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Hi guys, I recently got an 8 week old golden retriever puppy and whenever we try to go to sleep she panics. I’ve tried both in the kennel and in the bed with me and she constantly cries and seems antsy. Can anyone give me some advice? I feel like I’m doing something wrong but I just want nothing but the best for my dog!

I'm sure you guys must get questions like this all the time, but I feel like I've tried everything. I have a 14 week old terrier puppy, and he bites me almost non-stop any time I interact with him. This means on walks he attacks my legs and shoes. He bites my hands when I put his harness on him. He bites my hands and arms even when I try to redirect him to toys. He is ONLY like this with me, not my husband. He bites hard and has drawn blood multiple times.

No noise I make deters him. Walking away does not deter him– in fact he bites my feet and ankles the entire time I leave. Distracting him with treats only stops him for a moment, and I worry it rewards him for biting. He does it immediately after waking up from naps too, so it's not that he's tired. If I crate him for a time out, he goes right back to it when I let him out. He listens to commands (sit, come, stay) just as well for me as for my husband, so I don't think it's an issue of authority. I understand I must have accidentally taught him this is a fun game we can play, but I'm sick of it.

How can I show him quickly that this is not a game and isn't fun?

EDIT: I forgot to add that I also have a lot of trouble getting him to let go once he bites down! This makes most strategies pretty hard to implement. Any tips on how to get him to let go?

So my puppy is now 9 months old and because I take her to the dog park often she has gotten really good with not being as skittish around dogs but humans are a problem. She doesn't trust anyone but me. I live with my dad and she doesn't even trust him. If my sisters and their families come to visit she has to be next to me or on me the whole time or she will freak out. And if we pass a stranger on walks she will go on the other side of me to get as far away from that as possible. Like tonight on our walk, there was a family on the other side of the street and even that freaked her out. I don't want her to spend her life only feeling like she can only trust me and I know eventually something will come up and I'll have to leave her with someone and I need to know she'd be okay with that. How do I socialize her with humans and get her to trust them?

Goofy title. Basically, my 10 month old GSD/Husky loves every single person on earth, and would follow anyone home. Im glad she's friendly, but any time we are on walks she lunges at people when they get within two feet because she's trying to say hi. I know it's spooky for passers by, and I feel bad because she's choking herself to get to them. I try to get her to sit and sometimes that works. I just wish she'd be less interested. Ideas?

Hello, I am a first-time dog owner. My Maltipoo puppy is 6 months old (I've had him since he was 3 months old) and I suspect he is showing early signs of separation anxiety and want your take on this situation.

Ever since my puppy has come home, he has been very clingy. At first (month 1), I figured it was because he is in a new home with new people that he was a bit anxious and nervous, but it has now been enough time that I think he is comfortable with his surroundings, but he still hates being alone.

He will follow me into every room. Even if he is sleeping and I get up, he will wake up and get up to follow me. Interestingly, if I am in a room for a while and he wants to go to a different room of my house, he will go on his own and explore, then come eventually back to me (he will immediately come if I'm making noise like moving around in the room or shuffling things). However, if it is the same situation but the door is shut to the room I am in and he cannot get in, he will panic. If I pick up my coat (he thinks I'm leaving), it's immediate panic and peeing and jumping on me.

He has never liked being confined in his playpen and will scream and stress eliminate (even if he just went potty outside) immediately if left in there alone, but if the door is open, he will voluntarily enter and play in the playpen. He has never really had trouble with sleeping in his crate. If he is placed in his crate, he will silently go to sleep. HOWEVER, if I exit the room, he will panic/stress eliminate/claw at the crate.

He used to be very attached to me specifically (and I am still his person for sure), but is now comfortable if anyone in my family is in the room with him. He just does not like to be ALONE.

I've been looking into getting a CSAT trainer to work with through his separation anxiety but wanting some opinions from you on my situation, since it is expensive. Especially since I've never had a pet, I don't know what is normal puppy behavior and what I need to actually be concerned about.

Half of me wonders if he is just young and has some FOMO, but the other half of me thinks it would be better to catch separation anxiety in the early stages, when his brain is more malleable. If you truly think this will be beneficial, I'm completely fine about the expenses, as I'm certain it will all be worth it, if it will help.

As the totals suggest I am down bad!

We brought home a 12 week old puppy 2 weeks ago, we have all these plans for him, he is supposed to start his puppy training tomorrow! (Local to us and we put or older dog through and it was amazing they work on obedience socialization and exposure to many things!) he has been great the first few days were ROUGH, but that's to be expected with a new puppy.

I'm hitting a wall at this point because he has been having very loose stool for the last day or so, eating and acting normal otherwise aside from maybe being little more inactive but not by much. Anyways, he has a fecal test done a week ago (a requirement for the trading) it came back cost! I have been SO EXCITED for this because it went so well with our 4 year old dog. Well now I am having a little bit of a break down because of this loose stool. And I may be pre panicking for no reason we haven't gone to the vet yet just because it the weekend and I wouldn't classify his symptoms as an emergency at this moment because he's acting totally normal, but I am terrified that he is going to end up with Giardia (I know it's common and I'm not so worried about his health) but if it turns out to be that he will not be able to do the trading. Puppies can't be for than 14 weeks old when they start. I have no idea what I'm going to do if that's the case. (I know there are other avenues but in this moment it feel like everything in trying to do is falling apart). I know how important socialization is for puppies so I have taken him out to low traffic areas with little to no dogs, but he is a large breed dog and too heavy to carry. I did purchase a wagon for him and we worked on it for days to get him comfortable but he will not stay in it so I am lost as to how to socialize when I can tcarry him and he won't stay in the wagon but can't be on the ground in high traffic areas (that's the whole point is high traffic's to observe). Ultimately I am overthinking everything that's just how I am but I like to think I've been doing all the things just like I did before but worried that if it doesn't work out that he's going to suffer because of it. Not actually, but suffer in the sense he won't bet all the experiences I want him to have. I know nothing is perfect but I'm just feeling frustrated.

I know there really wasn't a point to this post aside from maybe some kind words I'm just feeling helpless in this moment EVEN though we don't even know what it is yet, could be his food but he's been eating it for over a week and has been fine or just being a puppy and eating something in the yard. Anyways if you read this thankyou and if you have any tips let me know they are welcomed!