schleide
Posted : 5/31/2006 4:50:35 PM
I agree that the key is to consistantly ignore whining (unless it is to go potty - then it is outside to potty, no talking, no playing, right back in). Wesley is crated at night, but in our room. I think that makes a difference, he is with his pack, yes, he is relegated to a crate, because he cannot, for attitude reasons, have bed priveledges, but, he is with his people - and I think that has a calming effect on many dogs (although it might at first mean that the dog goes nuts every time you move - they get used to it, now we can talk, get up, walk around the room - whatever, and Wesley makes no noise until we go to the crate to let him out). It didn't start this way... he whined at first - but we steadfastly ignored him and eventually he learned that he gets out when we decide he does, and not a minute earlier.