knowing I was gambling on a possible wet carpet I decided to just ignore her whining. It only took about a week…each night the whining period was shorter and shorter…and then she gave up. Once she realized that I had no intention of getting up in the middle of the night so she could go outside and frolic, she stopped doing it. The behavior had ceased to be useful to her. |
Rich
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I agree that you don’t give much in the way of specifics about your situation. In most cases dogs whine/bark due to boredom and owner neglect. How much time do you spend with her? Is there anything about her that might indicate she’s ill? Have you tried any types of training to get her to stop? Here’s a couple of links that might teach you a thing or two… Reasons why they whine/bark… A few training tips here… A great solution here… |
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