Bailey is not a barker or a whiner, now....but she did when we first brought her home as an 8 week old
I'm not sure on what exactly stopped her, probably a mixture of small things that we did.....I can only tell you what we did
Bailey was crated, and during the night if she cried (and it was before 6am) I took her out into the garden for a wee/poo then put her back in her crate and ignored all cries....it was really hard though
If it was after 6am, I would take her out for a wee/poo and then snuggle up on the beanbag in the living room & she would go back to sleep (she wasn't allowed on the sofa back then :wink: )
We also ignored all cries/whines during the day, like when we got home, we would wait for her to be quiet before she was allowed out of crate.....or if me & the kids went upstairs, all cries were ignored and we only let her out again once she had quietened
We also made a point of making sure she knew we were ignoring her when she was whining.....I would walk into the room to get something without making any eye contact at all and then walk out again
It sounds a bit cruel when I say it all now, but it didn't take long at all......she doesn't cry or whine as it never got her anywhere
Inoring her was really hard, and at first I just felt that it wasn't helping or changing anything but persistance paid off.....the crate did help with it all though
