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Hi,

We have a six month old male Dobie (Kane), We have had him from eight weeks, and love him to bits. But he whines constantly, and it's driving everyone nuts. There are three of us in the house, and if we are not all in the same room together he whines constantly (Even sometimes when we are). He whines in the car, the house, the garden. And it seems to be getting worse. There seems to be no reason for it - I thought that it might be a form of seperation anxiety, but if he is left in the house, or the car when we go out, he's fine (Set a recorder up to check) He only does it when we are there.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

It might just be the dobe whine (i'm sure thats what you want to hear right!) Think of it as a siamese, talkative. My dobe used to be a lot worse adn got over it all of a sudden at four or so. The couple of dobes that were at my trainers did it too. If it is seperation anxiety try a behaviorist because that can get really hard to deal with. Good luck!
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Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I know that it's quite common for Dobes to whine, just did'nt think it would be this much.

Hmm, we had this problem with our dobie too, got better though. Now he only whines for a good reason

Try to keep him busy when you are not around, with chew toys or the kind of toys that he likes, praise him and give him lots of attention when he is nice, reward good behavior with playing, ignore him when he's whining... The usual positive reinforcement Iguess, and it doesn't work over night, but in the long run I found it's a good method.

Regards

Adriana

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I've done some reading, and it appears that we have let him make his place as leader of the pack too, so I'm also working on that.....hopefully when we are done, he wont whine for attention.