Anyone who has ever owned a rott knows they are huge talkers. Badger 'complains' about everything. If you tell him to go to his bed, he 'grumbles', head hanging, while he makes his way there. If he is hungry, or sleepy, or upset...grumbl es.
The thing is, I would really love to be able to cuddle my dog in the evening without him grumbling at me. For a straight month I tried petting him only until he started grumbling, then when he starts up, I stop the lovin session, and go do something else.
It really hasn't worked in the least bit to change the behavior. Does anyone have any tricks to get them to not grump like this? Or, do you all just see it as a kind of 'purring' and let it be?