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Just brought in a stray female dog from outside she recently had puppies and I think she was dumped in my neighborhood, she is very scared, but friendly, her tits are still big some are small some are oval shaped, she also I think is in heat and she got tied to my male dog, my neighbor's and the neighbor next to him male dogs, it is in the 20s here and she has been wandering my neighborhood and idk if she has puppies or where they are at, she may have been dumped but it's been really cold her for the last week, my neighbor said she has been showing up since 3-4 days ago, my mom said she would like to keep her and my male dog is very lovey dovey with her, I've never had two dogs before at the same time, tips and advice on what to do, how can I help her get comfortable and feel safe and to let her know she is not having to be a stray anymore?

I’m not convinced but open to thoughts. Do sep. anxiety pups feel even worse in their crate?

For context my boyfriend and I have an 18 week old lab puppy, I did the most research you possibly could on getting a puppy (we already have a 2 year old rescue dog) I thought I was so prepared but I don’t know why I thought I could handle this, I’m in college and working part time and he works full time and luckily our puppy is so amazing, does so great in her crate, barely had any problems with potty training and regular training, she has truly been a breeze compared to other peoples horror stories i’ve heard and truly I love this dog so much but I just do not have the time or energy to put in the work, I am so intimidated by how big she will be and don’t think I will actually be able to handle her in the future snd I know that the older she gets and the closer to the teenage stage she gets the worse it will be, at the moment my classes are pretty tame because I am only doing prerequisites but by the time the teenage stage rolls around where training is the most important I’ll be in the thick on my RN program and we can’t afford for my boyfriend to work any less, I feel like a horrible irresponsible person for even thinking this because she has been so great, I don’t know what to do. Am I overthinking it is the teenage stage even that bad or messing up the training I feel that I am at such a loss and I can’t tell if I am just overthinking everything or if I really messed up.

We are on day 5 with new poodle pup that is 12 weeks old. We think she is viewing my 4 yo daughter as a littermate. The pup bites and jumps on my daughter as if she is playing with another dog. We are supervising 100% (which is exhausting) and continuously training “no bite”, removing the dog, and/ or redirecting attn to bite dog toys. I’ve had dogs before but not a new puppy (with shark teeth) with kids. I don’t want my daughter to get scared on the dog and would love them to be able to bond. Puppy can be super sweet with adults and cuddly. Any tips or advice?

My dog is an idiot and I love him.

Every morning he goes to the backyard corner and barks. Same spot. Same time.

I checked like 10 times. There's nothing there. No animals. No toys. Nothing.

But he's 100% sure something's wrong with that corner.

He'll sniff it. Bark at it. Look at me like "Dad, you seeing this??" Then bark some more.

Been doing this for 2 months now.

I gave up trying to understand. That corner is his enemy now.

Does your dog do weird stuff like this too?

I have 4 pets 14yr female cat, 9 year old small female dog, 2 year old male Kitten, and my youngest 1 year old female golden retriever. all my animals are spayed and neutered. they all get along well, but my puppy even though she is the biggest in size, she is the most submissive I think bc she’s the youngest she always lets her older siblings have things like treats or toys before her, but I want to build up her confidence. and I wanted to see if any one has any tips?

Hi everyone!

Just had my little Rosie for two weeks. she is a 9 week old English Cocker Spaniel puppy.

Its my first puppy, but my second dog. There has been a lot of learning and mistakes, so wanted to share what worked well.

– I started crate training from day one. This was a lifesaver. She takes all her naps there without issues.

– When the puppy starts whining in the crate, give it 10 min before doing anything? 97% of the time she falls asleep before it hits 10 min.

– I highly overestimated how much exercise the puppy need. 10min twice a day.

– When she becomes super bity, zoomies, crazy and its been more than 30 min since she was up. straight to crate for sleep.

– Wake up- straight to pee/poo/ – 10 min exercise, 5 min learning, – food, relaxing- pee/ poop and sleep. rinse and repeat

– Covering the crate completely has been very helpful, playing music/ podcasts helps to.

– I tried many places for her crate. ended up in my bedroom as she sleeps better in a quiet room.

– I started leaving her alone in her crate for up to two hours after just 3 days. Lifesaver. She si actually calmer when I am not here.

– Webcam in crate has been the best thing i have done. Being able to check on her whe out, and seeing her when she is whining changed things.

– From day one I have exposed her to sounds, noise and loud TV. After two weeks she can sleep through me and my friend watching football at loud volume.

She already knows how to sit, comes when i recall. I get her to sit patiently until the foodbowl hits the ground before she eats.

Also noticed that my mood and stress level is mirrored by her, so taking care of my own well being helps both.

Let me know if you have questions

Hello. I’ve had my puppy for 3 weeks now and after setting a routine the first week he has been pretty solid at sleeping in his crate when put into it to enforce naps but would sometimes just self soothe himself on the floor etc.

This week for some reason he will no longer nap during the day and will scream if he is put it the crate, try and chew the bars, paw at them frantically. I honestly don’t know what to do because he is getting completely wired from not sleeping during the day but refuses to settle at all. I honestly had the worst time yesterday with him and he’s already refusing to sleep today.

Any advice welcome because I’m about to tear my hair out

Hello, I adopted a doberman Dalmatian mix, he is about 10 weeks old. On days I dont work he gets so much attension, walks, training, etc. He is wonderful at night on those days and goes right to sleep without any issue. He sleeps till about 5am, then I take him outside, then he sleeps a few more hours. The problem is on days I work. He is alone at home approximately 14 hours a day for 3 days a week. I get home and try to play with home for about an hour (all I can spare before having to sleep before work) to try and stimulate him. Then we go to sleep. All night he barks, whines, no matter what I do. I take him out multiple times a night. I give him bones and things to chew on, nothing works. Please give me some suggestions, I need to sleep for work. Thank you for your time.

My girl has always gotten a half portion of wet food for her meals, and we use her daily ration of kibbles mostly for training. This worked like a dream for a while, she was super food motivated when we adopted her. I would say her food motivation in general has gone down, she finds the environment and play generally much more interesting now. Since shes 11 months however she has started refusing kibble. I used to use kibble as a litmus test for her excitement level because if she was over excited she wouldn’t take kibble but maybe higher value treats. But now even at home she refuses it. We switched her kibble after we had a period of stomach problems which are getting better and she seemed to love this new kibble! However she’s refusing that now too. I can’t tell if it’s related to tummy issues, if she’s just bored of it, if she’s got sore teeth maybe, or if she’s just holding out for something better. Since we are doing a lot of training and reactivity training i do go through a lot of treats and enjoyed the fact that I could use her kibble rather than stuff her with treats. Should we for now just give up on the kibble and replace with treats? Anyone have recommendation on some not too unhealthy high value treats? Anyone experience this during their dog’s adolescent phase? She’s been in full teenager mode in general haha