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Hi! I have a 5 month old miniature dachshund. Overall she’s been pretty good and we have a good routine. I am out of the house from 6:30-3ish each day for work. My neighbor comes every 3 hours on Mondays and Fridays to walk her and plays with her for an hour before putting her back in her crate. My mom is there all day Tuesday, and my sister watches her Wednesdays and Thursdays.

We have utilized her crate since day 1. Not as punishment, but for sleeping and anytime we are gone. She sleeps perfectly in her crate. Sometimes she’ll even sleep for 12 hours without making a sound. But, during the day….wow. I have a Furbo so it lets me know when she’s barking and crying. It’s getting worse for some reason? She is having such a hard time calming down and sleeping until she’s let back out. I have the TV playing for her, her crate is dark, the door is closed, etc. I do have a roommate who is home all day, so she does hear her moving around some, but overall the roommate is upstairs and not near my room.

Does anyone have ANY advice? I’ve tried her crate being open and her being inside a play pen, but then she stopped pottying outside whenever she was let out due to her pottying inside of the play pen.

Literally open to any and all suggestions and help.

(She’ll be starting doggy day care SOON, but as of right now I need some help. I know it’s driving my roommate crazy)

I got her this bone to prevent her from biting me as much and it’s bacon flavored, but I decided that I didn’t want her to have it all the time just because I’m supposed to supervise her while chewing on it since it’s rawhide and when I went to replace the toy with a different one, she latched onto my nose and it started gushing blood and I said very strictly no, and she got off, but I wanna know what I can do to prevent this

Pup hates getting his teeth brushed and there is plaque building up. How to brush his teeth without getting bitten, thanks!