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So I've got a Lab who produces absolute weapons of mass destruction on our walks around the local park. I've gone through about four different brands now and they all tear or leak, which is mortifying when you're trying to be a responsible dog owner.

The thin ones from Tes⁤co are useless and even the supposedly thick ones from Pe⁤ts at Home have let me down. Anyone found proper heavy duty poop bags that can handle a big dog's business?

We have a 2.5 month old golden retriever. He's super good about peeing outside, potty training going great! He sleeps all night long, doesn't wake up, holds pee for 8-9 hours.

Plz tell me why then when he's with us during the day and awake and playing, he rings the bell to go outside every 10-15 minutes. And he pees when he goes out, in tiny amounts. If he drinks a lot, it's more. It just seems like he should be able to hold it at least 30-60 minutes while he's awake and active. I'm glad he can ring the bell and tell us when he has to go out but if we ignored him and didn't let him out, he'd pee inside. Any similar issues?

I’m a chronically ill college student and I’ve been researching about owner-training a service dog, and after discussions with an awesome trainer we decided to start searching for prospects from shelters (due to financial stuff). I recently started the foster-to-adopt process with the sweetest 6month lab! I’ve had her for about 3 days (super short, i know) but i’ve just been such an anxious mess and crying all day. When/how do you decided if finding another home would be best? One part of me wants to stick it out for 3 weeks and she how she acclimates but another part of me is already so tired and stressed. I’ve been worried on my end about it messing with sleep (which then causes flare ups) and also some disruptive barking/whining she’s been doing while i live with multiple housemates. I am also worried about not being able to give her enough time with college classes and work and then simultaneously resenting her for causing me to be in my house very frequently. Would love any and all advice!

I’m looking to have my currently 3 month old Siberian husky trained to be a service dog once he has all his shots.

I’m a disabled veteran who qualifies for a service dog under PTSD, however I’m seeing if there a program the VA recognizes someone can point me in the direction of.

Personally I think he would make the cut, he 3 months old and tonight I didn’t crate him because I had to drive to work in a severe snow storm, I’m watching him on my ring cameras and he just calm, no barking, no whining no nothing he just walking around occasionally going to his crate for a toy or to put a toy back in his crate then returns to the living room.

He does not even bark at other dogs, he also doesn’t get overstimulated easily I have legit been bringing him with me to some pet shops heck even a Reef fish store with lots of people around and he stayed so calm heck even one of the employees wanted to hold him and he was just wagging his tail all Happy remaining extremely calm.

I also don’t plan to neuter him because I don’t want him to have risk for joint issues and I also plan to possibly enter him into dog shows in the near future as something to do once I can no longer work in the next year or two because of my on going issues.

I may self suffer from joint issues namely hip issues thanks to Uncle Sam and that’s a fate I don’t want my dog to have to deal with because it just sucks, cold makes things stiffer and more painful to move etc.

I am also asking the same question in other subreddits and I’m getting a lot of suggestions on non profits I should reach out with.

I’m in the upstate NY area I’m within range of Utica, Syracuse, Binghamton. Albany a bit of a longer drive for me however I would be willing to make it once a week if I had too.

Just wanted to say thank you all, I posted a few days ago about a bad hired trainer and I took everyone’s advice and axed her. I appreciated hearing everyone’s insight and that my gut feeling was valid.

I have a more specific question on crate training. Our puppy does nighttime crate fine. We have a crate next to our bed. She protests a little but eventually falls asleep within 5-10 min. We does wake up once throughout the night but she’s pretty good.

During the day she cannot do the crate. We have a 36” crate with divider so she has enough to lay down. And we’d put a blanket over it. I hear this is pretty normal but I’m not really sure how we break through this. She knows “go to your crate” and we feed all meals and enrichment toys – we don’t even have to say “crate” because she’ll run in there she’s so excited. I’ll close the crate door which she’s fine with since she’s so focused on the meal or treat.

I’ve practiced opening and closing the crate with crate games and getting up and leaving for 5,10,30 seconds. Practiced opening door and she does fine there. But I think she knows it’s just practice. Sometimes opening and closing the front door she will whine but I wait for a break in whines to come back, praise and treat.

I worry she has separation anxiety. More recently we’ve been putting her in there while we eat dinner which we are in eye sight. We try to give her a lick mat or something but once she realizes she’s in there and doors closed, while we’re in the kitchen or eating she just cries. Wails. Scratching and trying to get out of crate. Sometimes she’ll lay down because she’s tired herself but she’s still whining.

We have tried leaving the house and watched on dog cam but she just cried the entire 30 min. Whining, scratching, panting – this might’ve been a little panic..?

Any tips on how to increase my 4 month old puppy confidence in the crate alone? I would like to create structured nap routine since my fiancé and I work from home.

Edit: we allow her on the couch so she often prefers to sleep on the couch with us. She is a light sleeper so I can pick her up and put her in the crate.

Any tips or tricks appreciated! I have an 8 week old Pyrenees/Bernese mix. I got her about a week ago and we are working on crate training. I would love for her to see her crate as not only something that has to hold her when I’m gone but a den for her to feel safe and comfortable at home. We are currently in the testing boundaries and screaming it out phase, however I share a wall so hours of screaming/barking just won’t work. She is not food motivated. Any help is much appreciated!