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Context my puppy will be 4.5 months old almost 5 months when we go. She’s used to being in the car 1-1.5 hours at a time our trip is about 4.5 hours.

She usually naps 4 hours and she’ll be in the carrier, I plan to take 1 break so she can walk a bit on her leash and pee.

Was wondering if anybody have tips or think this is ok?

I live in an apartment complex and my dog hates it outside. He will not go for walks. He’s about 4-5 months and is just scared of everything outside. I hand feed him and train him in front of my door, sit outside with him, but nothing it’s working. I hired a trainer but I don’t think he will progress ☹️. I’m at my wits end. He currently uses the potty on my patio and I’m tired of cleaning it and changing the pads. I tried the grass patch and he just ripped it up. What’s weird is that he will use the potty on grass at my mom’s house! While this complex is dog friendly, it isn’t set up for dogs. I wonder if he feels a bad vibe here? I find it depressing because it’s all concrete. My lease is up in AprI’ll and I can’t not wait to move 🙁

Back to my question lol sorry dealing with the puppy blues here and needed to vent! Will playing with a flirt pole help him get excited about the outside?

Good evening everyone! 9 months ago I got a puppy. The night before picking her up I was so incredibly anxious and didn't sleep well at all. Still had anxiety all the way to pick her up, and it continued to escalate rapidly when we brought her home. I ended up having a panic attack the week after having her home. My parents (Bless them🙏) took in my puppy until I could get a handle on whatever was making me feel so incredibly anxious. She came over every day then went to sleep at my parents. Still the anxiety lingered like a spider web clinging to you now matter how much you try to remove it! Eventually I pinpointed what was the reason for all of it. I hate change, and I lack structure and routine. I'm autistic and Adhd so abrupt change sends me spiraling unfortunately. (Wish I had realized this before hand…) I want to bond and have my puppy at my house full time but it still gives me so much anxiety that I start thinking about the possibility of rehoming her. But that scares me more than having her…if that makes sense. I hate feeling this way and she is such a good girl and so goofy and great with my husband and 9 year old daughter. It would break them if I was to rehome her. So, my question is, has anyone ever been in my situation?!? Is there a end to this stupid and pointless anxiety?!?

I work from home, I also am in a relatively new city and do not have many visitors at the moment and there is a dang snowstorm! The snow will subside but causes issues periodically with getting her out to slowly desensitize her. I seem to have a situation that is making it difficult to socialize my foster fail. She is a 7 month old potty mix I’ve had for 1 month. She’s not reactive to dogs but does bark at people. She doesn’t lunge or growl and just barks and cowers. I of course don’t want this to turn into extreme reactivity. I did hire a really great trainer through my rescue but aside from my trainers advice curious what other folks may be doing. I was looking into have a go walker come over and get slowly introduced to her using the right/recommended protocol but unsure!

My 13 week old cockapoo won’t stop biting. HES a sweet boy most of the time but the biting is unbearable. He lunges for our feet every time we move and it hurts. Redirecting, ignoring, nothing works. we heard holding his mouth might help but idk. I really need some good advice that’ll work. I’ve tried everything social media advices. I tried crate training this week and metal stimulation. He can’t go on walks yet so he has too much energy. Today he bit my mom because we thought he was choking on a toy. I’m trying to prevent resource guarding in the future. The vet told us he was going to be about 12 lbs when fully grown, but he was 8 lbs at 12 weeks. I just need some advice.

will a new 8 week old puppy have the same personality as my resident dog?

my resident dog is my boyfriends and she is high energy and breed/ball obsessed and does not listen well with no off switch. I’d like to get another dog with a more laid back personality as that’s what i vibe with more. is it possible to get a puppy and it be opposite of my resident dog? does your puppy’s personality mimic your adult dogs?

Does anyone have recommendations for a good smelling dog shampoo that’s pretty clean or hypoallergenic? We tried the Burt’s bees oatmeal one today and it really just enhances the wet dog smell!

I am writing this post as I am sitting next to my puppies crate crying my eyes out, trying to comfort her, I don’t know what to do and feel like I made a mistake. She has been whining for an hour.

Two days ago my boyfriend and I found a post about an 11 week old black lab and we instantly knew we found our baby. Shes the cutest. Yesterday was her first day home and it was amazing. She is extremely smart and trainable (can already sit and lay down on command) and we knew we wanted to crate train. Well the first night went AMAZING she went to sleep in the crate around 7pm, woke up at 11:30pm, I took her to potty, back in the crate, settled within 20 minutes with minimal whining while i sat next to her crate. Stayed asleep until my boyfriend left for work at 4:45am and then we were up for the day.

Tonight is a completely different story… wanted to put her to bed later because I am the one getting up with her and I don’t go to sleep until around 10:30. She took a nap from 6:45-7:30 in her crate no whining went into crate on her own to lay down and nap.

I then go take her potty and my sister came over and we played and played and played to tire her out. Let her go to her crate at 9:20 and the whining was nonstop, I took her to potty and she peed, then back to crate, she was reluctant this time though but I rewarded her for going to her crate. it is now 10:20pm and she is still whining, I do not feed into the whining but if I completely ignore her she howls and throws a fit (I live in a duplex)… I am at a loss. I don’t know how long it is going to take to get her in a routine and don’t know if I made the right choice, I need advice and encouragement because she’s such a good girl but I can’t function on 9 hours of sleep the past 48 hours.

Note to literally everyone with a new puppy: Don’t let your brand new puppy eat a whole bully stick in one night. This should have been common sense for me. It wasn’t.

That thing does, in fact, have calories and loads of protein. If your puppy is not used to it, it can and will cause your puppy to have the runniest poo you will ever see. Let my mistake be your lesson, please. My nose will never forget.

Hi all, I've had my 2y/o rescue dog since July and he's so far been doing great. I live in London and he is very timid, which I know is not ideal, (the rescue did not admit this despite me asking and we didn't get to meet him before he arrived) but despite that he's made massive strides and has just been building and building his confidence every day.

Ever since he arrived, we've been taking him for two walks a day (one in the morning, one in the evening) because we don't have a garden. So far, so good, but for the past few days he has been so unwilling to go outside in the evenings. It's hard work to convince him to come to the door, almost harder than when he first arrived, and there have been times once he is outside that he starts desperately trying to escape his harness so he can run back home. Thankfully we live on a quiet street with no immediate danger from cars etc., but it's obviously very distressing for everyone involved!

I know progress isn't linear so I'm hoping this is just his first low period, but I wondered if anyone else has experienced this and how you dealt with it?

As far as we know nothing has happened to trigger this new fear. He's still excited for his park walks in the daytime, but now will suddenly get anxious halfway round and pull to go home. I just don't know what to think!

Any help or advice much appreciated.