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Lab puppy loves to go under our IKEA couch and chew the wood and pull out stuffing. We try to keep her in her exercise pen or play with her outside as much as possible, but sometimes we want to play with her in the living room because the exercise pen is too small to fit all of us. I know that soon she’ll be too big to fit underneath, but as of right now it’s a huge problem. She doesn’t always come out for high value treats either. The only thing I can think of is to put a cone on her which I don’t want to do because I’m sure she’ll hate it.

Hi all I have a 10 month old male pug puppy and while he is the cutest thing to ever exist, he makes no attempt to hold his bladder or go potty on the potty pad. He knows what the potty pad is. He’s been trained to go on the potty pad. I have gotten him to go pee on it before but now he refuses to absolutely go on it and proceeds to mark everywhere in the entire house. He is scheduled to get neutered sometime at the end of April and I don’t know if I can hold on much longer until then. Just this morning alone, he went outside, peed a little bit, came back inside and while he was in the bathroom with me as I was getting ready, he proceeds to lift his leg and pee all over my shower curtain. This isn’t the first nor the last time he will probably end up doing this. I can’t tell you how many times he has peed inside the house and how much bleach we have gone through cleaning it up he’s been reprimanded. We’ve tried taking him out every 20 minutes, we’ve tried getting him to hold his bladder by sitting in the kennel for an hour or two and absolutely nothing. I have even tried implementing treats if he goes potty outside and it still didn’t work! I am at my wits end and I have no idea what else to do. I love this little pug so much but I do not know what else to do with potty training. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve seen people talk about letting puppy explore in an ex pen outside but never see anyone talk about a staked in ground leash. Is there a reason for this? If I want to allow puppy to explore outside in a smaller area before the whole fenced in area can I use a staked in leash?

Hello! My 4-month old puppy is absolutely bonkers (as many are). It’s like overnight he gained a new confidence, defiance, and zest for life (lol).

We heavily rely on enforced naps, structured play, enrichment, training, and practicing settling throughout the day. My main question is, it seems like sometimes he gets overstimulated extremely quickly. He’ll take about a 2-hour nap and then we’ll do a little outside training/potty break, play (together or independent), enrichment or meal time, etc. However, sometimes it seems like he’s not even up for 30 minutes before he’s going bananas biting everything, having the zoomies, chasing his tail, barking, etc.

I usually put him down for a nap because i’m reading this as overstimulation, but he will go bonkers in his crate too lol (i. e. biting and barking at his blanket, biting the crate, chasing his tail, etc.). Could this indicate a lack of fulfillment & I just need to push through his crazies to redirect to more activities before putting him to bed?

Idk, he’s still a baby but I’m having trouble deciphering what the issue is and how to help him push through!