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hi all! i have a 43lb terrier mix who i bring with me on car rides often. we usually don’t go far but i want to make sure she’s safe and bring me some peace of mind so i have been looking into high impact kennels for the car. the two that have stood out to me are Gunner and Impact. i’ve also heard about Ruff Land but haven’t looked into it much. right now im heavily considering Gunner but would love to hear your thoughts!

Whenever we leave the house we have our 2 dogs confined to the living room with gates because they tend to get into things. Both dogs do great in there, never have accidents or anything. But our 7 year old dog occasionally gets out by either chewing on the gate or knocking it down or jumping over it (we've gone through several gates trying to find the right one lol). Whenever she has a succesful escape she pees. She'll be fine for hours in the living room but even if we're gone an hour and she gets out, there's pee. Any idea why or how to stop it?

Hey, we recently got a staffy/beagle/lab cross, i believe he’s 11-12 weeks old now. he’s our first dog.

he’s a very excited and sweet lil pup, but we haven’t really had much luck with discouraging biting yet. i know it’s gonna take a LONG time, but recently i’ve noticed that when we play, he gets REALLY aggro until i have to put him in time out or pick him up (he’s calm when being carried, it’s like a killswitch for his gremlin mode). and then sometimes when he comes out of time out, he goes straight back to the aggro play

it’ll start with playing (tug of war with a rope toy, throwing a toy for him to chase after, etc.), and then he goes aggro. suddenly he’s latched around my clothes or hands or feet, biting down quite hard. i’m sure it’s playful, but it’s so hard to get him to let go because of his grip, and he has no interest in any toys i try to replace my clothes or limbs with. (and it freaking hurts!!!)

is the aggro thing normal? i’m assuming he’s getting overexcited, but sometimes we can just be lazily playing and he still turns on me. my other assumption is that hand tastes better than toy, and hand fights back, but that can’t be sustainable. i’m not sure how much longer my hands can last as his chew toy.

when he gets a real good grip round my toe, what do i do? he won’t let go, and boy his teeth are sharp. i’m always scared that the next time he goes for my foot and i don’t see it coming, i’m going to instinctively react and accidentally kick him. plus if he’s literally dangling off my sock it’s kind of hard to step away without also stepping on him, i don’t know how to make him let go and then not go back for more

any advice, please 🙏 im desperate. i know he’s still a baby and that this is probably normal, but how do i at least start discouraging the super rough play?

Overall, my dog is doing better as she gets older. She's crate trained and does really well in her crate, no chewing, no damage, not even to her bedding. In fact, when she's in the crate while I'm away, she just sits quietly and doesn't even chew on her bone.

However, when I leave her out of the crate while I'm not home, she gets into everything. especially chewing on cords. Interestingly, when I'm home, she doesn't chew on anything inappropriate and sticks to her bone.

I'm curious why she feels the need to chew on things like cords when I'm away and she's not crated, but shows no destructive behavior when she's in the crate or when I'm around

So I take my 10 month old puppy to a rover in home daycare. The last week the lady has told me she is peeing in the house constantly and today told me my puppy peed on her (daycare lady) foot twice. My dog is completely potty trained at my home and has been for months. Has had once accident in 6 months at my home. I’m not sure what I can do about her not being potty trained at daycare if she is at my home? What can I do about this? And why would she pee ON someone?! In the 8 months I have had her she has never peed on anyone, even as a small small puppy. I don’t know what to do!

EDIT to add- at her daycare she says that my puppy has full access to go in and out all day (doggy door) which she does not have at my house or anywhere she has been. So I did explain maybe she just doesn’t put 2 and 2 together. Every time I take her out she is on a leash (I live in an apartment) but she does go out at my moms when we visit without a leash so I am unsure if that’s the issue?