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It gets better it gets better it gets better. I know I’m probably in this sweet spot at 5 months where my pup hasn’t tip toed into teenage boy zone, but already my life feels way more regulated than when I got him at 8 weeks.

Anyways. It gets better! You can do this alone! And chat gbt is surprisingly helpful.

My 3 month old puppy gets pretty crazy any time anyone comes home, but he calms down relatively quickly, however, when my gf shows up, all hell breaks lose. Biting, jumping, barking, crying, you name it, he has NO chill, and it's not even that he wants to play or anything like that, he wants pets I guess but he obviously won't get it if he is acting like this, he usually gets this, but with her it's really hard for him to calm down.

At his best, i've gotten him to chill for like maybe 10 minutes while she is in the room, she has to be sitting and not interacting with him, and he is going crazy with a toy or something by himself, the moment anyone says his name or calls him or anything he is right back to it and doesn't chill.

I think this might have started because the first 2 times my gf came home, she has been the visit that gave him the most attention, most other visits pet and played with him a little but quickly went on to just chill and largely ignore him. Also she would pet him a bunch and speak with a high pitch to him while he was jumping and going nuts which we told her to not do anymore as we were trying to get him to chill with visits.

I don't really know how to address this, he is not responsive to commands unless I have treats when this happens, with treats he is immediately attentive and will be extremely chill, so he obviously knows that he is supposed to chill, he just can't help himself I guess (Or just doesn't want to be chill in those moments I suppose). Anyway he is a pretty relaxed puppy in most other situations (as far as puppies go) and has been making incredible progress since we got him at 6 weeks old (Too young I know, probably contributes to the behaviour, I know, didn't have a choice).

He also calms down pretty quickly after she leaves, he doesn't just whine, he understands she's gone and moves on to do something else. it's also kind of hard to get a gauge on how much better he's gotten at this because since he's been at our house my gf has come maybe 4 times, and she doesn't come that often, and we obviously don't just spend her entire visit with him because, well she's my girlfriend, I want to be able to hangout witb her and not have to try to discipline the dog literally every second and get covered in scratches and bite marks.

Our pup loves to have a collection of things out in the yard. Most of the things he has right now def do not belong outside. Any recs for relatively weatherproof, durable stuff?

I took my puppy out to potty at our apartment complex and there’s cement mixed with grass in the area. He got the zoomies and was tangled up in his leash so he’d jump and fall on the cement that happened twice and then on the third time he rolled over and fell on his head. He doesn’t seem to be in any pain but I’m so worried he’s about 13 pounds. Should I take him to the vet tomorrow morning or Monday morning or just monitor him?

Hey all! For those of you with small breed puppies, what time are you feeding them?

I have a 4 month old Shih Tzu/small poodle/Chihuahua puppy. He's about 6lbs. Previous owners were only feeding him twice a day due to their jobs (also the reason they gave him to me). I've been feeding him 3 times a day at 7:30 am, 1:30pm and 7/7:30 pm. Is 12 hours too long between his last and first meal of the day? I keep reading stuff online that the last evening meal should be around 5pm but also that small dogs can become hypoglycemic very easily so I'm not sure how I could feed him dinner meal earlier without risking hypoglycemia.

He goes to sleep around 8:30/9pm and it's impossible to keep him up later than 9pm. He wakes up around 5:30/6am but tends to cuddle with whoever in the family gets to him first with zero attempt for food and I haven't noticed signs of hypoglycemia.

Hi all,

Dog: Poppy, maltipoo, female, 3lbs, dob 10/13/2025

My girl Poppy is turning four months old on the 13th this month, and I am under the impression that she has perhaps started her teens early?

Yesterday from 4-6am she suddenly began crying/barking and scratching in her crate. I took her to potty but she just sat there and stared off. She has not behaved this way in several, several weeks as I thought we got crate training down wonderfully. At 11 weeks she was sleeping through the whole night and it stayed that way till last night. Now, it’s 11:30pm as I type this and she’s been crying/barking and scratching the same way. All of her needs have been met, there are no problems in the crate; she is simply busting my chops. And it doesn’t help that her bark literally pierces my ear drums, it is absolutely deafening. Moreover, earlier today she was laying in there just fine while I was away (watched her through the camera).

To some, two nights in a row might mean nothing, but for a pup that would automatically shut off once she got in her crate to suddenly act this way, I’m not wasting any time.

Did I get a girl with the case of early teens?

I have a soon to be 6 month old Golden Doxie and we got her when she was 5 month old.

Her precious person did a pretty good job with her as she slept in her pen from the first night she came home. She does however have some separation anxiety when she can sense us in our own room while she’s in her pen in the living room.

So on her second day, we started to just let her be with us in our bedroom while we work and she’s been pretty content playing on her own and still getting into her own mischief.

What I realise though, is that if I put her in her pen while I lay on the bed in my bedroom (she can see our bed from where her pen is) she’ll whine and cry and bark. But if I let her into our room and I take a nap, she’ll nap below the bed around my side of the room.

It’s super cute to me but I’m not sure if this is good training? Or should I really just put her back in her pen to get her more used to being in there in the afternoon?