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He is a small guy a daushund/shauzuher however you spell it the harness It fits him correctly. my question does anyone have a hack they were taught or know where if that happens if a back up to keep him secured still. ? Thank you

Such a majestic looking pup im dying to know what breed it is. It is from the show Expedition Unknown in the Nepal area.

https://imgur.com/a/XX1GvEo

My 11 month old miniature dachshund has become a barking machine. I understand it is the breed, but it is constant. It is not barking due to a trigger or discomfort, it is demand barking/barking for attention. If he does not have direct attention or a Kong he is barking. It has been increasing the last few months and has become nearly intolerable the last 2 weeks.

We walk for 45 min in the morning then do a short training session when we get home, then the barking begins. We continue short walks and training sessions throughout the day, however, the barking persists.

The crate used to be our safe haven – he would immediately settle in the crate and go to sleep. However, the last two weeks he has started barking in the crate. There has been no change to environment or routine.

We just completed our second puppy training course, this time around focusing on the barking, and after 8 weeks the barking has only gotten worse.

We have tried redirecting with a command – he barks for my attention, I tell him to sit or down, he stops barking for that moment, then starts barking again. Repeat. We have tried ignoring the barking. After a few minutes of barking in your face he will stop, we reward the silence, then he starts barking again. Repeat. If we don’t reward the silence he starts barking again.

I can’t give him my attention or a Kong 24/7 to keep him quiet. Now that he has started barking in the crate we have no “last resort” when he won’t settle down. We live in a townhome so I am concerned this will become an issue with the neighbors if it doesn’t let up.

I am open to any and all advice as I am getting desperate. I am at a total loss and feel like a failure. Thanks in advance.

i know the title is crazy. i agree that if your dog hasn’t learned something, it’s your fault. my dog is now 13 months old and we have tried almost every method to potty train her. ever since she was 7 weeks we have encouraged pee pads, kept her contained in a playpen, then introduced outdoors once she had all her shots. the playpen didn’t last long, she kept finding ways to climb out of it. so we got a crate which works pretty much only for sleeping. i have tried almost every method i could find for potty training her. i think the biggest problem is that she doesn’t let us know when she needs to go. i’ve tried to find tells in her behavior, i tried a bell on the door. she knows that she goes potty outside. she has a routine that she goes outside and pees or poops whenever she’s let out of the crate. but most of the time she doesn’t go outside and holds it until we go back inside. i’ve sprayed the house of any pee or poop smell so i was hoping it wouldn’t be a consistent habit. lately she’s stopped barking to be let out and is pooping and peeing in the crate on her bedding. i don’t know why this is happening or what else i can do to help. i feel like she needs more of a routine but her poop schedule is almost never the same day to day. my older dog was potty trained so easily so i guess im just kinda lost right now. please help me!!

Hello I was curious, I have a 2 year old english lab. I try to play with him lots but with it soon becoming winter season and with where I live getting snow and temperatures as low as -40 celsius I can't bring him outside as often. So I was hoping you guys had suggestions on how to fix this problem?

I have a 5 month old German shepherd and an older dog. The puppy is constantly biting the older dog on the neck only when they are on a leash. In the yard they are perfectly fine and hang out with no worries but as soon as I take both of them out together it’s like war on the older dog’s neck and leash. I’ve distracted the puppy with rewards I have her calm down before we start a walk/ get leashed. The puppy’s focus is great when we are alone and she rarely takes her focus off of me unless the older one is around. Is there anything else I can do besides just separating them to spare my older dog/ sanity?

We have a 5 yo male chonker Chihuahua/pitbull named Jack with the sweetest, goofiest personality. He was kind of lonely and bored so we decided to get him a companion (not the only reason, but long story short). Last week, we adopted Luna, a female dachshund/Chihuahua mix we were told was 1 yo, fully housebroken, good with other dogs, and had an easy-going personality. What we got was a domineering bully who snarls at our dog and competes with him for every toy, food, and scrap of attention she can. She poops in the house immediately after being outside and snaps at people's faces while being affectionate. She also seems younger than 1 yo to me and was only spayed last week.³

She was a rescue, and appears to have been through a little bit of trauma and neglect, but she definitely has a sweet side and does show signs of wanting to improve and get along. She's smart and seems motivated to do better. I guess my question is, can she? The only dog I have raised from a puppy is Jack, and he was a dream. Is this a sign we should look into rehoming her to a home where she can be an only dog?

Can she change? Is this something that can be trained out of her? Is it just an adjustment thing? I mean, they do play and cuddle sometimes. She's been through a lot in just the last month, including just being orphaned, moved to a foster home for 2 weeks, spayed 11 days ago, then moved here a week ago. I have to choose which dog's life to ruin and it's breaking my heart.