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I know poodles are known to be a vocal breeding, and boy is my pup is no exception. She's a serial whiner and I've been working with her to reduce it and we've made a TON of progress.
But there are still a few scenarios I can't quite figure out how to manage. From what I gather, it's usually when she's super excited and/or anticipating something.
Ex: When I'm grabbing a chew or preparing her wet food.
She knows cuz of the packaging etc. and sits politely nearby (what I taught her to do when we first got her) while whining and whimpering (something she started doing at 15 wks-ish).
Conventional recommendation is to wait until she's quiet for a while and then reward her with the food, which I thought was working at first but... she now literally stops as soon as she knows it's "ready" (food on the plate, chew bag resealed, etc.) and I'm stumped on how to get her to stay quiet through the whole process.
I always have her wait before I give a release cue to get it and she stays quiet the whole time there too, so I don't think it's an impulse control issue?
She also acts similarly when I'm carrying her outside (excited, wants to walk) or when she hears me in the other room (excited by my potentially returning).
Any and all advice appreciated!!
But there are still a few scenarios I can't quite figure out how to manage. From what I gather, it's usually when she's super excited and/or anticipating something.
Ex: When I'm grabbing a chew or preparing her wet food.
She knows cuz of the packaging etc. and sits politely nearby (what I taught her to do when we first got her) while whining and whimpering (something she started doing at 15 wks-ish).
Conventional recommendation is to wait until she's quiet for a while and then reward her with the food, which I thought was working at first but... she now literally stops as soon as she knows it's "ready" (food on the plate, chew bag resealed, etc.) and I'm stumped on how to get her to stay quiet through the whole process.
I always have her wait before I give a release cue to get it and she stays quiet the whole time there too, so I don't think it's an impulse control issue?
She also acts similarly when I'm carrying her outside (excited, wants to walk) or when she hears me in the other room (excited by my potentially returning).
Any and all advice appreciated!!