Whining/barking in crate, how long to ignore

[tweetytwad]

Ok, I know whining/barking in a crate has been addressed. I also know that I am to ignore the whining. My question is how long after she stops whining/barking should I allow her out? Same with bouncing or jumping up. Do I respond as soon as she is doing what I want her to do or should I wait a few seconds/minutes to get the point accross?

 

[gmacleod]

Instantly or within a few seconds (just in case she was just drawing breath LOL).

I know it seems natural to think you need to wait longer, but it's not really the case. For one thing, your pup's attention span is very short - and for a second, you actually want to her to make the association between being quiet (or actually ceasing to make noise) and getting attention or out of the crate. So in fact, it's fine to start moving toward her as soon as she shuts up

 

[mancin]

This reminds me of the first night I tried to put Tyson in his crate. He barked and whined constantly for almost 2 hours. He would stop for about 10 seconds occasionally and then start up again. After while I had enough and decided to get up and let him out (now he sleeps w/ us, I caved!) but I had to wait until he stopped crying. As soon as he was quiet, I SPRINTED to the crate to get him out, LOL. I think I caught him in mid-breath.

 

[Lennox_ATL]

yes, definitely as fast as you can until you get the feeling that she understands the correct behavior. Once she gets the point, you can start waiting longer, to reward the fact that she's holding the behavior for an extended period of time

We haven't had a boxer for long, but I've got to say that ignoring whining turned out to be the only thing that was alot harder than expected. Lennox developped such a wide variety of pathetic whines and howls... But he stopped quite fast, probably within a week.