Hey everyone,

Looking for some advice or reassurance. My 5 month old puppy, Murphy, used to love his crate. He’d nap in there for 2–3 hours during the day and it let me actually leave my apartment for a bit to do errands since I’m raising him solo.

After a weekend camping trip, he suddenly wants nothing to do with it. If I put him in, he barks and cries nonstop. The weird part is he’s totally fine sleeping in it at night.

Is this maybe a fear period or just a random setback? Has anyone else had this happen and managed to fix it? I’m feeling kinda stuck and just want to get back to where we were.

Lately, life has been a little heavy. I’ve been dealing with stress, some loneliness, and just that feeling of being a bit lost. But every evening, when I walk through my front door, my dog comes running, tail wagging, eyes bright, acting like I’m the best thing that’s ever happened.

It doesn’t matter what kind of day I’ve had, good, bad, or completely exhausting, he’s there with that same pure excitement. No judgment, no questions, just love. I sit on the floor, and he rests his head on my knee like he knows exactly what I need.

I know people say “dogs don’t live long enough,” and it breaks my heart every time I think about it. But in the time we do get, they fill our lives with more love and loyalty than most of us ever deserve.

If you’re reading this and having a tough day, hug your dog a little tighter tonight. They really are the best kind of therapy there is.

Hi,

I recently adopted my 3rd puppy. I adopted his full brother, a purebred Golden Retriever, last year and trained him in 3 days. Not a single accident in the house since he was 8 weeks old. My method was to take him outside every 15 minutes and reward only outside and never punish. He understood this very quickly. He's registered and being trained as a service dog and couldn't be better.

I adopted his brother at 6 weeks and he's now 11 weeks. I've been doing this method every day, and he knows he gets a treat when he goes outside, but doesn't hold it ever. I made a count yesterday and he peed 75 times, and not just marking, and about 40 of these were in the house. He went a substantial amount most of the time. I took him to the vet and he doesn't have a UTI and they told us to not withhold water. I now take him outside every 10 minutes, but he rarely holds it for the full 10 minutes, and I'm going insane. When I took him for a 15 minute walk yesterday, he peed 6 times, and a decent amount each time. He sleeps through the night so I know he doesn't need to go every 5 minutes.

I'm looking for any advice. I'm going insane. I just come in and out the house all day long and clean urine the rest of the time.

Can anyone help me? It's my 2nd day with our puppy(poncho) and I want to get him trained to pee on our pad.

He seems very resistant on going outside, hits the brakes every time and won't go to the bathroom when we take him out. Help!!!

Does my lab look more like American (field bred) or English (show bred)? She is 5 months old.

I posted 3 pictures of her here: https://imgur.com/a/hJxPh21

My wife and I adopted a shepherd mix 2 months ago, who is now 7 months old. He is our first dog so we’re not quite sure if he’s getting too much or too little stimulation for his age.

A typical day for him starts around 5:30am with potty time and breakfast, followed by a 25 minute walk around 6:30-7. He then typically will relax until around 11a, which is when he gets some backyard time and a puzzle toy. Then it’s back to relaxing from maybe 1-3. Second walk of the day comes at 4 and is anywhere from 20-35 minutes, followed by dinner. He’s generally awake the rest of the day until 7/7:30, at which point he sleeps basically through the night (with just a potty break when we move into the bedroom around 9:30).

The problem is that like half of the days around 6:00a, 3:00p and 6:00p, he turns into quite the menace. Chewing on things he shouldn’t, getting a bit nippy, and constantly asking to go outside just to find/chew things he shouldn’t.

We do mix in training and play (which for him is mostly just chewing lol) and he’s only crated if we have to run errands since we work from home. However, if we miss a walk or if he doesn’t get his typical amount of nap time it tends to be worse.

I guess I’m just curious if this seems like enough exercise and stimulation or not enough? Should he be sleeping more or less throughout the day? Or do we just need to try mixing it up more (as much as we can at least with work considerations)?

So yesterday I got a puppy, I’ve been through all the welcome home training, positive introduction to crate, food, napping etc, he’s super comfortable with me follows me everywhere etc.

However, as soon as he cannot physically touch me he starts whining begging and throwing himself at whatever divider there is even if he can see me, I’ve tried doing the small amount of times away building up but no matter how short of a time he whines immediately, how can I fix this? He’ll need to eventually be left alone for a few hours while I do errands etc and it’s starting to give me pup blues when I’ve just gotten him.

My 8 month old lab/ staff puppy that I adopted 5 months agi has suddenly started aggressively biting and nipping at my arms and leash pulling every time we go for a walk, to the point of bleeding. I am so frustrated and lost at how I can counter this behaviour. i have tried ignoring him and turning my back but he doesn’t stop, he just ends up tearing my clothes and making me bleed. Another time I tried to grab him and say no when he was jumping, and it ended up in busting my lip in the process. Most of the time he is great, he listens to all the commands I have taught him, even has forced naps in his crate during the day, goes for walks twice a day, has plenty of toys to play with. I am hurt, physically and mentally, it always ends in me crying and bleeding. I am worried he is turning aggressive, worse that he is gonna stick to this behaviour and not change, I dont know how to get him ti calm down in such situations, please help! How do I let him know that he is hurting le, or that he needs to calm down and not bite or leash pull ?

leash pulling #biting

Hey everyone! I’m trying my hardest to find this dog find a home. He’s been stuck at a clinic since March and he really is nice once he warms up to you. He is quickly misjudged because some people don’t know how to utilize his skills that he learned in training. It is super unfair to see such a playful, young dog totally disregarded and forgotten. He was originally found as a stray and he is healthy.

If this post isn’t allowed- I’m so sorry and I’ll delete

I've been wanting to adopt or get a Samoyed for the longest time, but I need to ask something before taking the step in the future. I live in Murcia, Spain that has warm climate most of the time and sometimes it can be unbearable since it's also humid.

I wanted to know if a Samoyed would be happy in these conditions, I need to know so I can get in my head that I can't have one unless I move to a colder place.