Category: Top Dog

Searching for replacement chew toy for my dog – he absolutely loves the rubber Tennis Tumble from Wild One but they aren't restocking until Fall 2026. He goes through about 2 of them a year and I would always get him a new one for Christmas as well, but since it's out of stock for so long I need to find a new brand. Anyone have any recs? I would like one that is slightly more durable but I think he prefers the softer rubber. He was a fan of Kongs as a puppy but not since becoming an adult and had no interest in the Playology brand of dog toys. Maybe he likes the shape of the tennis tumble too? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

in the middle of potty training my four month old puppy. we are doing well, but I'm having some trouble getting him to understand only to potty outside. I'm pretty good about taking him out, but every once in awhile when I'm not watching him with eagle eyes he'll just squat down and go.

he understands when I bring him to work or in the car not to potty inside but can't make the connection in my own house. he even sleeps through the night without asking for potty breaks (I'm so lucky lol).

I struggle with getting him to accept treats after pottying because he loves being outside so much and will ignore even higher value treats or praise. any advice to help him only potty outside and stop seeing inside as a place to go?

eta: he is crate trained, and does not potty in his crate

TLDR; Got a new 8 month old jindo mix rescue. Ia fearful of crate and vehicles and does not nap in the​ day. ​Averages 8-9hrs sleep a night but also wakes up easily. Gets too stimulated and bites very hard to arms and legs leaving painful bruises. Tried seemingly everything already to fix.

I got a 8month old jindo mix (around 35lb dog) over a week​ ago from abroad. The​ first day was fine, but within a few days the problems started to arise. I figured some issues would occur (3-3-3 rule) but things are out of control. ​

Day 1 was fine. He was calm likely due to being stressed. No behavioural issues appeared. By the​ 2nd night ​when he was put in the​ crate for bed, he bit up the​ inside and kept​ banging the crate door. So we took him out shortly after and he hasn't been in it since. He sleeps outside of it nearby on a bed, with his leash tied to a table so he does not roam. He is less likely to sleep when he can roam. He barks every night before bed… but settles once I return briefly and then leave again. ​

For starters, due to his recent long travel to his new home in the crate,​ he is afraid of it. His tail goes down and he runs away when we tried to bring him in (with a leash). I've been putting toys and treats in there but he'll just enter his head far enough in to get the treat, and never fully inside. He is still scared of it.

He has been getting either one long walk + outdoor play or 2​ walks a day (20-30min each). He has a kong, lick mat, and strong toys he chews through pretty quick. He is eating fine now but ate half the recommended amount for the week.​ But by day 4 his biting issue started appearing and worsening. Randomly during walks he will jump and bite my gloves, my pockets, pants, arm sleeves, chest (jacket) and grabs the skin underneath. I have bruises all over my body despite wearing multiple layers. ​He also does this when he knows​ the walk is about to end (approaching home), when I don't stop to let him meet a dog, or i go in the opposite direction ​he wants. He started biting during fetch. Randomly he will jump and bite me. Even when im in the yard not playing fetch he will jump and nip. Indoors while he chews and plays with toys he will come up to me and bite. And he does it again if i try stopping him from scratching the couch and ​carpet.

I have been trying to get him to nap more in the day but he wakes to every noise (lots of neighbourhood dogs)​, and gets up if i leave. I want him crate trained again so i can do enforced naps but he's so fearful. I makw him go to his bed during the day for naps but again he will not sleep​. When we got him the foster said there were no issues but I don't know anymore. ​

I have been consistent with reverse timeouts, redirection with toys, tried yelp noises, taught him "off" which only works sometimes and only if he is calm indoors. Ive brought a tug rope on walks which he will use after i redirect (but only briefly before biting me again). I pause the walk until he stops biting​. I've tried doing treat scattering on the​ floor when he comes up to bite. He figured out now if he bites he can sit right after and will expect a treat… but even after getting treats he will repeat the biting process. None of the tips/videos online seem to work and I don't know what to do. He won't sleep and I think that may be the issue.​ His bites are unbearable and ​I am at my wits end..what do i do?

It is 2 am as I'm writing this at my wits end. Ever since I brought home my puppy, almost 4 months ago now, I have been gradually working towards him sleeping alone downstairs in his crate.

The first week, I had his crate close to the couch, where he could see me and I could touch the crate to calm him. The weeks after, I gradually moved his crate back, teaching him to be comfortable with more distance. This went well and after some tries, he finally slept through the night alone after a month. For about 3 weeks he slept alone in his crate from about 11pm to 6am and sometimes even some more after potty break.

Then he started to get some regression around the time he started teething. Waking up to potty earlier and earlier and no more settling down after. So I started spending half nights on the couch again. But over the next weeks, he went downhill even more, and my presence on the couch was not enough to settle down anymore, he needed to be closer again. I cried many nights over my failures, then sucked it up and started sleep training from scratch. But instead of moving the crate, I moved myself this time using our one person sofa bed.

I started very close to the crate again and once he was sleeping through the night, I created more distance. I repeated this process several times and every step came with several bouts of crying, which decreased over nights, until he slept through the night again. Tonight is the first night he can't see me anymore. He has slept for 1 hour and now has been whining / barking for 2+ hours. I tried to calm him from a distance, from close by, have gotten angry and have now been trying to ignore him for 1 hour. The only thing that will calm him, is open the door, which I refuse. I just don't see how he'll ever sleep alone again. So now I'm considering letting him cry it out for a few nights as I really don't see what else I can do anymore. He is 6 mo now and I really need the sleep to deal with puppy adolescence during the day. I am borderline burnt out because of the 4 month-long sleep deprivation.

Some extra info: his crate is covered with a blanket, he has bedding in there that he likes, he walks in and out of his crate during the day without issues, we never leave him alone in a crate during the day, only in his pen, to avoid negative experiences, I leave a tiny bit of water inside over night, he gets sufficient mental and physical stimulation, so he is knocked out 60/30min before bed, and his health has recently been checked by a vet.

I work from home and am about to take home my 8 week old puppy. I’m really nervous that being home all the time will make her spoiled for attention and an anxious nightmare when I have to leave. What are somethings I can integrate into my daily life to help her get some distance without interrupting my work schedule too much?

I temporarily have to stay with a family member that doesnt turn on heat at all. i also have to keep my dog crated while I'm away at work due to the family member not being trusted (nice but likes to feed dogs (big dogs) things they shouldnt and would do that with my dog. I have to stay with them for about a month and the room/area I'm staying in is about 60f. house is very old so cant put a heater in fear it might catch fire. My dog cant stay with anyone else because she has bad anxiety being away from me longer than 8 hours and she also is severely anxious and aggressive to people who she doesnt know and isnt familiar with so a puppy hotel isnt an option. I want to keep her in her crate but I want to know how I can keep her warm? she's a medium hair chihuahua. I have 2 massive blankets I thought about folding and putting over to cover the whole crate so the blanket wiuld be able to cover her 2x so itd be like her crate covered 4x. the blanket isnt thick but isnt thin. would this be sufficient to keep her warm? would a towel in the crate also help?

suggestions please?

another thing is I cant keep her out of crate while at work because this person would try take her out without a lease and she'd try run away and the person wouldnt be able to chase her she'd also think its a game being chased.

So my cousins have a lot of dogs, and they all seem to like me. They all tend to do this similar action of wagging their tails on my leg specifically. I’ve tried looking up what it means but the internet never has specific answers to my question!

I’m not much a dog person so maybe I’m just slow, but pls enlighten me 😌

Hi, I’ve got a 7 month old Border collie Australian shepherd mix. Now I’m not really a dog person, she’s my partners dog (now this doesn’t mean I’m not engaging in training or anything. So please don’t take it out of context.) I’m alone with her right now and I cannot get her to stop barking no matter what I do. I’ve closed doors windows etc no noise, she’s gone outside, fed, she’s got water, no injuries. I genuinely don’t know what to do, and we live in an apartment (I know I know breed needs a yard but we’re working on it it’s transitional until he’s out of the military.) I’ve even tried exercising her, I just can’t get her to stop. It’s been about 2 hours now and I’m at my whits end, I’m overwhelmed. 😔