Category: Top Dog

My partner and I have a 17 week old Shepherd Husky. We got her at 12 weeks old and oh my did the puppy blues get us. She was already crate trained but required us to sit next to her for the first 30-60 mins while she fell asleep. She was overnight toilet trained, however, would wake us up at 4am howling (huskies, am I right). By the 3rd night, I was about ready to return her!

My key hints and tricks from someone that went from the above, to a pup that is now reasonably well behaved, well socialised and can be left alone without destroying my house, with the help of this community.

-Persistence is key! -Acclimate them to anything new. -If not already crate trained, make the space enjoyable, offer a treat for entering without the obligation to stay in there. -Toileting schedule, we took her to the toilet before and after every single nap plus every 30-60 mins when awake. We found puppy pads made the process worse with more accidents. Our lifestyle made this possible though. -She got car sick when we brought her home. We took her for small trips first. Rolling down the windows slightly for smelling distracted her from the drive. Feed them at least more than an hour before you travel if they get sick! We just completed a 3 hours drive home for Christmas (with toilet stops) -Get them into puppy school early, socialisation and training is so important! -We set up a camera and left her alone for short periods and watched from the other room. This helped prevent separation anxiety and we can now leave her home alone. -Frozen fruit and veg for teething. Nutritious, cleaned her teeth and something to chew. -Find a good vet! We had a terrible experience with one. -Wahl dog deshedder brush from Petbarn is a life saver! -Huskies sooks/howls never stop

In the true Aussie way, I am always down for a chat!

Ps, I have all fingers crossed she stays an angel for the teenage years. We’ve been too lucky so far.

My puppy is 16 weeks today. I’ve had him for 4 weeks and he absolutely loves my neighbour across the hall. He runs to her if he sees her and cries if he hears her in the hall. They haven’t spent that much time together so I’m confused. I know I’m OCD and probably in that training mode and maybe lose sight of cuddles and sweet talking. But I am totally a dog person… and love him so much. To clarify. . I’m a single mama with a 5 year old living in a building with no support system so I’m trying to ensure puppy grows up socialized with boundaries. Of course I do cuddle him and love him. Please help. Is this normal.

I have a 16week old puppy and i brought her home at 9weeks. She has been a velcro pup but from what ive read it was to be expected from a young pup. I live alone and wfh so it’s a lot of time with me, we do crated naps during the day and she does well with those. Rn im staying with my parents and i left her with my mum and went to a shop and she was whining a lot. If i go to the toilet she whines/barks etc. Is this a beggining of a separation anxiety? What can i do to help her? Thank you so much for your time and help im advice!!!!

He's a mini poodle and he first began having seizures when he was only 8.5 weeks old. He had 3 total over 24 hours. They discharged him on phenobarbitone. All tests came back as normal and every vet I have spoken to is puzzled. I was advised against an MRI scan for now because there are too many risks with putting such a young puppy under general anaesthesia.

He didn't have any further episodes until today at 11 weeks old. I recorded it and forwarded it to the neurologist along with any other info I thought was relevant. She got back to me and told me it was early onset idiopathic epilepsy.

It's heartbreaking because this is his "critical window" and he's already had such traumatic experiences and I believe there are also side effects from the medication in the mix. I can see this is all affecting him and it's affecting me too. I'm a first time dog owner and I knew it would be a big challenge, but this has added an extra layer of stress and uncertainty. 😞

Hello, so I am currently keeping a puppy for 2 or 3 days with the possibility of adopting her. I absolutely love her but I have autism and I am very scared of not being able to handle a puppy. It’s not my first time having a dog, I have a super well trained 10 yo Labrador who is my family’s dog and I feel like she was a much easier puppy.

This puppy is almost 12 weeks old, she’s a chihuahua and Yorkshire mix, and my boyfriend is super excited about keeping her.

I brought her home to see how we react to each other before yesterday.

I put her in the crate next to my bed, she cries a bit, sometimes I put my finger in the crate and she eventually stops crying and falls asleep.

She already peed 2 times on the pee pad which also makes me happy.

The problem is: she follows me EVERYWHERE and wants me to hold her all the time. Whenever I leave the room, even for a short period of time like to go to the toilet or to pick up some water she freaks out: she starts crying, the howling, scratching the floor next to the door while screaming, pees and poops herself… this is scaring me a lot because even though I spend most of the time home, I need to be able to leave her alone for a few hours whenever I need…

The only way I can stop holding her without having her stressed is when she’s in her crate close to me because if I get a few meters away she starts crying.

I’m really concerned because I have 2 friends with dogs who suffer from separation anxiety and I honestly couldn’t live like that, it would be too overwhelming for me…

I don’t know if this is because it’s a new environment or if she is already showing signs of separation anxiety.

Her current owner told me that she spends most of the time away from humans but she usually has her mom always with her…

Please someone help me, because I would love to keep her but I can’t handle a dog with separation anxiety 🙁

Hi! I am looking for a little bit of advice.

I have 3 dogs. 2 adults and 1 puppy.

1 – 7 year old Female German Shepherd (spayed)

1 – 4 year old Male Lab Mix (neutered)

1 – 7 month old Dachshund (not spayed)

The German shepherd has been engaging in play with the puppy with no issues. My male has had a much harder time adjusting and does not seem to enjoy engaging in any sort of play time. When they are near each other, he barks at her and only wants to smell her private parts. He plays with the German shepherd just fine and doesn’t seem to mind her at all.

I should also mention he has never bitten her or even tried to bite her. Any time they spend time around each other, it is 100% supervised.

We have taken them on walks together which goes great! I was hoping to get the puppy spayed after her 1st heat cycle. Could her not being spayed be causing his hyper arousal/aggravated behavior towards her? When she gets spayed, will his behavior towards her possibly tone down?

We have been looking into helping him with some professional training for socializing and just better manners in general.

Sorry if this is all over the place and thank you!!

So I know dogs can be averse to the smell of citrus, but my dog has started freaking out over blackberry cobbler…like whining, crying, shaking, barking when a piece of cobbler falls on the floor…have we been poisoned? 😅😅

Hey im from Ph and want to know whats the best and fastest to get rid of fleas on my 1 month old puppy ASAP

Does someone else great pryeness start barking uncontrollably and looking around when you say 'ssshhh' or just mine ?

Has anyone travelled with their dog in cabin, please share your experiences and how it went and the process etc!

What airlines did you fly? Thank you!