I have a 3 yr old chihuahua.
He's a really needy dog. The more attention he gets the more he whines and begs for more.
I don't know how to solve it. We've seen 2 behavioural specialists, 1 said give him less and less until he gets to the point of not begging for it .. this worked in practice but we ended up with a dog that would live in his crate and come out only for walks and food and to go in the garden. I don't think that's ok somehow.
The other said lots of attention, bring him right into the family for everything and eventually he'd settle into a pattern of calmer times and more playful times.
This hasn't worked at all, we've been going for a while now and he's the worst he's been. Constantly whining at my heels, following everyone and anyone begging for attention, if he's ignored in the senco day he's at the door scraping to go out, the senco day he's out he's scraping to get back in.
I'm getting to the end of my tether, we're a really busy 6 person household, I haven't got the time to devote to making sure he gets the exact amount of attention.
I've had several people desperate to keep him and have him, an older couple who would have him and devote everything to him, I've resisted for such a long time but I'm starting to lean towards letting him go because this is beginning to wear me down.
I KNOW it isn't a huge deal in terms of what dogs can do but I have misophonia, the high pitched whining in my ear constantly is really effecting me.
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