Category: Top Dog

Pup is 15 weeks. Generally a good boy alought nips and chews everything still. Crate training ist going great. He'll sleep in there at night but in the day he'll not spend time in it. He'll whine if put in to nap and only swttle once let out. Im looking for advice for bed time. He won't go in the crate willingly so we move him. He will snarl and snap if we try and wake and lift him so we coax him up with treats, we lure him out for a toilet break and then carry to the crate. It doesn't always work and we've been forced to just ignore the snarling and lift him. If this is like resource guarding then we will be making it worse. I dont trust him to sleep outside a crate yet so a bit lost.

My neighbor’s dog bit my puppy in the face. We have a fence, but there are small gaps in it. Puppy stuck his face through the fence and the dog bit him. It drew blood, but nothing too bad.

This is our fault, because shortly after we got our puppy, we noticed the neighbor’s dog was NOT friendly. Snarling, antagonizing our dog, etc. MOST of the time, we have him on a long lead outside (and don’t go out if the dog is already outside, usually it just so happens that they let their dog out when we are already out there). We should do it 100% of the time, I know that now. We screwed up.

We are going to get some fence blockers to fix this issue. Something we should have already done. Again, we screwed up.

Anyways, I am terrified that this is going to ruin my puppy’s relationship with other dogs. My pup was scared, he yelped and cowered and ran away. I don’t want him to be reactive/scared/etc going forward because of this incident.

If anybody could provide some suggestions to help my pup through this, I would really appreciate it.

I’m considering flying with my 15 lb dachshund from one US city to another US city. I’ve tried researching online but everything is vague and confusing.

To anyone who’s done this, which airline did you fly and what dog carrier did you use?

“I have been breeding 32 years. Breeding every heat between the ages of 2 and 6 is what is reccomended by the American breeding association. Skipping heats is dangerous. A used uterus is best then when done spay.”

Hello lovely people, my Shih Tzu boy (7 months old) has been peeing frequently and having accidents after getting neutered two days ago. He stayed at the vet for 30 hours and I picked him up a few hours ago. Since he's come home, he's been peeing non stop (sometimes a lot, and sometimes a little), and he's been having accidents.

Some more context – due to our living situation, we had to rely on pads, and we still do. The pads are on the balcony. Our boy has a schedule where he naps for 2 hours in his crate on and off throughout the day. He pees on command once every few hours when we take him out to the balcony. At night, he holds his bladder for 8 hours.

Unfortunately we still have issues. If he's left unsupervised and has not peed for more than 2 hours, he will pee on carpets if he wants to. It's always been carpets as they resemble pads. He has never peed directly on the floor.

UNTIL NOW. Aside from peeing multiple times an hour, he has also somehow peed directly on the floor when I left him for 1 minute.

Is this common? I didn't think so. I'm taking him in the morning to the vet. Tonight, unfortunately, I'm going to go back a couple months in training and leave his crate open, inside the playpen, with access to pads.

The last thing I want is him peeing in his crate, which has never happened before. Even a couple hours ago, when he napped in it for 90 minutes, he did not pee in it, but something felt off, because he was going in circles for 15 minutes, unable to sleep later into the nap, and when we took him out he peed straight away.

Willing to pay for a good trainer – plus if you have experience with them or have heard of good reviews. Have an almost 12 month old rescue – per their rescue we can’t get neutered until a year so idk if that’s playing into – I want to work on his confidence, trust, and obedience. I have adhd and need structure and step by step guidance on training and would love access to a certified trainer if I need help. Or if not trainer access, something comprehensive. Mostly the confidence part which is driving the issues caused by anxiety. He lives with an 8 year old that is well trained as well

Issues we have below:

-barking at strangers walking by the house -he cannot be redirected when strangers come in either he barks and hides until he gets comfortable which takes about 30 min then he’s sweet -lunging on leash for other dogs, cannot redirect him it’s not aggressive he wants to play -smart and listens to commands but only when he wants to or ONLY when there are treats involved -he’s scared of everything – usual stuff like vaccums – but also with me or his dad walking by with a bowl or something he doesn’t recognize he’ll run in fear as well -destructive behavior when we’re gone

We have a almost 5 months old golden retriever. She does so well in the house with recall and getting her attention. She fetches well in the house. She listens well in the house, but when we’re outside, her mind is wandering everywhere and it’s hard to get her attention.

I want to try to get to a point where we can let her off of her leash and allow her to actually enjoy being outside but every time we try, she listens for a couple minutes and then all of her training goes out the door and she takes off and does her own thing.

What is the best approach for training recall outside?

Before you freak out and call me an irresponsible plonker, one of my family members heard me mention a dog and has signed a contract on a 6 week old black labrador male already. I am basically legally bound to this dog through no fault of my own and i dont really know how to feel about it yet.

And i am shitting enough bricks for a decent cottage over it.

He is a Black Labrador (English), Kennel Club registered with good lineage, 6-7 weeks old as of today and ready to pick up nov 4th at eight weeks of age.

So far i have purchased a crate and crate bed, bowls, leashes, collars and puppy pads. Everything else is still to get. I understand he will need vaccinations, puppy classes etc and i have enough money hamstered away to cope with this.

I mainly come here to ask HOW ON EARTH do i get through the first four weeks with this dog? Are there ideal scedules? Tips? Things i need to do? I imagine he will need training which i can research and do. But is there anything that made your puppy easier?

Any help is greatly appreciated. And i am doing my own independent research on the side as well.

Thank you!!