Category: Top Dog

One problem fixed and a new one arises😭. My puppy is about five months old and just started this new habit of holding in her poop until bedtime when we put her in the cage. The last two days I’ve been taking her out she will pee just fine, but no matter how long we will spend outside she will not poop. Nothing about her diet has changed either We still take her out about 3 to 4 times a day. She shows no signs of discomfort around her stomach area and isn’t really showing any signs of change in how she goes about her day so it’s seeming to me that it is a new behavior and I’m not sure what the cause could be. Any suggestions?

Hello pup lovers! I have a gorgeous golden retriever puppy who is nailing many things in his 13 week old life but sleeping in is not one of them and I’d love some advice.

Routine is:

Evening playtime and then wind down. Bed anywhere between 9.30-10:30pm

Sleeps like a dream in the crate

We get him up around 3-3.30am for a pee as we thought this would help with the sleep-ins

Has his pee and straight back in the crate and back to sleep he goes.

5.12am – a little whining and very eager to get out of the crate.

Things to know: – room is blacked out so he doesn’t see light coming in – during the week, when he gets out of the crate, he gets cuddles with mum (maybe this is the problem?) – it feels impossible to get him back in the crate at 5am because it’s daylight already where we are and he sees that going outside – doesn’t get breakfast till 6/6.30am

Do we just embrace this? I am almost in my third trimester in pregnancy (brave I know) so a little more rest in the mornings would be nice but I also know we’re dealing with a puppy here.

Would love any tips or advice! Thanks so much

Do you believe that dogs can sense bad people? My dog has always barked at people who turned out to be shady

I have a female german shepherd puppy and two adult dogs. One of them loves to play with her, but the other doesnt really like to play with other dogs. The problem is, the puppy loves to jump in other dogs faces and bark at them repeatedly until someone comes to play with her. She never jumps on them or bites at them until they engage in play with her, but she loooves to annoy them until they do so. My pit mix is very dog selective as he is particular about his personal space, so i want to stop the puppy from demanding play in such a rude/annoying way as to avoid potential issues and grudges between them. She has been around about 7 different dogs, but none of them will ever correct this behavior, and the doberman usually ends up playing with her and reinforcing it. She also wont do it while i have her on a leash, so i cant really correct her that way, and shes smart enough to know that if corrections are only coming from me, she can get away with it when shes out of reach. There have been occasions where other dogs slightly correct her (a quick growl or slight nip in her direction) but shes usually about the same size as them and doesnt take it seriously, which usually results in her barking at them more. Any tips for stopping the behavior?

i feel so bad. i’m giving him all the chew toys and ice and cold water. what else can i do? he’s chewing on air right now trying to sooth himself. either he feels one popping through in the back, or one is about to fall out. but i can’t put my finger in his mouth to see because those little adult molars hurt and he wants to chew so bad. poor guy.

My 8 week aussie puppy is still very young, obviously. But the second I am out of sight, he loses his mind, tries to destroy his crate, barks, howls, etc., even after playing with him for 1-2 hours and putting him down for his nap. I completely understand, as he's only been home for 5 days. I had worked on him to let me go into the bathroom for 10 seconds without him freaking out. However, I left to go get my flu shot for 1 hour today, after 8 hours of sleep, 1.5 hours of playtime, pottying both #1 and #2, and breakfast, and any work we did has regressed haha.

I gave him a frozen kong, and teething ring, and he ignores them – he's not very food motivated. He's more "me" motivated.

Since he's young, do I just kind of throw him into it? Or keep gradually working on being out of his sight for one second longer each training session? :') At the moment, now I cannot turn the corner without him screaming, so I'm working on 1 second out of sight this training session. I have to leave him for 1-2 hours next week for an oil change and now am dreading it lol. I want him to feel comfortable and independent with time!