Category: Top Dog

My puppy is coming up on 5 months and is definitely attached to me – which is great but also stressful because when she knows I’m home and not in sight she won’t stop whining. I keep her gated in the kitchen and if I go upstairs and she can hear me walking around she’ll whine until I come back – sometimes she actually screams like she’s hurt 🙁 she’s teething really badly this week so I’m not sure if that’s making her more needy than usual, but would love any tips to make her feel more comfortable! I’ve tried leaving her with a puzzle toy, lick mat, things like that and it works for a bit but once she hears me moving around all bets are off.

She does go to puppy daycare 2x a week and seems to enjoy it, and she’s great at night in her crate, goes right in no problem. She’s also good in the crate when no one’s home – it’s just when she’s alone in the kitchen that it seems to be a problem.

We adopted a 2 lb chi mix puppy in December. We have had no choice but to pad train her. While our older chi mix can go out all bundled up, he’s also part Pomeranian and has an undercoat and even he’s struggling. She’s super short haired with no fur on her belly or inner legs. She even has to wear a sweater inside or she shivers. Not to mention that the snow would be over her head since we have almost 20 inches on the ground and it’s been below zero here in the mornings. I have read over and over that puppy pads are a terrible idea but she’s pretty well trained at 14 weeks. But now, I’m worried we’re going to be stuck with pads forever. Are there any tried and true training protocols for switching from inside after everything thaws? Has anyone ever successfully switched? We have a fenced yard and an older dog that only will go outside if that helps. We’re not going to even attempt until all this snow melts which looking at the weather could be into March. This has been a terrible winter in the northeast have a new puppy.

So I have a six months old puppy. He mostly stays inside. He acts ok..all quiet, sleeps normal, behaves well, just doesn't listen or follow me around if called, doesn't much tear stuff but occasionally when finds stuff that can go inside his mouth he eats it like insect,small black stuff or dirt on floor..it's all fine upto that…but the moment I take him outside and put him on ground of soil. He would descent his head down and begin licking and sometimes even bite chunks out soil and eats it..I stop him, gently lift his head up and say no..but when I remove my hands he again out his head down..I've tried rewarding him food one day or two to refocus his attention but the absence of food ,he returns again to eating dirt..the next day again same ….is it normal? Will he change? Is he deficient in something.