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I need some help, my puppy is about 14 weeks old (chihuahua if that changes anything) and chases my cat everywhere and barks at her when the cat is on the tree. Is there a way to stop it? Will she grow out of it? Do I just let them work it out? I would like them to be able to exist without one chasing the other. It’s not 24/7 barking, just after she’s done chasing her, but it’s pretty obnoxious. And yes I know she’s a puppy and she’s going to be a little butthole, but I’m just hoping someone might have some advice so that she doesn’t keep doing it as she gets older.

I have a 14 week old cavapoo. Weve had her since 8 weeks but shes only been able to go out this week. If I go by myself we get 5 meters from the house and she sits down and wont move. Ive tried luring her with treats, using encouragement and carrying her a few meters then putting her down, but nothing is working. Shes fine with her lead and harness, so it's not uncomfortable. However, when she is with multiple people for her walks she will still sit down occasionally, but no where near as much. She likes to be at the front so if everyone else continues walking she will run to catch up. Honestly dont know what to do, I know she is only young but it would be nice to get out for 10 minutes at least! Any help please?! Thanks

10 wk old fox lab wakes up anywhere from 1-3 times at night to go out to potty. Generally he wakes us up which is fine. My question is that he barks and I was wondering if I’m sabotaging our crate training by having this happen.

In my mind he’s now associating barking with getting out of the crate and I don’t want that association.

Does The fact that I take him out, let him do his business and back into the crate help him not associate barking with being let out of the crate?

When he goes I just say “good”. Limit talking and interaction and back into he goes.

Maybe I’m over thinking but I’m trying to figure out the inconsistency in wake ups over night. Could just be a puppy being a puppy, which is totally fine.

every morning when she barks to wake me up , then i take her out of her crate take her potty feed her play with her and take her out again and then normally she turns into a shark and won’t chill out no matter what i do, so does that mean it’s time to put her back in the crate for a nap , she normally will not chill out on her own. and how long would i put her down to nap for

Bailey is an alleged 13weeks old. I got her Thursday afternoon.

Thursday and most of yesterday, we kinda just let her stay in the pen, and letting her just explore play, etc. Last night we decided to start enforcing the crate.

I’ve got my timer set to take her out for two hours, but I also have been letting her spend two hours outside her crate at night. And that so far seems to be working. Im in no rush. Our first dog picked it up after a few months of us sending him to bed after dinner. I know she’s going to pick it up sooner or later. She’ll usually settle after like 5-10 mins of yelling and whining, chill for about as long and then rinse and repeat.

She still has her puppy teeth, but she doesn’t seem too interested in the treats I give her. I’ll be trying different things, maybe something softer. I also free fed her yesterday, but I’m putting her on the house schedule today, Morning and night, except she’s gonna get another round of food in the middle of the day.

I guess the obvious answer is use her food as treats, but if someone has some insight on what could help? She really likes being with me and held, so I’m also making sure to include pets and verbal praise.

If I need to change my method, I will, but I’m also looking for some more insight to help.

We have a 14 month old Parson Terrier mix. When she was a puppy we were feeding her Fromm Puppy, but she constantly had terrible gas and loose stool. When she turned a year old the vet recommended we switch her food to Hill's Prescription Diet Gastrointestinal Biome Digestive / Fiber Care. Luckily that has helped a lot with the problems she was having.

However in the past few weeks we've been having another issue. I normally feed her in the morning (9am) and the afternoon (1-2pm). In the last few weeks she has started aggressively begging for more food at night (between 7-9pm). Hitting her bowl, doing her terrier frustration growl noises etc. We've even tried feeding her more than the required amount (bag says 1 and 3/4 cups for a 20lb dog, I'm basically at 2 cups for a 19lb dog) at meal times with no success.

She looks lean and in good shape so I'm not necessarily opposed to feeding her more but the main issue is when we feed her at night, she has to get up to poop sometime between 12-3am. Our first dog never acted this way, I don't want her to go hungry obviously, but I also don't want to be overfeeding her and getting up in the middle of the night because of a behavioral issue.