Category: Top Dog

We are on day 5 with new poodle pup that is 12 weeks old. We think she is viewing my 4 yo daughter as a littermate. The pup bites and jumps on my daughter as if she is playing with another dog. We are supervising 100% (which is exhausting) and continuously training “no bite”, removing the dog, and/ or redirecting attn to bite dog toys. I’ve had dogs before but not a new puppy (with shark teeth) with kids. I don’t want my daughter to get scared on the dog and would love them to be able to bond. Puppy can be super sweet with adults and cuddly. Any tips or advice?

For context my boyfriend and I have an 18 week old lab puppy, I did the most research you possibly could on getting a puppy (we already have a 2 year old rescue dog) I thought I was so prepared but I don’t know why I thought I could handle this, I’m in college and working part time and he works full time and luckily our puppy is so amazing, does so great in her crate, barely had any problems with potty training and regular training, she has truly been a breeze compared to other peoples horror stories i’ve heard and truly I love this dog so much but I just do not have the time or energy to put in the work, I am so intimidated by how big she will be and don’t think I will actually be able to handle her in the future snd I know that the older she gets and the closer to the teenage stage she gets the worse it will be, at the moment my classes are pretty tame because I am only doing prerequisites but by the time the teenage stage rolls around where training is the most important I’ll be in the thick on my RN program and we can’t afford for my boyfriend to work any less, I feel like a horrible irresponsible person for even thinking this because she has been so great, I don’t know what to do. Am I overthinking it is the teenage stage even that bad or messing up the training I feel that I am at such a loss and I can’t tell if I am just overthinking everything or if I really messed up.

I’m not convinced but open to thoughts. Do sep. anxiety pups feel even worse in their crate?

Just brought in a stray female dog from outside she recently had puppies and I think she was dumped in my neighborhood, she is very scared, but friendly, her tits are still big some are small some are oval shaped, she also I think is in heat and she got tied to my male dog, my neighbor's and the neighbor next to him male dogs, it is in the 20s here and she has been wandering my neighborhood and idk if she has puppies or where they are at, she may have been dumped but it's been really cold her for the last week, my neighbor said she has been showing up since 3-4 days ago, my mom said she would like to keep her and my male dog is very lovey dovey with her, I've never had two dogs before at the same time, tips and advice on what to do, how can I help her get comfortable and feel safe and to let her know she is not having to be a stray anymore?

Hello, I adopted a doberman Dalmatian mix, he is about 10 weeks old. On days I dont work he gets so much attension, walks, training, etc. He is wonderful at night on those days and goes right to sleep without any issue. He sleeps till about 5am, then I take him outside, then he sleeps a few more hours. The problem is on days I work. He is alone at home approximately 14 hours a day for 3 days a week. I get home and try to play with home for about an hour (all I can spare before having to sleep before work) to try and stimulate him. Then we go to sleep. All night he barks, whines, no matter what I do. I take him out multiple times a night. I give him bones and things to chew on, nothing works. Please give me some suggestions, I need to sleep for work. Thank you for your time.