Category: Top Dog

My puppy is nearly potty trained. The biggest obstacle was getting her to use the bell to ask to go out. She started ringing the bell finally but now she does it CONSTANTLY. She doesn’t even have to potty, she does it immediately after coming inside. She loves outside and would be thrilled if I left her out forever. We walk and go to the beach for 1-3 hours everyday plus she gets lots of time with me sitting in the yard w her and outdoor fetch breaks every couple hours. She’s an Australian cattle dog mix so she’s very smart and energetic. Does anyone have advice on how to get her to not abuse the potty bell while still encouraging her to ask to go out??

I knew he would be very energetic but little did I know! I love him so much!

Hello yall,

Ive been trying to leash train my puppy ~12 weeks old. I've been having trouble getting my puppy used to the leash. Each time I put it on him, he does not like it and fights me for control. I imagine that, in fact, he does not like it and doesnt like the fact that he can't be in control with it. So my question would be what would be best to do here? Have patience? Any techniques?

Ive been rewarding him with behavior I like and he listens to those commands. He is already potty trained, and kennel trained. So I am not sure why I am having so mnay issues with leash training.

Any advice pls pls

We’re doing counter conditioning, engage/disengage and I use “scatter” “find it” or “let’s go” as a diversion if needed

She is 6.5 months old it’s so tiring 😭 maybe I just need to be consistent.. she barks and growls at any person she see’s idk how far away I can get people where she’ll still take treats but gets small exposure

Hey hey. I’m new puppy owner for the very first time, and had little fear towards doggo after get attacked by one. I’ve been wanting a dog for a while, and just experience the love everything and ect!

My puppy is 3 months old, and we are doing really good with training! We know leave it, stay, sit, and lay down. Sometimes I think he understands the hand motions more but it’s progress! He doesn’t like being locked of in crate awake but during night he does perfectly fine. He hasn’t really been alone yet cause my boyfriend works nights, and I work from home 3 times a week.he seems to always be relaxed when he with my boyfriend but once I get home or off work..

He’s OFF THE WALLS and excited of

course , he constantly bites either my pants, my hands everything. I try so hard to redirect him to toys-and he still goes after my hands. I’ve also tried doing time outs, where I leave the room few to give him some time to relax and realized biting makes fun stop. I know he’s teething and everything but he has gotten me good with those puppy teeth and causes some bleeding. And suggestions?! I just wanna get the mouthing under control. He also tries this when we have guest, and I just want teach him in the correct way

Hi guys, especially those with older puppies, if your puppy falls asleep outside of the crate, do you let them or move them? My puppy will be 6 months soon and i started implementing some chill time outside of the crate. (She has been struggling with relaxing outside of it, which i hear is normal at this age, but after staying with some older dogs she now will sometimes lie down in her bed). I let her (until she starts pacing etc), hoping it will help her when she is older and we eventually get rid of the crate. Can someone chime in how was your journey with relaxing outside of the crate? When did it start “clicking” to them? How do you guys deal with this?:)

Hi, my bf and I have been struggling inserting eye drops for our 12 week old Aussie puppy. One of our cats scratched her eye when they were playing and we took her to the vet same day.

The vet and staff had trouble with her. She is incredibly squirmy and likes to threaten bites when we try to get her in position to give the eye drops. We have tried positive reinforcement with high value treats, tried warming her up to it, giving her prescribed gabapentin from the vet and I wait till peak effectiveness to try inserting the drops and it’s still so hard to insert the drops. She doesn’t even want the syringe in her mouth for the gabapentin.. Any sort of holding her causes her to go crazy.

I kinda just squeeze the drops in the general direction of her eye when she is still enough and hope for the best now lol. Does anyone have any other advice? I want her eye to get better but I can’t tell if we are actually getting it in her eye and I feel bed when she screams as if we are hurting her which I know we are not. Please no negative comments. 😞 we are just at a loss now and want to make it a more positive experience for her.