Lurcher pup whining do they always do this and will it stop??

[panther82 4]

Hi I have a young lurcher pup and it whines sometimes do they aways do this and will it stop?

 

He will sleep all night in his cage but sometime he whines and whines when I go out the room sometimes too, Will he grow out of whining he is 4 1/2 months old now??

Edited December 26, 2011 by panther82

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

They normally do stop mate, I normally leave a radio or the tv on low volume so they have some background noise

[rapidjenky 97]

Ive had my pup 5 weeks now and everything he dose he whines about. only time he shuts up is when he is sitting on my knee or attacking the other dogs! lol sometimes i feel as though i could snap but he is getting better in the house. its mainly when ever we go somewhere or do something new.

 

i pray to god he grows out of it lol.

[philkemp 50]

Got pup now pal loves whining but he is only 5 month old so im hoping he does grow out of it as my last pup did

[Acuspell 329]

Think of how you would feel if you were taken from your mother at the age of, say, 3 years old, taken to a strange country where they didn't speak English and left to your own devices. THAT is how a young pup (not just lurchers) feels.

 

He has been taken from the only surroundings he has known since birth, lost his playmates, his mother, familiar smells and sights. You are now his entire universe and he depends on you for his comfort. You cannot expect him to just switch on and off like you do.

 

If you want to get the best out of him in the future, he needs a familiar smell - so one of your jumpers to curl up in is a good way of giving him some continuity. The radio on softly is an old trick to provide human company in the form of voices. Shutting him out on his own is just like being rejected and left alone. A little psychology is needed, you need to be gentle and understanding. Losing your patience will not solve anything - he won't understand why you are suddenly cross, or frustarted with him, at the time when he is feeling most vulnerable. That is why he is whining, because he feels vulnerable and insecure. REASSURANCE is what he needs, and warmth. A bean bag put in the microwave and under his bed blamket, or whatever, to give him a lump of warmth to curl up to, will help a great deal because it replicates the warmth from your lap and his mother.

[philkemp 50]

That doesnt apply to my pup pal as i bred him n he is with his dam in the same sorroundings he was born in jst some of them like a whinge i think

[The Duncan 802]

I think you're right Phil. My 11 week has a whine occasionally when she suddenly realises she wants attention (she gets ample).

Getting better as time goes on though.

[kabar 14]

Mines 2 now and whines whenever he's left or hungry or wants to go out... Does my head in. I've had plenty of dogs (not just lurchers) and they seem to do it a lot more than others. Maybe particular crosses are worse than others?

[philkemp 50]

Yep some dogs jst do it! and its a hard habit to break had a dog a few year bck and he would whine all the way in the van but as soon as you got out to do [bANNED TEXT] hunting was quiet as a mouse there was nothing i could do to stop it in the end jst put up we it cos apart from the whineing he was a belting dog in fact the pup i have now has his blood in him

[sowhat 1,572]

Yep some dogs jst do it! and its a hard habit to break had a dog a few year bck and he would whine all the way in the van but as soon as you got out to do [bANNED TEXT] hunting was quiet as a mouse there was nothing i could do to stop it in the end jst put up we it cos apart from the whineing he was a belting dog in fact the pup i have now has his blood in him

 

Know how you feel got a dog here who's 9 yrs old and he's exactly the same,as been from a pup,it's bloody annoying,but luckily it wasn't passed on to his offspring.

[terrier s 123]

got a pup here at 11 weeks it does the same seems to be getting a bit better now tho

[Acuspell 329]

Lurcher puppies have a lot of pent up energy to burn off, more than purebred sight hounds due to the hybrid vigour. I bet none of your pups whine when they are asleep! There is one post above from Kabar that says the pup whines when he wants to go out, is hungry or is left......why are you complaining? He/she is telling you that he needs to go out. That is the only wy they can communicate with you. If he/she is hungry, again a legitimate reason to whine and merely communicating with the pack leader that food is required! When left, that is the confidence, insecurity thing. Reassurance over time, rather than just going out and ignoring the dog when you leave will help.

 

In the car - that sounds like enthusiasm and excitement, knowing what is coming.

[skycat 6,174]

Other reasons for whining:::::::::::::::Some dogs whine through a sense of frustration, of having too much energy that they don't know what to do with. This is especially true of young dogs which haven't yet started working. Some wander around just whining: I've had several like this, and once they grew up and started working it stopped. The trick is to make sure that the young dog has enough to do on a daily basis. If your pup hasn't got other dogs to play with, or enough space to run around, then it may whine or generally act like a pain.

 

IMO, having somewhere at home where the pup can burn off energy is very important. I know that not everyone has a big garden, but at least make sure the pup/young dog can get out of the house or run and tear about in the back yard as often as possible. All young animals need to play and run, its part of developing their bodies for an active life, and most seem to need to tear about far more than you would believe possible. To expect a pup to sit quietly in a kennel or cage for hours on end is just silly: they should either be playing or sleeping: that's what life is all about for growing dogs.

 

Some modern children, accustomed to sitting for hours gawping at TV, are very far removed from how we were as kids: always on the go, on the move. Trouble is, some people don't realise that dogs haven't evolved like the unhealthy kids that are learning hard how to be couch potatoes: dogs really need to be active, and those which are denied the freedom to run about will often whine through frustration.

 

A tired dog doesn't whine! Get them out and running about. I get pups to chase me in the garden: get them focused on trying to catch me. Get them using their prey drive, practising on pretend prey. Even an 8 week old pup gets a lot out of this game, and it tires them out really quickly. The other bonus about engaging your pup like this is that is sees you as the means to focusing its drive and energy, so is easier to train as a result.

[kabar 14]

Nope, the dog can be out working for hours but when I pull up back at home he will whine to be let out of the car. Then he knows what time feeding is and start to whine, likewise he could have been out on the lamp the previous night and out ferreting in the afternoon but at tea time or the time he would have gone out for a walk had he not worked he will start whining. He's a quarter collie and fixates in things to the point of obsession, no other dog I've had has whined like this. So yeah I expect a dog to let me know it needs to go out but this is something else, you've either got a lot more patience than me, your hearing is defective or you haven't experienced it. I would be interested to know if pure greyhounds do it, the whippet I had did and the terriers do to a much lesser extent. I think it's the collie brain that's mines biggest problem, which I take as a side effect for his ability to think around problems when out.

[sowhat 1,572]

Nope, the dog can be out working for hours but when I pull up back at home he will whine to be let out of the car. Then he knows what time feeding is and start to whine, likewise he could have been out on the lamp the previous night and out ferreting in the afternoon but at tea time or the time he would have gone out for a walk had he not worked he will start whining. He's a quarter collie and fixates in things to the point of obsession, no other dog I've had has whined like this. So yeah I expect a dog to let me know it needs to go out but this is something else, you've either got a lot more patience than me, your hearing is defective or you haven't experienced it. I would be interested to know if pure greyhounds do it, the whippet I had did and the terriers do to a much lesser extent. I think it's the collie brain that's mines biggest problem, which I take as a side effect for his ability to think around problems when out.

 

Apart from your dog having collie in his breeding, it sounds like we own the same dog