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Mines about 3 and all she wants to do is play, jumps around like a loon when she sees another dog.

Changed foods so many times now but nothing makes it go away. She is healthy and happy but licking her paws A LOT. I cleand them and put some baml on them but that doesnt help. I read that some probiotics could help? Did anyone try it?

We just got a 6 month old labradoodle pup from our local shelter. She was surrendered by owners that figured out they didn't have time for a puppy. (Ugh!) Apparently, they did little to no training but at least got her to potty on pads while they were out.

Now that she is with us, we'd like her to go potty outside like our other dog. Some progress was made in that, as I hoped, she will go outside with the other dog or with one of us. She has even started to go out on her own if the doggy door is available. However, now that the weather in Alaska is getting below freezing we can't just leave the doggy door available.

Any advice on how to transition our pup from pads or going inside to telling us when she needs to go out?

Hey all, we have an 18-week-old golden retriever puppy. We’ve had him since he was 10 weeks old and as soon as he started feeling comfortable with us, he began barking at other dogs when he’s on the leash.

It’s not that we let him play or greet other dogs on leash, and he hasn’t had any bad experiences. But from the start, whenever he sees another dog, no matter the breed, age or size, he just barks and barks and pulls like crazy.

He’s been to puppy school and the trainers there say it’s just frustration from being on leash. Their tips like distracting him with treats, trying to be more interesting than the other dog, or walking away don’t really help. If we try to walk away he pulls hard into the leash and won’t disengage. We do create distance whenever we can, sometimes even pick him up until he calms down, but it doesn’t really solve the problem.

When he is not on the leash and is allowed to play with dogs (when he is calm) he is very well behaved and not barking.

What frustrates us is that this seems pretty atypical for golden retrievers. It’s not a hormonal thing either since he’s been like this from the beginning. We’re also worried about him learning leash reactivity as a pattern…

We’re not looking for generic training tips since we’ve heard most of them already. We’re more interested in hearing from others who had a dog, maybe also owners with a breed where this is unusual too, that went through the same thing since puppyhood. Did your dog grow out of it? How did you handle it? We’re feeling a bit lost and frustrated … Thanks!!

Yesterday I took my 4.5 month old Pomeranian to the puppy park. Usually there’s a gated area where all of the big dogs are off leash and a park area where all of the tiny dogs can meet up and play. She usually has a ton of friends there. When we were walking up there were a bunch of larger poodles off leash and one ran straight towards her, clothes lined the leash and she took off screaming. I had to chase her for a block and 2 of the poodles were also chasing. I held her and calmed her down. Gave her extra treats last night and she’s acting pretty normally. This morning she was scared to walk in the park direction but relaxed when we got there and just sat on the bench with me. Then we saw one of her friends who’s a French bulldog and he got excited and ran up to her. She slipped her harness (hard to find one small enough for her, I’ve tried 4 so far and waiting for an even smaller one to arrive today), ran by a tree and sat and waited for me to come pick her up. What I’m asking for is help for that reactivity and any advice to help her fear. She ran up to this same dog yesterday and played with him after the poodle incident. She’s normally fearless and confident. I just don’t want this to set her back so any advice helps. Thank you!

TLDR; potty trained puppy will not stop pooping on the carpet at work

I have a 6 month old mixed breed pup who has been coming to work with me 3 days a week since August. My girl is completely potty trained at home with the occasional accident when we are taking too long to let her out, but otherwise she has been perfect and can understand that the backyard is where she goes to the bathroom. For context, home and work are not the only indoor places my puppy has been- she has been to indoor daycare multiple times without an accident, visited my boyfriend's mom's house, and been inside a family friend's house with no accidents each time. I know that these instances with no accidents could be due to her feeling nervous- my girl is scared of all new environments right now and will usually hold her bladder when she is uncomfortable. However, she is very comfortable at work and knows her way around the place as she has been coming here with me for so long. My issue is that for the last 3 weeks or so, she has been sneaking away from me while I'm working and taking poops at the back door where i usually let her out. She usually does this without giving me any indication that she needs to go, and often it will be RIGHT after she has already been outside. I am at a loss as to why this is happening, but my top ideas are that she has either not transferred the concept of potty training to this new place, or she is testing boundaries as she has officially entered her teenager stage. There is another dog here so it is possible she is marking as well, but I feel like that isn't likely since we live with another dog at home and she never does this with him. I apologize for the long post, but if anyone has any insight I would love to hear it 🙂

Yesterday my 7, almost 8, month old cavalier King Charles spaniel completely destroyed his crate bed and seemed to have eaten the stuffing when we crated him to clean the house, we didn’t know he had done so. When we discovered he destroyed it, we immediately took it out of the crate and disposed of it alongside the fluffies. He acted regularly and pooped, had dinner and peed normally. This morning we woke up, he’s still acting like himself and going to the bathroom/eating normally. However, about an hour ago he did throw up something very similar to the stuffing just darker in color and all tangled, I can add in the picture if necessary. Are these symptoms of blockage? I’m crazy worried.

Golden retriever puppy. First week home was rough – major puppy blues but second week in and things are getting better.

I’m working on toilet training right now – we get maybe 70% of his pees and pops outside. I usually miss the early morning one as even though I set an alarm he goes RIGHT when he gets up. He even peed in our bed last night. We’ve decided crate training is the next best option. Im also working on “sit” “leave it” and to stop biting. Been watching some dog training videos on the biting one.

Also – leash walking. That’s definitely a struggle as he does not want to go where I want him to. He plonks down and refuses to move – only treats will get him going.

So my question is – am I focusing on too much at once? So I focus on toilet training first – then work on leash training, basic commands, etc? I feel like when we’re outside I give him A treat when he goes potty then I’m trying to train him to walk on a leash and also come and “leave it” with treats he’s just getting so many treats. But it’s also frustrating taking him out to pee and he just plunks down and won’t move or come back inside hah.

How did you all do it with your puppy? One thing at a time or fine to work on multiple things in a day?