How do you stop a dog from whining over treats?

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When my mom's doberman was six (she's almost 8 now), she moved and gave her to me. I had always been aroung the dog and lived with her for awhile, so the transition was smooth. She is a wonderful dog, is very well behaved, and has a clean bill of health. However, since she was a puppy, she has been a whiner when it comes to treats. She will whine for hours until she gets what she wants. She usually has a favorite treat for about 3-4 months before moving on to a new one. If you give her a different treat, she will either walk away, or take it and spit it out/fling it away. She will then start whining again. This behavior occurs at all hours, including at night. She will sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and start in again. If you give her the treat, she'll go back to sleep. If I ignore the behavior, it will go on for hours until I finally cave. It is the only behavior issue we have with her. Any suggestions on how to stop these tantrums since she's always been like this?
 
I'm afraid that you may never break her of this. Try not buying the treats and when they are all gone she won't be able to smell thm anymore and she may stop. I think this is the only thing you can do if she can't smell them then she may not beg.
 
She has always been like this because she learned at a very early age that if I do this, I get that. and she has learned that if she persists long enough she gets it.
She basically has trained YOU!
The only way that you are going to stop it now is to get some ear plugs and deal with it. If you do NOT give in no matter what, she will eventually give up. This could take a while since you've let her get away with it for so long.
 
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