Dog whining in the blind?

bite em on the nose...

or the ear...

It is very hard to stop a dog during hunting season. There is so much going on. The dog knows what the gun, blind, 4 wheeler, your body language, ....ect. means and he is excited. There is an exception to every rule but most dogs that whine were not introduced to all those things in the proper way. It's time to make the hard decision between if you want to hunt or do you want to train. If you want to fix it let me know and I will give you an opinion on how to fix it.

You will need to start by taking the excitement out of the hunt. If that means going to the park where there are no guns, calls, four wheeler/boat rides, and of course you, her master, won't be excited either. Sit means sit. Don't move just sit. She needs to sit still and watch the ducks. When she realizes there is nothing to get excited about I guarantee she won't whine. After several trips she realizes the game hasn't changed and won't be nearly as excited. Here is the hard part. Take her to the blind. No guns. No buddies. No calls. You guessed it! Sit means sit. Just sit and no moving. You should see where this is heading and it will not be a quick fix. Dogs learn behavior through habit. Your dog is in the habit of whining while excited about the hunt. In my experience dogs that whine are a ball of fire when actually released to hunt. So don't be afraid that these drills will kill that fire. Remember, what you tolerate you condone. Your dog didn't start whining like this one day all of the sudden. She worked up to a point that you have now deemed unacceptable. She will need to learn a new behavior. In the off season you can set up mock hunting situations to continue the conditioning.

Some would say good luck but that is not what you need so I will say good patience.

Shoot more ducks and the dog will stop whining.

Wish I could say shoot more ducks worked. My older dog picked up over 6k birds all over the U.S. and Canada. She wined from start to finish and when hunt was over got pissed and would sometimes bark on the paddle back to boat when she knew it was over. She loved it that much and I miss her still many years later.

My lab just started recently whining when we go for a ride in back truck.

Never used to do that.
He's 5, not sure wtf is the reason.

I think I made progress by holding her mouth and saying no. She was much better than when the hunt began. I think the above advice is true and I'll work on it and report back.

I tried to go the bark collar route in the blind as well as the e collar but it made her timid. She always aims to please so I think with some work sh'll get better.

Go British. You won't be sorry. Quite as a mouse. Just focused.