 Re: Whining for dinner
[Re: steve strom ]
#289867 - 08/03/2010 09:43 PM |
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Lenka, I think it just depends on if it truly bothers you or not.
My four dogs sit around the kitchen counter whining the whole 5-10 minutes it takes for us to prepare their meals. My senior shepherd not only whines, he drools at the same time (and sometimes it lands on the head of my Pek mix), LOL. It doesn't bother us. My husband and I find it kind of comical, and take it as a sign that they love the raw diet.
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Re: Whining for dinner
[Re: Melissa Hau ]
#289879 - 08/03/2010 10:28 PM |
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Angie, could you please, please tell me how you trained your dogs to clean the counters? I don't care if they whine, heck they can howl if they just cleaned the counters.
Thanks!
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Re: Whining for dinner
[Re: Linda West ]
#289891 - 08/03/2010 11:00 PM |
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I spend a good part of my week with a high drive Patterdale Terrier, he whines when he knows the tug is coming, he whines when he knows his walk is coming, he whines when he knows the lake is coming. I never really considered it annoying, just consider that he is a drivey little dog, but I spend my week with whining in human form, maybe I have been desensitized! 
If they are 1.5 & 6, How long has this whining been going on?
I tried getting it ready long in advance and he could whine for maybe 30 minutes to an hour after I got it ready. Then he figured out he wasn't getting it and stopped. I did it for about two weeks with no changes in behavior. Then I had my husband sit next to his crate and say No to him every time he whined. We did this for about two weeks with no changes in behavior.
I would think this would escalate the whining, only whining due to stress! JMO
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Re: Whining for dinner
[Re: Tammy Moore ]
#289923 - 08/04/2010 06:11 AM |
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I'm thinking that verbally paying attention to a dog every time it whines (even if you are saying no)will reinforce that behavior 'See what I can make Daddy do if I whine'.
I feed my dogs on the porch. They do not see me preparing dinner. In bad weather they get fed in their crates. I used to feed them in their crates all the time but it is easier to manage on the porch.
Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que l' esprits prepares. Louis Pasteur |
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Re: Whining for dinner
[Re: LucilleHollander ]
#289928 - 08/04/2010 08:27 AM |
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Thanks for all the replies. This am I sat next to him before my husband got the dish ready and put him in a down focusing on me. He glanced at my husband several times but did not whine because I was rewarding him for down. Also when he anticipates treats he starts shaking head to toe. Should I reward anyways? Thanks again for all the replies. I want my dogs to be dogs and don't want them to feel they are in a straight jacket but at the same time we are dealing with some extreme things (human) in our household and need a lot of control overall. Our life is very far from what other people consider normal so I don't want to support anything out of control.
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Re: Whining for dinner
[Re: Tammy Moore ]
#289929 - 08/04/2010 08:30 AM |
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but I spend my week with whining in human form, maybe I have been desensitized!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
I don't remember how long this has been going on but I know there used to be a time when he was not doing this.
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#289930 - 08/04/2010 08:31 AM |
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Re: Whining for dinner
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#289932 - 08/04/2010 09:03 AM |
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I put the bowls down, take the next day meal out of the freezer and they sanitize the counters before I ask them to sit or stand and then finally I release them and they go to their own bowls.
Dont know if it's a bad routine.
If you've taught your dogs to sanitize the counters it's a GREAT routine. I couldn't even get my exes to put the dirty dishes in the sink, let alone have my dogs do any cleanup work.
LOL that was funny. they= then LOL
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Re: Whining for dinner
[Re: Angie Stark ]
#289944 - 08/04/2010 10:42 AM |
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This thread is embarrassing. I have a recent Shepherd mix addition (not all that recent, so no excuse) who is whining the whole 3 minutes from the time the bowls are picked up until they are put down. A stink-eye face from me stops it, but then he turns his head so he can't see me and starts again.
I KNOW I have to teach a "quiet" command, which, let's face it, is not particularly challenging, but instead I either ignore it or give him a big "no" face ... both of which are not only useless, but counterproductive. Especially "teaching" him that all he has to do is look elsewhere in order to whine with no scary face directed at him!
All I can say is, either decide to accept it or at least use me for an example of what not to do.
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Re: Whining for dinner
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#289949 - 08/04/2010 10:55 AM |
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I have never had much luck teaching a quiet command. I think my timing is off or something, I dunno
When mine get noisy I either do my very best to ignore it which usually works, or end up clapping and yelling, which is totally counterproductive. 
For full out barking, usually ignoring it works for me, or redirecting/removing from the stimulus.
But Loki is a whiner, he whines when he wants anything, or is unsure, or excited, or his bed is rumpled, or whatever.  LOL
Sometimes acknowledging him will stop it, but other times until the situation is resolved he is going to keep doing it.
Generally I ignore it unless the whines turn into the horrible screaming moaning noise he makes, then I shoosh him which makes him go back to whining quietly
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