Category: Top Dog

Hi! I have a 13 week old mini dachshund. I got her at 9 weeks and immediately started potty training. I took her out every 30-45 minutes. I still do this when I’m home, and a dog walker comes every 2 hours when I’m at work. She will occasionally have an accident in her crate (only pee, no poop. Yay for small miracles), but it’s because she haaaaaates going potty outside. She always goes outside first thing in the morning, but other than that it’s TRULY a gamble. I give her max 15 minutes outside, on a leash, in the same spot we always go. No bueno! As soon as we come inside……..she potties. And she is QUICK about it. I’m talking me and my partner have maybe bent down to scratch our big toe and boom. Pee! I take her out after eating, napping, playing, literally anytime I feel as if she would need to go and 7 times out of 10, she won’t go outside!!

Does anyone have any suggestions? I do realize she’s young, but I want to make sure I’m doing whatever I can in my end to have her potty trained. Sometimes people on the internet have the best/weirdest suggestions that work like a charm.

Hi guys, I have a 10 month old Aussie. I want her to be an everywhere dog with me so I’ve been taking actionable steps by making sure to socialize her. There was a lull in our consistency with taking her to new places and I recently started making it a priority again. We’ve gone to Lowe’s quite a bit and she’s pretty good there, but yesterday I tried to take her to an outdoor restaurant and she has her place and I have her a bone and a pupsicle to just associate a good vibe with the situation, but then when that was over it was harder to control. I reward for her staying on her place (which is a little mat) but then she just got bored of doing that and just completely started barking at people! I was so embarrassed. I figured I had spent too much time there and should probably start with shorter sessions. What do you guys think? Any reassurance would be much appreciated!

Help!!! I adopted my dog about 2 weeks ago from the shelter and he was fine eating kibble had absolutely zero problems with it. I wanted to start crate training so I got a long a couple of days ago as well as a can of wet dog food, I filled it with the dog food, mashed peas and kibble and he loved it!! Only problem is that now he refuses to eat his kibble unless if there’s something else in there (wet food, mushed peas, a lil bit of rice etc) and even when there is he sometimes licks the good stuff off and leaves the kibble behind. I don’t know what to do since feeing a wet food diet is not something I’m able to do on a daily basis, and I’m worried about him eating

Heartbroken to be writing this but I need advice.

Me and my gf just moved in. We decided to adopt a puppy and 2months in he developed a limp in his rear leg. He is 9 months old. We got him when he was 6mo. We took him to the vet and racked up a $800 vet bill for x rays on both rear legs. We were told he had hip dysplasia and later got a call saying it was worst and he had necrosis in his rear right leg which is his limping leg and his left is in bad shape. We were informed by the vet that his limping leg would need to be amputated and his life after would change requiring him to go to therapy and also the surgery would be 2-3k and also be on pain meds. Due to financial situations and no one being home 24/7 I contacted the organization in which I adopted him and asked if they’d be able to take him back and explained my financial situation. They said they’d be able to cover the surgery free of charge if money was a concern for the surgery. Am I a horrible person for wanting to return him due to not being in the best financial position and also since he’ll have a big surgery with a long recovery time I don’t have anyone to care for him while at work. I have gotten close to him and it kills me but it’s the best option imo but it saddens me that he was given a bad deck of cards.

We’ve got an awesome little 4.5 month old puppy. When we adopted him, I was working full time from home… but just started going full time back in office, with no more opportunity to work from home.

We enrolled him in a well-reviewed doggy daycare for the workweek, right by my job. They did a behavior assessment and provide report cards/live cameras. Altogether, they seem like a great daycare- but it’s just so much stimulation for him. He gets the puppy zoomies, of course, but overall he is lower energy than most of the adult dogs at the daycare and often seems overstimulated. I’m also worried about him picking up bad habits or developing issues with reactivity.

Our other option is to get someone from Rover to stop by mid day. The problem with there is that he would have to be crated for 4 hours, Rover break, and then 4 more hours crated. That just seems like so much time in the crate for a puppy, and I’m not even sure he can consistently hold his bladder that long (he is doing so well with potty training!)

I’m just a bit lost. If you check daycare subs, they say doggy daycare is wonderful and has been amazing for their puppies. If you check Rover subs, they say daycares are just fights/behavior issues waiting to happen. If he was a bit older… I would just do the drop ins without question. What do yall think?

Hi Everyone- We have an almost 5 month old Border Collie puppy who has decided to get crazy zoomies around 7:00pm every night. He is 40lbs of nuts for about 30 minutes and even flies over the couch. Any tips on calming at all?? I just try to stay out of the way because if he lands on me it’s painful and I just feel totally lost on how to handle this while it’s happening.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

My puppy is currently 14 weeks and I have no idea if I’m not doing enough to keep him entertained. I usually take him out for 4-5 20-30min walks a day. I feed him using puzzles or train him during our walks. Whenever we aren’t out I usually train him or he likes chewing on his toys. He usually doesn’t like playing with me, he rather play by himself. I have a ball that I put treats and he plays with it for quite a while. He isn’t a bad puppy. He doesn’t chew on things he’s not supposed to. He usually takes about 3-4 naps a day. He recently started biting his bed and humping it before he settles down to lay. I read that it may be a sign of boredom so I am unsure if I’m doing enough. I feel guilty when he’s just laying. If I’m not doing enough please let me know what I can do during our day. He’s a hunting breed.

Hi everyone,

We just got a rescue pup from Puerto Rico. His litter was found in the jungle, and he was flown into the US at 4 months old, where we picked him up from the airport. We've had him for 2 weeks.

Obviously, at first he was very reserved and shy, but has opened up over the past 2 weeks. My question is, it seems like his behavior is almost regressing? Is that normal?

For example, he figured out how to scratch the door to be let outside to pee, and then loved running around. Now he is absolutely terrified of it, cries when you bring him out, and just wants to pee inside.

He also was fine on walks for the first 12 days, and now he is afraid of the leash, runs away from the front door to hide, and if we try to bring him somewhere else he just sits and won't walk.

In the car, he now shakes uncontrollably and cries.

None of this happened until the past 2 days, seemingly out of no where.

I guess I am just reaching out to see if anyone else has experienced this? Or has advice? Or has encouragement that we aren't doing anything wrong?

Hw gets tons of love and treats and cuddles. I even started working from hoke so he isn't ever left alone.

Hi all! Looking to get my pup her first subscription box, and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for BarkBox alternatives that actually arrive in a box? It may seem like a minor thing, but my girl has developed a recent obsession with cardboard (we monitor her when she plays with it and take it away as soon she starts pulling off pieces, lol), and so I know she'd love the box the items come in just as much as all of the goodies inside of it. Even better if they have a super chewer option, as she obliterates toys.

I've heard of Woofbox before. Does anyone have any experience with that?

I have a 10 year old shih tzu/pomaranian mix. While me and my wife are at work he sometimes pees on our hardwood downstairs (I don't blame him, its a long time to hold his pee). But its begun to warp our baseboards/entertainment center. Is there something I can do to prevent this? Would putting pee pads in his usual pee spot help? Thanks