Category: Top Dog

I have a 1 year old dog that I have worked to get to learn how to relax when at home with the family. And she is doing so well— she really has learned to be calm when needed and playful when it’s time. But any time she is around any other dogs, she goes berserk playing and will not turn off. We got a little puppy a week and a half ago. And they are getting along (no resource guarding, no growling) but my older dog cannot calm down. She is “on” all the time unless the puppy is sleeping in her crate in her playpen. How can I help my older dog to learn to be more calm around the pup? So she doesn’t have to feel like she needs to be “on” all the time. She is starting to display signs of being a little anxious— always looking to see what the puppy is doing, ears pricked up, intense stare even when lying down. (Although, intense stare is kind of just her resting face, lol) I don’t want that anxiety to get worse and turn into fear or aggression. Suggestions?

I have looked through kikopup free online resources and can’t find exactly what I’m looking for. And other trainers don’t seem to focus on calmness.

If it helps, my 1 year old dog is an American Indian Dog (AmericanIndiandogs.org)she is considered a primitive breed, and/or working. She gets plenty of exercise and mental stimulation each day in the form of long off leash hikes and puzzles, chews, etc. She isn’t displaying signs of being under exercised or under stimulated. The new puppy is a chihuahua— and she is not overly barky or rude to my bigger dog. She’s on a good schedule and is doing well with her basic training like potty and crate training.

TL; DR how to get a one year old dog to calm down around a puppy.

Please recommend a great online training program to buy that worked for you and is reasonably cost effective.

My puppy is 10 months and such hard work no matter how much training I have put in and it’s just so disheartening as I thought it would be easier by now.

Family and friends all tell me to rehome him as all do their dogs were chill by this age.

Does anyone have similar stories?

Our puppy just got his 12 week vaccines and had a horrible night afterwards. Crying/barking nonstop, hyper, and didn’t want to settle for hours. It makes sense he could be uncomfortable after his shots but has this happened to anyone else? He seems much more willing to settle this morning and is acting normally. Hoping it’s not the start of a sleep regression 🙁

Hi everyone,

I recently adopted a 7 month old pup, and I’m trying to do my best by her.

I’ve had her for a week, and in this week, I’ve changed my entire life to make sure I do my best for her.

She didn’t have a name before, and therefore, even getting her attention is difficult. I’ve named her Lucy, but still had not managed to get her to react to the name when there is no treats involved.

First thing in the morning, I let her out in the garden to do her business. Then I bring her out for a walk. The walks are slow, she’s sniffing most of the times and I want to let her be a dog.

After a brisk walk, I feed her the first meal before getting ready to leave the house by 6:30 am.

I’m lucky that there’s a gym at my office, and I can workout before work. For this first week, I’ve asked my supervisor to allow me to work from home for half the day. I’m away from home for 6-8 hrs this week, returning after lunch to let her use the loo in the garden, and monitor her behavior.

It’s mostly positive, she’s gaining confidence and is less anxious when I leave her sight now. But I’m struggling with two things.

– she’s starting to test limits –

Walks – she’s starting to lie down whenever I don’t let her go where she wants, I use a standard leash and give her corrective tugs but it feels like a growing challenge every day.

She’s starting to show interest in my meals, and even started barking at me while I was eating after feeding her. She never did this when she first came back from the shelter.

She’s starting to take shoes, sandals and socks.

-her energy levels are so high-

Even though I walk her twice a day, once at 5:45-6:15am(sometimes till 6:30am), and once more in the evening for at least another 30 mins, and for this week, I offer her training and enrichment exercises in between work after lunch, she still has a lot of pent up energy, presumably because she’s sleeps for most of the day and does not sleep well at night.

Over a longer term, I’m afraid that she’ll face boredom and display destructive behavior.

I feel like I’ve committed a lot of my life to ensure she’s getting the best I can offer, but it’s still not enough.

Should I continue to keep her, or return her to the shelter? They have a return policy which makes this more of a trial period than a full on adoption.

Hello everyone,

I just moved in a new house with my dog (30kgs female shepherd). In our previous home there was plenty of yard, with soil she could dig and play and even use as a toilet. Now in the new house the yard is small and the problem is that its everywhere stones. No soil.

My main issue is what can i do so she use a specific spot as a toilet? Maybe a small place filled with sand or smth? Any ideas?

Hey all, looking for some advice about my dogs barking at our neighbours dogs. The dogs next door are quite yappy (they are outside dogs and we cannot walk or drive up our drive way without them barking). As they are always outside, when I let my three dogs out to toilet or play, they are always barked at, to which they respond and start barking back. They have now learnt that those dogs are always out there and often run straight to the fence upon being let out. We have high fences so they can't see eachother, and we are constantly bringing them back in with treats to no avail. On top of this, the neighbours teen son often swears at our dog for barking, making the situation more uncomfortable. Would be very grateful for any advice!

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Hi so I have a 5 year old female staffyXred nosed pitty. This has been a problem.in previous houses, there is a large tree (atleast 30 metres high) in my nextdoor neighbours yard that is up against our shared fence (high privacy fence) During the day we have no issues but at night she sees what I believe to be a possum (i live in Australia we only get possums) or a bat and she goes mental barking at it. She's gotten to the point of tricking me doing the things she does to say "I need toilet" so she can go out there and bark at the possums.

Now my original thought is speak to the neighbours and ask them if they would be okay with me getting a pest controller to safely remove them. The only issue is, that doesn't stop another one from moving back into the tree.

Is there any other solutions im not thinking of?

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Photos of tree and yard

In cases of rehoming, how long would a dog recognize a previous owner after living with a new family? Or another example: if a couple splits up and one person moves out, would the dog recognize them if they saw them years later?

I just imagine a dog seeing someone who used to be a big part of their life and being sad, and then it makes me sad.

*Not rehoming my dog. He’s stuck with me.

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