Category: Top Dog

I’m starting to worry that I’m not setting her up to be a good adult doggo. 😅 I just got her this past weekend, and so far she knows how to sit, come, and we’re working on down. She is great with being handled everywhere, but hates being brushed, so we’re working on that. I’m going to start trying to brush teeth. We go out to parks twice a day, so she’s seeing a lot of people and dogs, and has been able to meet quite a few nice dogs already.

I’m planning on working on more basic commands like stay and wait, and work on impulse control. But what else am I missing? 😅 thanks guys!!

My wife and I recently adopted a 7 month old Golden Retriever (Copper) and until last week he had a pee accident at least once a day every day for about 2 months. My wife and I both felt hopeless and felt like we were trying everything, including scouring Reddit for a solution. I found a lot of people in similar situations we were in and I feel like I would have appreciated a post like this, so here it goes:

Some “symptoms”: He was only having pee accidents, so we knew he knew to go outside, and he knows how to ring the bells on our back door to go outside. He still has never had an accident in the middle of the night (we let him sleep in our bed). He was also obsessed with water and would constantly empty his water bowl and then paw at it for more when he was finished. He was probably peeing 7-12 times a day and 2-3 of those a day would be in the house when he would just suddenly seemingly lose focus and pee. No warnings, no sniffing, no attempt to go downstairs, just a sudden blank face and squat.

After almost losing all hope I found a post of someone with a similar situation and a comment suggested taking the dog to a vet to rule out a UTI, but these were all female dogs and I knew that UTIs in males were very uncommon. I was so desperate that I took him in anyways and sure enough – he had a UTI! 5 day dose of antibiotics later, he stopped having accidents. He still drinks a ton of water and pees a lot, but he hasn’t had an accident in over a week. I am so proud of him and at one point never thought I would be posting this.

Another thing I think that really helped that we got a little lazy on was giving him a treat every single time he goes potty outside. He’s to the point now where I think he intentionally goes outside and pees a little just to get a treat, but honestly I am happy to do it! So proud of my little man!

TLDR: if you’ve really tried everything and your puppy is still peeing inside, go to the vet and rule out a UTI before you drive yourself crazy

My 18 week old Bichon does not seem to like his purina Puppy Pro kibble. I have been serving it to him with a bit of water to soften it up and topped with some cooked, shredded chicken. He devours the chicken and eats whatever kibble comes into contact with it. Otherwise, he doesn't really eat his kibble. Hsd anyone else had this issue / have any suggestions?

I need help. The dog has escaped AGAIN and I don't know what to do I am at my wits end and I think I am going to have to crate her. I hate that she will have to be crated for so long but there is literally nothing else I can do. She slipped her collar (which was fitted properly, the finger between collar and skin) and I genuinely don't know what else I can do, she gets out of the harness I got her too

hey so i have a 19 week old gsp who is very treat motivated! i always treat for potty and obedience commands but have kinda fallen into the habit of ‘treating for good behavior’ during the day and now its snowballed and im not sure if its a bad thing? like shes great – not destroying the house she doesnt eat furniture or any destructive behaviors but when she sits on the couch ill throw her a treat to kinda like reward the calmness. i have a feeling this has almost turned into a demand behavior bc i cant get her to even sit next to me without a stream of treats. im not concerned about her health/weight now but i dont want it to be a problem! I would love to hear any perspective or advice!

she does get really jumpy and excited when i have them and sometimes will have a puppy biting attack if the ones she likes is in my pouch and im not giving them to her.

Hi all! I’ve got an almost 5 month puppy (long haired mini dachshund) who’ve I’ve got crate training almost down. He naps during the day in his crate and also sleeps a full 8-9 hours at night in his crate. However once he wakes up and is in there quiet for a while (a couple minutes) he gets let out to go potty and is just free roaming until his next nap. In the morning I just get woken up by his yawns and not crying, thankfully!

When I leave the house to do an errand, I make sure he’s had his lunch, has had some exercise, pottied, and ready for a nap. He has no problem watching me leave and falling asleep right away and is out for about an hour. However, when he wakes up, he’s chill for a couple minutes but then starts to get into a crying fit.

Today he started crying probably 5 minutes before I got home and I had groceries and just needed to get inside eventually. He wasn’t stopping crying so I just went inside and said “quiet” since he knows quiet and he settled down, laid down, and then I let him out about a minute later.

What’s a good way to practice this so he’s able to just be calm in his crate even after he’s woke up from a nap? Any tricks that worked for you?

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