My puppy whines at everything. How can I stop this?
 

My 9 week old puppy whines a lot as I am told by the people who have met her. She whines when shes in her crate, when she is outside, when she has her harness on, when she sees a leaf, when she is with me, when she is in the car, when she sees her shadow, when she is just sitting there, etc. How can I minimize the whining? The whining is so high pitch that my neighbors keep thinking that I am strangling her.

It will stop! She's just getting used to things, mine whined a lot for the first few days I had her, how long has she been there? Just distract her, play, make everything fun :)

She has been with me for a week. Her whining is so loud and high pitch that if I have a window open it causes a barking frenzy among the neighborhood dogs.

Wow! Have you ruled out anything medical? Maybe she's in some sort of pain?

My 11 week old does the same, though probably less...I don't coddle her...she settles down in her crate with her toys...she does a pretty good job of letting me know when she needs to go potty (well, sometimes)...is she used to constantly seeing you, and then whining when she can't? At first it was non-stop here...but she has calmed down quite a bit. I let her run herself ragged with one of my older dogs who loves to play, he wears her out...and she's tired..and quiet...

Well she sees me a lot, I have to keep her in the crate most of the day since she is already a furniture destroyer in training. I tried tying her leash to my belt loop but she just goes on a nonstop whining temper tantrum.

Yeah I took her to the vet and they said she is fine. They just told me I probably have a chronic whiner. :shocked:

Mine can see me too, about 1/2 the time...but she has learned to settle down when my back is to her, or I am not directly paying attention to her. Don't get me wrong, WHOA can she scream when she wants to, but it has really lessened. The first couple of nights were pretty bad, but she has gotten a LOT better. Maybe making her realize the difference between HER time with you..and YOUR time without her? (In the meantime, ear plugs!):D

I dont agre with "it will stop" high drive pups whine. Every morning when I let my 13 week out her cage it looks like one of those soldier returning vids, she whines and cries out of joy. licking/biting my face. Shell do the same out of food drive, when i get her food she sounds the same as when i drove her home from the litter like im hanging her by the tail. but when unsure she barks with a deep tone.

Its not ideal but get used to it, I think an ecollar can be used to correct it if its an issue, get training before using it. Also I noticed you said the 9 week old is a furniture destroyer, definitely start some training classes asap. It sounds like itll be cheaper in the long run.

My pup is 6 months old and he still whines though it has lessened some. But he whines when we do anything new or are in the car, when I pet him... I just always assumed it was a GSD thing.

Best thing to do is ignore and don't coddle or pay extra attention if they're whining... also I'm not against e-collars but I think 9 weeks old is way to young for one!