Category: Top Dog

My 6‑month‑old Lab has been going through some nighttime crate regression, and I’m curious how others handled this stage.

For context, his crate is in the room next to our bedroom. This might be on me because my boyfriend was away on a work trip, and during that time I let our puppy sleep in our bedroom in his dog bed. He slept great in our room, didn’t need to get up to potty, and actually got a full night’s rest.

But when he’s in the crate, he hasn’t been sleeping through the night and it really seems like he has trouble settling in there.

We still plan on using the crate when we leave him home for short periods, so I’m not trying to ditch crate training altogether. I’m just wondering what people think about letting him sleep in his dog bed in our room at night instead of crating him. Is this a normal transition around this age? Did it cause issues for anyone long term?

Would love to hear what worked for you and your pups.

Hi all. We have a one year and 3 month old PWD. At night time, we sleep upstairs in our bed and he sleeps in his crate (unlocked) downstairs. We used to have a pen attached to the crate when he was younger.

Every night before we go to bed, we try to let him in our backyard to poop. We have waited 30 minutes sometimes, but he never poops at night. Ever.

When we used the pen, he would not poop in the pen or crate. However, since we have gotten rid of the pen, he will now poop downstairs.

We do not want to use the pen forever as it’s extremely bulky, and he can be trusted with being alone downstairs (save the nighttime poops). We also know that closing him inside the crate at night is a recipe for disaster as he will scream the house down.

I’m not sure where we failed and prevented setting him up for success, and I’m not sure where we go from here. The worst part is he doesn’t really cry for the bathroom, even during the day. He just paws at the door and we can’t hear that from upstairs. Sometimes he will whine. But at night, it’s dead quiet, so we don’t know to get up and let him out. He just does it. At best, he will cry and be vocal AFTER.

Any tips or advice is appreciated because we know this isn’t sustainable and we need to do something different.

Hi all me again with the 11 week cocker spaniel

Thank you all so much for the help and advice recently, hes at 7.5 hours in crate with 0 accidents overnight.

Now i would like to ask/get advice with training. He know sit, lie down, hi 5 (paw) and done well with wait (not fully there yet say 50%), off, enough (for biting feets, teething landshark yay)

But he doesnt do well as of now with return (responds to name somewhat, but is easily distracted) and retrieve (loves getting ball, but doesnt want to return ball as an example) and impulse control.

Any tips to help with training him, its hard to see if its all too much at once.

Ive got puppy classes booked in 3 weeks for him (Timings didnt work out or would have been sooner)

Il stress i know hes still a puppy and isnt going to be perfect.

Thank you all again!

Hi!

I am flying to EU next month and my uncle from Spain asked me if I can take his dog home to the Philippines. My return flight to the Philippines is from Rome, Italy but the dog is from Spain. He said he can do all the requirements from Spain (EU Pet passport, Vet Certificates, etc.)

I've read somewhere that if exporting a dog from I will need a Azienda Sanitaria Locale Export Certificate but I also read that this is issued to citizens and residents only. The dog is not registered with Italy…Do I still need to secure an ASL certificate for my flight?

He won't let me. At all. Hes a small 11 pound rat terrier mixed with a pomeranian. Suggestions?

I am looking for a lid or something of the sort that fits on to a standard biking water bottle and can fit in the bottle cage on my bike. I have a Slurpy Sack 2.0 and love that the bowl flips up and down, that my dog can drink out of it easier and the fact that no water goes to waste. Is there a lid like this that fits onto a standard bike bottle?

The reason I’m asking is because I go on a lot of short rides with my dog and would love to store her bottle on my bike in the cage. The bottle we have now falls out of the cage because it is flexible and I haven’t found another bottle that works like this one.

Any suggestions?

So my dog is not very affectionate. He doesn't even like to lick anyone, only does it when you come from outside. He likes getting pet only when he wants it. He would walk away if I sit next to him. If I pet him while his sleeping or try to move him out of the way, he'll growl at me. He never ever let me pick him up even when he was baby. I find him hard to read because he'll whine like a widow crying for a dead husband if anyone from our house leaves for work. Does he miss us or he do that cuz he didn't get to go outside?

Hi everyone! I’ve been trying to find reputable breeders for Labrador Retrievers or Chihuahuas, but I haven’t had much luck so far. Maybe I’m just not looking in the right places?

I live in southern Iowa and I’m willing to drive up to about 8 hours for the right puppy. I’m not in a huge rush. I have about a year before I plan to get one, but I’d love to start getting an idea of breeder pricing and possibly find some good breeders to follow or get on a waitlist with.

If anyone has recommendations or advice on where to look, I’d really appreciate it. Thank you!

Ive got 4 huskies, 2 older, 2 younger. The two younger ones are about 2-3 years old and they are unfixed, not by choice and that will be the first step taken to try to resolve this issue. But they have become very aggressive the past few days fighting each other and going after both of the older ones, including injuring one of their ears. This has happened once in the past but they only went after one of our older girls and then it didn't happen for a long time, almost a year. So I was wondering if anybody has insight into why this would be happening. I know theres a good chance that it's them not being fixed which they now have appointments for. All 4 dogs are female too

Hello, I’ve noticed something with my dog that’s been happening ever since I can remember. She is 3 years old and a mini schnauzer

She always starts barking when I am on the phone with someone and will not stop until I get off the phone call. Once I am off the call she stops barking.

It doesn’t matter if I’m taking the call next to my ear, on speakerphone, or on my AirPods. If it is someone she knows, she doesn’t respond any differently- even if they talk to her through the phone (and she knows their voice).

Giving her attention during the phone call like picking her up or calling out her name also doesn’t help.

I’m wondering if there is a possibility that the phone calls are somehow painful for her? Like she can hear something I can’t ?

Please help!