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Hello all! I have a 13 week old mini Aussie who I LOVE so much. I actually made a post in here a few weeks ago about how hard it was going around the 9 week mark, but honestly he’s been great as each week passes and I feel so much better!

Anyways, I’m a stay at home “dog mom” lol. So my puppy, Duncan, is with me for 10-12 hours a day until my husband comes home, then he’s with my husband and I for 4-5 more hours before he goes to bed. So he’s essentially ALWAYS with me and my husband, but mostly me. I’ve done all the training, potty training, feedings, socialization, crate training, playing, and I LOVE every minute of it! He was my wedding present after all lol.

But, I’m worried that since he’s with me all the time, he’s developing some form of anxiety. If I leave the room, he goes ballistic. If I leave him with my husband, he goes ballistic. He doesn’t have to SEE me while he’s in the crate, but if he can’t sense me in the room anymore, he goes ballistic. He goes absolutely INSANE if I leave him outside alone with the other dogs and I’m not there. He has to constantly sense me or see me. He won’t settle alone with my husband or my mom. He’s only able to settle when he’s with me. I don’t know if this is normal or not. He doesn’t destroy anything thank goodness, but he throws himself against the door and just screams when I’m not near him.

I don’t really know what to do at this point. He’s very smart. Knows all his commands, hasn’t had an accident in the house in 2 weeks, doesn’t chew on my items. He’s just very nervous without me and I don’t know how to get that out of him before he gets too old!

Our pit/lab mix is almost 4 months old now. We got him from the shelter at 6 weeks old, already neutered (not our decision, it was a requirement of the shelter)

The vet said he might be prone to UTIs being neutered that young. He’s been great about going outside or on a puppy pad until today. He has peed absolutely EVERYWHERE. Like every 10 minutes. In the kitchen, the hallway, on the freaking couch!!! 🙁

He hasn’t done anything like this for 2 months. Is this just normal preteen regression?

I have a four month old female Chiweenie (possibly mixed with Jack Russell too?). Shes very smart and is very food motivated, not so much praise or clicker. Not even toy motivated. We have 2 older herding dogs we’re still trying to get comfortable around my puppy and vice versa. One of our herding dogs tore her ACL a year ago or so, and we have had to put up gates at the bottom + top of the stairs. So both our herding dogs reside downstairs most of the time, and my puppy resides up and downstairs 50/50 of the time. So I train my dog a lot in my room upstairs.

But unless she knows I have treats in my hand, she won’t always follow my commands when in other places of the house or in the backyard. I‘m aware it takes consistency and her being mixed with Dachshund supposedly makes her prone to stubbornness? But even then, I don’t know if I should spend more time training her in other places of the house or what.

She’s also less likely to respond to my commands when I don’t have treats. I’d just like to get her to the point where she shouldn’t expect a reward after doing what I ask of her EVERY time. Is that realistic?

I’ve been training her myself since she was 8 weeks if that matters lol

Hello, we just adopted a 4.5 month old Pitbull puppy a few days ago, from the shelter and need some help and guidance with strategies to limit teething on our limbs, leash pulling, and whining in her play pen.

We try to limit the teething by distraction with a toy and it works for a second. Yelping makes her bite harder. She likes to teeth hard on our arms and ankles. She also attacks our shoes and feet as soon as she’s on the ground and it’s hard to get her to stop. We usually have to pick her up and then she’s a sweet girl again giving us kisses but she doesn’t seem to be learning to stop. We also remove ourselves from her play pen if we can’t get her to stop bitting and teething us. I’m not sure the best way to correct her.

Also, our 8 year old male pitbull is still warming up to her and likes to bark at her while we are trying to train her. He won’t leave her alone and gets jealous of all her new toys. When she tries to play with him she will bite his tail etc and he doesn’t like that and barks at her and will flip her on her side. Not sure if he’s just trying to correct her or not. I think a lot of this is due to being in a shelter and not playing with litter mates long enough.

Shes very rambunctious so to give them space we put her in her play pen when we aren’t training, going potty, walking, or trying to get stuff done. I feel bad how often she’s in there but it feels like there’s no other choice. Is that okay to do?

There’s a lot going on, and it’s been a big adjustment in such a short time, so I’m hoping someone has advice on what worked the best for a hyper puppy with an adult dog in the house.

Thanks!

He's been very stubborn when it comes to this. He'll do #1 no problem, but hours upon hours after his last meal, you'd think he'd have to do #2, but he usually just wastes my time. He's more interested in eating #2 than doing #2.

Hi everyone, I have a 11 week old puppy that is in a 36”W x 54”L x 46”T crate. He will be a extra large breed and buying a larger crate would be more convenient for my budget. He crate trained but not potty/pads trained. When I leave the pee pads in his crate, he chews it up. I don’t know how to prevent this from happening since he is a puppy after all. I bring him out every hour or two, though he does not potty inside his crate but he will pee and the bed would get wet. I wash his bed in the washer everyday now cause it gets smelly. He gets water 24/7 but I don’t know if I should be removing his water bowl during night time? I would also like what could be done for his bed? Should I switch to a different one? Every time I do clean his crate, he starts biting my pants even if I’m just standing next to him. When I redirect him with toys, he bites my hands instead. Can someone please recommend me what I can do? I am a new puppy parent so please be nice

8 year old female chihuahua. She’s sweet and playful but recently I noticed changes in her. I allow her to sleep on my bed as I’ve never had any issues with it (she’s trained). Recently, I’ve noticed she begins to growl at me out of nowhere. I’ll either be switching laying positions or grabbing my AC remote. I have many stuffed animals on my bed but she’s never shown any interest in them. The bed is queen sized so she has her own part of the bed all to herself. But, her growling led to bites with little to no warnings. 2 days ago I moved my hand and she immediately bit me. She bit me in a spot where my hand couldn’t move that well and I was stunned. She’s never exhibited these behaviors but I’m unsure as what I should do. There’s no favorite spot for her nor does she have a specific plushie she’s attached to. I give her as much space as possible and 9/10 I never manage to touch her if I’m moving. Before writing this, she ended up biting a finger of mine and I’m still unsure as to why she’s reacting like this. It was in the dark so it was difficult to see but she woke up and became aggressive. I’m planning on making her sleep in her bed in the meantime as I try to find solutions for this issue.

Some times he even stands up and put his front leg on me.

Hey, i was just looking to see if a virtual leash with autoprox exists and how much they are. We currently use no pull leashes for our 2 gsd mix dogs (one is half husky and the other alaskan malamute), but would like to take them hiking without fighting with leads as they explored near my husband and I. One of them has an extremely good recall but, the other, not so much. The only one I could find was the heel 360 but don't want to spend $400. Any good recommendations?

I have a shepherd rescue that I’ve had now about 5 years. He was abandoned and when found he only weighed 45 lbs and had been obviously tortured. Yet, this is the sweetest dog I’ve ever had. He just loves everybody and smiles when he sees you.

My problems are that:

1. He’s afraid of everything! He weighs 85 lbs now, and he hides his head when he hears thunder. He runs from the sound of you putting a sack in the garbage. He’s afraid of kittens! He got scared about a bug crawling towards him.

2. The barking is beyond anything I’ve ever experienced. He barks at floating leaves, he barks every time this certain dog down the street barks and he has no idea why. He barks when I talk on the phone. He barks constantly.

3. This rental we’re in is very small. He paces constantly and can’t settle. It’s much worse during storms and on July 4th.

I love this big lug beyond reason and I’ve tried everything I can afford.

I would appreciate suggestions for helping him.

Thanks very much.