Category: Top Dog

Hey all!

So, I have an 11-week-old puppy who does pretty well in the car right now. He travels in the backseat in a crate for now, and he just chills in there without issues.

This is not the case with my older dog, who, despite my best efforts when she was a puppy, still does not enjoy riding in the car. We give her a licky mat or a Kong, and she's pretty happy with those for the most part until she's done with them, whines, howls and scratches for a while, until she falls asleep. I'm not happy about it, I'd much rather have her be happy in the car but she just has always hated any forms of confinement. She used to travel in the backseat, but after discovering that she does much better when she can't see us humans, we moved her in the trunk, where she travels in a sturdy carrier.

Now, I'd like my puppy to also travel in the trunk. We were planning on getting a double carrier with a divider for them. Do you think the 15 minutes of chaos from my older dog will rub off on my puppy and make him think that he, too, should fear the car? I was planning on introducing him to the trunk travel on his own first without my older dog, but I still fear my older dog will scare him later.

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I have a 6 month old shepherd, and I raised her mostly alone for the first couple months. I was worried at first about moving in with my family because she might have trouble adjusting to all these new people. It turns out, I had no reason to worry, and the problem is actually that she loves her new family so much she can't handle being locked out of any room for any reason. When I'm alone, she's happy just being with me, but now that the rest of the family is here she wants to be with everyone. She's not experiencing separation anxiety, as such, she actually deals with everyone leaving a lot better than she deals with people being in the home but in a room she can't access. It's the fact that she knows people are there but can't see them, that's what drives her crazy. It's minor stuff, just whining and pawing at the door for a few minutes, but it's really annoying for everyone.

Has anyone experienced this? What do I do about it? Is there any training to make her less nervous about closed doors?

So I’ve had this dog for about a year and when I got her she was like 4 months old. She was found in a box by my old coworker and she asked if I wanted her and I said yes. Maybe I should have said no but that then made 3 dogs in a house with plenty of room and the other 2 are small dogs too.

For reference the two already in the home one is a (4 y/o) terrier mix and the other a (10 y/o) bichon mix. The 10y/o is trained well enough but for the most part both dogs are potty trained, walk great, listen, and I did train both when they were adopted. I was also younger and had all the time and the first dog was a breezy second dog got lucky and also my sister’s pup.

So getting to the point of this story/question. This 1y/o pup she’s high energy, she’s smart and picks things up quick but not the potty training. It is also my fault my sister helped out taking care of her when I was at work and she wasn’t training or keeping up with it. She just kind of let them do whatever and the pup followed the other two dogs.

I have now moved into an apartment with the 10, and 1 y/o and it’s been rough. I’ve been walking them early in the morning when we wake up. I walk them as soon as I get home and after they eat and before bed. Sometimes even extra just so they can go pee those are usually short walks. She still has managed to pee in the apartment, on my bed, the carpet, and on the floor and she even went number 2 inside after the walk. How do I train her and I play with her too it’s not that I’m neglecting any it’s just the 10 y/o is so chill he loves his walks and cuddles and she’s the opposite. I can play fetch with her all day. Idk what should I do or how do I tackle this.

Also during the day she watches dog tv from her kennel, she also loves to chew on things the amount of socks and slippers that have seen better days.

Today, I decided to stay home from school because I was feeling super sick. My dog still kept following me around, into my room, into the bathroom, and even outside. I thought maybe he wanted food, or to play, or to go outside, but he just kept following me. I guess he can smell that I wasn’t feeling good and wanted to keep me company.

He’s a good dog. I love him so much >^<