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My Dog Keeps Whining At Night. Its common for a dog to whine when its anxious or afraid. It got to the point that everyone in the house was sleep deprived – the kids the wife Michael said. Possible reasons why your dog whines at night are illness or injury an issue with its diet fearfulness separation anxiety an issue with the room it sleeps in needing to pee or that it gets rewards for whining at night. Discussion in Dog Training and Behaviour started by Indiebar Jan 21 2014.
4 This type of whining is often accompanied by appeasement gestures like yawning lip licking or averting the eyes. Some dogs whine at night because they simply want their owners attention. It needs to pee The reason why your dog wakes up during the night could also be that it needs to pee. However when an older dog begins to whine or has been whining for many years we may not be so patientor at least that is what Ive observed. From the very first day he arrived he had been whining all the time from morning to midnight. If your dog does give you an appeasement whine the best thing you can do is acknowledge it quietly and then walk away.
This is like the dog version of Alzheimers and occurs when changes take place in the brain as a result of ageing.
So why does my dog whine at night. If your dog does give you an appeasement whine the best thing you can do is acknowledge it quietly and then walk away. You may also notice a whine and yawn occurring together. This dog whines when you grab his leash when hes in the car when youre approaching the dog parkbasically anytime he gets excited particularly if theres a delay in gratification. A basic blood test and urinalysis will determine if your pet has diabetes kidney disease or a bladder infection. With a thorough history and physical exam we will start to narrow down the most likely cause of the night-time waking.