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We recently adopted a 2 and a half month old golden retriever and aside from the playtime biting she is wonderful. Like the title says I’ve noticed that sometimes during the day she takes a nap and when she gets up there is a small-ish amount of urine on the floor and her rear legs and tail is wet with it as well. For example I was just eating and she was sleeping at my feet under the table for around 30mins and it happened. For context this only happens during the day, the crate where she sleeps is bone dry in the morning. She gets plenty of exercise (2 times 30min-1h walks per day, plenty of playing sessions) and we take her out every 1h-1h30 during the day to do the business and we have no issues regarding her doing it outside. We also have zero issues with her peeing indoors while awake. From what I know and the research that I did, she drinks a Normal amount of water.I just need a little advice since none of our previous dogs have had this problem, thanks in advance!

We picked up our gorgeous new baby girl puppy Bowie 2 days ago.

Shes 11 weeks old and a Show cocker spaniel from a reputable breeder…totally gorgeous in every way.

My husband and I have both had family dogs but never had to train a puppy…and if I’m honest – we’re a bit green about what we’re supposed to do now!

She’s sleeping in her crate at night which is great. Whines a tiny bit, sleeps for a good 5 hours, wakes up and whines and she’ll have pooped in her crate. Then sleeps again till 7am.

Her first vaccinations are on Thursday so we can’t take her out just yet…and we have fox cubs living in our neighbours garden so we have been exclusively using puppy pads until she’s vaccinated properly to be safe.

So far she’s done a couple of wees on the puppy pads but also a lot not on them. We’re yet to have a poop outside of the crate in the night or today just randomly on the floor…help here would be great!

Main things I think we need help with are: • crate training (she cries if she’s in it in the day) • how long should we ignore her for in the crate outside of bedtime? • how can we socialise her or keep her happy before fully vaccinated? • any tips on toilet training!! • recall with her name • bath advice (for those times when she’s walked through her wee or poop) • anything else I’ve missed!!!

She’s super cuddly and just wants to be with us all the time. Happily plays with her toys and already doing sit and paw (sometimes). Our ragdoll cats are happily sitting near her and not hissing etc so that’s really good…and she’s great with eating her food and having water etc.

Anything that anyone can give in terms of advice would be amazing. We’re total novices and doing as much research as we can to become the best doggy parents that we can.

Thanks in advance!

Ok so currently my spouse is working from home around 4 days a week and I am working from home the one day he is in the office, so our 10 week old puppy is never alone (unless there’s a meeting that needs to happen on another floor.

Now, there may be a change and my spouse may have to go in the office more frequently…or maybe we have to go out on the weekend…how do you manage?

I know there’s dog walkers…but we aren’t keen on letting strangers having access to our home.

Puppy daycare adds up really darn quick too.

Growing up with I had dogs we just..left the house. It just happened. We never crate or pen trained…dogs always had access to the house….so I feel like I’m over thinking things?

I just feel like it’s impossible…or it will be a year or two before we can just leave him home alone for long periods of time…how do people manage?

Hello,

Looking for advice regarding the 4-5mo teething stage for our Golden Aussie aggressive chewer.

He has Nylabones and Benebones for puppies and he does fine with those for about 10-15 minutes before he gets bored. We were giving him cow ears but he can finish an entire cow ear in less than an hour, so I started limiting him to half a cow ear when we feed them to mitigate stomach upset. He likes his Toppl but it uninterested in filled Kongs. Now he has started destroying his crate mats and beds. He gets three walks a day + training and I try to keep him entertained but sometimes I just want a moment 😮‍💨

Anyone have advice on: A. Safe chews for large breed aggressive chewers that he can’t finish in one sitting B. Crate mats/beds that he can’t easily rip apart

TIA

We have a five month old Vizsla puppy who is very affectionate and has not shown any aggression before. The other day, she was chewing on a bully stick and I went to scratch her behind the ears like I have done hundreds of times prior, and she produced a very unexpected low growl. She has never done that before when taking toys, playing or when eating so it caught me off guard. Today while she was chewing on another bully stick, our daughter walked up to her and she produced another unexpected low growl and “snapped” at her. There was no contact but I was alarmed just the same. Any advice on how to nip this behavior before it gets any worse? We’ve made it a point since day one working on hand feeding, “take it/leave it”, drop it etc. Do we stop giving her these high value treats? Shes also enjoyed chewing on benebones and nylabones but I keep reading that those aren’t good for her teeth so we stopped giving those to her recently.

Appreciate any advice!

So I have a big 4 year old Pyr/Bernese/St. Bernard mix that I adopted a few weeks ago. She was previously in a large outdoor kennel 24/7 so she has bursts of energy, but her stamina isn't that great. Her long walk of the day is about 45 mins, but the last 20ish mins of that is her walking at a snails pace because she's so tired. Am I walking her for too long too soon? How do I know?

Hi all,

So my boyfriend trained our 2 dogs (lab and cockapoo) to bark at sounds outside, or when people come up to the door. I guess it was supposed to be like a protection type thing. We’ve been living in his house ever since we got both dogs. The lab is 5 and the cockapoo is 4. They bark excessively when they hear certain things outside, or if I have the windows open and they see neighbors walking down the street or the mailman coming to the door. And if one of us parks our car in the driveway and walks up to the door, they go berserk jumping on the couches and barking. The cockapoo especially loses her mind when one of us comes in the door. When we tell her no bark, she keeps going for a while.

Well now we’re temporarily moving to an apartment before I start grad school in another state, and I want to know the best course of action for trying to re-train them in an apartment setting. I do not want to be those neighbors and drive everyone nuts with dogs that bark all day and get complaints. And I do not want them to be stressed! This will be a big change for everyone, and sounds carry in the apartment hallway. My apartment is also above the pool which can get a little rowdy when the kids are playing. We usually leave the TV on low for them during the day, but that doesn’t help once they hear/see something.

When I’m home during the day, I try to correct their behavior immediately when they start. For example, they always bark whenever they hear the brakes on the UPS truck driving down our street. I tell them no bark, try to distract them with toys, and then tell them they’re good (followed by a reward). I repeat this when the mail truck is driving through our neighborhood. I also try this when people walk up to the door or walk by our house, but it’s usually unsuccessful. What’s funny is, we have them playing outside in the front yard sometimes, and they do not bark at people that walk by. But when they see people through the window, they lose it.

Since they won’t be able to see anyone in the apartment, the main behaviors I want to try and correct are barking at every little sound or person they may hear at the apartment, or when we enter the front door.

I'm not sure what to do anymore. I have read all the guides, I have engaged two different trainers, I have them walked twice daily, and I have been to the vet to rule out health issues. I have two dogs: Ludo (husky/mix, age 5) and Daisy (pit mix, age 2). We have had Ludo for a few years, Daisy we adopted 3 months ago.

About 3 weeks into owning Daisy, she and Ludo got into a fight over a toy. It wasn't terrible, we separated them and I called a trainer immediately. We had the trainer come into the house, they gave me sibling jealousy protocol, and I've been working through that with them. I also separately took them to obedience training with a different trainer. I took away all the toys in the shared area and made it so they could only play with toys in their own rooms away from one another.

Then one day we were sitting on the sofa and they were between my legs and a fight broke out. Daisy latched onto Ludo. My husband was hurt in the process of tearing them apart. I tried the wheelburrow method but could not get them apart. Ludo was injured but not terribly. I called the trainer back, we continued with the sibling jealousy protocol (keeping them on leashes while they were together). Things were fine for several weeks.

Then two nights ago, my son was cooking hot dogs and spilled some water on the floor. The dogs went to lick up the water and Daisy went after Ludo. His leg was torn up in the process.

I'm not sure how to stop this. I'm on edge 24/7. 99% of the time they are completely fine with one another. I do not want to rehome either dog. Is there anything I can do to end this drama and find peace?

I just started working with my very barky French bulldogs on not barking at the door/noise outside. We worked with a behaviorist for other issues and they have improved so so much. My question is, how long can anticipate the counter conditioning to take (I know it is life long work)? I am also practicing with one dog at a time. Can I do both together?

Any input or experiences are appreciated!