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GrayC25 · 03-30-2011, 08:28 AM

Our little guy, Samson, just turned 4 in February. He's mostly a really great puppy, with few accidents and/or incidents. However, the last four or five months, he has really started whining in his crate in the mornings. I am really good about not saying anything to him, but my husband isn't (He usually says "Samson, lay down" and it works for a little bit, but not always and not always as long as necessary). I am also good about waiting until he's quiet to let him out of the crate, but some times my husband just can't take it anymore and lets him out. However, there have been times when neither one of us says anything to shush him or let him out until he's quiet, but that doesn't seem to help. He's back to whining the next morning. It is starting to drive us insane! What can we do to help us out with this?

We thought maybe he was hungry, because he eats at 6:30pm and then nothing until the next morning. We've tried splitting his dinner up into two smaller meals, but that doesn't seem to help. We've tried letting him out, then feeding him and then putting him back in his crate (on the weekends, so we can go back to sleep) but he just whined!

Does anyone have any advice to give? Thanks in advance!

03-30-2011, 08:28 AM	#1
GrayC25 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 57	Whining in his crate in the A.M. Our little guy, Samson, just turned 4 in February. He's mostly a really great puppy, with few accidents and/or incidents. However, the last four or five months, he has really started whining in his crate in the mornings. I am really good about not saying anything to him, but my husband isn't (He usually says "Samson, lay down" and it works for a little bit, but not always and not always as long as necessary). I am also good about waiting until he's quiet to let him out of the crate, but some times my husband just can't take it anymore and lets him out. However, there have been times when neither one of us says anything to shush him or let him out until he's quiet, but that doesn't seem to help. He's back to whining the next morning. It is starting to drive us insane! What can we do to help us out with this? We thought maybe he was hungry, because he eats at 6:30pm and then nothing until the next morning. We've tried splitting his dinner up into two smaller meals, but that doesn't seem to help. We've tried letting him out, then feeding him and then putting him back in his crate (on the weekends, so we can go back to sleep) but he just whined! Does anyone have any advice to give? Thanks in advance!