whining

Hi, we've got a three-year-old mongrel and she's been with us for most of her life. She's very sweet natured and generally obedient. She sleeps in the kitchen, but often scratches at the door and/or whines at night. Sometimes she'll just do it for a bit and then go to sleep. Sometimes she starts...

We just adopted a 6 week old lab mix 2 days ago from our local shelter. I know that she is two weeks too young to be away from mom and siblings, but as she had already been removed from her mother, there wasn't much we could do about it. That being said, we are trying to be extra cautious about...