Category: Top Dog

We have an, almost, 6 month old puppy who has always been pretty well behaved, he’s super smart and picks up most things really quick. He was more or less potty trained by 16 weeks, never did any biting of furniture or skirting boards lol. He’s slept through the night completely since we’ve had him, apart from the first week and a couple weeks when he had giardia.

However the past week he isn’t engaged with me at all, is off his place the second he’s put on it while waiting for his meals, biting, whining in the car, just looking at me blankly while I ask him to sit, he’s also started reacting to the tv and any time someone makes a noise outside 😵‍💫

I know we’re probably only just at the beginning but I can already tell this is going to be 1000x worse then when he first came home 😅

My last dog would have nothing to do with a ball, so I made sure to teach this little guy how to play. I think it's gotten out of hand. For context, he is 4.5 years old, and he is a dachsund, chihuahua, terrier mix.

It’s the weirdest thing my dog barks like crazy when I leave the room for even a minute, but if I actually leave the house, he’s totally chill.

Anyone else’s dog do this? Is it separation anxiety or something else? He’s super attached but not destructive at all.

I have an 11 months old female dog (22 kg dog) and since I have her (2 months old) she likes to bite. Mostly for playing, in relief of her teeth later and this has slowly became a habit to express and releif herself when she is enthousiastic about something or when she doesn't want something to happen. The bit is not like attacking aggressively, is like requesting what she wants but is combined with her voice sometimes. For example, she loves playing and when she demands attention she starts running, taking her toys, calling to play with her and while this builds up, she then might start bitting shoes, ankles, or whatever is closer to her. She cannot manage not winning what she wants. The tention of the bite is building up. The first is not that hard and in a more playful mode but then, is getting more intense. So, this is the first behaviour around biting. The other occation is when something that she doesn't like is happening. Simple as, I want to go on the right during our walk and she wants to go to the left". Then she might lay down or pull to support her opinion and if I insist by pulling her, she then would come after my legs.

So I started going to a new trainer who told me that the dog doesn't know how to communicate with the lease. And he did a training session with her to teach her how the slip lease works by reassuring me that she does not hurt and the tention that the she gets on her neck is less that what she used to have with the simple coller while beeing pulled. He then tought me how to "drive" her with this lease. Walk, turns and stop.

First of all, I am not very comfortable with this lease and an not convinced that is not abussive. I would much like your thought on that. Is there any way to make it worse?

And second, is this a behaviour that you have experienced in the past or is this a nice tool to work on this problem?

Our puppy is just about 6 months old and has been doing so well in the crate at night to sleep. About two nights ago, that all changed. We’ve had to let him sleep in our bed the past two night because I’ll put him in the crate like always after last time going out and he’ll cry and bark. Last night it went on over 20 minutes, he just won’t calm down anymore. Google says this is normal and happens during adolescence. What can I do to get him back to sleeping in the crate at night?

!!!! Advice needed for whining and barking at night!!!

We have a beautiful mini long hair dachshund named Hazel. She’s 18 months old and she’s always slept perfectly through the night in her crate/small gated area. As of 3 days ago, she’s woken up in the middle of the night, whining and barking. We have absolutely no idea why. All of her needs are met and there’s no signs of sickness: same energy level when she’s playing, eating her meals, drinking water, solid poops, running/walking normally, playing with the cats, excited when people are around, etc. She has two beds in her crate, water, her unfinished dinner, a toy or two, and always has a sound machine running. We make sure to get some energy out before dinner, after dinner, and we take her on a small walk before bed. I’m thinking maybe separation anxiety??

She’s also been whining constantly when she’s awake and around us. If we don’t give her 100% of our attention, she’ll just whine. We are really good at ignoring her when she whines during the day and at night, but last night, she was up for 2 hours whining. We’re thinking that since we used to let her in our room in the mornings before going to work (and now we don’t let her), that she just wants attention and misses being in our room.

She has been through two heat cycles and is getting fixed next Wednesday. She is so dramatic sometimes, but also incredibly spoiled because she’s our little baby🫶🏼 I’m so nervous that it’s just going to get worse before it gets better.

Also, she hates having any type of clothing on her body except a collar, so I know she’ll hate having a cone (and will definitely whine all night) once she’s fixed next week.

Any ideas on what this is happening and what we can do to help her stop whining???? We are exhausted and want to sleep, and we feel so bad if we’re not meeting one of her needs 😩😩