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Not sure about you guys, but when my little furball actually brings the stick back and his ears flop around, I just melt. 😭

Anyone else have moments like this? Share pics of your tiny heroes! 🐾

1st behavior- humping

2nd behavior- mouthing/soft biting in protest

My pup is not neutered, he will be at 1.5 years as he’s a large breed (70+lbs already).

He’s gotten into a sort of humping frenzy, he’ll do it when he’s bored or when he’s worked up.

For example, our elderly dog left for a few days and the puppy was upset/confused/lonely, for four days he would bark for attention and seemed like he wanted to play or talk, but go straight into trying to hump.

Other times if he gets too excited playing tug of war or wrestling he’ll start humping. He’ll do it to everyone in the house.

The mouthing in protest is whenever I try to grab his collar or harness, say for example when he doesn’t come when I call. I’ll grab the handle on his harness and he immediately turns to softly bite me. Not even a real bite or snap, more of a mouthing behavior. He’s never growled, shown his teeth or left a mark. This is also after laying down and rolling over on his back to protest or resist.

I just don’t want it to escalate and don’t know how to properly handle this

For context when we brought her home we had a strict potty regime and still do, but somehow accidents keep occurring. Yesterday she just woke up walked over to my boyfriend and squatted on his foot. After I moved her, not making much of a scene to clean up the mess, she peed in front of the bedroom door. We have had success with pee pads but she now sometimes decides to pee right next to them rather than on them, and enough distance away to where we know she didn't just miss. And my favorite, she will pee outside and then decide after our 20 minutes of waiting outside for her to poop she will do it right after being set down inside. We have tried crating her but she just goes in there and rolls in it, she doesn't seem to care its in her sleeping space. I genuinely don't know what to do from here, we take her out every hour at least and she currently isn't left alone for multiple hours because my boyfriend is in-between jobs so he is able to watch her while I am not there.

We recently got our pug puppy a little under 2 months ago. He started out litter box trained from the breeder, but we only did that for the first 2 weeks as he was getting acclimated to his new home. He is 6 months old, and when we take him out, we ring the bells and take him outside. He knows exactly where to go when he is outside, and once he is done goes right back to his exercise pen(that we shrunk down already because he was peeing in the corner away from his crate)

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He can hold it all night(about 8 hours), but when he is outside of his crate/in his play pen during the day he will just go to the bathroom. He is a super energetic dog(especially for a pug) so he will ring the bells, and I will not know if he wants to play or needs to go to the bathroom. When I am working on my computer, I will look over and he will just be peeing, and I do not feel like he is giving any signs that I can tell

my questions:

1. All the posts I feel like are dogs that are 3-4 months old. Im probably being crazy, but all hope is not lost because he is 6 month old, right?

2. What are the steps to take to have him associate outside with the place to go to the bathroom?

3. Since he has been peeing there, do I need to remove the pee smell/enzyme somehow so he stops going in the same place?

Thanks in advance for the help!

I have had my puppy (border collie 3M) for a few days on her own, she was previously with her mom who is my parents dog but she moved with me across the country. She’s great, we’re working on potty training and she does not cry when she’s on her crate (even sleeps most of the night). The only issue is she cries if I leave the room for a second. Since I have roommates she can’t free roam through the house and I can’t let her cry if I leave the house. I really want to train her asap to not cry in my room when shes alone because I need to leave sometimes and I go to the gym. I wfh so I’m with her most of the day. I also heard letting her cry is not the best idea nor do I want her to hate her crate but it is where she would bee if i leave the house.

Genuine question.

My dog loses it when I leave. Howling, destroying stuff, sometimes hurting herself trying to get out.
I’ve tried a bunch of things people usually recommend and it feels like progress is slow + fragile.I’m not looking for miracle fixes.

Just wondering if others feel this level of stress and burnout too, or if I’m missing something obvious.

What’s been the most frustrating part for you?

My 6m old is going great with potty training. Almost no accidents and we go out every 3 hours. But I’m wondering how we get in the habit of teaching her to queue so we can feel confident in stretching out bathroom breaks?

We adopted a high-energy schnauzer three days ago and are not sure whether this will work with our resident senior boy that prefers low-energy/ indifferent dogs. We haven’t been able to get them in the same room without them having full on shouting matches. New dog only ever play bows and doesn’t show signs of aggression, but is also not reading cues from old dog. Old dog bares his teeth and growls/barks aggressively (but doesn’t have enough teeth to do any damage and is half new dog’s size). They’ve only ever interacted behind a baby gate, otherwise we’ve kept them separated. The problem is both prefer me and want to be around me while I work or relax around the house, but that won’t work if they can’t be around each other.

I think new dog is not understanding old dog’s cues and is seriously stressing old dog out. I’m worried new dog will always be frustrated being around a dog doesn’t want to play, or that he’ll learn to bark at other dogs to get their attention. Will this get better or is this arrangement already showing red flags?

I am currently talking to a breeder of a rare breed about potentially bringing home a puppy from her in 2027. I already have a one year old pup of a different breed and when I brought him home, I wasn’t fully aware of everything that goes into ethical breeding. Since then, I’ve done a lot of research and have learned so much more about the sport and show world and I’ve realized I may be interested in bringing home a dog with potential for sport or conformation. The breeder has said she’d be willing to teach me about showing, which I really appreciate. I have also looked into trainers for the sports I’d be interested in and currently have my pup trying some out. I just worry about committing to a sport/show prospect and then not titling the dog to the level that might be expected. She is aware of the experience I don’t have. Could I ask for a pet-quality dog that still has the potential to participate in sport or possibly show? I just want to make sure I’m being realistic about my goals and experience. I also don’t want to get a dog that thrives for sports and I don’t live up to that for them.

Hello, looking for booties that stay on cause the Canada pooch booties keep falling off for my dog. The suspender boots were too big for him. He is a shihpoo miniature. Tia 🙂