Category: Top Dog

My brother is a K9 dog trainer. I told him that I take my 16 week old pup out to relieve himself every 3-4 hours and that seems to be the sweet spot. Anything longer than that he will start sniffing and use it inside my house. He told me that I’m doing it all wrong, and that they can definitely hold themselves longer than that. That I “need to train them to hold it longer”. It’s not an issue at night. He goes in around 9:30 and he’ll wake up to potty at 5:30 am and then go back to sleep. I told him that just because he could hold it doesn’t mean he should hold it, and I feel like every 3-4 hours isn’t really unreasonable for a 16 week old… But he just kept telling me that he’s a dog trainer and to trust him.. thoughts? this way has been working for us and he rarely has accidents inside UNLESS I accidentally go over that 3-4 hr mark.

I have a corgi puppy that is 8 months this month. She isn’t spayed yet. We plan to get her spayed next month. She’s had her first heat.

2 questions. 1st one, when do they lose all of their puppy teeth? Literally today she lost one.

2nd. Is anyone else’s puppy so friggin sassy? I haven’t had a dog in a long time. Or one so young so maybe she isn’t sassy. But she gets growling a lot here recently. What’s up with that? Any advice?

My 5 month old mini dachshund recently got fully vaccinated so we started taking her to the park. She’s always curious to meet other dogs, which is fine, but sometimes she lunges at them while leashed. I know she’s not trying to attack them, it feels like more like she’s very excited and just wants to play, but I’m worried that other dog owners might think she’s being aggressive. Is there a way to get her to stop being so jumpy around other dogs and humans too?

We have two 14-week old puppies! We feed them separately but one of them eats very fast, he barely chews. Does anyone have a certain puzzle bowl they recommend or does any bowl from Amazon work? Should we get puzzle bowls for both of them? Thanks in advance!

Hello, my new 10 week frenchie puppy is very hyper. She has been potty training but will go anywhere inside still so I decided to crate train her. I put her crate in the living room where we are and she just crys, stops for a bit and continues to cry. What can we do to help? Should we just ignore her? She gets up and bites on the crate when shes mad. She has her toys, and bed. I do feed her and give her water before going in. When shes in the crate with her food she tends to​ Drop all the water and food. Any advice? Thank you!

I'm getting a puppy after 10 years without one, and I know nothing about dog care, let alone puppy care. Its arrival was so sudden; I found it abandoned in the street, and now I have it. I'd like some advice on puppy care, feeding, and training.

I’ve flown with my small dog on cabin a few times now and it has never really gone great. She usually calms down in a bit but yesterday we tried to travel with her again and she bit through her carrier within 10 minutes of being at the airport and we had to leave.

I don’t think the problem is her carrier necessarily because she chooses to go in there all the time at the home, and I’ve even done short test runs where I close the carrier for a bit and she’s totally fine. I do also give her medication, a combo of gabapentin and trazodone. When I give her these meds and we’re at home she’s pretty out of it and just sleeps but yesterday she was acting like she didn’t have any meds at all.

I could really use some advice if any of you have successfully been able to travel with your dog in cabin and how? I realize she may not be a dog that can handle it but I don’t have a pet sitter and would like to make it work if I can.

Hello everyone, my dog is a 1.5-year-old English Setter. She has a habit of hiding bones and sometimes toys in our couch cushions. Yesterday she was digging in the couch trying to retrieve a toy she had hidden. I thought she was struggling, so I pulled the toy out for her.

After that, she started pacing around the house with the toy in her mouth and whining. I’ve helped her retrieve toys from the couch before, and she’s never reacted like this.

It’s now been about 24 hours, and she’s still pacing and whining while carrying toys, including different ones. Otherwise, her behavior seems normal: she’s active, alert, and interested in play but she is refusing to eat her kibble all of a sudden? She’ll eat like cheese or whatever, but not her own food.

She’s never done anything like this before, so I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar or has insight into what might be going on. I don’t think this warrants a vet visit at this point, but I do feel bad that she seems unsettled.

My dog is obsessed with Christmas. Every Christmas morning, he somehow knows what day it is, and is the first one to go sprinting downstairs to see everything. We give him wrapped gifts and he gets really excited and starts unwrapping them. He somehow totally figured out the concept of tearing the paper off a present and then playing with whatever’s inside it. It’s just so stinking adorable to watch how happy he gets every Christmas morning. If you haven’t before, try giving your dog a wrapped present and see what they do.

I brought my dog to my bf house to stay overnight, my dog hasn't been eating since we arrived until we got home to my house. she seems normal and active but dont eat even when i try to spoon feed her, she just licks or pick up the food but then spit it out (i tried to give her favorite foods)any advice or can someone tell me what has possibly made her like this? we have an appointment tomorrow at the vet.