Sunday, August 11, 2013

German Shepherd Whines Once Abandoned In Kennel

By Burt Whitenack


Dear Mr. Katz:

I have a 6 month old German Shepherd named Thor. Having study your book, I applied your strategies to him and he responded really quickly, to my surprise!

He is very very good at a sit-stay and down-stay now, that is really, quite helpful. I do have 1 difficulty that I could not fix with him even though.

Listed here are the situations along with the difficulty:

Thor lives outside inside a dog kennel/pen issue, I stroll him each day and play ball with him and constantly ensure he has food and water, I brush him and I commit a great deal of time with him. But whenever I leave him, he sits and whines for half an hour! He just will not be quiet! And if I go back out to create him cease, as quickly as he sees me, he's quiet... but as quickly as I leave, he begins whining and barking once again, so I just ignore him, however it has gotten to be such an issue that the neighbors have began to complain about it. I do not make a large deal out of leaving him or something. I just say 'Bye Thor' and leave.

Are you able to help? Christina Hathaway

Dear Christina:

Welcome to the great planet of German Shepherd ownership.

Here's what it is possible to try:

1. Wait until he actually begins whining and barking loudly. Then make use of the Bridging approach as described within the book (No, NO, No) and go back and appropriate him with all the collar. Leave the pinch collar on, but maintain the tab with you. Hook the tab on the collar, correct the dog, then take the tab off and stroll away. Please note that you are going to also want to later practice placing the tab around the dog, feeding him a cookie, then taking the tab off, in order that the dog doesn't come to associate wearing a tab using a correction.

2. If Tip #1 doesn't function, pick a time when your neighbors are away. Ignore the dog. Wait till he finally settles down and is quiet... then wait another two minutes. Go back to the dog and let him out. Your purpose is usually to teach the dog that being quiet will get him what he desires.

3. Merely ignore him. At some point he will find out that this behavior does not product the results he desires, nevertheless it may possibly take a couple of weeks. Also, increase his daily physical exercise regimen, substantially. You could possibly also experiment with changing his dog food.

Distinct factors perform for various dogs with regards to this behavior. Unfortunately, there is certainly no quick cure-all.

That's all for now, folks! Adam.




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