aquariumnewbie

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It's 2 months old. Anyone can help teach me stop it's unnecessary whining and barking?

Martinismommy

What a doll! I love Cavaliers! I photographed their National Specialty show a couple of years ago and fell in love with the breed!

Congratulations...They are wonderful dogs!

aquariumnewbie

Thank you! But it's still trying to adapt to my house. Hence there is a lot of whining and barking when there is no one within sight of the puppy. Lol. But I'm in love with my little boy.

Lucy

Oh my gosh, he's so cute! I really like that breed.

I'm not a dog expert, but I never did like the idea of crate training. We always trained with newspaper (peeing on, not hitting) and taking them out frequently. With lots of praise.
The little guy gets lonely and should be able to find you when he needs comforting. Remember, he's just been taken from his litter mates.
Other than that, I've heard a stuffed toy and a ticking clock help.

SCC

What a sweetie!!! Enjoy him....

Alessa

spaniels are AWESOME! I have my english cocker spaniel and they are the sweetest things in the whole world... congratulations!

they HATE to be alone and that's why they whine... after all it is just a baby recently taken away from mommy... if you can get him a fenced thing and put it in a room where he wont be alone (those they sell in petsmart that look like the ones that are made for babies) and take him out of the cage... he will stop whining (at least mine did).

Shawnie

awwwww he is just precious!! puppies are soooo much fun!

Puppies need to be with either their litter, or their human family at least until they are a few months old...then they learn that lifes not scarey and will venture around alone..

try only crating him when you have to leave, and at bedtime..as lucy said, wrap a ticking alarm clock in a towel or something and put it under his blankets in his crate..eventually, he will be begging to be inside his area..dont let anyone else in it to play or hang out...my kids use to try it alot, but that is a place the puppy will see as his that he wont have to share......its like having a newborn...

mlinden84

Here's a couple of things I do when we have foster puppies who whine/bark when crated:

I find that a sheet over the cage helps so they don't see you on the other side. Just make sure it's lightweight and that the puppy can still have good air circulation.

Also, do not take the puppy out of the cage when he barks/whines. If you do, it will teach him that when he does it he gets out. Although it's hard, just ignore him. If you open up the cage and pet or play with him he will see it as a reward for whining/barking. It's hard... but it does work.

He is absolutely ADORABLE by the way!!

ShaynaB

Aww what an adorable puppy!

I've crate trained my pups only when I leave or when too many people were over and they were too young. I put a sheet over the crate, like a light bed sheet so that the pup wouldn't see. It helped a bit.

aquariumnewbie

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Sleeping like a log. & Sleeping very frequently.

Thank you guys for the replies! I'll definitely try out those methods to make him feel better and hopefully cuts down on the whining and barking. I'll hope that it will help him to feel less anxious when alone. Because I might have to leave the house for a period of time a day. Well, thank you all once again! I'll update more about him as he grows!

Lucy

Ok, I seriously want him now!

I want to kiss that cute little puppy belly!
My family thinks it's weird, but I love the smell of puppies.

SCC

I'm glad to hear someone else refer to the "puppy smell"...I absolutely LOVE the smell of puppies. It's too bad it disappears....

aquariumnewbie

Hahaha. Lucy, perhaps you want to think twice in kissing him. He stink! Lol. Though he still has his puppy smell, it also comes along with a bit of his food, poop,pee smell too. Lol. Gonna give him a body wipe!

Lucy

Time to give that baby a bath. lol

aquariumnewbie

In fact he had his bath on a Sunday. And he only smell great for less than 5 hours. Lol. So other than fishes, what other pets do you have? Or anyone here, what pets do you have other than fishes?

Shawnie

I have fishies of course, two dogs, a leppard ghecko (sp), a dwarf hampster, and a partridge in a pair treee

lalynya

aww too cute..I want a puppy...it is so hard to choose what kind of Dog to get

richard7467

if you give him one of your unwashed socks to reassure him that yout there even tough your net the strong scent should comfort him, worked with my lab.