My Dalmation has a great off switch inside, I’ll start with that. Outside he’s so rough I genuinely worry he’ll hurt someone. For gloves/toys or anything in our hands he will jump lunge and bite for it (often biting my hands). I had a behaviourist confirm that it’s not resource guarding and she gave some tips (still not seeing the results, I reached out for more guidance)

In the meantime I’d love any advice/encouragement! I just wanna play fetch and tug – it makes him so happy but I end up fretting (we’re working on drop it/leave it – this behaviour/arousal level is to fast for a command atm). For the longest time I wouldn’t even play with him, hoping he’d outgrow it – he stayed the same.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice because I’m feeling pretty stuck.

I have a 7-year-old dog, and a couple months ago we brought home a puppy who is now almost 6 months old. Unfortunately, they don’t get along very well, and I’m worried things might escalate.

From the beginning, my older dog has been a total pushover. Even as a puppy, he never really growled or set strong boundaries, and he’s always let people (and other dogs) do whatever to him, even if he clearly doesn’t like it. Because of that, I’m not worried about him hurting the puppy — I’m much more worried that the puppy could hurt him.

The puppy constantly tries to play by nipping at my older dog’s tail and jumping on him. My older dog does not want to play like that. He growls and sometimes shows his teeth as a warning, but the puppy completely ignores these cues. We always step in to advocate for my older dog by separating them and intervening as soon as my older dog shows discomfort. Now that the puppy is almost the same size, it’s getting harder to manage.

They do have moments where they get along. The puppy follows my older dog everywhere — he won’t even go into the backyard without him. My older dog is always nosy about what the puppy is doing, and the puppy frequently licks my older dog, and sometimes they lick each other on the lips. Occasionally my older dog will try to interact when the puppy is running around, but they don’t really wrestle or play equally. It still feels very one-sided.

On top of that, the puppy has started showing some concerning behavior in other situations. He growls and tries to bite when we have to do things he doesn’t like, such as putting in ear-cleaning solution after a bath. He also growls over high-value treats (like pig ears). This doesn’t happen with regular food — I can touch his bowl or take it away with no problem — but if he has something high value and you put your hand near his mouth, he growls.

There have also been situations where both dogs go after high-value treats and it turns into a fight that we’ve had to break up. To manage this, we make sure my older dog always gets food first and separate them when treats are involved, but I’m not sure what the right long-term solution is.

For context: my 7-year-old dog is already neutered. The puppy is scheduled to be neutered in about a month, at 6 months old.

So I’m wondering:

• Is this something puppies typically grow out of as they mature?
• Would neutering help with any of this?
• Or does this sound like something we need to address with training, if so what training can we do or do you think we need a professional?

I really want them to get along and be able to live together safely. Any advice, personal experiences, or training recommendations would be really appreciated.

I came home from work and she was so happy to see me.

Tail wagging, jumping, making those happy sounds.

Then she just sat and looked at me with the biggest smile.

I've had her for 3 months and this is the first time she seemed truly happy.

Best feeling ever.

Just had one of those walks, where you either come home crying or burst into tears as soon as you get in.

My 9 month old boxer teenager is relentless biting the lead on walks. He growls when he does it, but he isn’t trying to get at me (anymore) and I don’t think it’s aggression. I just feel like he’s so frustrated about something and I have no idea what.

It’s getting worse and more frequent – pretty much the entire walk he’s on and off lead biting or pulling like crazy.

I can’t figure it out and I’m at my wits end. Treats, his name, commands – nothing seems to snap him out of it other than standing on the lead for long enough that he gets bored and chooses to look at something else. Then as soon as we start walking again he’s pretty much back to lead biting. It’s embarrassing, sure, but I’m more so worried that I’m doing something horribly wrong to make him like this. I know he’s a high energy breed and he’s plenty of off lead exercise to run out and expend energy. But those walks around the block, or the walks to the field to let him off lead, are an absolute nightmare.

HELP

Edit: he gets plenty of rest, sleeps through the night in his crate no issues and naps for 2 hours or so at a time on and off throughout the day. We play tug in the house and the garden with rules (I.e. drop, wait, ‘ok’), we play a waited retrieve, we play ‘find it’ where he seeks out his kibble in the garden. He has licky mats, gets fed 3 x a day and recently upped his food to help him gain a little weight.

I feel like we’re almost done with potty training, but this week it got worse. It’s not the end of the world but my 5 month old probably does 1 of her 3-D poo a day inside.

My theory is to why she does it is she never seems to wee and poo outside in one trip she always wheeze and then tries to run past us to get in the door. She never wheeze and then stays out and poo so it’s always two separate trips.

Does anyone have any tips to:

– Get them to ask to go out themselves.

– Get every single poo outside not just 2/3

– The correct thing to do if she does poop inside. Do I say “no”.

For context it’s never the same one I.e, the morning or so we can just keep outside as we never know.

We do have her crate trained but this doesn’t matter as she’ll go outside after crate time, wee, come inside then poo.

Thanks.

Unfortunately, due to shitty pet policies in our destination (home) country, we can't travel with our 15-month-old, unneutered Bichon pup, Cloudy. We will be leaving with a Dog sitter/boarder for around 20 days. It's our first pet, so really any advice and criticism is welcome.

TLDR: leaving puppy for 20 days. Pet sitter now has a day job; will leave pup with her dog at 8, and her son will come back by 03:30. Neighbour will arrive at 12 to let him out for pee-poo. Is it fine to be left alone for such long periods?

We were planning to take Cloudy with us to India in March, but the pet policies are not as straightforward as we anticipated. Hence, we contacted a dog boarder, our neighbour's daughter, who is a dog trainer and also does dog boarding. Now she has a full-time day job, and she has informed that she will be leaving Cloudy with her dog after walking by 08:00 AM. Someone will come at 12:00 PM to check on the dog and let them out for a toilet break. Her son will come back at 03:30 and then will take them out for a walk again.

We usually leave Cloudy alone for 5-6 hours, and he doesn't whine or howl like he used to; nowadays, he usually goes into the room and sleeps. Will he be alright with the dog boarder leaving them for extended periods?

We will be leaving him for 2 days this weekend to see how he behaves in a new home, and probably a few days in February to introduce him to the new house, dog, and people.

Is there anything I should be looking out for? Is it okay to leave him with the dog boarder, or should I start looking for an alternative?

Any suggestions are welcome.

So I was here with the puppy blues about a week ago and now we’ve got our red Labrador puppy who is 10 weeks on Friday. He’s hard work but honestly he’s great. He sleeps in his crate fine for naps, goes through the night bar maybe the odd accident but generally he’s awesome. He’s learnt his name, sit, wait, paw, fetch and chase. I enjoy his company but I’m doing it on my own pretty much due to me girlfriend having an appalling time with illness in her family as her sister is recovering from encephalitis and the prognosis isn’t very good, although when we ordered him she was recovering and everything was looking rosy. She doesn’t have a lot of capacity for additional stress and normally she’d be all over this but she feels like she’s checked out a little. I have ADHD and find change hard anyhow but we have really got lucky with this guy I think. My brain knows I will be so sad and upset if he goes back to breeder but even still I feel stressed and on edge with him due to the responsibility of it all and how time consuming it is. Wouldn’t have been an issue if the Mrs wasn’t back and forth to hospital. I’ve bonded with him so much and think he’s great, but it’s tough

I guess my question is, how much longer until he becomes easier and doesn’t need me for entertainment all the time?

Sorry for whining, just want to do the right thing, including if that’s going back to the breeder as getting a puppy has obviously come at totally the wrong time.

My puppy is very reactive to animals that appear on the TV. She barks a lot when the popup on the screen, which is unlike her as she rarely barks. Horses in particular seem to be her least favorite. When we play the same video on our phones she does not really react.

Any advice or training that can be done to prevent this? We have a baby on the way so it may be difficult to avoid having animals on the screen in the future!

Hello all.

Recently we got a puppy named Loki.

We are trying our best to get him potty trained but we have some troubles during the last 4 days. He doesnt have a problem telling at night when he want to go out, he starts moving in his bed and squeeks a bit.

During the day he doesnt do that, without warning he sits down on his bed in the living room and pees, before i can get up its to late unfortunately, then we take him still outside to get the association to pee outside. Today he didn't wanna go outside we have taken him for 20-30 min walk but he doesn't do anything. He walked a bit and then sits down and pulls back to home, after that and being back inside he peed on his bed in the living room, he doesn't do that on his bed in the night.

Any idea why?

We also used treats to lure him, then he comes up to us and takes it and then sits down agian. Every time he peed on his bed in the living room we put it straight away in the washingmachine so he doesn't have the scent association with peeing there, although i happend 3 times in 4 days so far..

When he did it outside we praised him for doing that and then he gets very happy and jumpy

Any tips that help will be very welcome and appreciated 😀

What we already found out so far is that we have to take him outside everytime he wakes up from a nap.

Have a part sheep dog part poodle and I not sure what clippers to get so I can shave him and then start brushing regularly.

Was thinking the –

Andis 24675 UltraEdge 2-Speed Detachable Blade Pet/Dog Clipper – Runs Cool & Quiet, Designed with Two-Speed Rotary Motor & Shatter-Proof Housing – For All Coats & Breeds – 120 Volts, Black

And what blades I am supposed to use with it. He does have mats