Category: Top Dog

Hi! I got a 5 month old standard groodle from a breeder 5 days ago.

She’s a beautiful girl but very scared to go outside, I have been working on socializing her to walks etc but she really doesn’t want to leave the house for walks or potty. I usually carry her out then get her to walk with me back in after potty.

Similar to our tiny socialization walks, I carry her out then she walks around the street for a bit but she is clearly very scared.

She also isn’t interested in toys or playing she mostly sleeps unless she’s with my partners dog.

I know she’s fresh and scared though I’m concerned this behavior won’t rectify itself given she may have already missed the best socialization windows. Do I just keep up with what I have been doing? Will this likely get better? Or should I get a special trainer

– we’re going to enrol in puppy pre school

– my partner has a older dog (don’t live together) she’s a totally different confident dog around him and will follow him anywhere (outside)

– she’s fully vaxxed and happy otherwise.

My 10 month old gave me a bit of a worry when she started pooping wet last Wednesday. The vet couldn’t see us until next week, and weren’t too worried since she was active, eating, drinking, and attentive still. 5 days later, she finally got better and excreting solid, just one day before our scheduled vet visit to see what’s wrong. I had them do a fecal test anyway to make sure she’s ok, but it came back positive for coccidia. They said I can put her on Albon if I want to.

My question is, now that she’s pooping fine again, should I hold off on putting her on medication? I don’t want to stress her out more with side effects from the meds now that she’s finally over with her painful almost week of wet pooping. I figure I can monitor her for another few days to see if things stay stable but please tell me if that’s a bad idea.