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Those who WFH, really – how much work are you getting done in the early days with your pup? At 6.5m mine doesn’t nap for long stretches and the ‘let them be bored’ just turns into him getting into mischief. He gets off lead walks, training, fun play etc.

Is this just something that will get easier as he moves into adulthood eventually – will I get longer stretches of time to concentrate?

Just after fellow experiences and not suggestions to enforce crate naps – he’s past napping in his crate during the day (sleeps perfectly in it 10pm-7am) though.

Could I expect him to eventually to lie around a bit more, unsupervised without entertainment for stretches of the day – I know this is in the future but just interested if this is people’s experiences with their adult dogs and at what age?

Hi everyone. I need help choosing a urine stain removal product that actually works, because I’m getting overwhelmed by the endless options and mixed reviews.

My dog peed on my vinyl composition tile (VCT). I cleaned it with Fabuloso + hot water, but the discoloration didn’t go away, so I made the mistake of using bleach on the area. More than once. I am now fully aware that using bleach on pet urine is not the way to go. Before this knowledge of why not to use bleach. It looked like it worked at first, but now the discoloration keeps coming back each day.

The part that’s making me panic is how it looks when it returns: it comes back the following day as a very dark yellow stain, and it honestly looks like it just happened again even though the surface feels dry.

I also checked under the baseboard. I lifted it slightly and put paper towels along the edge to see if anything was seeping up, but the towels stayed dry and the baseboards are dry.

From what I’ve read, I may need to saturate the area with a urine treatment and cover it with plastic wrap for 12 to 24 hours so it stays wet long enough to work. The issue is: every product I look up has conflicting reviews and prices range from around $20 to $150.

What I’m asking for:

If you’ve personally dealt with a stubborn pet urine stain like this, what product did you use that really worked, and how exactly did you apply it?

Constraints: This is a rental in a very old building and I signed an asbestos acknowledgement when I moved in, so replacing tiles or pulling anything up is not an option.

Also, I’m a single mom, so I’m trying not to drop $100+ unless it’s truly worth it and people can vouch for it from experience. I’m not trying to be cheap, I just want to spend smart and fix it the right way.

Hi everyone!

Our Border Collie mix is currently 7 months old. She’s still very playful, but from month to month she’s becoming more reasonable and mature. She sleeps through the night since week one, which is great.

During the day, our routine usually looks like this: she’s awake for about an hour, then we put her in her crate to sleep. She usually sleeps around 2 hours and lets us know when she’s awake again. That rhythm works well overall.

The thing is: she only sleeps in her crate. Outside of it, she just can’t seem to properly relax or nap.

She’ll only settle on her bed if she has something to chew on. If she doesn’t have a chew, she destroys the bed. Biting people isn’t an issue anymore – but she just doesn’t know how to “do nothing” outside the crate.

She has accepted the crate in the sense that once one paw is inside, she walks all the way to the back and waits calmly for me to close the door. But she will not go in on her own, not even for treats. I always have to carry her to it.

She also only truly relaxes in there if she’s alone. We’re currently working on getting her used to sleeping in daylight, and that’s going okay. But if someone is in the room, she really wants to get up and join them.

Some days she’s the sweetest dog in the world. Other days she’s a tiny hyperactive monster. I assume that’s normal adolescence?

We’ve researched the breed and make sure she gets plenty of mental stimulation. But this doesn’t change whether we’ve done a lot of mental/physical exercise or barely any at all.

It’s not a huge disaster, but we would really love for her to be around us freely during the day without being “confined.”

Does it get better? Or is there something we should be doing differently?

Thank you really much in Advance and sorry for this Long Text!