[beks]

My boyfriend and i just took in a 10 month old Lab, the last day or so he has been whining alot, i think its just he wants to play and run around like crazy, but we can't play 24/7, and im not 100% sure that's the reason, is there any good tips i could try and get him to stop whining so much?

Also he seems to be like obsessed with me. when he's a bit hyper he jumps on me and sniffs my hair and face, my boyfriend has to like pry him off me and we have to keep him out of the room to calm him down, why might this be? what can i do?

[nattiej1976]

Controlled whining like controlled crying for a baby might help. It can be frustrating though ignoring a whining pup when all you want to do is either cuddle him or scream at him. Try to completely ignore the whining avoid reinforcement either positive or negative, and when pup settles then go and have a cuddle and tell him that he is good, then go again and ignore again but wait longer and longer after settled before going back and paying attention to pup. Pup will soon learn that whining gets no response what so ever and will eventually give up on it.

As far as the obsessive sniffing.......a few reasons could be causing this, Dogs do sniff each other as part of the greetings and to make sure that it is a dog he or she knows, and looks for farmilair smells, do you change your pefurme or hair conditions from time to time, maybe if your smell is changing puppy could be a little confused cause you look the same but smell diffrent. Or puppy may very well be facinated by your hair, if its long and flips around a bit it could look like something to suss out and play with or bite and chase for?.

[beks]

I haven't change anything at all, he licks my head and face and the more i let him do it ( its kinda cute, just get anoying) the more he licks my face and trys to jump on me.
Hes not nuterd yet but i don't think its a horny thing, like he doesnt try and hump me or anything, i was wondering if maybe he is like possessive of me and is trying to make sure i smell like him so other dogs/people know im his or somthing, i dont know if dogs are like that, i know some animals when they get new things they roll around over it to get there smell on it...but dogs sprey stuff, so i don't know!

Has anyone had a dog that acts this way towards them? what did u do?

[joeypuppylover]

My dog is an 11 month old lab/rottweiler mix and he whines a lot too. I'm not sure why either but ignoring it seems to be working. He used to whine a lot more than he does now. I think it's just a puppy thing and they'll grow out of it.

[beks]

Yes we have just been ignoring him, its not working yet but we'll see!
He's crazy when we leave though we can hear him jumping up at the door and whining at it and everything, the other day i was at work and my boyfriend went out and he came back and the dog had everything torn apart! speakers turnd over, garbage chewd up finger off a work glove! i think he was just pissed we left him alone, hes not really a chewer.
but the whinging is more now just when we leave him alone.. go in the bedroom bathroom or outside, hopefully he will soon realize we arnt leaving him forever when we go past these doors!

[bandit_starr06]

The whining sounds like he's got separation anxiety... My Shar-Pei had it years ago, and I don't remember how we cured her of it. Maybe do a search on here, or Yahoo for separation anxiety. If you go to Yahoo, you'll probably find alot of links for separation anxiety in children. Trying those techniques may help since animals are alot like small children when it comes to discipline and stuff like that.

[DogsInParadise]

You didn't say where you took him in from. It could be behavior from his previous household where they let him do it constantly but does sound like some seperation anxiety. Was he previously owned by a woman, this could be why he is all over you. If it gets to much for you to handle try some training or a couple days a week at a doggie day care. The socialization within the daycare seems to help dogs suffering from anxiety or it just may be he is still young and has a lot of pent up energy and wants to play in which day care should be able to help that as well because he can run all day with his doggie friends and be well worn out when you pick him up. It will also help with the tearing up of the house when you are not around.

[doggiestyle]

This dog is BORED!!!!
He is a large breed puppy that will not be fully mature until his is about 2. His whining and destructive behaviors are classic signs of boredom and lack of sufficent exercise. How often is he taken out to play or for walks? He is going to need a couple of hours a day, total of "play" time, be it walks or romping. A tired dog, is a good dog

I agree with dogsinparadise, a doggy day care a couple of days a week would be great for this dog if your time is limited for appropriate exercise.
To prevent this dog from destroying your home and possibly getting into something that could hurt him, you need to crate him or isolate him in one area (puppy safe, of course) while he can't be supervised.

As far as him "obsessing" with you, he's learned he can. This dog see's you as his "toy" not a leader. He needs to know that it is not allowed to get in your face and the only way to do this is to NEVER allow it. Once properly trained, then you can allow "kisses" when YOU want, on your terms. You stated that he doesn't "hump" you, but if you let this behavior continue, it will soon come to that.

This dog is going to need alot of work. I also recommend getting this puppy enrolled in some training classes of some kind.

[beks]

Our dog has calmed down now, well he's still hyper, but the whinning has pretty much stopped, He is used to the idea that we go out sometimes but we also come back! and he doesnt whine as much when just one of us leaves, he used to go crazy if one of us left but hes alot better now. He will chew our boots, or other things if we leave them out when he's alone, so we just make sure everything is *doggy proofed* .

So for the Obsessing over me, i think he can sence when its that time of the month, i read somewhere eles dogs can, after that time went away he was fine again. he's not so obsessed with me anymore, he also lisence, it hink it was all just adjusting to a new place, but where he was my first dog. i didnt know.

He is really good now though, and gettig very used to living here, we have a line set up out side for him to run on when we are busy inside, and we take him out to play in the yard and the snow(whitch he LOVES) and he goes for walks, now we just have him working on not jumping on us and lay down, we tought him to give us his paw so he's pretty easy to train witch is awsome.

thanks everyone for your input! helps alot