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We took our 7 month-old to the groomer for the second time (her second time, we've been going to this place for years) and she has been absolutely insane ever since. Every aspect of her behavior is manic: the jumping, the licking, the scratching, the biting. I wish I was exaggerating or being dramatic, but the tears of frustration are real. We had conquered most of this stuff, but I'm convinced she is acting out more than ever before. I need advice and reassurance.

Hello! I have a 7 month old English Cocker Spaniel. I know the breed is known for barking at everything, but looking for ways to train her to not bark every time she hears another dog.

When we take her on walks and she sees people or other dogs she’s completely fine, she might try to walk up to the dog as we pass to say hello but it’s not like she loses her mind whenever she sees a dog. At home though, if she hears the slightest bark from a dog that’s a few blocks away, she will bark relentlessly for a good 10-20 minutes.

If we watch a movie and there’s a bark in the background, or even if we replay a video on our phone of her own bark at a very low volume, she runs around the house like crazy barking for ages. Any tips on how to stop this?

My boyfriend and I just adopted this 9 week old lab mix. We’re both obviously very new to this and im going to be the one around him most of the time because of my boyfriend’s job. Apparently, when we adopted him, they told us he has parvo and kennel cough. They only gave us meds for the kennel cough. He has his necessary vaccines except for rabies (cuz he’s too young).

The thing is, we want to start training him, potty training, basic commands and being comfortable with the cage. The thing is, we can’t do that the traditional way with treats because of his parvo. We have carpets and we’re worried about him peeing everywhere (which he has already started doing). I can’t leave him alone without being afraid that he’ll go to the bathroom in a bad place or chew on something or him crying because he’s in his cage. We want to be as gentle as possible when it comes to raising him. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.