Category: Top Dog

Hi, I'm at my wits end and need some guidance and advice.

Our puppy just turned 7 months old and for the last few days she has had some weird behaviour changes that I don't understand.

– She gets these sniffing frenzies where she's nose to ground sniffing like she's hunting something. This happens after and before toilet breaks, so we don't really know why.

– she also started begging and is very focused on food.

– ‼️ The one that I'm struggling with though is she would poop on the carpet in the living room… this is with the backdoor open. She would go outside and then come back in to poop. She is potty trained and has always has access to the garden.

I've read she might be in heat, but then why the pooping. I don't know what to do anymore, can anyone please give some advice as to what is going on and how to handle it. Please!

Hey all. We just got a 8 week puppy beagle and she is amazing. However, she doesn't like her pen. The moment we put her in she'll start whimpering and howling. She jumps up onto the pen and does everything she can to push through, she even begins to bite through it where I think she is hurting herself.

I was working from home today and tried to ignore her to see if she will settle and she did a couple times once I put her crate (which she sleeps all night in perfectly). But my last meeting of the day she was going nuts to the point I had to take her out and put her on the couch next to me. We have the couch close to the pen so she can see us, but are we doing this right? I worry ignoring her until she settles and falls asleep may be traumatizing her.

We've got toys, her water and food in there to try and make it a safe place. But after the last time I feel horrible and now I feel she isn't as affectionate with me. I could be overthinking.

Anyways, I just want to be able to put her in the pen when we have meetings or whatnot where we can't watch her.