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whining? i need help. my dog is a 1yr old lab. hes a good dog, but.... dring the day he will sit on the window sill and whine. he gets regular long walks and the back door to the garden is open so he has access all day to the sunny garden, but he dont really go out there. anyon got any ideas why he whins? its not all the time just intermitantly and it lasts for about 10 seconds. sometimes he lies on the sofa and whins. we have pointed and sayd no etc, but he stopps, then does it again. its driving me mad, coz i dont know what he wants. oh and hes fed twice a day and always has plenty of fresh water at all times.
he is normally looking out the window or starit at me when he whins. when he islooking at me i ask him if he needs the toilet, if he priks up his ears i take him downstairs if not i tell him to 'shush then' and get on with whatever i am doing. we live on a quiet road, not many kids or traffic a few cats but he dont wine at them.
 
It's probably just boredom. Labs love to be entertained. Do you leave music on for him when you're out or even the telly? Sometimes they just need a good hug - like the rest of us!
 
I live near a school, my dog whines when she hears the children on the playground. She also whines when my children are loud or when she hears children on the TV. Sometimes my children are at the other end of the house or the TV volume us low.....she still whines. Since your dog seems to get enough exercise, my guess is he is hearing something that you don't hear.
 
Do you have someone that goes off to work or school in the house, he may be whining as he is missing them. My dog used to whine when my husband went out, it is to do with being sad and bored. Try keeping him stimulated through the day with things to do, there is a great dog toy out that blows flavoured bubbles into the air, my dog used to have great fun for hours on end catching bacon and beef flavoured bubbles! Simple things......
 
He has learnt that whining gets attention.

I train dogs to a very high standard & taught one of them to show me what she wants instead of me having to guess.

When she whines I say ''show me''. She then goes to the biscuit tin, the door, or the shelf where I put her toy yesterday.

She doesn't really want a treat, want to go out or her toy,she just wants to interact with me.
I get the toy & play with her while I go about my business.If she feels I am not paying her enough attention with that toy she starts whining again & decides she wants a different toy.That proves she is doing it all for attention.She is also controlling me!

Silly of me to have trained her in the first place to communicate with me in such a way.I have made a rod for my own back!

The cure -

Stop paying him any attention at all for his whining.

Only pay him attention when he isn't whining.

Buy him some toys that you put treats in, so he can entertain himself trying to get them out.

Hope that helps you understand his whining.
 
take to vet - could be attention seeking but to make sure get expert knowledge
 
It sounds like he is a very well looked after pet maybe a tiny bit spoiled because you love him,ok, he's testing you if he whines how or what will it get from you mine does that he too is 1 year and a Labby x Staffy and when I'm not constantly answering to his whines he continues I've been advised to ignore it because you are the Alpha Male and he's got to learn he won't be rewarded by you jumping to him every time he whines...like babies in a way, cry for attention when put down in their cots to get M or D in the room to be picked up try the desensitising thing of gradually increasing the time in between you going to him when he whines and gradually getting longer persist it will yes be annoying but it's all in the learning as a pup.
 
It sounds like he is a very well looked after pet maybe a tiny bit spoiled because you love him,ok, he's testing you if he whines how or what will it get from you mine does that he too is 1 year and a Labby x Staffy and when I'm not constantly answering to his whines he continues I've been advised to ignore it because you are the Alpha Male and he's got to learn he won't be rewarded by you jumping to him every time he whines...like babies in a way, cry for attention when put down in their cots to get M or D in the room to be picked up try the desensitising thing of gradually increasing the time in between you going to him when he whines and gradually getting longer persist it will yes be annoying but it's all in the learning as a pup.
 
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