Category: Top Dog

Soo… my 13 week old puppy that whines and barks everytime we put him in his crate and leave the room (he does fine at night in his crate) just put HIMSELF in his crate while I was doing dishes in the kitchen. I was like OH BOY i dont hear him. He must be getting into something. Meanwhile my guy is chilling in his crate in the bedroom?

Did someone accidentally kidnap my puppy and give me this one? 😂

Hi! We have a 17 week old Golden Retriever puppy, before Christmas/New Year weeks he was doing alright in his crate, he would wake us up to potty at night but then be ok to go back to sleep in his crate.. well over the holidays we started letting him nap on the couch with us during the day instead of putting him in his crate to nap… now every single night he’s going to bed in his crate (around 10:30pm) then waking up between 3:30-4:40am to potty but then will NOT go back to sleep in his crate. If we put him back in his crate he will bark non stop for at least an hour, that was our breaking point plus it seems unhealthy for all parties. If we let him out to potty and then lay on the couch with him he will go right back to sleep on the couch next to us, after he grabs his baby (snuggle puppy) and brings him on the couch too. Did anyone else have this issue? Will he grow out of it? Are we stuck for life waking up at 4 and then sleeping on the couch until we wake up for work? We are open to suggestions!

It doesn’t seem to be an issue with him being too tired since he will fall back to sleep within 10 mins if we lay with him, this seems a bit like an attachment issue but really not sure how to stop it. I’ve tried to carry him to his crate when he fell asleep just so I could go to the bathroom and he was right back to barking until I came back.

We haven’t brought him to our bed yet because we wanted to keep that boundary of it being our bed and him having his own but it feels like that may not be possible forever.

TLDR: our puppy will go to bed in his crate at night but wakes up at 3:30-4:40am to potty and refuses to go back to sleep in his crate but he will instantly go back to sleep with one of us on the couch. SOS

I thought dogs are potty trained by now?! I’m at my wits end. I had my carpets cleaned and I still find potty accidents. Mostly pee but sometimes poop. I know more when it’s time to poop so I get her outside. She doesn’t ask to go she just goes and it’s so frustrating. When I go outside with her on a regular basis I tell her to go potty and when she does, I say “ yes” and give a treat. I watch her but at her age she hates the kennel. When I leave I leash her to the couch and she prefers that. I have kids and a busy life so it’s hard to watch her constantly and I take her out regularly- why isn’t she getting it? I also have a bell at the door so she can tell me she needs to go, but she mostly uses it to go out and play. When will she understand to not go inside? She doesn’t go at night at all so I know she has bladder control.

So my boyfriend and I recently bought a 13-week-old Maltipoo puppy. She is absolutely darling and we love her to bits. We got her from a couple who lived in the city and had been able to crate train her and potty train her to a pad. Now my bf and I are working to get her potty trained outside. We picked her up this weekend and besides the first day being pretty rough, she’s gotten good at running to the door/whining when she needs to go. Today she even rung her bell a few times on her own.

Anyway, for the last 3 nights around 7 o’clock, she’s been on our laps on the couch when all of a sudden a little turd escapes her. And every time, it’s connected to one of my own hairs and it’s super uncomfortable for her. I’m not sure what to do about it. I’ve had dogs all my life but they’ve never had daily danglers. She eats 3x a day, drinks a good amount of water, and gets a lot of playtime. She doesn’t get to just chew on my hair, and I sweep my house almost daily, so I’m not sure what more I can do to prevent her from eating hair! Is it just a teacup dog thing? If anyone has any ideas or advice, we would greatly appreciate it 🙏

My 10 week old cockalier whines super intensely when leaving the house or just to go upstairs. We wait it out and come back when it’s quiet to show him quietness wins. He has escaped the baby gate a few times and got upstairs, we use a pen down stairs and have a crate. Sometimes he can cry, bark and whine for 40-50 minutes. Is this just normal this age or do we keep doing what we’re doing?

We have a 7.5 month old schipperke. At about 6.5 months, we had gotten to the point that he was having about 2 pee accidents per week. More recently, this has increased to almost nightly accidents, sometimes twice. I say nightly, because it rarely happens during the daytime. When he pees in the apartment, it’s usually without warning. He gives no obvious sign that he has to go. He just suddenly pops a squat. We are still taking him out about 8-10 times per day, and had hoped for fewer outings by now, and we’re frustrated that we’re taking him out this much and still having so many accidents. Is this normal at this age? Does anyone have any advice?

I got an adorable 12 week old pug puppy last Monday, I love him so dearly but I have so much guilt that I’m not being a good enough care taker. The main problem I seem to have is not trusting him to roam around in the house. I have a crate and I’ve been working on crate training him which is going ok, he only seems to cry in the crate when he’s super energetic and needs to play or go out. I also set up a puppy pen but he seems to absolutely hate and cry soooo much sometimes but other times he’s totally content. I just feel like I don’t want him wondering and eating things that are dangerous or possibly having accidents in the house so I need to put him in the crate or pen I just feel so guilty about it. I only work three days a week and I have to crate him those three days but I always make sure to come home mid-day to play/ walk/ feed/ bathroom but he’s a mess when I get home at night because he has been crated all day. This work schedule will change next month and my husband will be able to watch him on the weekends when I work but I feel guilty about it right now. I also feel like he does not ever want to cuddle or we have a hard time bonding and I can’t help but feel like he doesn’t like me because I’m not a good enough caregiver and have to crate or put him in a pen. Please give me any advice you have on training and bonding.