Category: Top Dog

I’m old I forgot what puppies do and omg do I need a break lol he gets mad he bites me he tears my pjs he tries to bite face he eats the carpeting In our home,he chews rugs,he barks non stop I play with him with toys to redirect doesn’t work,I have tried the pst and light poke on side ,that makes him angry,his teeth are like tiny razors any advice? I put him in time outs or walk away where he can’t get me out of sight that causes barking mom stop,dinner time is horrible as he had a piece of hamburger that fell on floor now anytime I have dinner it’s constant barking no break ,the only time I can love on him is when he’s out of it and I pick him up before he wakes completely.

Hello all! We have had this new puppy for a few weeks now. Over the last few days we have noticed her seeking out our elderly cats. With them being elderly (14 years old) they are not a fan of vertical space even in dire circumstances. She seeks them out and lunges snaps and barks at them. It doesn't matter if they bite her of snack her she just keeps going at them. Also, a few times this next thing has happened but tonight it was the worst. She was in bed with my husband and I while watching a show. (She has a crate she goes in for bedtime and does great, this wasn't bedtime so she wasn't in the crate) and she had a Kong Enrichment. Our show ended and we knew she was due to go potty so my husband went to pick her up and she snapped at him several times and was growling loudly for her size. It was shocking. What can we do to help this not happen? Is this normal puppy behavior? Should we be super concerned? We do have two children in the home as well. **She came from an ethical and good breeder and came with all her certificates and documentation.

I had to take a step back and realize that getting Pretzel (whom I planned on getting, and was really excited to get, and did my due diligence for before adopting, etc) really triggered the puppy blues in me and it is a very real phenomenon. I had no idea what was happening.

I have the two girls with their immune mediated thrombocytopenia and an unknown amount of time left with me, and I wanted to bring a puppy in before they were gone.

After I did, for the first few days I was in shear panic. I legitimately had panic attacks (which I don't struggle with) and I wanted to give him back or find him a new home… especially the first 72 hours of caring for him on my own.

Every time he refused to potty outside felt like a personal failure, or like a defect with the dog. I would wake up stressed out with heart palpitations.

I even adopted an older puppy so I wouldn't go through the sleepless nights that I went through with my girls. Still, it felt like he just didn't fit and nothing was working. I was sure something was wrong with him.

The funny thing is, aside from being more difficult to potty train than other puppies I have had, he's a quick learner, super affectionate, and has the best temperament out of the puppies I've brought home over the years.

Jameson is now home from the emergency vet again tonight, and for Valentine's Day I'm so grateful Pretzel has officially gone potty outside three times in the last 24 hours and I have all three of my dogs by my side to watch TV with and veg out and be grateful for.

The Puppy Blues are real, but I also have a damn sweet puppy.

My gsd is 9.5 weeks old, I just got him last week at 8 weeks, and the first night he was screaming so much I asked here on reddit and people directed me to the wiki which suggested I stay in the room with him.

So every night he goes into his crate and I take a folding cot and sleep in front of his crate…

However it has been about 1.5 weeks and he sleeps through the night quietly now without potty accidents, so I want to start working towards being able to go upstairs to my room while he stays downstairs in his crate.

How do I work towards this? because at night when he goes into his crate, if I leave the room and head upstairs he starts crying again…

thanks!

So it’s just as the title suggests. We have one house adjacent to us by fence, and there’s a dog on the other side (I’ve never seen him, just heard him). That doesn’t stop my doodle from trying to pick a fight with him on a nightly basis, or whenever she’s playing in the backyard and then remembers that he exists. Advice?

My dog, a 6-year-old tripod staffy mix, will pee in the house while everyone is out, no matter how long it is. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, doesn't matter. However, it is only when she and the two other dogs at home have the run of the place. If she is put in the laundry room (a fairly big space with beds, food, and water), she will be perfectly fine. We had a crate for her early on, but she got incredibly stressed while in it, to the point where she would try to chew and bend the bars of the crate. So the laundry room has been working well for her when we need to go to work. We have a bathroom schedule for the dogs, and while we sometimes have to physically carry her outside because she won't budge, we won't let them back in until they go.

Any ideas as to why this could be happening? I thought it was stress from the openness of the space, but she only ever pees if there are no people around. I'm so confused, and I want to be able to help her since it is stressful for everybody.

Border collie becomes ‘aggressive’ when young children are picked up OR people hug

Hi!

Close family members have a border collie (age 8) that they’ve owned since a puppy.

They got her when my youngest child was 12 months old.

We noticed after a few years that whenever someone would pick up my toddler, the dog would ‘go for her’ in a very automatic way.

For the dogs entire life (or as long as we can remember!) when ANYONE around her hugs, she will bark endlessly. It’s very frustrating.

There was one instance my youngest child was picked up and the dog just went for her, luckily only leaving marks, because the relative grabbed the dog off her very quickly.

Other than this… she’s a lovely dog. No issues.

Is she trying to ‘roundup’ small children the same as she would with sheep? Like, what’s going on inside the dogs head? For us to understand.

My current concern is, I’m expecting another baby. Due soon. The baby will OBVIOUSLY be held by multiple people, most of the time, and rocked to sleep, in arms, etc.

How do we navigate this and keep everyone safe without taking risks?

We already have to ensure the dog has been put into a separate room when hellos and goodbyes are done (hugs!) because she will just bark and bark and bark and it ruins it and everyone gets stressed with the noise. So she goes into another room and *then* the hellos and goodbyes can happen.

I don’t want my baby to get mauled, or anything to happen meaning danger to baby or the dog end up being put down. Hence making this post to get input.

Thank you (pregnant and fragile so kind constructive replies only please 🙏🏻)

We had to say goodbye to my 13-year-old dog last month, and my 12-year-old dog got to smell her and say goodbye to her. She was not with her when she passed. We also had another dog (M) that passed away 5 years ago; they didn't seem too affected by it, but my 13 and 12 (F) are closer to each other.

Ever since her passing, we have tried to have her sleep on my bed, which is something we don't normally do. She has had some restless nights; however, this week she has been crying at night, which is sometimes followed by panting. She cries to leave the bed and the room, goes outside for some time, then comes back into the room and starts the whole process 2-3 times a night. She is throwing the trash and eating it, which she had not done before. She also refuses to sleep in her bed and will cry or knock over her doggy gate, both in the house and outside.

She is a very, very calm dog. During the day, she mainly sleeps and doesn't do much, but this only happens at night. Could she be looking for my other dog that passed away in her sleep? Has anybody else experienced this?

Hi i have this problem, until now i am on rent and the things he destroys are not mine a part from the chair. Sometimes he also scratches the wall. Now I am going to buy a new home and it will also have a garden, but I won't leave the dog outside when I go out, at least not often since it may rain sometimes.

I need some advice how to deal with this, consider it is a large dog 45 kg or more, kind of great pyranees

I have two small dogs and one big dog. The big dog, Dottie, is a border collie and often plays will balls. Oftentimes her balls will end up under the couch and she will whine for them until one of us gets it. Today, she stood at the back of the couch and proceeded to not only whine, but bark and scratch. I got up to check and there’s literally nothing under the couch. I even got a broom. She’s getting increasingly aggressive and I don’t know what to do. There’s clearly a language barrier here. How do I show her there’s nothing under the couch?