Whine Whine Whine!

[876lol678]

Jax and doggiedad: What do I do to teach her "quiet" and also ringing a bell? I was just talking to my husband about it and he said, "Great!! How do we do it?" I had no idea how to answer that. lol

[GSDSunshine]

As far as ringing the bell. It's very easy. Just be careful because they know ringing the bell will let them go out. So if he's bored...bell rings. sees a squirrel out the window....rings the bell. They will ring the bell for more than just potty breaks.

I know a dog that is bell trained and all they did was every time he was led outside for his many potty breaks as a puppy, they would take his paw and hit the bell. Didn't take long for him to put the 2 and 2 together. And he wasn't even a GSD!

It does get annoying because they also gave him a treat when he got back in for going potty outside so now he will ask to go out just so he can come back in and get a treat.

[Suki's Mom]

We taught Suki to push her nose into some windchimes that we have hung at nose level by the back door (which is in the basement).

She will also ring them if she wants us to play with her (clue: she's standing at the bottom of the stairs with a toy in her mouth, lol).

Also, if we hide on her in the basement, she'll ring the bell instead of looking for us, as she knows we come when she rings it. Yep, she's not dumb!

[jake]

vocalizing can be an OK thing.When Jake alert barks I use OK (means I understand your alert enough)He is good about stopping when I say this.Sometimes he just seems to bark-whine snarfle-groan just too much at a time for no specific reason.I guess dogs have a right to TALK too and who else are they going to talk to except you ? I notice the older he gets the MORE he talks-maybe like talky senior citizen humans?

[sherripowell@me.com]

"I notice the older he gets the MORE he talks-maybe like talky senior citizen humans?"

LOL LOL.

[sherripowell@me.com]

i was just thinking about this thread this evening --- i was chuckling earlier because samson is a huge fan of fetch! loves it. and every single time that he makes it back to me with the ball in his mouth he is begins whining. every time. no exception. kinda confusing cause i know that he loves playing --- i am just assuming that the whine is out of happiness.

[Stella's Mom]

The older Stella is getting the more she whines when she doesn't get her way.

[cta]

i have a whiner too. he whines when he can't get to where he wants to go. for example, in the summer we eat outside a lot. while we are eating, we tether the dog to one of our chairs. if somebody gets up and walks away and he doesn't get to go too...omg...you would think he was being tortured. well i guess in his mind he is being tortured lol. he's soooo loud it's ridiculous. one time we ran into one of our neighbors that lives behind us and she was like "chobahn, you NEED to tell your mommy and daddy to STOP leaving you outside alone. i always hear you whining and crying!" i just laughed and told her we NEVER leave him outside alone, he's just whining because he can't be stuck up our butts 24/7.