Category: Top Dog

I have a Pomeranian puppy, he's 11 weeks old and he's been with me for about a week. Poms are supposedly not the easiest to house train and he hadn't been taught anything when I got him, so I'm trying to be pretty attentive about getting him on track. At the moment he is crated to sleep in my bedroom and is doing pretty well – he takes naps and sleeps through the night without much complaining (I do stay in the room with him until he's asleep for now). When he's awake I have him with me in the kitchen only and i take him out into the garden frequently to pee/poo. He seems to be getting the idea but still has accidents if I don't watch him like a hawk.

I have a couple of questions about scheduling. I have been reading that a puppy should sleep 18-20 hours a day – I've seen recommendations of an hour of awake time, then two hours of sleep. Is this accurate? It seems like a LOT of sleep! I'm a little nervous to put him on this schedule because he is sleeping through the night and I don't want him to start waking. On the other hand he can get a bit wild sometimes and I'm wondering if he's overstimulated and tired.

I'm also wondering about feeding him, whether this should be on a schedule. At the moment he doesn't eat much at any given time so I've been giving him small amounts of food throughout the day, and water whenever he wants it until an hour or so before sleep at night. However he seems to need to pee very frequently, like he mostly won't have accidents in the house if I take him out every half hour, but sometimes he will pee 15 minutes after I've taken him out. I take him out, tell him to do his business (my command for my other dog) and click and treat him when he goes. If he needs to go he will do it pretty promptly but if not he will just play – if he does that should I just bring him back inside?

He can definitely hold it for longer than he often does because he doesn't have accidents in his crate. I know it's very early days but how can I get him to go longer between potty breaks? He is a little tiny thing at the moment, about 3 pounds.

Thanks for any advice anyone can offer!

We have a swiss hound puppy since a week, lately every time that we have to take it out, to make her do her business, she doesnt want to go out, at the beginning when we open the door she follow us, but after sniffing a little the garden, when we are near the gate, she start to pull the leash to return home, i tried first to stand still and ignore her howl and bark, waiting that she came for me, and giving her a little snack everytime she follow me, but now she doesnt care about the prize and when i stand still she pull the leash stronger and start to go crazy, lately i ignored her until she follows but i think its not the better solution beacuse i read that hound are good with positive reinforcement and they are really stubborn. I dont know what to do help pls😭

Abbiamo una cucciola di segugio svizzero da una settimana, ultimamente ogni volta che si porta fuori per farle fare i bisogni non vuole uscire, inizialmente aperta la porta ci segue fuori, ma dopo aver annusato un po il giardino e dopo essere arrivati al cancello di casa inizia a tirare per tornare a casa. Ho provato inizialmente a fermarmi abbassandomi e ignorandola aspettando che venisse da me per poi proseguire, ma spesso inizia ad ululare ad abbaiare e a spingere con piu foga per rientrare, il chiamarla non funziona, e l’aizzarla con dei premietti inizia a non funzionare piu nemmeno quelli le interessano, vuole sempre tornare a casa. Ho letto che i segugi sono testardi e vanno presi con rinforzo positivo, ma in sta situazione non ho proprio idea di che fare, aiuto perfavore

Hello! I need some advice for my 4 year old small dog who barks a lot around small children. I need advice on online classes or trainers in the Bay Area. I know this is an issue and we have been working on obedience training and she’s a pretty quick learner. I’m pretty stressed about this so please no harsh or negative comments! Any success stories to give me some hope would be very appreciated 💕

I'm planning on getting a dachund pup next week (about 11 weeks old), and I was worried he might get too attached to my mum, or dad more than he does me

I took off most days of the week that I get him, but the weeks following that, theres a chance that I'm gonna be working ALOT, pretty much all day 5 days of the week, and hes gonna be left with my mum at home since shes a housewife

Im worried hes gonna get too attached to my mum, just from being around her alot, instead of me, how can I prevent this?

Hey everyone, we have a 6.5 month old lab puppy, and little by little, his time in the crate has been decreasing everyday. He doesn’t chew up everything in the house anymore other than occasionally licking the plants. But our house is puppy proof to some degree, as it doesn’t have anything particularly dangerous for him to chew on out in the open. He was completely potty trained in about 3 weeks, and hasn’t had an accident since. We still crate him in the morning, but I have a very flexible job, and I get back at about 12, and he isn’t crated until bedtime. When he is out, he sleeps most of the time or plays with his toys. We are used to leaving him out of his crate when we run to the grocery store or whatnot, but was wondering if changing to completely free roaming would be a bad idea. I check on him through the camera when I leave him out and he really just sleeps or chews on his toys, and then sleeps again. I was really expecting to slowly phase out of crating him when he fully matured at about 2 or 3, but he is already doing so well outside of the crate. Any opinions would be appreciated.