whining

We have a four month old dachshund that is waking us up every morning between 4AM - 4:30AM. We let him whine a few minutes to make sure he isn't dreaming etc. and then take him out of his kennel to go potty. He does his business right away BUT when we put him back in the kennel he cries. We...

Hi all, Apparently our Rocky is whining when my boyfriend and I are at work- the longest he's by himself as about 2-3 hours at a time because we've got weird shifts. He's always got fresh food and water available, things to chew and we leave the radio on for him. We're hopefully getting a...