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Aussie Won't Stop Whining!

by Baili
(Germany)

I have an 8 month old Australian Shepherd and for the life of me I cannot figure out why he won't stop whining. Him and I play fetch everyday and go on continuous long walks. I know he has a lot of energy because even after all the playing we do, he still wants to play in the house. I am fine with that, but he consistently whines if we are not playing. I have tried ignoring him, but that doesn't seem to help. I honestly cannot play with him 24/7. I feel that I give him at least 3-4 hours of my day devoted just to exercise. Any suggestions?

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Whining
by: Nonnie

Teach him the meaning of "all done". We started when our Aussies were very young, but I think you will be able to do it with time. We use many hand signals with our Aussies to reinforce the commands.

They know bath, sit, down, stay or wait, all done, eat, not now, around, over, bring it, give it, drop it. They also know our names. When my daughter tells them to go to Momma, they do. They understand a lot of sentences (or specific words in the sentence). Such as: Go see Chelsea and get your collar on. Take the rope to Dad. Bring me your rope.

We make them keep their ropes inside, but sometimes one gets outside. Believe it or not, I can ask Bailee if her red rope is outside. She will look at me with her eyes wide. I then tell her "Go outside and get your red rope." She will, and way me to throw it.

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by: jcrply

Here's what works well for me... a consistent play schedule. My pup is 9 months old. I'm sure she also would like to play all the time, but she has adjusted -not perfectly, but very well- to having certain times for play. Meals (6:30a.m., noon, 6:00 p.m.) are followed by rest periods of 1.5 hours since I don't want her exercising right after a meal. After the rest period we play in the yard and go for a walk. Then rest before the next meal. (In the evening in winter I take her out before not after dinner). She knows when it's getting close to her play time and she will sometimes whine then. But she has accepted that she only goes outside for playing or for a walk at the same three times a day. During the "rest periods" she either sleeps or wanders around in the house and lanai, wherever I (or the cats) happen to be.

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