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13.5 weeks old lab here. i wanna say she is potty trained but dont wanna jinx it. 2 weeks accident free so far. but since it is getting warmer up her in canada, we finally see our deck again, but she keeps peeing and pooping on the deck when we are outside in the backyard, how do i tell her not to potty on the deck? her usual potty spot is at the front near the porch.

So I have a 14 week old GSD puppy who is super food motivated and we do almost all of his training via clicker and kibble. So far it’s been going great, but I’m running into 2 issues and I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts. Thanks!

The first is that while we work on looking at me, I often catch him looking at the treat bag. If I put it behind me, he’ll start staring at the side of my body that the last treat came from and waiting for my arm to go around for the food.

The second issue is while I’m trying to teach loose leash walking. We have a command “let’s walk” and that means I want him by my side. He gets to the correct position, I click, and then he immediately tries to run around the front of me to get his reward. Am I ruining the clicker method by not giving him the reward after? I don’t want to reward for getting out of position.

We have a 10 week old Boston terrier who we brought home 10 days ago and a 3 year old neutered male cat. Cat came to us a year ago from a rescue which had dogs in the foster home with no problem.

I was told our pup was most confident of his litter and he is sleeping great and potty training is making progress. This is my first puppy, I’ve owned two other dogs that I adopted as adults and another cat before and they mostly ignored each other 24/7 and did their own thing.

My question is, our pup like to jump and bite our cat and I can’t tell if they’re playing or fighting. Cat is extremely easy going and will wrestle puppy to ground and nibble back but never has hair raised or claws extended. I only let them be together for short periods otherwise it seems Cat gets annoyed and the play gets more and more aggressive. Cat doesn’t run away either. Puppy will never stop pursuing cat. I’m worried as pup gets bigger he will hurt cat.

We ensure Cat gets plenty of attention and play and lots of time to be out about the house while pup is in his playpen.

How can I best train puppy to leave cat alone so they can both exist in the same room without it turning into Wrestlemania? I will sit with them on the floor and encourage pup to play with other toys and I’ve tried tiring him out before Cat comes out but he is obsessed with trying to wrestle Cat.

My 3 month old puppy sleeps through the night now for the most part, but once she hears my alarm go off, or hears me roll over in the morning, she begins screaming bloody murder to be let out of her crate. I make her sit before I open the door, and I wait until there’s a pause in her screaming so hopefully she associates quietness with being let out. How long will this go on? Any tips on how to knock this behavior?

Thank you!

I want to do my girls paw prints but all the stuff that comes up on Google is either temu or like plain ink pads when I really want a few different colours

thanks!

Has anyone found one of these? There’s so many fetch robots but can’t seem to find one that actually introduces some randomness for my pup.

Ideally one not so heavy duty that I could reasonably use indoors

Hello I have a 6 year old corgi male and I feel like maybe he’s just getting old or grumpy I’m not sure. But recently he’ll do this thing where he wants to play, give kisses, or just be pet and then the next second he’s growling and giving a mean face so we stop whatever. It’s just very confusing because he acts like he wants to do all those things and then gets it and doesn’t like it. We’re scared because he does lunge and try to bite. We give him all the space he wants and asks for and never push him to do anything when he is uncomfortable. But it’s the fact that he likes to do something and then the next second he switches up and it’s like a totally different dog. I don’t know what to do because I obviously want to give him those things but also don’t want to get hurt or aggravate him. Has anyone had anything happen to them like this?

He’s two months and he’s mixed with a husky and I think a Labrador retriever I tried throwing treats in there and associating the word crate with it but it doesn’t work he just sits there

I’ll be honest, this is partly on me. When my son (20)atm got a Presa Canario, I didn’t really research the breed. We used to have a Cane Corso mix that was big but easygoing, so I assumed it would be similar. Clearly not.

He’s now 13 months old and has become very reactive/aggressive towards strangers and other dogs. Outside he’s tense and quick to react. He is already 53kgs and not overweight at all, extremly strong and drivey. Nothing like ive seen before in dogs this sie

My son works with the dog and spends alot of time with him, they have a great bond. But The main problem is he only listens to my son. With him he’s fine, but with me he ignores commands completely and shows zero respect. It feels like we have no control over him at all.

I’ll be honest I’ve started to feel uncomfortable being around him alone. And I’m worried about what this could turn into when he’s fully grown at 2–3 years. For instance yesterday i was alone with him and my son always plays rough with him, the dog thought lets do the same with me. He jumped in my face, bit my clothes. I told him multiple times no and he didnt react. I had a pounding heart and was shaking of fear. Then my son came downstairs and the dog stopped

Looking back, I think i underestimated the breed and didn’t do enough research

Is this normal for a Presa at this age, or is this already going the wrong way? And is this something that can still be fixed?

Any honest advice is appreciated.

hi everyone,

i recently lost my 7 year old husky, Kai, very suddenly, and my 15 year old dog never got the chance to see him or say goodbye. they lived together, and i’m worried he might be confused or waiting for him to come back.

i’ve heard that dogs can understand loss better when they’re able to see or smell the body, but that wasn’t something we were able to do. i just want to make this as easy on him as possible and help him feel some sense of comfort or closure, if that’s even something dogs experience.

has anyone gone through something similar? how did your dog react, and is there anything i can do to help him adjust or understand that his companion is gone?

thank you in advance 🤍