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Hi, I have an Australian Shepherd, he is usually not a barker or aggressive. He just turned one, and we’ve had him for about seven months. Within the last few days, he’s begun rolling into me while I work, barking and eventually jumping on me until I pet him. Petting him while I work is not an option, as he starts barking until I’m making eye contact with him.

As much as I would love to pet him, I can’t pet and snuggle with him every hour of the day. I ignore him when he barks, to try and not reinforce the behavior with the attention he’s seeking, but if he jumps on me, I put him in another room for two minutes to calm down, then let him out. He‘ll then wander around for a while, but then repeats the process.

He is adequately walked and played with throughout the day, and has lots of toys. He will play by himself sometimes, and I keep him busy by doing tricks with him, sometimes I don’t think it’s boredom. I’m not sure how to correct or react to the behavior, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

When I say jumping on them, she’s not fully on them but if you have food, she’ll put her paws up there and try to get things that may be on the edge. I keep having to move stuff around because she knocks things over. She knows the command down but she’ll get right back up there after you tell her “no” or “get down”. I would really like this fixed before she gets taller and can reach further back but I’m stuck on what to do to get her to stay down

We have our pup exactly 7 days today and he also just started 13 weeks. We have his pen and crate inside set up in the living room and he eats every meal in his crate, he goes there sometimes during the day or he goes to his crate when he gets scared by something to chill there, but he doesn’t nap there. I started closing while he eats or live the room and got to about a minute so far before he starts protesting. I wait for silence and then go back. At night, he sleeps in his bed on the floor in our bedroom as he asks to go outside for a potty and wake us up when he needs to go.

I work from home and two times a week from the office, my partner works fully from home. When I am home, I enforce his naps in my home office in his bed, he tried to fight it sometimes but then eventually gives in. After work, me and my partner usually chill in the living room and just wanna cuddle with him too, so he’s with us on the sofa. He naps a lot there, he loves watching TV and he falls asleep while watching. Best to make him sleep is Bluey lol he usually doesn’t follow us when we get up and go somewhere, he will sometimes lift his head to check and go back to nap. When he does follow, he checks what we are up to and goes back.

When I am in the office, my boyfriend works from the living room instead of his office so pup always nap on the sofa with him. He kind of just fall asleep on his own. He does follow my boyfriend everywhere on those days when I am not home and checks my office few times to see if I am there. Since we got him, I was in the office only twice.

He plays with his toys by himself, he goes to another rooms and eats without us in the room too. We still watch him so he doesn’t bite a lot of things.

Did I make a mistake not pen or crate train him properly to nap there? Is it too late now as he has this routine? Or at 7 days in the house is still ok to start training? I want to pen train him to be able to leave him in the house alone when we go shopping etc.

My husband and I adopted a golden retriever puppy six days ago. He’ll turn 10 weeks old on Tuesday. So far, it’s been a miserable experience for me. I thought I knew what I was getting myself into, but I couldn’t have been less prepared. I’ve had dogs before, but never a puppy. Whenever I’ve brought home a pet, we’ve always had an instant bond, but I’m having the hardest time bonding with the new puppy. Of course, he’s adorable, but he’s exhausting.

Right now, the dog has to be watched 24/7. If you let him out of your sight for even a second, he’ll chew on or pee/poop on something. He doesn’t have free access to the whole house, just the home office or the kitchen (with one of us watching him). We got him a pen for the backyard, but he can’t be left there because he screams his head off. He has a crate and he does ok with it, but he cries when we put him in there, and we’re forced to tiptoe around and whisper because if we’re too loud, he’ll keep crying.

He’s had two accidents a day in the house. We work from home and take him out every 30 minutes, as well as when he rings a bell on our back door (which he’s pretty good at). However, it doesn’t matter how much he goes out, he comes inside and goes in the house.

Every day, I’ve broken down sobbing because of how unhappy I am. It feels like there’s this heavy sadness that only goes away when I’m not home and not thinking about him. I used to not care much for errands, preferring to be home. Now, I can’t wait to get out of the house and away from him, but I still can’t relax because I’m worried about what he’s up to.

I loved our life before we adopted him. It was my husband and I and our cat, our home was clean, everything felt calm and relaxing. Now, our house reeks of dog, sounds like a zoo, and the cat and I are miserable. The worst part is that my husband is SO happy. He was the one who wanted the dog, and I agreed because it was so important to him. He does the majority of the work with the dog, so I feel even more guilty. But it’s like I’m a stranger in my own home. If he’s not destroying the house, he’s biting my toes, barking, or just being a general terror.

Today, my husband and I came home early from church to check on him. When we opened the door, our entire house REEKED of poop. Inside his crate, he managed to get poop on everything. Himself, his toys, the floor outside, everything. I couldn’t take it, and I got in the car and left. I’m typing this post from a CVS parking lot because the thought of going home is so unappealing.

I hate myself for feeling this way toward a literal baby. I know he’s not trying to make us miserable, and I want to give him a good life. My family is very much “pets are for life,” so the thought of bringing him back, however appealing, isn’t really an option. I couldn’t do that to my husband either. I’m just so tired of feeling this way, and it hasn’t even been a week. I’ve seen so many posts saying “by a year, my dog was great!” But the thought of feeling like this for a year makes me sick.

Has anyone experienced puppy blues like this?

I figured with Easter coming up soon, I’d share my trick. I put treats in Easter eggs and hide them for my dog to find. She’s a Catahoula Lab mix and loves sniffing. She checks her Facebook every time we go outside.

I've had my dog two weeks the PetSafe 3-1 harness that I used with previous dogs just isn't fitting her. Her neck is 14 inches, her chest is 18 inches and her girth is 23, but she's still low to the ground, only 14 inch-long legs. Wondering if anyone with a pocket pittie or other large-chested short dogs have recs for good-fitting harnesses

hiya, wondering if anyone knows where I could purchase another one of these Webbox Round face dog toys? Specifically the wolf one?

we've recently adopted another dog and he loves to rip toys apart, meanwhile our first LOVES this Wolf we once got her and we can't find it anywhere!

I've checked in stores and online but I can't find it anywhere, was hoping someone could help.

I have a four-year-old male Shih Tzu who just started (1-2 months ago) going back into my wife’s office when we are out in the living room. We are just sitting on the couch reading and such. My dog goes to the back of our house and either lies on the floor or on the futon in my wife’s office. If we get up to do something, he is right out front immediately. A lot of the time, except in the evenings, he will be out with us, laying next to us or on the couch near us.

Another weird thing, our former dog (he passed about six years ago) would do the same thing. My wife and I are the only common denominators, but we cannot figure out what we are doing to induce this behavior.

what do I do with my new puppy and his biting? he can't stop biting me and its very painful.. i know he's just a puppy but the biting is the hardest part atm. he's only 2 months and we've had him for less than a week, which I know is short, but i* want him to already know that its not good to bite.* he's a border collie mixed shepherd. anything will help.

i have never personally never owned a puppy/dog, but I dog sat some older ones for a few for months at a time.

i love this dog and i've been waiting for him for a month ever since my first introduction. *i want to give him a great life, so any other tips would be helpful*

I have a 1.6-year-old Golden Retriever named Remi. Horrible skin issues. I know that’s common for a golden retrievers. I’m not asking for advice on that. I have tried as much as I could. She has tried shots and pills. We now are on the hydrolyzed protein diet. The next step would be to go to dermatologist for dogs, which is very expensive and they said might not even figure out the problem. Obviously if she’s on the hydrolyzed protein diet, she can’t have bully sticks, antlers, dental chews, yak chews, collagen sticks, rawhide, etc… she normally gets one long lasting chew a night because she drives us crazy. It has been really difficult not being able to give her anything. They have hydrolyzed protein treats, but it’s literally just like her kibble. I’ve heard you could also get the soft food and freeze it and put it in a Kong, which I might try but I’m curious if there’s any other options? I know you could do ice cubes too, but that doesn’t really last long. Other than that, I’m trying to find some good mental stimulation toys. I know they make easy ones and hard ones. I’m looking for a difficult level but something that she can figure out. I also know they have those little grass pads where you have to find the kibble, but I’m not sure that would stimulate her for much time. Does anyone have any recommendations on a specific product (that she can have with her diet), or something I can do? Thanks.