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I’ve only had her for 6 days so I’m completely understanding that she won’t get it within a week, however, once a month we visit family and stay for the weekend due to being 2 hours away.

We can’t stay there unless my puppy is toilet trained to go outside, and obviously we’d prefer her to go outside as well.

Currently she’s using puppy pads and we’ve gradually moved location of them. She’s now urinating right next to the back door which I think is a massive positive step, but she’s still pooping somewhere else away from the back door.

I take her outside after naps and playtime, as well as when I see her needing the toilet, but this girl just refuses to go.

Last time I took her out we were outside for 15 minutes. As soon as I got her back inside she went for a poop in the living room on her puppy pad.

I have 3 weeks before we’re going to stay at family’s so ideally she’s toilet trained within 3 weeks. Any suggestions would be great as I’m a first time dog owner!

I’ve recently adopted a one year old terrier mix (seems like he’s part border terrier), and overall he’s been great. I’ve grown up around other family dogs, but this is my first dog as an adult.

I’ve had him for about 1.5 months. He isn’t really reactive and is great around people and other dogs.

Only thing is, it doesn’t seem like he knows how to rest on his own and is getting comfortable/restless to the point where he’s destroying hand towels, digging in the trash, and digging in house plants (which he didn’t do for the first 3 weeks).

In the morning, we go on a 20 min walk, have breakfast, then have about 30 mins of play time. My partner and I wfh 3 days during the week. On these days, he usually naps from 9-12 while we work, and we take him out during lunch and play with him for about an hour, but he’s usually really restless in the afternoons. Then when I get off in the evenings, we have dinner, do another walk, then play/train for another 2-3 hours before bed.

He hardly ever rests or naps unless we crate him during the day/until it’s around his bed time. If he falls asleep and you get up, he also gets up. His crate door is open at all times of the day yet he never goes in voluntarily.

As for potential solutions, we have started rotating lick mats, puzzle feeders, and pupsicles.

We’ve also started the protocol for relaxation (not to get him to stay on command but in the hopes that he’ll voluntarily chill a bit)

Apologies for the long post. My question is, how can I help him rest and get him to stop getting into things he isn’t supposed to? I feel like we’re giving him enough stimulation (correct me if I’m wrong).

Our next idea is to take him to day care on the two days we don’t work from home. He was previously in a foster home with other dogs, so he may be lonely, but do you have any other suggestions to help him rest and stop getting into things he isn’t supposed to?

Nothing serious, really just curious.

I booked my dog in for a spay appointment and they asked if she’s had puppies. I said yes over 2 years ago and they said it was an extra charge because she’s had puppies. So what I’m really asking is, is it normal for there to be an extra charge? This isn’t something I’ve heard about. I’ve tried searching on google but I haven’t gotten results that cure my curiosity.

Hello! My dog (Bomby) he’s 10-8 months terrier old keeps peeing himself randomly without having any problems. It started from February 1 at first I thought I forgot to take him out to potty and just blamed myself for it, the second time was on my bed and it was after I put him outside to potty (I don’t go out with him I just put him in the backyard and let him do it himself I have been doing that since I got him and then he comes back inside by himself) when he came back in I put him in my room and went to make his food because it was his dinner time. When I came back to give him his food I saw that he peed on the (he was lying on top of the pee, I had to give him a bath.) next day I ordered him dog diapers (because I didn’t want him to pee in my car and because the vet is not close to my hose at least 2 hours in the car) and took him to the vet the veterinary told me there’s nothing wrong with him and just to switch back to dry food and wet food instead of homemade food (they recommended me royle canin urinary to be exact) and gave me male diapers and just told me to come again after a week to check again, I tried to argue that there might be actually a problem but they refused to do another check. Is that normal should I just switch my vet??

(Sorry for my bad English it’s not my first language.)

Could it be something from him other than pee?

So, to help understand how this happened, it's worth mentioning I'm from the UK and in our neighbourhood the public pavements (walking paths) are right next to the front lawns and driveways of the houses.

So it's very normal to have dog-walkers passing by and their dogs having a sniff or two around the edges of peoples front lawns/driveways

However this morning (on my camera I saw this) a dog owner was casually walking his dog on a lead and watched him walk on to our lawn (a couple of feet in) and allow him to do his business. After watching him and letting him finish, he did go over and collect with his poop bag.

But my question(s) is:

• Is this bad etiquette on his part – to allow him to poop there in the first place?
• Or is it a case that, once a dog has decided where he's to poop, you cannot (or should not), disturb him from doing so. And therefore can only make a move once he's finished?

Personally I found it alarming/disrespectful. But I'm wondering whether that's just me not being aware that, in fact, it's very normal?

**EDIT – I forgot to mention on our public pathways there are grass verges and plants / trees where, normally, dog owners allow them to do their business

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I have a large breed dog who turned one a few months back. I have recently introduced the flirt pole which he absolutely loves. To give some variation in outside play, I was thinking of teaching him fetch, either with a ball or frisbee. The thing that's holding me back though, are some horror stories of dog playing fetch and suffering from dysplasia at an older age, or injuring themselves whilst trying to catch the ball.

Now my dog is goofy and everything but graceful when running or jumping. I've thought of throwing the ball, keeping him by my side until I give a release command and then let him search for the ball to minimise hard impacts on his joints. But is it really that bad to have him chase a ball, or am I being paranoid? And is there a significant difference between ball and frisbee?

We’re on day 4 of a trial adoption with our fist dog. Dot is a very sweet, calm 1.5 year old dog indoors. She's timid and shy but eats, drinks, sleeps well, and is bonding with us.

For context, she was rescued by a foster about three months ago after living in the woods, where she gave birth and raised puppies.

The issue is outside. Our backyard is very open and she’s terrified out there. She shakes, lies down and freezes. She’s only peed outside twice total and has peed/pooped inside multiple times because she seems too scared to go outdoors. A couple of times I had to carry her back inside.

We’ve tried short trips, same spot, no pressure, front vs back yard with no improvement. It feels like she only feels safe enough to potty indoors.

Does this sound like normal decompression that needs more time, or a mismatch where a more enclosed environment might suit her better? I want her to be in an environment where she could thrive and I'm afraid that this isn't it.

Im looking into get DNA tests for my dogs, and was wondering which is a better choice, Embark or Wisdom Panel? Which one would yall choose or have dealt with before? Thank you.