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Hi everyone! This is stressing me out a lot and cant seem to get closer to a solution.

My problem

puppy has only gone potty outside 1 out of 10 times i've taken her outside. she goes inside unpredictably. My space is a small studio that ks ONLY carpet.

Context

this is my first time taking care of a puppy. I started fostering her yesterday. I have fostered a dog before but he was already potty trained. I assumed she would be somewhat potty trained, or have some desire to go outside so if i was vigilant I would have few accidents… but no. She looks about 35lbs.

Ive been taking her outside every two hours. 5-15 minutes each. It's to a large, fenced in yard. Ive been keeping her on a leash for safety reasons. I'll consider off-leash soon.

Frustrations

I'm really frustrated with this because if I don't notice her going potty inside, it'll damage the floors and make my entire space smell like poop / urine! Ugh.

If i can't figure this out soon I'll have to take her back to the adoption place before her first adoption event. I'm very ashamed I might have to do this. I think I got too far over my head thinking I could handle a puppy.

I dont mind if she naturally has accidents if im inconsistent or not taking her out enough… but im trying my best right now! Shes not giving me any cues she has to go until she squats. Its like she refuses to go potty outside.

Today's Timeline

7:00 am – took potty (peed after 15 minutes). rewarded with praise then treat inside.

8:00 am – chilled out in bed

9:00 am – breakfast

9:10 am – was getting ready to take her out and she pooped inside

Until 10 am – crated while I cleaned up the poop

10:00 am – bathed her

10:30 am – crated while i showered

12:00 pm – outside 15 min, did not go potty

12:30 pm – training

1:00 pm – outside 15 min, did not go potty

Until 1:25 pm – immediately crated

1:30 pm – outside 5 min, did not go potty

1:31 pm – as soon as we went inside, she peed inside

1:32 pm – i immediately put her on a 20' line outside while i cleaned up the pee. I was hoping she'd go potty. She did not go potty.

2:00 pm – crated again with filled kong

No matter how many times I tell my in-laws to please not initially greet her with high-pitched, high-energy greetings they do it.

Now they get mad when I remind them to not do that.

I guess partial venting but does anyone else have this issue. What do you do?

we’re currently crate training + using her pen throughout the day so she doesn’t get into anything. she literally does not care about being in her pen but in my mind i’m like “oh my god she’s not with us what if she’s sad!!!”

i’m sure i can’t be the only one with this sorta silly mentality, but how did you guys deal w it? i know she’s not uncomfortable in there bc she was just running around playing and is now knocked tf out :’)

My puppy is afraid of kids. Mostly when they’re yelling and screaming at her while I am with her in public. Kids tend to jump or run towards her. She just recently started to bark if they come towards her. I’m worried if I don’t figure out how to correct it now she will carry it into adulthood! How can I make her feel safe and comfortable? I never force her to interact and I try to steer her away from kids in public for now.

I want to reiterate my previous question, I worded it very weird lol!

Is the door you use in your home to bring your puppy out within accessible space from your puppy’s pen? I’m torn on having it removed from the area of the door and leaving it elsewhere by still close by, vs having the door “within” the place pen?

Weird question. But I have a very large open area by where the backdoor is but it’s an award shape. I want to put his puppy pen by where the couches are so he will be near us, but it would be too big to get one to stretch to where the sliding back door is. Do you recommend I put the pen near the couches where we will mostly be and then I just walk him to the outside, or should I keep the pen by the door to better potty train him and get him used to telling us he has to go out?

I need help. I got an 8 week old bully/lab mix puppy today. When I did the initial meet and greet with my dog, they were fine. But as soon as I got the puppy home it has started growling and snapping very aggressively at my smaller dog when ever it is near my daughter or us. It seems like he is resource guarding us from my older dog. Is this something trainable? What do I do? Im worried I made a huge mistake. Please help!!

Hi all,

First time posting here, i have a 11 week old Cavapoo who is a little fluff ball of energy! Me and my partner have been trying to train him since we got him 2 weeks ago. He has taken to basic training well, such as going to his crate when he is tired, settles in it in the day and night time on his own and knows basic commands such as sit, wait and we are working on his recall which he is getting better.

However, we are finding when we are training him and times when he is playing he gets very over excited. In training he listens well for a few minutes but then gets over excited and tries to jump on us to get to the treats, so we end the training session. With play, he growls and sometimes barks in a playful way with his toys. We are finding at times he is excited and playful he can go for our feet by sometimes growling and barking. I have been redirecting him to his crate and leaving him in there to settle for 5-10 mins until he is calm and then bring him out or i disengage and ignore him until he is calm.

My reason for this post is more just to ask if the growling, barking and over excitement normal? It may sound like a silly question, but when we have asked our friends who also have young dogs of similar breed (one is also a Cavapoo and one is a cockapoo) how the puppy stage was for them. It sounds like their dogs were much calmer than ours. It’s making us worry a little, i guess i just want to hear if other people have had similar experiences with their puppies.

Other than that he is a loveable sweet boy who we both adore. I have looked into getting him enrolled on some puppy training classes to help socialise him with other puppies too and to work on his training in other environments.

We also are still waiting for his second vaccination which is tomorrow! We are hoping some of his energy may be able to be burned off when we can finally take him out for walks.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and appreciate any feedback or advice 😊