It's starting to get rather annoying, and it makes it hard for me to get my work done. It's my own fault for spoiling him for the first few days, but now I wish to break this bad habit. How should I go about doing this?
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See, puppies can be much like children. They will get spoiled if you pick them up every time they cry/whine. I think That they're much like cats in this whole whinning area. I actually had a kitten like that. Try going out and buying a blanket ( One that is roughly thew size of the puppy) and sleep with this blanket for a few nights, like actually cuddle into this blanket. This blanket with YOUR sent should calm the dog down. Plus, getting a puppy active and entertained is a nice little way of keeping him occupied.Try walking with him/her or doing small activities. Eventually he will stop whinning, he's just missing his mommy.
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- How long have you had him now? I do believe in spoiling and 24 hours a day contact when you get a new puppy, especially the first 2-3 days.
If he's past 12-13 weeks and he's still that needy, then yes, you might have given him a bad habit.
First of all, I'd look at why he cries and whimpers, is he bored? Is he understimulated? Or does he simply just want attention?
Make sure he gets enough play and exercise through the day. Give him a bit of brain-work (a kong, a food ball etc.). A tired puppy is a good puppy.
Give him a place of his own near you. This should be the GOOD place...the good places has treats and lying in the good place means that you are happy with him. Teach him to stay in the good place and make sure he gets attention, praise and treats when he's calmly lying there (walk over to him and give him attention and treats or toss the treats to him).
Never reward whining or crying by giving in to him. Either ignore him or take him to the good place, while paying as little attention to him as possible. Be very careful that you do not teach him that leaving the good place and whining = attention = being taken to the good place and given a treat. Otherwise you'll have started another bad habit.
Best of luck with him. - I know it may be hard to not want to pick it up but you must not. Yes he will whimper and cry but maybe you can give him a treat or get him a toy he can play with. If that doesn't work call a vet or animal behaviorist and ask the person what you can do to stop the crying and whimpering.
- You have to be REALLY strong and ignore him. He has learned that, if he continues to cry, that you will eventually pick him up. The only way to stop it, is to ignore him EVERY time, not just part of the time, EVERY time- if you break, even once, it will get even harder to break him of the habit.
- Picking him up is reinforcing a bad behavior.
This is from Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer) book....
"When is the right time to share affection?
After a dog has exercised and eaten. After a dog has changed his unwanted behavior into a behavior that you asked for. After a dog has responded to a rule or a command. If you dog jumps up on you demanding to be petted, it's probably your instinct to oblige her. This behavior sends her the signal that she is in charge. Share your affection to sit down and calm down. Then you share affection, on your terms. Your dog will quickly come to realize that there is only one correct behavior to get her the things she wants.
When is the wrong time to give affection?
When your dog is fearful, anxious, possessive, dominant, aggressive, whining, begging, barking---or breaking any rule of your household. Anytime you give affection, you reinforce the behavior that preceded it. You cannot "love" a dog out of her bad behavior, just as you can't "love" a criminal into stopping his crimes.
When humans adopt dogs and bring them into our lives and homes, most of the time we have the dogs best interests at heart. The problem is that we are making assumptions based not on what canines need but on what humans need. By humanizing dogs, we damage them psychologically.
When we humanize dogs, we create what I call “issues”--which are pretty much the same things a human psychiatrist calls “issues” when referring to his patients' problems. “Issues” are negative adaptations in dealing with the world. As human beings, our issues range far and wide and can be a simple as a fear of spiders or as complex as obsessive-compulsive disorder or foot fetishes. For dogs, issues are much simpler. But like human issues, dog issues are caused by an imbalance." - Every time you pick him up you are showing him that whining works. Don't pick him up
- If he does this than just pick him up and place him somewhere else. Or the harder way. If he comes into your room whimpering and crying than just ignore him or pick up your work and go to another room and keeping doing that until he breaks the habit
- Before writing it off as an annoying habit created take him to the vet and have him a through check up to eliminated any doubt it may be a physical ailment!
- Something that might help you is to get something that smells of you (ie an old t-shirt you've worn or a pillow you've slept on for a couple nights) and put it in his bed. That way when you ignore him, he can still go to his bed and feel a bit more comforted by cuddling up to something which is covered in your scent.
This helped my dog a huge amount. - Stop rewarding the behavior. You'll have to ignore him at times when you know this is what he's asking for. Once he goes and lays down and you've been able to get some stuff done then go pick him up to reward him. He'll start to associate laying down and being quiet with getting what he wants.
- For more information on dog training techniques and how to deal with problem dog behavior
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If he comes to you whimpering - pick him up without effection and place him outside the room and shut the door.
Then ignore him.
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