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Hello wonderful puppy community, I was wondering if anyone had any advice on my below situation. Ive spent lots of time already going through and trying suggestions from similar posts but nothing has clicked.

My goldendoodle is 4 months old and we've had her for a month now. The very first night we got her, we crated her for the night, but I now think was a mistake, she sleeps with me now I'm next room over from her crate room and we've sectioned off the house with a gate.

Anyway, fast forward to today, she's a bit of a velcro pup and cries if im in the house and she cant get to me (fine if im out though and someone else is here!). What im struggling with is her naps, whenever I get up to grab something from the kitchen for example, she will follow, napping or no. As you can guess, this means she is having very interrupted sleep through the say and we dont think shes sleeping enough as we're picking up on over exhusted behaviours especially in the evening.

Ive tried crate training, shes fed in there three times a day (is very hesitant to 'come' though). We've managed 8 minutes of her in the crate with the door closed and me moving around but feeding her every few sections. However, after we crate train even if its a short time she will act like the crate is evil! I cant keep her in the sectioned off house because she will just cry and wont settle.

Sorry for such a lengthy post, but does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get her to settle and stay settled? Whether its shut in somewhere or free in the room im not too bothered, i just dont love over tired puppy!

My 5 month old puppy got used to pottying inside on pee pads. I tried removing the pee pad but she just did it exactly where the pee pad was.

She just isn't doing it outside. She's been doing it inside for 3 months now (since I got her, due to vaccinations ) it's driving me insane

Hi! This is Kujo, he’s a 12 week old malamute, husky, GSD cross and he’s lovely but a nightmare at the minute. We’ve been taking him out on 2 x 10 minute walks as that’s what I could find for guidance but this seems to do nothing to tire him out or expel some excess energy. What would you guys recommend for exercise? Does anyone else have a dog with this mix? (Yes I will ask the vet, just asking for guidance before we go to her)

Exactly as the title says, I have a 5 week old puppy I’ve had to bottle feed practically since he was born. His mom died shortly after she had her litter, his siblings didn’t make it. He’s a strong eater and I’ve never had trouble giving him a bottle. That’s where the issue starts. He’ll eat until he has stomach aches and throws up and I haven’t figured out how to stop it apart from taking away the bottle. He drinks puppy formula from a bowl now but he still drinks so much he throws up. Any advice on how to fix this behavior would help

So I have 2 dogs and 2 kids. We had the dogs before kids our kids are 2 and 5 and the dogs are 11 and 12. The 11 year old is a boy and he usually never pees in the house. Our 12 year old is a girl and in the last 2-3yrs she has been peeing at night in our house. Usually in the hallway on a rug. I got sick and tired of washing the rug so I got dog diapers and started putting them on her at night. Well in the last 3 days both of our dogs have been peeing all over the house. The 11 yr old boy dog peed on our kids couch and the 12 yr old girl peed on our living room rug 3 times tonight! While we were awake and shortly after they had gone outside. One of the times was right in front of my husband. We are at a loss of why all the sudden she/they are peeing all the time. Money is tight so I don’t want to have to take her to the vet if it’s just for her peeing but this is getting nuts. It’s almost bec we started using diapers on her she’s mad and now is peeing out of spite. I know that sounds crazy but I don’t know what to do. I’m already stressed dealing with 2 kids at home and I cannot deal with our dogs pissing all over our house for NO reason!

He is a small guy a daushund/shauzuher however you spell it the harness It fits him correctly. my question does anyone have a hack they were taught or know where if that happens if a back up to keep him secured still. ? Thank you

Such a majestic looking pup im dying to know what breed it is. It is from the show Expedition Unknown in the Nepal area.

https://imgur.com/a/XX1GvEo

My 11 month old miniature dachshund has become a barking machine. I understand it is the breed, but it is constant. It is not barking due to a trigger or discomfort, it is demand barking/barking for attention. If he does not have direct attention or a Kong he is barking. It has been increasing the last few months and has become nearly intolerable the last 2 weeks.

We walk for 45 min in the morning then do a short training session when we get home, then the barking begins. We continue short walks and training sessions throughout the day, however, the barking persists.

The crate used to be our safe haven – he would immediately settle in the crate and go to sleep. However, the last two weeks he has started barking in the crate. There has been no change to environment or routine.

We just completed our second puppy training course, this time around focusing on the barking, and after 8 weeks the barking has only gotten worse.

We have tried redirecting with a command – he barks for my attention, I tell him to sit or down, he stops barking for that moment, then starts barking again. Repeat. We have tried ignoring the barking. After a few minutes of barking in your face he will stop, we reward the silence, then he starts barking again. Repeat. If we don’t reward the silence he starts barking again.

I can’t give him my attention or a Kong 24/7 to keep him quiet. Now that he has started barking in the crate we have no “last resort” when he won’t settle down. We live in a townhome so I am concerned this will become an issue with the neighbors if it doesn’t let up.

I am open to any and all advice as I am getting desperate. I am at a total loss and feel like a failure. Thanks in advance.

i know the title is crazy. i agree that if your dog hasn’t learned something, it’s your fault. my dog is now 13 months old and we have tried almost every method to potty train her. ever since she was 7 weeks we have encouraged pee pads, kept her contained in a playpen, then introduced outdoors once she had all her shots. the playpen didn’t last long, she kept finding ways to climb out of it. so we got a crate which works pretty much only for sleeping. i have tried almost every method i could find for potty training her. i think the biggest problem is that she doesn’t let us know when she needs to go. i’ve tried to find tells in her behavior, i tried a bell on the door. she knows that she goes potty outside. she has a routine that she goes outside and pees or poops whenever she’s let out of the crate. but most of the time she doesn’t go outside and holds it until we go back inside. i’ve sprayed the house of any pee or poop smell so i was hoping it wouldn’t be a consistent habit. lately she’s stopped barking to be let out and is pooping and peeing in the crate on her bedding. i don’t know why this is happening or what else i can do to help. i feel like she needs more of a routine but her poop schedule is almost never the same day to day. my older dog was potty trained so easily so i guess im just kinda lost right now. please help me!!