Category: Top Dog

any tips for toilet training? I’ve had my whv pup for just under 3 weeks. i can take him for a wee in the garden and he’ll wee on command and then 10/15 mins later he pees again inside. i take him out when he’s sniffing around the house but he doesn’t otherwise come to me to signal he wants to go out. I’ve ordered some bells that he can ring to signal. any help is appreciated 🙂

he is crated for naps and when we leave the house and doesn’t toilet in his bed

I’ve been making little 10-minute cheat sheets for myself whenever life gets chaotic. This one is for dog owners… because I swear my dog can detect ghosts at 2am. 😭🐶

Sharing it here in case anyone else deals with this.

(If you want more of these, I’m slowly making a whole collection of them.)

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Honesty post, I have had puppies in the past so I know this time will come to an end eventually. I love my puppy, he has been home for a week and has come out of his shell (understatement) so much in the past three days.

However, my clothes are ripping because of his needle sharp teeth, I have failed at crate training and he sleeps in my bed (even then I don’t get a whole night), toilet training was going really well now he just goes outside to pick up the leaves and tries to eat them, then when he gets onto the carpet he pees. (Although no poos inside so that’s a win).

I don’t really know why I am posting this, I think it’s just to vent. I know it will be ok eventually, and I know I will miss him being this small, but right now I can’t wait til he grows up and learns! Ahhh! ♡

Have got a terrier mixed wire fox. She absolutely loves it when i bring out the brush. We always give her head scratches and belly rubs which she loves too!

I’m wondering if they can feel cooler/lighter after brushing since we do get a huge ball of fur everytime we brush her (at least once/twice weekly).

Also how many times is it recommended you brush your dog?

I was walking with my BC through a forested area today when he suddenly yelped as though he'd been shot. (If you know collies, you know that he wouldn't yelp unless it's serious). I run over to him, he's whining and bleeding but I can't see from where, scoop him up, and get out of the forest. I get him to the vet and find he's suffered a severe puncture just between the shoulder and the rib cage (I couldn't have seen it before because it was hidden under his vest, but I knew there was something there) CT shows that he even has a fractured rib.

He's in the ICU now and stable, but please take this as a cautionary tale. Be careful out there!

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Hi all, my Shih Tzu puppy is 8 weeks today, he has two littermates and both parents live in the house, but he will be separated at 12 week why my husband and I move. My roommates prefer puppy pads over outside potty training and do not crate, but we plan on crate training and NEVER using puppy pads.

That being said. We will be starting on Monday with 10-10-10 training and are wanting to crate train him, but it’s hard with littermates in the house. I know it’s best to keep him with them for development, but we will be driving a very far distance when we move and I want him to be comfortable in a crate and just chilling/using the bathroom at a designated time. (We plan on keeping his schedule on the road.)

With that being said, how can I successfully crate train him, potty training him, and also have him interacting with his siblings?

Should I just start small with the potty training and slowly put him in the crate just a few minutes at a time to build up his comfort? I’ve been doing a lot of research but nothing says anything about training a puppy that’s still with his littermates.

I have a full schedule written out. I just want to navigate this the best way for his development, while also training him how I want.

Any other tips are welcome! TIA!

We just got a cocker spaniel who is 6 months old and was not crate trained. Last owners had chucks and let him pee and poop in the house, just cleaned up after him.

I realized I am stuck starting good habits here

How do you all suggest I crate train him ah this age?

I have two little ones and my husband and I alternate work schedules (12 hours each, day and night shift)z

1) Keep him in the crate and wake up every 3 hours to let him out to pee? 2) every day, work into keeping him longer in the crates? 3) keep him in a crate and let him sleep our room? (Our kids sneak into our room at night still)

Hey y’all, wanted to hear your opinions on how my wife and I are crate training. Both first time dog owners. We just got a new Berner girl 9 weeks, breeder said she was confident, didn’t take shit from anybody and was relatively independent compared to her litter.

We’re in the process of crate training and night 1 of training was last night after a week or so of acclimating to our house. She’s slowly getting the hang of potty training and so during the day we leave the crate open, but roughly every 2 hours she’ll start whining and now is looking to go to the door which is our cue – she’ll pee/poop, we’ll give her a treat and positively reinforce while we’re outside, and when we go inside we say “crate” and put a few treats in there. She’ll go in and eat the treats but we don’t close the door, our purpose is to just positively reinforce the crate and let her explore it at her leisure. We’re slowly putting in daytime crate time when she’s super tired and napping just for her to get used to it.

At night we put her to bed at 10ish. We go out for one last pee, do the same reinforcement, and gently nudge her in the crate (she’s 2/3 the way in when she’s eating her treats). The first 3 nights she whined nonstop and all we did was put our hand in the crate if it was sustained and clearly a nuisance but yesterday and today we noticed a change where she’ll whine but we “ignore” it for a few minutes and she’ll just stop on her own. Is this an overall sign she’s taking well to crate training? Is there anything else you guys would do differently? I read online the whimpering and then suddenly stopping is a sign of her being stressed but logic tells me it’s that she’s self soothing and falling asleep (kind of like a baby who’s “crying it out”. She has her favorite toys in there, a comfy bed with a blanket her momma was covered in that came w the breeder and a worn tshirt from me and my wife so there’s familiarity. Thanks!