Category: Top Dog

My pup is now 3 months old, and she has outgrown the carrier I have been using since I got her. I was using this carrier to transport her on car rides plus short walking trips in public. I also have a dog backpack that still fits her, but she is not a huge fan, and it takes a while to get her into it.

She is still 3 weeks away from being fully vaccinated, and I would like to keep socializing her when I take these short trips down the block, but the fuss of getting her in the backpack is not worth it.

What did you do when your puppy got to this point?

I definitely need something new for the car, but looking for recommendations. She is usually in the front passenger seat, but at times in the backseat if someone is with me.

I am also considering getting a larger carrier, but it seems a bit wasteful since I don't think it will ever be used once she's fully vaxxed.

Hi! I have an 8 week old dachshund puppy and so far she’s been really good with potty training except one thing… she will ring the bell to go outside on our patio but will pee on the patio instead of the fresh grass patch. I tried gating off the patio to make it smaller so the grass is the only option but she still chooses to go on the cement. It’s not necessarily a problem since she’s going outside but still the grass patch is right there! When she starts to potty I will move her to the patch but seems like she just liked rolling and playing in the grass instead of potty! Let me know if anyone has some useful tips or tricks 🙂

So we have a new puppy and he is a sweetheart however he was having hour long meltdowns in his pen so we gated off our living area with our 1yr old and he is so much happier, however him and our older dog are now having a field day trashing the lounge room (our older dog never did until the new pup so I feel it’s mostly his doing). What’s everyone’s thoughts on leaving them outside? We have a decent backyard and shaded area with no line of site to the road. When I look it up all I get is puppies shouldn’t be left alone for more than an hour which is simply un doable. I’m concerned he’s going to hurt himself as he’s climbing up on the couch and was jumping out of his pen, I feel it would be safer to be outside for him.

We adopted a three month old puppy, we’re currently crate training him but no matter what we do he will not potty outside. He watches our other dog pee and poop outside, sometimes he’ll sniff it but that’s about it.

She pees every time we leave the room .. I understand she’s still a puppy but she’s huge and I feel like it’s her being rebellious. Today my bf got her off his foot, she peed. And not like on him. Like she walked away and squatted in front of him And a very tiny amount like she did it because she knows he’d get mad.

Ik she’s a puppy and can’t be rebellious but I really seems like it LOL

I am currently unemployed. So I take her out constantly and she does good. But as soon as my bf get home she acts out.

She also jumps on the cat. She also scratches doors. Fights for food.

I am going crazy

I personally hate puppies, BUT I LOVE DOGS. Puppies are just so much of a pain, I like older dogs with more calm personalities.

I told my bf I would help him, so he could work and I could take care of her.

But I am losing it Any advise..

hi all! i have a 8 month old toy poodle that I got from my cousin. she never worked with the dog, so he does not know how to use a pee pad OR even pee outside. i would like to get him to use a pee pad over going outside, as he’s a small dog. i grew up with a shih tzu who used the pee pad just fine for her 15 years of life.

the dog (prince) will go on the pee pad a couple times, then just stop doing it. we are doing positive reinforcement, we’ve tried putting him in the crate and limiting his amount of roaming in the house, etc. we will do the same routine but nothing is helping. in fact, this week he has started peeing on the couch! he does not like going outside, so he won’t pee outside. trust me, i’ve tried lol. he keeps peeing on our rug and couch when he was just doing good with the pee pad.

we rub his nose in the pee and say no, then carry him over to the pee and show him to go there. when he goes on it, we give him lots of praise and a treat. but he is still getting worse at going on it, going way less than when we first started working with him. i don’t know what to do and im exhausted.

any help is appreciated, just please nice comments only. i am a cat person, so having my own dog is very different. my childhood dog used a pee pad just fine

She was a pomeranian and she passed away last week. Ive been thinking about her a lot. We’ve had her since i was around 10 (22 now). I definitely had the closest relationship to her and was the one that constantly showed physical affection always petting her and playing with her and all that even now that we were older. I even think i would annoy her with the kissy sounds i would always do with her. Always the one to walk her and such. I loved her a lot.

My family moved to another country because of military a few months ago and i stayed for school and such. I’ve been living with them until then. I know she’s old but before they left, shes always been so jumpy and can run super fast even with her age. You would think she was a puppy for how she could move. Especially for her favorite snacks she would zoom across the house. The only thing is that she did start to pee herself constantly but aside from that she looked really good.

Before she passed away she seemed to refuse to eat and drink water a lot 2 weeks leading up. I mean i guess she was fine for the months leading up but i really didnt expect her to pass away at least this year. She looked so okay. But sometimes when i would facetime and asked to see her every now and then between months, she looked sad while laying on her favorite pillow? Her head would perk up fast when i would do the kissy sounds i always did. I just wonder if maybe she gave up on life quicker for any reason i dont know. Maybe im just dumb and looking into it too much.

Our dog died and we're trying to adopt a new one from a shelter. Everyone is telling us a dog can't be alone for more than 4 hours but I have to work from the office 2 days a week. My husband works full time at the office. I can maybe negotiate it down to 1 but that 1 day is really important. With commute it's 9 hours away from home.

The shelters are asking us to come up with a solution. I can't imagine everyone with a dog has one person who is full time remote or doesn't work, right? What are some solutions you all find?

I used to judge people who put their pets in outfits. “Dogs don’t need clothes,” I said. “Let them live.” Then the weather changed, and my tiny, dramatic dog started shivering like he was auditioning for a survival documentary. I knew I had to get him some clothes but I was really reluctant because I didn’t want to become “that person”. After a couple days of watching him suffer I just had to get some clothes. I ordered a couple pieces of dog clothes. I won’t lie, the tiny hoodie looked kind of cute in the pictures. The day it arrived, I told myself it was purely functional, this was about warmth, practicality and definitely not cute. I put it on him and… I froze. He looked ridiculously adorable, like unfairly adorable, he did this little strut around the living room like he knew he was serving a look. Later that evening, I took him on a walk. Within five minutes, three different people stopped me. “Oh my gosh, look at him!” My dog soaked in the attention like a celebrity on a press tour.
Now I’m that person, the one comparing dog clothes options and pretending it’s about comfort. I now make it a habit to check the online shopping sites to see what they have. Yesterday I scoured through alibaba, eBay and etsy to see if they have anything interesting for me. I'm obsessed, I know but it's not my fault. He just looks so cute and adorable I’m going to be dressing him up no matter the season. At first I told myself it was just for the winter but the cuteness overload has turned my brain to mush and now I can’t help myself. I especially love the tiny puffer jackets, they make me want to just hug him and shower him with kisses. Not that I don’t do that enough already but it makes me want to do it more. Anyone else turn into the exact type of pet owner they swore they’d never be?

1.5 year old male dog still squats to pee.