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Anonymous
postan a cute puppy to get your attention.

Now, I really need to know how to silence a puppy. For whatever reason I (unwillingly) received a rescued dog and have to care for it. It has an area sectioned off in the kitchen at night with all the food and bedding it could want. Like I planned, it was whining whenever I left the area, and I know you're not supposed to come to them whenever they do such a thing, so I endured it.

But just now I 'woke up' after 6 hours of failing to sleep with the damn thing yelping all night, and this has been going on for a week.

tl;dr: NEED TO MAKE A PUPPY SHUT THE FUCK UP I DON'T CARE HOW CUTE IT IS
>> Anonymous
he will probably just keep whining unless you house train him and let him out of jail
>> Anonymous
Beat him savagely until you either kill him or he forgets how to make noise
>> Anonymous
Cut vocal cords.
>> Anonymous
Kill it.
>> Anonymous
>>210641

Well, it's still a puppy, right? It thinks you're about to abandon it... and of course it's going to whine. Every time you leave, it's "I am being abandoned" for the puppy.

What you need to do is teach the puppy to "stay", and allow the puppy to trust that you will never abandon it.

Mind you, there is nothing really wrong with letting the puppy be close to you for the first 2-3 weeks to build trust, then wean it off the puppy. Dogs, like most animals, do grow a sense of independence once they reach what is the equivalent of their adolescence, and you can safely wean it off the attention unless it was excessive.
>> Anonymous
When we got our dog we did pretty much the same (sanctioned off an area at night, he whined all night). A friend told us to get an old clock (still working) wrap it in a towel or something and put it in there with him for the night, and it worked perfectly. Apparently the dog thinks the ticking clock is a heartbeat or something so doesn't feel alone.
>> Anonymous
Anonymous is right about the old wind-up tick-tock clock wrapped in a towel. Make sure the alarm is off.

Later, when the puppy is used to hearing people, you can have a radio in the room tuned to a talk-radio station. The sound can be very low - the dog will hear it. Hearing human noises might be calming. Caution: the talk-radio shows could affect the dog's politics.
>> Anonymous
I had the same problem with my puppy when we first got her. I decided to crate her at night and cover it with a blanket. In the long run, I'm really glad I decided to do this. We make the crate a positive thing by having a specific treat that she gets excited about getting and giving it to her once she goes in. After the first week, she had stopped the whining and slept pretty much through the whole night (except if we needed to let her out to do her business). Also, I left the crate in my bedroom somewhat close to the bed. It's natural for a dog to want to sleep near it's leader, so it's a little more comforting.