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Pleaase advise I am a first time puppy owner to a cavapoo.

I have taken him to the vets he does not have a UTI they even tested his clutires twice.

He is bell trained and tells me when he needs to go toilet but he literally is going wee every 30 minutes outside the crate and everywhere I read it says he should be able to hold his bladder for 2-3 hours. Has any one else experienced this?

I guess I am just checking if anyone has ever been in this boat because it's exhausting, constantly going to the garden. I feel like I get nothing done with my day, I antipatpated that at almost 6 months it would have eased a bit.

I have tried timing the Intervals and slowly extending but he just can't seem to hold it. Any advice, suggestion or tips are welcome.

Thanks in advance

I’ve had my almost 6mos puppy since August and most days I cant shake the feeling that she may be better off with a family that may want her more than I do. She has gotten better with biting but she’s still a lot. I do take her to puppy lessons and puppy day care a couple times a week but idk. I don’t think I could really rehome her but I hope these feelings go away soon

We recently got a puppy that just turned 3 months old about a week and a few days ago. She's been having trouble going potty outside so ive been working with her as much as possible. We finally started getting her going outside and using the potty and last night I noticed she wqs going in the house again but there wasnt much coming out and she was squatting several times over a relatively short period of time. I ended up taking her to the Pet ER and they loaded her with some medication for a UTI after a urine analysis. This did say that there was quite a bit of blood in her sample so it was hard to see the bacteria so I need to follow up before the medication runs out. Now, its just been following her around, taking her out, and trying to keep her hydrated all day. If I put her in her crate to relax for a bit, she goes poop (even after taking her outside) so then its back to cleaning up again. Its just a circle of frustration. I know i haven't had her long and these things take some time but also looking for any recommendations to help in the meantime.

Our puppy (4 months) settles perfectly in his crate or in his play pen if we aren't nearby, but absolutely will not settle outside of that. We have been hoping to work on the "capturing calmness" protocol, but are at a loss. We have tried leashing him so that he's limited to an area and can settle eventually, but he just whines and tries to leave or ends up jumping at us. We've tried it when we know he's tired, but that doesn't yield different results. We'll put him in his crate right after and he's knocked out within a few minutes, but he won't outside of it. He has a bed in his playpen that he'll settle in if we're farther away from him, but if we get too close, he pops up with excitement so we can't get to him to reward that behavior.

Is he just too young to learn how to settle or are we doing something wrong? We know he's a puppy and that he has a lot of energy to expel so he gets a tons of enrichment toys or games, chews, walks, and play. It's really just the later in the evenings when we're starting to settle down, we want him to be able to relax more so we don't have to put him in his crate so we can watch something on Netflix without him running around the house when we still have to keep a hawk eye on him.

We don't have issues with pulling, so prefer back clip to keep the leash out of the way. I had a cheap mesh vest style harness while my puppy was growing and looking to upgrade to a fancy padded harness (eg Ruffwear Front Range, Wilderdog, Fei and Eve, etc) now that she's full grown (20 pounds). A lot of the harnesses I see have just one back clip and I notice the back clip is all the way at the base of the harness, rather than up higher between the shoulder blades. In fact, the only harnesses I see with the back clips up higher are the ones with two back clips. I would think having it up higher would put more even pressure on the sternum if the dog were to pull/bolt, compared to yanking the whole harness back along the spine. In the two clip system I always assumed the one up higher was the default and the lower one was for a second leash if desired, but the harnesses with one clip defaulting to the lower location has me thinking. What am I missing?

I have Alaskan malamutes, and the amount of malamutes named Thor I’ve seen is truly crazy.

I also feel as though Luna is a top choice for huskies, Bella is the chosen name for labs… just has me curious. What’s your dog breed, and what name do you feel like you see most of within it?

(Or you can make an observation in general, doesn’t have to be just a breed you own)

I’m really starting to wonder if she has pica or something. She’s only 7 months or so so she’s still a puppy and obviously curious. But I go outside to smoke occasionally for like 5 mins and I try to put her up every time but sometimes just end up closing doors and watching her through the windows. But she literally eats everything she can get ahold of, even in front of me. I have to have it 100% clean constantly which is difficult because I’m chronically ill and have trouble doing that. She eats tags, makeup, her own poop, cat litter, plastic bottles, she just ate an entire bottle of lube that I guess fell under the bed last night that I didn’t see. I had to take her to the vet months ago because she was bleeding and she ended up having to get screws removed from her stomach from the construction outside. She jumps up on counters to get stuff if I’m not watching her 24/7. I’m just not sure what to do at all because I can’t always make sure everything is 100% up and away from her. And she knows she’s done something wrong, I can tell from her body language. But she literally just won’t stop doing it no matter what and I’m at a loss of what to do. She’s had some bathroom issues too, like instead of going outside she’ll hold it and do it on the floor in my living room and I’m in the middle of selling my condo so I’m hoping it will be easier once I have a yard but I’m just not sure and nervous it will continue and I don’t know what to do with her. I would do training classes but it’s a bit much right now with my financial situation with moving.

Hi we have a 5 month old puppy who is very loving and friendly to all people and other dogs and the main things we are trying to focus on right now and would appreciate advice about are switching pad trained (mostly)to outdoor potty training ,he has a problem with jumping up on people which most don't mind but he also tries to jump and play with kids , pawing like he likes to use his hands a lot but it scratches, oh and he pulls really hard on the leash . Any advice is appreciated. I've done research but asking for advice on here can't hurt and this is our first dog .

I recently posted another crate training post, this one is just surrounded on where the best place for her crate is

The way my house is laid out, my bedroom is downstairs and the living room with the sliding door access to the backyard is upstairs. When I first got my puppy, I decided I’m going to put her crate in the living room so that potty training would be a bit easier as there is easier access to outside. I sleep on the couch near her crate, because I don’t want her to sleep in the living room alone. I did this with the intention of eventually moving her crate downstairs to my room, so that she can still sleep near me when I sleep in my bed.

Just need advice. Is it better to leave her crate in the living room and make her sleep alone up there? She’s only 13 weeks still can’t hold her bladder throughout the night, so I’m scared I wouldn’t hear her asking to come out to potty. Or should I move it downstairs so that she’s more comfortable being near me and just bring her up every time she needs to potty? It’s also convenient for it to be in the living room because I try to feed her meals in there to build a positive association with the crate, and it’s right next to the kitchen where I prep her food. Not sure how much longer to keep doing that either.