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Guys I am sure I will just get a lot of hate from this post, but I really just need advice.

I have an 8 month old mutt Ollie (argentine dogo/hound) who is 50 pounds. Have had him about 5 months. I also have a 6 year old chihuahua and Italian greyhound.

We did ALL the training, immediately. Ollie was extremely obedient up until a couple weeks ago, when he suddenly gained a ton of strength and energy overnight (destroyed the couch, ate the drywall). He gets 1-1.5 hours exercise daily just btw. He is so amazing overall and so well taken care of.

For the first time ever, he hurt one of my small dogs that got too close to him while he had his favorite toy. My little dog screamed out because he has bitten too hard, only Ollie didn’t even clock it. Without thinking, out of pure motherly rage, I instantly smacked him and had to drag him outside by his collar when he played dead. He is indestructible and I didn’t hurt him at all. But he did look very upset with me.

I have raised two small dogs and NEVER even swatted them, not once. I would never hurt an animal. This 50 pounds of terror is just a whole other ballgame, it’s extremely hard to explain how much rougher this dog is even though he is soooo sweet. How else should I handle this situation? Besides the obvious positive reinforcement when he’s playing well with them. BTW, little dogs and Ollie are never left unsupervised together!

Hullo! Basically exactly as the title says.

Obviously I’m not about to leave for 3 hours or smth, just a test with going to the shop (5ish minute walk one way)

Is there something I should look for that indicates he’s ready to be alone? As long as he’s pottied he does fine in there I’m just worried that when I try to leave the house will be the time he freaks out.

5 month old spaniel/lab/pointer mix.

We have had our dog for 2 and a bit months now. She's honestly amazing except she will not sleep through the night. She gets up at 3am and loudly whines and barks at the bottom of our stairs. We can't let her do this because we live in a terraced house.

She would fall asleep on the sofa at 10pm and we would leave her there or move her to her bed in the same room. She would then wake up 2-3 times a night and we would calmly put her back into her bed. Boring as possible, she then learned to self settle and we had a glorious few weeks where she would sleep from 10-5:30 consistently (we let her upstairs from 6am with an alarm).

However she has now learned that if she starts barking we have to respond. We can't leave her to get this out of her system because of the neighbours. We had started waking up at 3am again and will not resettle no matter what we do. When we try and leave the room it is immediately back to loud whining and barking.

I'm really at my wits end. My work is suffering from sleep deprivation and tonight was maybe the worst she's been (up at half 3 and she still hasn't slept at 20 past 5). I honestly don't have a clue what we do from here, we've tried several approaches and cannot get her to sleep through the night.

i’ve got a 5 month old puppy and every walk somehow turns into a whole paw-cleaning situation once we get back inside

if it’s even a little wet out, he manages to track in way more dirt than i expect, and wiping his paws one by one with a towel or wipes is starting to get old fast. i’ve seen those dog paw cleaners a bunch of times, but i can’t tell if they actually make things easier or if they’re one of those things people use twice and forget about

mostly just looking for something that’s quick, easy, and not a whole extra production every time we come in from outside. if you’ve used one that was actually worth it, what ended up working for you?