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i have a 12 week old golden retriever and i seriously need help with potty training. everyone told me goldens are smart and easy to train but this puppy did not get the memo. she goes outside, sniffs everything, plays with leaves, chases her tail, does literally everything except pee. then the second we walk back inside she squats on the kitchen floor like it's her personal bathroom. i'm taking her out every 30 to 45 minutes, i'm using the same door every time, i say the same command, i give her treats when she actually goes outside but it's so inconsistent. some days she gets it right and i think we're making progress then the next day it's like we're back to square one. i read that golden retrievers are supposed to be fully potty trained by 4 to 6 months but at this rate i don't see how that's possible. is that timeline realistic or does it depend on the individual dog? also she sleeps in a crate at night and barely has accidents there so she clearly can hold it — she just chooses not to when she's inside during the day. is this normal for a golden retriever puppy at 12 weeks or am i doing something wrong? anyone who potty trained a golden retriever or any retriever breed please tell me what finally made it click because i'm running out of carpet cleaner and patience.

My 10 month old gave me a bit of a worry when she started pooping wet last Wednesday. The vet couldn’t see us until next week, and weren’t too worried since she was active, eating, drinking, and attentive still. 5 days later, she finally got better and excreting solid, just one day before our scheduled vet visit to see what’s wrong. I had them do a fecal test anyway to make sure she’s ok, but it came back positive for coccidia. They said I can put her on Albon if I want to.

My question is, now that she’s pooping fine again, should I hold off on putting her on medication? I don’t want to stress her out more with side effects from the meds now that she’s finally over with her painful almost week of wet pooping. I figure I can monitor her for another few days to see if things stay stable but please tell me if that’s a bad idea.

Hi! I got a 5 month old standard groodle from a breeder 5 days ago.

She’s a beautiful girl but very scared to go outside, I have been working on socializing her to walks etc but she really doesn’t want to leave the house for walks or potty. I usually carry her out then get her to walk with me back in after potty.

Similar to our tiny socialization walks, I carry her out then she walks around the street for a bit but she is clearly very scared.

She also isn’t interested in toys or playing she mostly sleeps unless she’s with my partners dog.

I know she’s fresh and scared though I’m concerned this behavior won’t rectify itself given she may have already missed the best socialization windows. Do I just keep up with what I have been doing? Will this likely get better? Or should I get a special trainer

– we’re going to enrol in puppy pre school

– my partner has a older dog (don’t live together) she’s a totally different confident dog around him and will follow him anywhere (outside)

– she’s fully vaxxed and happy otherwise.

My 10 week Havanese puppy just won't cuddle (its fine, i am fine). He is always trying to bite us, the only time he doesnt is when he wakes up for like 30 seconds and then he starts to bite again. I understand he is teething and its all good. It will hopefully go away with time (we are redirecting). When it's time to sleep he wont go in his crate and wants to keep playing. We give him treats to go into the bed and he starts crying, we let him out maybe sleep next to us (we are sleeping on the floor next to him so he can see us) but he comes out and starts getting hyper and nipping again. I am concerned he will not like his crate overtime because he doesnt like being there. Any advice? This is our first pet ever and we love him.

Hi all, my 9 month old Springer has always slept well through the night. She's crate trained and always takes herself to bed in the evening.

Obviously as a tiny pup she would wake up once or twice for a quick wee, but she always walked back to her crate and go straight back to sleep. This because less and less until she was sleeping 10pm to 8am every night with no disruption.

But the past couple weeks she's been waking up more, just whining and moving about a lot in the crate. At first I put it down to her first season starting, more frequent urination and hormonal change. But now that's ended and she's still waking me up at 2, 3, 4am, usually multiple times in the night. I take her outside for a quick wee as usual, but she doesn't even need to go. She stands still outside for minute then just goes back inside to sleep like normal.

I can't deal with getting up in the night and going outside frequently for no reason, it's exhausting and making everything harder. I'm not lacking the energy to do all our usual gundog work, hikes and training because I'm never getting a full nights sleep 😔

Shall I just try and ignore the whining in the night? I never even has to crate train her she's always settled in there of her own accord as its her cosy safe space. I just don't know why she's waking me up 😭

Hello everyone! I have a 4 month old puppy and I’m a newbie dog owner. I realize that I’ve been saying to him “come here” a million times now and he doesn’t listen. After reading a bit on the recall training I realized I never properly taught him what I expect from him when I say “come here” and now he completely ignores it.

Should I try to teach him “come here” again from the beginning or should I pivot? Any tips on how to teach a puppy recall?