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Can you guys recommend good pet insurance? I currently have Fetch because that’s what the shelter recommended and had me enroll in the day I adopted my puppy. It’s been almost 3 months since then and I hate it. My puppy is soon to be 6 months healthy mixed breed boy with no prior health conditions and I pay $52/month. The only concern that I have with switching pet insurance is the “pre-existing conditions”. During my first vet visit, I asked the vet so many questions because this is my first time raising a dog😅 and the vet included them in the note. The two that I’m worried about is asking the vet regarding his dry skin and the fact that he peed a lot the day before. I’m hearing from other pet owners that anything can be marked as pre-existing conditions and deny claims/reimbursements. Any suggestions? Which insurance do you guys have a positive experience with?

Hello everyone,

I have a 4.5 month old Mini American/Australian Shepherd who has been incredibly hard to potty train. I had made a post shortly after getting her for some advice and instantly started taking her outside. She gets taken out every 2-3 hours but is constantly having accidents, (we have on minimum 2 a day) she pees in her crate, on her bed, on our bed, and recently next to her water bowl normally where her food bowl goes in her playpen and right after peed a little more on her bed (for the second time). Yesterday, I had a job interview and took her potty before I left successfully and she still peed in her crate and as soon as I got home we went out again which was around 2 hours later…

We have always used an enzymatic cleaner to clean things up and right after this incident (peeing where she normally gets fed) I took her outside she peed more, and then coming in, I put her in her crate in another room to just clean up the mess that was made which took me about an hour, as soon as I placed her back in her playpen she peed while looking me dead in the eyes.. So like I am not sure what to do, it is to cold right now to stand outside with her for 30 minutes for both of us. We are also trying to work on potty bells which I totally get that’s gonna take some extensive time, but like she has no inclination to go outside despite being heavily praised and rewarded when she does. She gets very little freedom unless she’s being watched like a hawk and I am just not sure what to do.

What can I do to stop this and get her potty trained? we’ve been working on it for weeks now (like 2-3 maybe) and it seems like nothings gotten better, I am kinda losing it as well tbh like as much as my patience has increased I am getting pretty worn down and stressed… I feel like I’m probably not going to be able to return to work.

She’s also just incredibly anxious if she cannot directly look at me at all times, so she naps very infrequently bc I basically have to be a statue for her to fall asleep.. She will sleep in her crate at night no problem but if I try to put her in there during the day, all heck breaks loose and she freaks out pees in it and screams. She’s never been punished for anything and I’ve done a ton of positive reinforcement and we have a pretty strict schedule for her…

If anyone has any advice please help, I really need it. To add context as well, the home we got her from let the whole litter pee and poop all over the house.

**edit: sorry about the error in the title i am tired and stressed **

kepler- our 4month old english springer spaniel puppy is absolutely crazy with his biting. he is starting to teethe so that is likely the cause but it is just absolutely manic and impossible to handle.

he launches, jumps and springs then just bites, harder and harder as he gets older. he is (supposed to be) recovering from surgery on his leg fracture so training, walking and stimulation is extremely limited and because of when the fracture happened he hasn’t really been out yet to begin with. he has plenty of toys including teething-specific ones, we give him carrots and a frozen cloth to chew etc and although he enjoys them it doesn’t change his behaviour or provide effective redirection. he will drop a toy in favour of going for a hand or an arm and will even sometimes try to bite both toy and arm at the same time.

we are trying everything we can do without risking re-injury. the little training we are hypothetically able to do we are unable to do because he has so much manic energy that makes him unable to focus on the instructions he is being given (for additional context the state is so extreme that he forgets to drink and needs to be prompted). we have no way for him to burn off his energy because of his leg and strict rest recovery plan but also no way to be able to train him unless he burns off his energy. even the mental enrichment games he can’t do without putting too much weight or movement on the injured leg.

i love him and we love him but we just have absolutely no idea what to do. redirection hasn’t been working, training is impossible without burning off energy first, he can’t burn off energy physical or mental because of his injury but we are also in pain from the biting and jumping. sometimes we have to give him the sedatives the vet gave us after his surgery but this isn’t a long term solution.

7.5 months, maltipoo, had her since she was 9 weeks, actively and dailyp0 working on engage/disengage, LAL, using tools to redirect also such as “find it”

More so looking to see other people’s experiences.

When I say she’s reacting it’s like full on barks and growling.

She’s reacting to a lot of different stuff right now, but ex:

1. People walking pass our house

2. Going on sniff walks and seeing people, dogs, large objects and sometimes cars but this has gotten lots better

3. Random noises throughout the house