Malamute Puppy Trouble!! Help?

Question

I have a 10 month old Malamute puppy..she wont stop howling she has plenty of toys, treats, food and water we have tried everything, we gave her an old jumper, that didnt help. She gets plenty of walks and when ever we are home she comes in with us..any ideas??

Answer 1

Howling is a natural instinct for malamutes. It's just her being a malamute. It seems like you've given her everything the she needs as far as food, water and exercise go. How long have you had her? If it's been less than a week, then it's their natural instinct for when they get seperated from the pack. When I first got mine, she howled non-stop for the first few days... not even stopping to sleep! The howling died down after a few days and was completely in about 5 days. From then, she only howled when she was excited... so maybe the dog just wants to play with you. There's a great book by the monks of New Skete about caring for a dog, and it has a lot of facial and body impressions, and tells you how to intrepret them. I'd highly recommed you get that book... you just may find out what she's howling about. Lastly, malamutes are prone to howling at the moon, so if there's a full moon, you may have your culprit ;-)

Answer 2

From my experience, with dogs that are being vocal (howling barking ect...) what works good is "Green apple spray". You an buy it at most pet stores. It is just a simple sprau bottle, and whenever your dog does somtimeg (Barking...)give him/her a quick spritz of the spray...

If you don't like or can't find the spray...

What seemed to work well with my Siberian Husky, was the shock collar. Set on a slightly high setting at first, but then just light buzzes, just to keep in check. Then just the noice of the buzz, but not the real shock.

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malamute


Excerpts from the above site ( although I would strongly suggest that you read the entire site ) :

Understanding Malamute behavior requires understanding life in an aboriginal Arctic village.

Arctic life required that Malamutes be bred to behave as consummate members of the sled team, family, and village community. Therefore they are usually very affectionate to members of their own pack - human and dog members alike. A Malamute may take glee in greeting a returning family or pack member after a period of separation, and howl in protest when it feels ignored, neglected, or excluded from group activities.


This link gives you more insight into Malamutes :

http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/reviews/alaskanmalamutes.html


This link addresses training specific to Alaskan Malamutes :

http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/training/alaskanmalamutes.html


This site addresses Clicker Training :

http://www.angelfire.com/home/beckymartinduma/stuff.html

I hope these links help; Best of Luck to you and your pup !!

Answer 4

I assume this is when you are gone? Long walks and lots of exercise, especially in the morning before you leave her. Try D.A.P., a dog appeasing pheromone that mimicks the pheromones given off by a nursing female, you can find it in a spray, or a diffuser, like aromatherapy for dogs.
Leave the radio on, or put on a CD of dogs laughing. Seriously.
Try a Dog Day Care a couple of times a week.

Answer 5

I only know two ways to stop barking.

One is to ignore it, if the dog is barking for attention and you are responding than this teaches the dog barking gets him what he wants.

The other is whistle or click training, when the dog barks, you sharply click or clap, stunning him so that he stops. As he continually associates this bad noise with barking, he stops.

I'm not particularly experienced with this because I've never personally had the problem with my GSD or Dalmation.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

In my experience that is rare because they love people and that company is usually enough, but they are pack oriented....maybe she needs a dog friend.

Answer 8

Buy a bark collar. It is the only way.

Answer 9

You need another malamute :)