How to stop whining at night from a Dachshund?

[Joe]

I am seeing conflicting information. Some people say to ignore the dog and let him know that you won't be reinforcing the behavior. Other sources say it is good to put him in a crate at the side of your bed (but not in your bed to show you are the Alpha male). We do have a crate that is large enough for a bed and also a pee-pad if necessary. Right now we keep him in the kitchen, gated off from other rooms so he can't destroy anything. He's got a couple of beds, toys, water, etc. We've only had him a couple of nights but he is whining very loudly, multiple times per night.

Yes, I know some people will say 'he's lonely, misses mom, etc.' and I totally understand that. I feel bad for him but I know that he is a pack animal and we need to set some rules outside of playtime and snuggling. I have tried putting in a ticking clock with his bed and a warm water bottle. Part of the issue may be that he wanders away from the bed (since he has the kitchen to move around in) so those methods don't work.

I will choose the best answer based on experience, please! Any advice is welcome!
ADDED QUESTION:

If the crate is next to the bed, is it better to keep a pee-ped inside? Or is it better to wake up at night and let the dog go to the spot in the kitchen where we have the pee-pad set up? I won't take the little guy outside yet as this is WI and it is in the teens or colder at night.

 

[AmandaT1]

I went through the same thing with my rottweiler jake when he was a pup he was born in a barn with his brothers and sisters we had him at 9 weeks which is perfect time to take pups from their mothers jake cried and howled for a month he sleeps in the kichen in his crate we even had earplugs in the end lol but after a month he was fine and now loves his crate it's his little place I say little it's 4ft by 5ft huge so i say just wait a little longer and he be fine

 

[RobertNewton]

The sudden departure of you and the family will stress him out but gradually over time he will learn to be more independant when you get up in the morning dont make a big deal of greating him wait until he is calm then stroke him also when you leave the house dont make a big deal of doing it caus he will feel that your leaving him for good and that will caus him alot of stress because to a dog they go everywhere with each other {the pack} so he will take a little time to get over this. My rotty was in the same situation by herself in the kitchen but gradually she stopped whineing i would advise before you go to bed take him out on a walk for 15 20 minutes and he should settle down more easily when you go to bed or you could try having him in the crate next to your bed so he sees you and will settle and you proably wont hear a peep out of him

 

[Eleanor86]

He will grow out of it - honestly!

Don't give in and pander to it whining you just have to bear it for a few days, make sure he's worn out going to bed (had plenty of playtime/exercise) during the day and only leave him with what he needs, pee pad water and bed should do it.

Also try putting him into the room alone a few times in the day so that he knows that you will be coming back, it's not easy listening to them cry but he really will grow out of it in just a few days if you don't react to the behaviour. Good luck

 

[~Launi~ThunderingPup~]

This question was brought up recently. Here is the question & the best answer.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Au5e3fTbOTHbqaRh_gYCwFjty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110118055813AAVkYhG

Excellent advice.

(Please do NOT even consider giving me BA. I did this for the answer Voelven gave.)