Category: Top Dog

What’s everyone’s thoughts and advice on using a play pen at night vs locking in a crate? Right now I have a 10 month old puppy that sleeps in his crate in my bedroom, but I want to transition to him sleeping in the living room alone.

Would it be ok to have him sleep in his play pen with the crate door open and access to potty pad? During the day I have that set up but without a potty pad. I’m really trying to get him used to sleeping alone as well as sleeping in. When he sleeps in my room he wakes me up at 6am every morning.

Hi all,

I really need some help with my sprocker spaniels biting and nipping!

She’s nearly 17 weeks and her biting is getting quite intense, I have used a kong, toys and chews but nothing seems to stick. I’ve tried a firm no, putting her in her crate and leaving the room too.

When I’m trying to have some “playtime” or simply sit in her playpen with her, she gets super excited runs around and nips at my hands, ankles and she’s just ripped my trousers! I’ve made an extra effort to make sure shes getting her naps in, sometimes forced.

I do training activities with her in between her naps or before feeding her and she sometimes gets nippy after a few minutes.

I’m starting to think I’m not doing enough 🥲

Any suggestions would be great thanks!

My 5 month old mutt had stopped having accidents around the house, and then all of a sudden she refuses to pee in her natural grass porch. She has free access to it whenever she wants, but she won't go near it even when lured with treats. She has pissed in her bed, in the hallway, and even all around the porch but never actually in the porch anymore since yesterday. We where in the process of switching from puppy pads to the porch, and she was already pissing on the porch consistently for a couple of days. We tried putting a pad in the porch thinking maybe she's confused but no luck, she seems to actively be trying to not piss in it. I don't know if maybe this is adolescence coming early for our dog or if we are doing something wrong. Is this normal? I'm concerned she's just too old to learn at this point and we will get stuck cleaning piss off the floor forever.

My little guy (15 weeks) is doing great with potty training in the backyard. How do I shift to him going potty while on walks after he has been cleared to do so?

I’m worried she will bite through the suit are they thick so she won’t. She has her spay next month

More of a funny discussion than asking for help. Has anybody else had their puppy teach their older dog bad habits? My older girl June (8yo mix) is almost the perfect dog, she is very low energy so just needs a short sniffy walk to be happy. She can be reactive but has gotten so much better and is not a trouble maker in the house at all. We just got our puppy Fitz (10wo standard poodle) last Friday and now June has decided she enjoys destroying sticks with him (we have a big tree that drops a bunch in our yard) and has attempted to dig when she saw Fitz scratching around. I don’t mind the stick chewing except I really don’t want her to get a blockage or hurt her mouth/intestines. Who knew the puppy would be the bad influence!

I recently got a 3-month-old puppy and need advice on potty training. Every time I take him outside he won’t use the bathroom he just walks around and cries, I usually try to stay outside for an hour but he still won't use the bathroom but as soon as we come inside he'll use the bathroom on the floor I have puppy pads that I put down while I'm at work but he still uses the floor instead of the pads any advice on what I can do?