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We took our 7 month-old to the groomer for the second time (her second time, we've been going to this place for years) and she has been absolutely insane ever since. Every aspect of her behavior is manic: the jumping, the licking, the scratching, the biting. I wish I was exaggerating or being dramatic, but the tears of frustration are real. We had conquered most of this stuff, but I'm convinced she is acting out more than ever before. I need advice and reassurance.

Hello! I have a 7 month old English Cocker Spaniel. I know the breed is known for barking at everything, but looking for ways to train her to not bark every time she hears another dog.

When we take her on walks and she sees people or other dogs she’s completely fine, she might try to walk up to the dog as we pass to say hello but it’s not like she loses her mind whenever she sees a dog. At home though, if she hears the slightest bark from a dog that’s a few blocks away, she will bark relentlessly for a good 10-20 minutes.

If we watch a movie and there’s a bark in the background, or even if we replay a video on our phone of her own bark at a very low volume, she runs around the house like crazy barking for ages. Any tips on how to stop this?

My boyfriend and I just adopted this 9 week old lab mix. We’re both obviously very new to this and im going to be the one around him most of the time because of my boyfriend’s job. Apparently, when we adopted him, they told us he has parvo and kennel cough. They only gave us meds for the kennel cough. He has his necessary vaccines except for rabies (cuz he’s too young).

The thing is, we want to start training him, potty training, basic commands and being comfortable with the cage. The thing is, we can’t do that the traditional way with treats because of his parvo. We have carpets and we’re worried about him peeing everywhere (which he has already started doing). I can’t leave him alone without being afraid that he’ll go to the bathroom in a bad place or chew on something or him crying because he’s in his cage. We want to be as gentle as possible when it comes to raising him. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

We live in a quiet village. Pup was doing great ,he isn't a a nervous puppy in any way, normally as brave as can be.. but we were on a walk and then a car came fast around the corner and spooked him, I calmed him down and we carried on, he was still jittery but walked ok. Then the the bus stopped at the bus stop and he was a mess just shaky and unable to move . I picked him up so he could safely watch the bus and see it was ok. but nothing worked to calm him, so I carried him back home.

Next day walk went lovely he was very relaxed over the field, but the bus once again left him a mess.
This morning he was excited to go for our walk, I planned it so we would be home before the bus, but as soon as we stepped outside he wanted to come back in. It is windy and a lot of trees so maybe the noise. I tried to get him to walk but could not get him to settle enough to listen to any commands when he is like this, he was just trying to race home. I gave up and we came back inside without having a walk.

Should I just reset for a day or two and not go for a walk and then start again?

Or we could go sit on a bench on the village green every few hours and watch the world pass by, including the bus, but the bus won't be as close. slowly let him get used to being outside with the occasional car passing by and people walking their dogs.

Maybe some videos of traffic noises would help as well?