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I have a lovely puppy who is just about 5 months old now. She's been in her teething phase, though things seem to be settling. Her incisors and some molars seem to have replaced as expected, but her adult canines are nowhere to be seen. Both upper and lower canines are still very much the puppy ones, and I don't see or feel signs of the adult canines coming in.

Should I check with the vet or give it some more time? She's a small breed dog and healthy otherwise, I just feel like I remember my other two already having their adult canines by 5 months.

Hi everyone, after some advice…. Collected our 8 week Cavapoo at the weekend and he’s been fed on iams up to collection. I’m wanting to switch him over to purina pro plan. Since introducing a small portion or PPP along side his normal food he won’t touch the iams. He sniffs it and immediately refuses to eat it. But he loves the PPP and wolfs it down, any advice? I know you’re meant to introduce new food over several days but he just won’t touch his usual food. Tried it hydrated with water, dry, hand fed, smushed into a lick mat no luck.

Thanks in advance

What if instead of having their meal placed in a bowl twice a day. I hid their food in towels/slowfeeders/around the house.

My thought is, these dogs were hunters and hunted for their food in the past. why don't we enrich and feed them at the same time for every meal? This would keep them busy for at least 2 hours a day and exercise their brain.

I will do this when the puppy is older of course. let me know your thoughts, I'm getting a puppy soon.

Our puppy has always been allowed on the couch to look out the window from the moment he was tall enough to safely get on and off. It is his favorite spot and he likes watching people. We have a primary school in our street, so in the morning and afternoon we have a lot of children passing by, the mailman comes from time to time, people walk their dogs, we had construction workers working on the street for 2 months and none of this has ever been a problem.

However, our pup is now an adolescent (almost 9 months) and since a week or so, he started barking, sometimes very loudly. It is never really clear to me what sets off his barking. On a leash, he can be very reactive to other dogs, but when I go to look out the window I don't always see a dog. Sometimes there is really nothing to see, but he goes on for minutes. He is a cockapoo, so a mix of two hunting breeds and he might be seeing animals on the street I am missing (cats, martens, mice). He doesn't usually bark at pigeons or other birds in our backyard.

The problem is that he is so used to sitting there during the day, that it is impossible to keep him away from the window all of a sudden. I have also read that reprimanding dogs for barking will lead to them giving no warning signals anymore in real threatening situations.

So my question is whether there is any way to prevent this behavior without keeping him away from the window or whether I should just try to put up with it the best I can?

To everyone going through the puppy blues: it does get better! My husband and I got our sweet girl Olive on December 30th. We lost our 15 year old Biewer Terrier in September 2024. We saw Olive and fell in love. Were we actually ready to bring a puppy home? Not. At. All. I hadn’t done all the research I wanted to do. I didn’t puppy proof the house. I didn’t have any supplies for her. I scrambled to get everything we needed the day we brought her home. The first night was so rough. I was in a bad flare up with my chronic illness. I cried every day for two weeks. I was in pain and felt like I couldn’t take care of myself and Olive. My husband helped as much as he could but he was gone for over 12 hours a day. I took an extra week off work and started getting into a new routine. I work from home full time and the first two weeks back to work were so rough. But we got through it!

We’ve had Olive for a month and a half now and I can’t imagine my life without her! She brings so much joy to our lives. The house isn’t empty and silent anymore. It’s filled with the sound of her little paws hitting the hardwood, her playful barks, and so so much laughter. She’s not Whiskey. No dog will ever replace him. But I’m positive he sent her our way to mend our broken hearts. I started looking at the positive things she brings to my life instead of only focussing on the hard parts. Is it still hard? Good lord yes. But it’s so worth it.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a bit of advice.

I have a 16-week-old Labrador puppy who is doing really well with training, meeting guests, and playing with other dogs. He doesn’t seek contact with strangers, which I don’t force him to do, but after a few minutes he usually relaxes.

He has been like this since he was very young. He is generally a sensitive little guy who needs to observe things before he feels comfortable interacting.

However, he seems very scared on walks. He gets nervous when he hears dogs barking, even if he can’t see them, and he sometimes barks at people we pass as well.

Has anyone had a puppy like this who grew up to be confident and well-adjusted? I would really love to hear your experiences.

Has anyone purchased this ? I really like Kim's way of training ~ she seems to be pooping up all over my feeds ~ the course is a little pricey ~ so would love to hear any feedback

We took our 14 week old lab mix puppy for a short walk yesterday (we’ve been trapped inside for WEEKS) with our toddler and it went pretty well! We decided to try again today, but use the stroller for our toddler and it was a DISASTER.

The puppy was freaking out and climbed into the bottom basket which was okay for a while, but then he started whining and when I went to get him out, he turned into a complete gremlin. I finally got him out and the rest of the walk was chaos. He was crying so loud to get back to the stroller and we let our toddler walk and the puppy ride for a minute, just for him to freak out and want out.

He’d take a couple steps and then completely lose his mind to get back in. We tried walking him in front of the stroller and we almost ended up dragging him because he would NOT walk forward. When he walked behind, he was yanking whoever was walking him to get back to it.

I am SO confused why he is so triggered by the stroller. I’m wondering if he just can’t handle not being next to our toddler on walks, but they’re not even “connected at the hip” so I am at a loss. Any help would be appreciated.