Category: Top Dog

Hello! For context, I recently adopted a 3-4 month old mut puppy and I unfortunately can’t take her on long walks outside my house, at least not for now. When I adopted her I found out she has both a bacteria and parasite that she had gotten at the shelter she was at, and the vet told us to be vigilant and not let her eat things that would upset her stomach even more. Fast forward to almost a month now, my puppy is better but she stresses me out when she starts bark demanding… I’ve gotten her different toys, puzzle treat toys, play with her and try to make her round as much as she can inside our house. I’m scared to take her out because it seems she also has some skin allergies as of recently (maybe switching her kibble or something else). I live in an area where there’s a lot of grass, and I don’t want her catching some flees or something else. And until I can figure out what’s wrong with her skin being itchy, I want to know what other things she can do to not stress me, and for her to have enough physical activit. I do enforce crate naps from time to time when my patience is gone… sorry for the long post everyone, and I hope I made sense. I also want her to stop chewing on my couch and I cant figure out how to make her STOP

Hi!

What do your daily schedules look like with your 6m old, high energy pups ? 🙂

We’ve had our almost 10 week old Golden Retriever for 13 days. She is amazing, gorgeous, sweet, funny, and perfect for my family. Her hair is so soft and silky, and she has the sweetest little pink velvet tummy. We’ve got the crate training down, and the indoor potty accidents are slowing down. The main issue right now is biting. She bites everyone and everything. I know that’s part of her development and a way of communicating, but we really need to figure out a way to curb the biting. She draws blood regularly when she bites us. It’s all just innocent puppy nipping, but we need to try to stop it. Does anyone have any tried and true suggestions for me? I would be very grateful. Thanks. 🐾

Every morning walk, she eats grass like it's breakfast.

Then throws it up 10 minutes later.

Vet says she's fine but this happens daily.

Is this normal or should I be concerned?

How to deal with a dog that really seems like it doesn’t want to pee outside?

Basically the title, my and my fiancé have a young puppy (Siberian Husky, about 10 weeks) that has been very resistant over the last week and a half to any measure of house training.

Every time we bring her to the backyard she refuses to pee/poop unless we leave her out there for 10+ minutes (and that is when she does go, which is about 1/4 the time).

Obviously we want to supervise her because she’s so young and we’re worried about her eating things she shouldn’t, so we end up having to take turns supervising her for long periods of time to ensure she actually goes. We take her out probably once an hour if not more.

This is even more frustrating because she at times, will immediately go when we bring her inside or she will go to places out of site (behind couches or other pieces of furniture) to pee. This means we pretty much have to keep her under constant supervision in the house as well.

Truthfully, none of this would be much of an issue if it wasn’t for the fact that even though we reward her with a treat and praise every time she does go outside, she still seems to prefer going inside. I’m not sure if it’s because she doesn’t feel comfortable going in our line of sight, because it’s been somewhat cold out lately (around 40-55 Fahrenheit), or just because she seems to be a bit stubborn (she likes to try to ignore commands at times).

We try not to scold her because we read online it just makes them more pee-shy around us, sometimes I’ll make a “nu-uh” sound when I catch her going in the house but I try to sound calm when I do it. I do understand she’s young and it’s only really been a week and a half, but it’s still frustrating nonetheless. Thoughts?

Edit: She is crate trained but we generally only try to crate the dog unless we are going to bed, and even then her crate is in our room. She does have some slight separation anxiety but I’m not sure if that is really related.

Looking to put my 5m old mini poodle in training classes. Petsmart seems to have the cheapest option. They’re offering beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes (18 weeks total) for $300.

More info incase it’s relevant: I’ve had my puppy for a few months now. He’s never bit us (besides playful bites that don’t hurt at all), he doesn’t bark much unless he needs to potty or he’s playing with us, and he’s just overall a pretty good puppy. Has been from the beginning. Potty trained and crate trained.He will occasionally bark at other dogs/people, but more times than not he doesn’t bark. He’ll just stand there watching them.

I really just need help with basic commands and leash training. He tends to pull a lot and he is constantly crossing infront of me on walks and almost causing me to fall. Is it worth going to Petsmart…? Do I need all 3 training levels, or is the beginner training enough? I’m confused as this is my first time owning a puppy/dog.

My dog has been getting older (11 years old now) and has recently started having mild arthritis with his back legs. We live on the third floor of an apartment complex and aren't in any position to move, so we're getting worried about his mobility up and down the stairs for daily walks. He's about 65-70 pounds, which I can carry fine, but he doesn't like being carried for so long and it's not a good permanent fix. We don't have any elevators either.

Has anyone had a similar problem and come up with any good solutions? Rehoming isn't out of the question if his quality of life isn't good here any more, but I'd hate that so much. I've had him all his life and he'd be so confused to be suddenly relocated so late in his life.

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So I can't say 100% sure that they are nightmares. But she will whine, cry and even howl in her sleep. It used to be just whining, and twitching. So I thought maybe she was playing and running in her sleep. But last night I woke up to her full blown crying in her sleep loudly. I don't understand. I never hit her and I don't let anyone else either. And my whole life is dedicated to her. She's my reason for being alive and is my Soul dog :/. I've had her since she was a little puppy. It is possible the people who had her before me may have been abusive or atleast harder on her than I am. But I don't know what else the nightmares could be from and I can't say whether they were abusive or not. I truly do not know. There aren't any signs that they were besides her having nightmares every single night. And they are becoming more frequent.

I bring her with me everywhere, I even take her with me to work often, I have some family that will occasionally dog sit for me but she's been doing it since well before that :/. I can't figure it out. I don't know what the nightmares are since I can't ask her. All I can think to do currently is comfort her when she starts to whine in her sleep. I'll sit beside her and pet her lightly to try to not wake her and maybe change the direction of the dream.

Does anyone have any ideas what I can do? Or can anyone tell me maybe I'm wrong and they aren't nightmares? I'm at a loss 💔 .

How do yall get your dog to cooperate when brushing their teeth?? Mine just wants to bite my hands off. Or are all pomeranians just this fiesty