Category: Top Dog

Has this ever happened to anyone? If so, how did you deal with it?

My 5yo (neutered) pug has always had resource guarding problems, but we just crated him during meal times and there was never a problem after that.

For about a month he’s been randomly attacking my 1.5yo intact golden retriever. We are a household of 6 dogs, he is the only male, and the rest of my females are also intact. We’ve never had an issue before. He lets my 7 month old GR bite and walk all over him and he’s fine with it.

It can start due to absolutely anything, my girl can just be sitting on the sofa and he’ll go for her. My other 5yo female pug will also join in and jump on the bandwagon. It’s become very unsafe having these two in general population around my dog. My Golden Retriever is a perfect dog, she does nothing wrong, has no behavioural problems and is perfectly trained. She is becoming anxious due to this.

We took him to the vets and the vet found an issue with his back, saying that’s most likely causing him pain. We‘ve done the course of anti inflammatories yet nothing has changed.

Please help!

Our 5 month old puppy Waffles has been with us since 10 weeks. He’s effectively house broken (maybe one accident that was our fault in the last 2 months).

He rings a bell by the door to signal having to go out, will then run away from the door. He’ll go back in less than a minute if we don’t acknowledge him for some reason. Not a big deal.

The problem is that once we get up to get him ready to go out (grab his harness, put on shoes, etc.), he then plays hard to get. He’ll run away, hide – basically like he’s playing. We’ll eventually catch him, at which point he’ll nip and mouth at our hands and arms while trying to get his harness on (our backyard isn’t 100% puppy proof yet and his recall isn’t consistent enough that we feel comfortable letting him out to pee off leash).

As soon as it’s on he basically forgets all biting, running away and walks to the door and sits patiently to go potty.

I’ve tried walking away when he’s acting up and waiting for him to calm down, but I don’t want him to have an accident, nor do I want him to think we’re ignoring his signaling. Maybe this is wrong.

Sometimes I bait him with treats to come to me, but he’s caught on to that. How can we train him to not think his potty signal is part of a game of tag?

Hi everyone, Looking for advice because we are losing our minds with sleep deprivation.

We have a 1 year 9 month old Bernese Mountain Dog x Golden Retriever. He has always been friendly, social and great with other dogs. He is not neutered yet. At home he is a total cuddle bug and has slept downstairs alone since he was a puppy without any issues.

Over the last three weeks something changed. Every night he starts whining, crying and pacing. Around 3 AM he gets really worked up and scratches the door to get attention. We are worried he will break the glass so we go down, let him out to pee, and then go back upstairs without interacting. We know this might reinforce the behavior but we are stuck between that and him damaging the house or himself.

Nothing has changed in his routine. We added more exercise and enrichment puzzles. Still up every night. It is exhausting.

Today at the dog park he growled at multiple dogs and even tried to start fights. This has never happened before. We left immediately.

We have a vet appointment booked. I am wondering if this could be hormonal. Would neutering help if the behavior is hormone driven? Or could this be anxiety? Anyone gone through something similar?

TLDR: 1 yr 9 mo unneutered Bernese x Golden suddenly whining all night and showing aggression at the dog park. Nothing changed in routine. We have tried more exercise, enrichment and letting him out. Vet appointment scheduled. Could this be hormones and would neutering help?

14 week old Bernedoodle who has been with my family for 11 days. He was not at all potty trained before we took him home. I truly believe that we are doing everything right, but my patience is being tested. He pees in the house nonstop, despite the fact that we bring him outside every 30 – 45 min. He doesn't have any symptoms of a UTI, BTW. He is starting to tell us when he needs to go outside, which is awesome. But just when I feel like he might be getting it, he goes inside again without thinking twice about it. I swear, if I don't have my eyes on him literally 100% of the time and take him out every 30 min, he'll find a way to pee inside. In my head I know he is just a baby and that he isn't trying to misbehave. I just feel so frustrated that he isn't getting it, or so it feels. I can work with the chewing of shoes and FOMO yelps when I put him down for a nap. This peeing inside, though, is killing me. Why does he feel like he has to pee so much? He can go 8 hours with ease during the night, but as soon as he's awake, he's a pee machine!

I've raised a puppy twice before and I know it gets better. I don't know why this one feels so different to me. I just don't see it clicking in his head yet and that makes me feel so frustrated. I don't even know why I'm typing this…just feeling so helpless.

Our little girl is 11 weeks old and has generally been amazing since day 1 – took her no time at all to be toilet trained, knows a few tricks, sleeps through the night etc

But I was just wondering if anyone had any specific advice based on her mix of breeds? She's definitely inherited the Frenchie zoomies!

Her main issue we're struggling with is nipping/biting. We constantly try to redirect her, tell her off in a deep/stern tone, but I think she still sees it as a game? My scuffed up hands/arms definitely don't see it as a game!

I'd appreciate any insight! We love her so much and just want to make sure she has the best life possible 🙂

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