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Re: Dog whining
« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2013, 11:40:48 PM »
Whining and yelping in excitement is different from whining and barking for attention. 

IMO they are almost one in the same. whining or barking for attention, whining and barking because of excitement  are both an expression of anxiety.

It's just a dog's way of saying "Oh boy! We're going hunting!".  Kind of like a kid saying "Oh boy!  We're going for ice cream!"   :chuckle:
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Re: Dog whining
« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2013, 12:59:27 AM »
my gsp does the same thing and i have not had any luck correcting it. he does it when he wants attention and while hunting. i use him to retrieve ducks and he can really test your patients while trying to hunt with him. i think it is just the breed, but if you find something please share!

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Re: Dog whining
« Reply #17 on: April 26, 2013, 07:53:47 AM »
my gsp does the same thing and i have not had any luck correcting it. he does it when he wants attention and while hunting. i use him to retrieve ducks and he can really test your patients while trying to hunt with him. i think it is just the breed, but if you find something please share!

Curing the "attention" part might solve the hunting issue, too.  :dunno: My Setter whined when I made her sit in the blind, and she could hear the Chukhars on the hillside.  She HATED duck hunting.  :chuckle:
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Re: Dog whining
« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2013, 08:00:12 AM »
Whining and yelping in excitement is different from whining and barking for attention. 

IMO they are almost one in the same. whining or barking for attention, whining and barking because of excitement  are both an expression of anxiety.

Again I agree with Stilly here.  At least as far as shorthairs go.  When my GSP is whining it is because he wants something and he's not getting it.  It could be that he knows we are going to go do something fun, or that I just put him in his dog run and he wants out, or that I'm not throwing his tennis ball fast enough.  It is all because he's not getting what he wants.  In the case of excitement, I feel like he's not saying "Oh Boy! We're going hunting!".... he's saying "Hurry up I want to go now and you're not going fast enough" or "Take me! Don't leave me! I really want to go!"  Its all based on him not getting what he wants at that moment. 

On a side note there is one case where I am glad he is a whiner and that is when he has to go outside to potty.  He will always go sit at the door and if you aren't there to let him out after a few minutes he will start to whine and progressively get louder.  This is nice for when you are distracted by something and don't notice he's sitting by the door.  Where my Vizsla will just go sit by the door and not make a peep (unless she has the runs and she is in dire need of going out).  I just feel bad for them if they have to sit there and hold it when they have to go. 

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Re: Dog whining
« Reply #19 on: April 26, 2013, 09:51:15 AM »


  When my GSP is whining it is because he wants something and he's not getting it.   Its all based on him not getting what he wants at that moment. 

That's the "German" part of him.   :chuckle:
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Re: Dog whining
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2013, 08:24:29 PM »
My GSP used to whine like crazy in his kennel.  I would go out the front door and sneak around back behind the kennel.  When he’d start to whine I’d hit the plastic tarp on the back of the kennel.  It would take 2-3 hits on the plastic for him to stop and within a couple of days he quit whining altogether. 

 


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