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My Maltese is 1 year old but is deep in her adolescent chewing behaviors. She hasnt been a big ripper until adolescence but only the past month we can't trust her with a bed in the crate. She gets cold as it's autumn now and I know winter will be worse but she's destroyed 4 beds in the past month and I don't want the beds to be a choking hazard if we aren't around.

Any bed recommendations for an adolescent dog who enjoys ripping so she can stay warmer overnight? Our crate size is 22" as well so the more i have a hard time finding a bed 🙁

My husband and I have a rescue dog and we try to confort her in all ways. She must have had a terrible life before she came home with us. We've had a rather difficult time. For the first 2 weeks she either only paid attention to me, or she would split between my husband and I – which is fine. In the last 5 1/2 months she's begun acting like I am her enemy and she prefers my husband.

I walk her a mile every morning and I fix all of her meals. I even started making meals from scratch for her which I never dreamed of doing for an animal in the past. But if we give her already prepared foods she won't eat and loses weight. We weigh her every week.

Here's my current concern. We had a large dinner party of 11 people last night and we let her hole up in the bedroom (her favorite place) and kept the door shut. We politely declined to introduce her to anyone as she is deathly afraid of people. Oddly, she adores other animals, dogs, cats… all kinds. She LOVES going to the dog park nearby.

This morning she seems more afraid than ever. I *think* it is because of the weird smells and unusual noises in our home last night… prolly for about 5 hours. BTW, the ages of our guests varied from 60 to 90, so it was a pretty quiet group.

What can we do to ease her fears? At least she ate half of her breakfast; usually she snarfs it all up in a few minutes. Please recommend anything!

Last thought: hubby and I are very quiet people. We don't ever raise our voices and we never yell at or strike the dog. 🙁

Hello, as said in title i need help with how to clip my puppy nails. While he isnt afraid of the cliper itself, when you reah for his paw with them he gets quite scared. We have tried bribing with treats, chees, stake and nothing worked, so would be greatful for any tips.

My near 10 week old dream of a golden retriever puppy is suddenly having more accidents.

So we’ve had our new pup for over a week now. Other than the first night, he’s slept through the night.

We take his water up an hour and a half before bed and give him several opportunities to pee before bed.

He goes to bed at 9, no fuss or whining in his crate, and sleeps until 6:30am.

When he wakes up, we immediately go outside and he does a long pee and a poop every morning.

The last two mornings we’ve had to take him out ever 10ish minutes after to see until about 9am and while most times he’s been cueing to go out, today and yesterday and this morning he’s played and then just peed suddenly without cue.

No whining or pain or blood with peeing, no extra drinking of water…. He’s like triple the size since when we brought him home though (maybe slight exaggeration), so maybe bigger bladder means more pee?

Not convinced this could be a uti yet.

Does this seem normal? Before he would need a pee once he woke from any nap and maybe on before going down for a nap…not it seems more frequent.

We have a four month old whippet called Stanley who is the joy of our lives! He’s got a lovely little personality and he has fit right in with our family.

He was a shy boy to begin with so we took him to puppy socialisation classes since he was 13 weeks old to build confidence and meet other dogs. Unfortunately last time he was there he met a staffie puppy who relentlessly went for him and play bit him until I would separate them when it was obvious that stanley had enough (owners were nowhere to be found).

Almost immediately after that experience Stanley now thinks the way to play with dogs is to bite them. We went to the same class today and I had to put him on the lead because he was being very rough and biting the more timid dogs. I would walk him away when he was being too much and then reintroduce him when he had calmed down.

My question to all you fellow puppy owners is, is this normal? Some dogs did correct him, but they’re all young like him so he would stop and then find another dog to try and play bite with. People said to us that he just needs older dogs to correct him but is this true?

All help is welcome! We want our boy to be able to make friends and play with other dogs nicely ❤️

Hello, there. My husband and I have been with our 4 month old pup for just over a week and she seems to be adjusting really well! So well, that she has figured out how to hop onto the couch and now does it repeatedly with us trying to teach her “Off” because of it. We wanted to establish this boundary to teach her to ask to come up later on. Trainers recommend giving them a comfy bed to call their own, and to essentially continue to take them off anytime they hop on, which we have been doing, but she gets fixated sometimes and will just keep hopping on. My thought is to tether her around her bed, and we’re trying to barricade the couch with pillows. Any suggestions, or do we just hang in there?

I have a 4 1/2 month old bernedoodle. I live in the 50th floor of a condo so he mainly goes out to potty in the balcony. Whenever I take him out for walks he rarely pees and never poos. Will he start to learn to go on his own ? Or have I trained him to only go out in the balcony. Please help.

I know this gets posted all the time but looking for some opinions on my situation!

We have a 1 year old cocker spaniel. He is great, house trained, knows basic commands, is very kind and LOVES other dogs company, like a lot.

My partner and I have always had in our mind that we will have 2 cockers since we got him. Its for us as much as it is for him.

Im just wondering about introducing a puppy to a one year old. Im worried about regressing the one year old. He uses a doggy door to let himself out to the toilet, and im worried if we have puppy pads out for the pup he will regress there.

We want the dogs to be as close to the same age as possible, as we want them to match energy.

Just looking for some input around keeping dog 1 obedient while raising another pup