A dog’s whining can be an uncomfortable sound to hear.

If you have ever panicked at the sound of your dog whining you’re not alone.

While there can be a mad dash to figure out what’s wrong, there are usually a few common root causes.

This post is going to help you discover what’s might be wrong, how to isolate the problem, and help them out.

Your Dog Wants Something

This is usually the most obvious and should be a first port of call. Maybe a favourite toy is lodged in a hard to reach place or he wants to go outside. Whatever it is, if this is the reason, the whining should stop as you fulfil their request.

He’s Seeking Attention

Dogs love to be loved!

When they are low on the attention or just having a down day they can whine.

This one is a simple fix, all you have to do is give him attention by playing with him. Dogs usually require being active to keep boredom away, while this isn’t as easy as sticking a crossword puzzle in front of them, it does help if they get the chance to go out and about with you. Boredom that isn’t addressed can usually manifest in more troubling behaviours like furniture scratching and digging up your garden.

Frightened or Stressed

Whining can be the way your dog express his emotions.

Chief causes of an emotion whine is that you dog is feeling frightened, distressed or stressed. If your dog is pacing about while doing this its likely the stress has turned into anxiety.

Is there a new guest in your house? Or has something familiar gone missing?

Then this change in environment could be spooking your pup.

You can use this resource put together by the Battersea Shelter to help them combat these emotions.

Physical Pain

Physical pain is an understandable cause of whining. If the whining is more apparent when your dog is on the move or running upstairs then this is more likely to be the cause.

But this cause isn’t always visible. The pain could be internal, for example from your dog pulling a muscle or if they are experiencing joint pain.

If there is no obvious reason why your dog is whining, then we recommend taking you dog to the vet to get him checked out.

Nutrition Deficiency

A few of the causes listed on this page have an origin stemming from bad nutrition. Bad nutrition affects both physical and mental behaviour, and a whine can be the end result of something going wrong for weeks.

Nutrition if it isn’t already, should be at the top of any list of helping your dog operate at their peak.

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