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There are many reasons that your dog may have a whining problem. When you learn why they are whining, you will be able to control the problem.

One of the main reasons for whining is because your dog is lonely and needs some attention. Whining is the way your dog will likely convey this message to you. She may simply need some more love and affection. Alternatively, you dog may be whining because she’s not feeling well, if you suspect this to be the case, get him to a vet as quickly as possible.

Dogs also whine at times when they are left at home alone. If your dog is whining when you’re not there, it is probably due to separation anxiety. Separation anxiety is something that can be fixed relatively easily. All you need to do is to teach your dog that when you leave the house, you will always return. Start by leaving the house for one or two minutes at a time, slowly work this up to 10 minutes and then half an hour once your dog gets accustomed.

While teaching your dog using this method, make sure that leaving the house and returning is never made to be a big deal. For example, when you do return, wait a good 10 minutes before saying hello to your dog. This will show your dog that you coming and going is no big deal, nothing worth getting carried away about.

If you are trying the 5 or 10 minute training, where you leave a return after being gone this short period, you may add more time to this absence, increasing the time to 15 to 20 minutes, then 30 to 40 minutes then finally a few hours. Eventually your dog will not really pay attention to the fact that you have returned home and it won’t be such a big deal for her.

Another way to stop dogs whining (which is fairly controversial) is to ignore your dog totally. This is not always a good idea as your dog could have some real underlying physical problems which are the reason for the whining. The way this method works is that you first give the dog a firm command to stop the behaviour, if the dog doesn’t stop whining, you can then use negative reinforcement. You can do this by making some loud annoying noise that your dog will associate with the whining. This may be effective in stopping the whining altogether.

Regardless of how bad your dog is whining; never resort to physical violence as this doesn’t resolve the problem. It will in most cases only make the problem worse. Abusing dogs is a crime and your dog will be far less likely to train well if it is abused. Always treat your dog with love and respect and have patience in fixing his whining problem.

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