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Post by susanw on Feb 17, 2014 10:11:06 GMT -5
Need to know if any of you have had an issue with your dog whining excessively in the car. Quin is driving me nuts!! It seems this has gotten worse instead of better lately. He won't settle down until I get on the highway headed out of town and then he lies down and goes to sleep but as soon as you have to slow for traffic lights or a change in speed limit he pops up like a jack-in-the-box and it starts again.
Taking him anywhere locally for his walks, shopping etc is a royal pain. If you chastise him he just does it quietly under his breath like a kid. Oh and it's just not me . . . he does it when his sitter takes him any place with her two dogs. She snaps her fingers and tells him to stop,which he does for about a min then starts up again and she has way more patience than I have with him. Any suggestions?
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Post by hooligan on Feb 17, 2014 11:31:19 GMT -5
No wonderful solutions. Only a comment. Jack has mastered the completely woebegone, no-one-ever-does-anything-I-want whine. Actually, the sound is more like an utterly pathetic moan. But he does this only on the 10-minute drive to our hiking spot. Thank heaven! I can live with that. I think Jack "reads" our preps (e.g., how we dress) for the outing and knows the route we take, so he has figured out what's ahead. If we take a different route, because we need to stop at the grocery store or run some other errand, he seems to be thrown off and is quiet. But as soon as we turn onto the usual route, the whining starts.
When we head to training, for example, our preps are different. We load the vehicle with training gear, and the drive is much longer. So he just settles in and doesn't make a peep, even though the first part of the route is exactly the same as the one to the hiking spot. Or if we don't dress in our hiking garb because we're going somewhere else, he's fine.
And Jack never whines on the way home after the hike. Does Quin?
Could you give Quin a treat, a stuffed kong or a chewy such as a bully stick, to keep him quiet?
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Post by susanw on Feb 17, 2014 14:15:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the info Dyanne.
To answer your question, yes he whines on the way home from the trail as well . . .although not as intensely as going there. I guess it could be anticipation and over excitement but I figured as he matured he would eventually knock it off.Silly me.
I've thought about giving a treat but have resisted as I don't want to reward the behaviour. If we are going any distance I do give him a treat (greenie or chewy of some sort) once he settles. I've also considered moving him to the cargo area but he'd be colder back there in the winter and he'll be blocking my view as there isn't enough room for a crate.
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Post by Andreina on Feb 17, 2014 16:46:28 GMT -5
lol but Quin is always a whiny little bum Thats weird, did it start recently as a new behaviour? I didn't catch that... Sounds like he is anxious... Could u try taking treats and giving him food for being quiet after you tell him enough? I wish I had more solutions. Scarlet is such an easy car rider... Only issue I've had is her barking at the air outside the window..... Drove with windows up in the summer each year LOL
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Post by dobermoms on Feb 17, 2014 17:21:07 GMT -5
I think the idea of moving him to the cargo area is a good one. With a proper dog gate in place to ensure he can't get into the passenger area of the Jeep, one can only assume he should settle in and calm down. As Dyanne said, they will still whine when they are on a route to their favourite place, but also knowing that they are safe and secure, it allows you not to get as frustrated with him. As for being cold in the back I don't see it being an issue as the whole inside area is climate controlled. If you choose to use a crate in the back cargo area, there are covers which can be placed over the crate to keep the heat inside the crate. It uses the dogs own body heat to keep it warm...it really works also.
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Post by hooligan on Feb 18, 2014 21:23:39 GMT -5
. . . I've thought about giving a treat but have resisted as I don't want to reward the behaviour. If we are going any distance I do give him a treat (greenie or chewy of some sort) once he settles. I've also considered moving him to the cargo area but he'd be colder back there in the winter and he'll be blocking my view as there isn't enough room for a crate. Rather than waiting till Quin settles, I'd give him the treat right away. Before he even starts whining. And I'd choose a treat that will last for a while. And I must say that 10 minutes of moaning doesn't bother me, but it drives Bill nuts. So if he's with us, he starts ordering Jack to be quiet, which Jack does -- for a nanosecond. And then he starts again. And then Bill tells him again to be quiet, and so it goes . . . And then I lose my cool with the two of them. LOL.
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Post by susanw on Feb 19, 2014 9:01:34 GMT -5
Yep . . .that sounds like our trips to the trail, Dyanne. He whines, I tell him to be quiet, etc , etc, etc. Thank goodness it's only a 3-5 min ride. I'll try a treat test and see if it makes a difference, thanks.
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