Hi Fey, I rescued Patch an 4 yr old English Staffy about 20 months ago, as soon as I got Patch I put him into a routine, feed him the same time, walks the same time, bed the same time etc, Patch gets very very excited when he see men & kids when my daughter or friends come over he’ll jump run come back & jump up again, Ive told them to ignore this behaviour & dont touchhim & walk away, I throw a ball so he goes & plays maybe thats wrong also Patch whinges cries when we go to the park & just sit & watch kids playing or if a dogs walks past Patch will start to cry & whinge, he wants to met everyone & say hello, the vet said that Staffys are talkers, he’s just saying hello…Ive tried everything to stop this crying & whinging, I know he just wants to go & met the dog or the kids, but its embarrassing, why does he have to be so vocal I call him a baby also when I go to a shop or library & tie Patch outside, I will hear him outside whinging he only does this whinging when he see someone or a dog….if no one is around he’s nice & quiet…also when he does this whinging people will come to him & say hello & he is getting what he wants a response with his crying, I dont know what happened in his other life, when I got him he had no hair around his whole neck either from a real tight collar or rope he also had rope burn marks on the right side legs front & back like he pulled to see something & the rope cut into his legs & he has I think u call them corns thick skin on the bottom of his back feet from sitting & waiting on a concrete surface.. How do I stop him whinging when he see people kids & dogs?????? as soon as he starts his whinging & whinning I say thats it, we are going home & I get up & walk home, so now as soon as he start I’ll say we’re going home & he’ll stop, what else can I do??
