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Help… my six month old micro bernedoodle is regressing. She was doing so well. I removed the rugs in the house, really focused on potty training and she’s rarely had accidents at all for a month. We also traveled for the holidays and she didn’t have any accidents in the home where we were staying for a week. And they have rugs.

We got home and I decided to bring back the living room rug (after it’s been thoroughly washed / natures miracle was used after accidents) she decided to start peeing on it again. She also started peeing on the couch cover. I don’t know what to do… I need to have a rug in this room. How do I get her to understand that this rug is not her potty spot without getting rid of it? Same wit the couch cover… what do I do?

My now 13 week old puppy came home to me a little over a month ago crate trained and sleeping through the night at 8ish weeks! Unfortunately last week we had an upset tummy and were up a bunch during the night, and now that we’re feeling better bedtime is a little bit more of a challenge.

Before the upset belly she would start to wind down around 8 or so, snuggle with me for a couple hours, do some light play around 10 (mostly just sniffing around the kitchen she’s penned in or some nylabone chewing), out to potty one last time, snuggle for a minute or two, then crate at 11 with a white noise machine and 3 sides covered. She has a snuggle puppy and two blankets in her crate (her mother one sent from the breeder and another one that smells like me).

Now, we start the night off the same – but when we come in from the last potty all bets are off 😅 she comes in from last potty wiggly and excited, pulls snuggle puppy out of her crate to play, pulls one or both blankets out of her crate to play, sprints around listening to the noise of other people in my house walking around upstairs, barks at her reflection in the window. After about a half hour of this (and me not engaging/just sitting by the crate) she’ll finally come and start to settle in my lap, and then by 11:45 or so she’s calm enough to be put in her crate without fuss.

Luckily once she goes down she sleeps through the night (crossing my fingers as I type this that I don’t jinx myself for tonight 🤞) – but my thoughts are: – I know she’s probably overtired and people might say just put her straight in the crate, but she’s been so good in there I hate to put her in and close the door when she’s THAT wild and cause a negative association. But maybe I should? – Has she outgrown the snuggle puppy and does she not want it in her crate? It’s tough because she always eventually snuggles up against it and uses it as a pillow, but anytime she comes out of the crate and it’s been in there with her she immediately pulls it out to play. I mostly hide it during the day because it’s expensive and she has plenty of other cheaper toys 😅

Anyone else experience this or have any ideas to get bedtime back to a more peaceful routine? I worry that the more this happens the more she’ll associate last potty with wild play 😅

I wanted to wait for my dog to mature. It’s time. He’s never had to stay at the vet long or without us, but they’re keeping him from 7am through 3pm. Is there anything I can do to help him prepare or will he just have to endure?

He is crate trained at our house and likes going to the vet, but he doesn’t like being without us at the vet and is not the most cooperative with them (so they never take him to the back without us and do everything on the table with us present and facilitating). I’m not sure how he’d take to their crates.

We’ll have him on some trazodone – 50mg the night before and 50mg the morning of.

I have a cavapoo, and I am her person. Also my first dog. I am booking a trip to New Zealand (from Canada). Curious if people have any tips on how to make it easier on her when I'm gone? My husband will be home, and she will likely go to my MIL'S house a few days a week too. Currently she's in doggy daycare and she will go more frequently as it gets closer. I'm worried she'll get depressed and stop eating or something. Help ease my anxiety!

hello everyone i hope you are doing well. i'm writing this as a follow up post in a way to a post i made on a different subreddit. so the tlrd of everything is my dog keeps alerting to the stairs in my town house. he was doing this and whimpering at the same time but has since stopped the whimpering. whenever he does this i let him up the stairs (there's a baby gate to prevent him from going up there on his own as he still has some destructive tendencies i'm training him out of) he just goes and lays on my bed. he also only does this when i am home alone he won't do it when my house mate is here. i'm wondering what he is trying to tell me and why he keeps acting in this manner. he is a two year old husky shepherd mix and has been doing this for a few weeks at this point. nothing has changed in the house and there's nothing odd that i can find after several sweeps of the house. if anyone has any advice i would greatly appreciate it. thank you in advance.

looking at getting my 12 almost 13 year old dog a new bed for christmas. currently he has the furhaven orthopedic bed with 2 out of 4 sides having a bolster, in the large/jumbo size. looking at something like big barker but it’s way too expensive and i haven’t found one that’s 2/4 bolster, waterproof, and a nice blue. the furhaven is great but my other dog chewed it unfortunately and now that it’s christmas i figured i’d get a new nicer bed for the senior dog. budget is around $100, thank you for the help!

I'm at a loss what to do here. Context: we have a 1.5 year old Aussie and have fostered dogs previously and decided we wanted a second permanent addition. We scoped out and adopted a dane mix (Actually quite small at about 55 lbs) who is a total sweetheart. To us specifically. Both dogs are crate trained so they get crated near each other for acclimation.we had their initial meeting on neutral ground. Got along great. On walks? Perfection. you'd think they were best pals. Both are happy to feed in their crate to avoid mishaps during growing pains. That's all the good. So the issue. We've kept them separated during the first few days as advised. Or tried to. The dane mix, as she has been getting more comfortable, is willing to break down any barrier to get to my Aussie and try to stand off with them or hump them (mostly humping) and if the Aussie doesn't yield she will try to bite (happens very fast) if my Aussie tries to disengage the dane mix will chase. I've tried separating them completely using doors, crates, etc but the dane will scream if they are separated visually completely (ie door). The only way to broker a temporary peace is if they are both crated in the same room they will settle, or if the Aussie is upstairs with me the dane mix will settle downstairs with my wife. But I can't stress enough that her pursuit of the Aussie is relentless In any other situation we've tried (gated to separate areas downstairs, crate/out time rotation, etc). I've never had this issue before and I'm really not sure how to correct it, or if it can be. Truly looking for any constructive advice. Luckily no one has been truly hurt yet but this has obviously been distressing for us and the Aussie and the safety and health of the dogs and my family are of top priority and concern.

We had a vet visit for my 67 pounds 7 month old Labrador Pitbull Mix puppy today.

He had been limping on and off for 4 weeks so it was time to get evaluated.

Xrays show arthritis and degeneration in both elbows, likely elbow dysplasia.

My puppy is ACTIVE and high energy. He lives for ball throws and playing/running with other dogs.

We are calling tomorrow to try to get into an ortho for treatment and management options, but has anyone else had a puppy diagnosed similarly?

Our vet said the lifestyle we thought he'd have– hikes, ball play, running, etc aren't an option anymore.

My heart is broken and I am devastated about the potential impact to my babies quality of life.

Has anyone else managed this condition for their hyper active furbaby?