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Hello my 6 month old puppy peed on my couch around a week ago when he broke out of his crate when I wasn't home. I have tried everything I can think of and the smell will not go away and it's driving me crazy. I have tried generously spraying the couch with the enzyme cleaner and that doesn't seem to work either. Does anyone have any tips for this or am I screwed? The couch's texture is a short fur texture it's a boneless couch.

I have a 1 year old corgi. I've been trying to teach him to signal me when to go out using bells.

I've gotten to the point where he rings the bells every time it's his scheduled potty break, but I think he's inadvertently learned that ringing the bell = getting my attention instead of going outside to the yard. He'll ring the bell on his own, I diligently go to open the door, but he just stares at me instead unless I leash him up and take him outside myself.

What should my approach be to get him to learn that bell = going outside instead?

We’ve been trying to teach Mr. Moon (4.5mo old cockapoo) that the crate isn’t scary. He’s fine in the night, for the most part. Some protesting when we initially put him in but he settles within 20 to 25 minutes and he’s fine for the night. Last night, he woke up around 2am with his potty bark, so we took him out for a very quick boring potty break and put him back in – again, about 20 minutes of protesting and he settled.

During the day however, Jesus help us. If we left for an hour, he’s doing his attention grabbing bark for almost the entire hour until we get back. (We hear it on the ring cam). (He’s peed, he’s pooped already so it’s not his bathroom bark). If we give him a Kong or a lick mat, that keeps him busy for 10/15/20 minutes and then the barking begins. White noise and cover over the crate not making a difference.

Also – do you put your puppy in the crate for every nap they take during the day?

What do we do. What are we doing wrong?