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Hi all , currently have a 5 month old cocker spaniel puppy and need help with potty training he is taken out very frequently every 30-45 mins minimum he indicates when does need to go to the toilet as he becomes restless and he know the words “do you want to go out” however he will go outside and just sniff around dig up mud and eat the plants he will only occasionally pee or poo outside we stand outside with him for sometimes up to 10 minuets he then will immediately come inside and pee in the house after being out and telling him to go “wee wee”

Anyone had this experience before ? Desperately need help thanks

We have an 8 week old Goldendoodle. We have had carrying success over the last 4 days with the crate training. If awake in the middle of the day, she hates the crate and cries. We have however been able to place her in there while napping and she stays until she wakes up.

At night we put the crate on our bedside table and she goes in pretty easily at bedtime (between 9 and 10pm). She doesn't make a peep except to be taken outside at around 1am and 4am.

Problem is that between 4:30am and 5:00am, even after being outside within the last 30-45 minutes, she will start to whine VERY aggressively. We have tried ignoring it for 5 or 10 minutes but it gets louder and more intense, you would think she was in severe distress. She also will start to paw/claw at the inside of the crate.

The last couple of mornings this happened she either wanted food or just to play.

I read the advice of just ignoring them so they learn they can't whine to get what they want, but at what point do we consider it distressful based on the sounds they are making?

Any advice?

If the puppy's not old enough to be vaccinated and his mother never was, ain't it very unsafe to even get a scratch from the pup? What does one do in his situation? Like do you just not touch the puppy? Basically, if I was to adopt a lil puppy from the streets, I would have to get him vaccinated for rabies at 3 months of age, but what about before that? If a puppy is younger than 3 months and his mother has no rabies vaccination, what am i supposed to do? I found like no information on YouTube about such situation but instead saw peeps who adopted pups off the street playing with the pups and letting the pups sort of bite/vhew their hands… So i just don't understand how this works.

I wanted to share my one month experience with my 3.5 month old puppy. It has been a up and down but mainly up. Ive experienced the normal puppy stuff like barking and nipping.

My routine with her is get up 6/7am, immediately goes potty sometimes poop. She then self plays for a bit. I dont feed her until around 8am or an hour after shes up (mind you i dont feed her in the middle of the night). Also we go for a hallway run for 5 mins and then she gets fed. On the days I work i am out the house by 8am.

Pet sitter comes and visits for 1130 and stays for an hour and comes again at 330. Sometimes I only need one visit, sometimes I need two. Sometimes she comes and gets her ans takes her the entire day, it depends. I plan to get the doggy cam/feeder eventually to slowly stop using the sitter.

If I was off, charlie naps from around 9:30am – about 11/noon. So when im working from home shes generally sleeping by my feet. Now when she wakes up, she is full of energy, zoomies, barking on and off. She does settle. She has an evening burst of energy too right before bed..

Our bedtime routine starts around 7pm, dim lights, soothing music. Not engaging in overstimulating play. By 9pm, if im in bed, so is she. We sleep until around 3am sometimes waking up to let her potty once and then back to bed. I am so thankful for this part, she is a great sleeper and really instilling calm behavior/reactions right from the start i think has helped her.

Some people have posted about crate versus pen. Ive used both. She hated the crate and I feel its trauma from the breeder sadly so i ended up getting rid of it. Once I replaced the crate with a 4 panel play pen, decorated it and made it her room. She loves it. If I have to clean up and dont want her in the way, I can put her in and she is calm within minutes.. it was night and day with each.

I just wanted to share my experience because I know having a puppy is difficult but its completely doable if you have the right tools and support.. it is like having a baby right.

My 19wk old puppy is a chewer! We’ve had him for a week so still getting to know his preferences but finding that the more comfortable he gets the more he’s nipping at our hands, legs, feet, everything!

I gave him his first bully stick yesterday and he’s obsessed. So much more engaged than with any synthetic chew toy we’ve given him and I noticed that after he finally gave it a rest he wasn’t as interested in chewing on me. That said I’ve read here that the calories are something to be concerned with? What are other alternatives we should try that might be just as engaging?

my puppy is in his vacuum cleaner era

hes 3 months, had giardia and anemia, but he is fully cured now. he eats well and does not go on walks yet because he's not vaccinated (he's starting with them this monday)

the problem is he poops and immediately eats it. my husband and i are usually 18/7 with him, basically racing against him to get to his poop first, but even if we pick it up the puppy gets absolutely crazy looking for it

need help with this poop enthusiast puppy please!!!

If you didn’t crate train your pup, I’m curious what your nighttime sleeping arrangement was and how you handled leaving them at home for a period of time alone.

All my 6 dogs have separation anxiety. How do i get rid of their separation anxiety? Everytime we leave the house, they all just cry and cry.

I usually go running by myself, but lately I’ve been thinking it would be fun (and motivating) to start running with my dog. The thing is, I’m not sure if I’m doing it the right way or if it’s even good for him at my pace.

We’ve tried a few short runs, and sometimes he seems excited, other times he gets distracted or tired faster than I expect. I don’t want to push him too hard or make it stressful for him.

How did you start running with your dog?
Any tips on pace, distance, or gear that really helped you both enjoy it?

We had our dog for a few months now. She's almost 4 years old. Up to now she usually slept well, beside us on her bed, and sometimes changing position to be on the floor where it's colder. Nothing out of the ordinary.

But now she's acting weird. Sometimes at night she's waking up and starts walking around the bedroom back and forth, like she's searching for a place to sleep, getting out of the room, into the other room, sleep for a few minutes, and goes back into the bedroom. Sometimes just for a few seconds and going back out, then in again.

I'm so confused as to why she's doing this.

Any idea?