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i’m not sure if this is the correct flair to use, but i’m kind of at a loss right now and want to know if anyone has advice, or if this has happened to anyone else

i am gone from my house for about 9-10 hours for work, so i leave my dog out of his crate. he doesn’t destroy anything, he is very well behaved, but he does not potty on his puppy pads, and i have no idea why. no matter how badly he has to go, he just won’t. he will poop on them, but he won’t pee on them.

when i come home he barely makes it to the door before he releases all he’s been holding all day right on the kitchen floor. i’ve tried changing the puppy pad brand to see if maybe a different texture or something would do it (and even got ones with attractants) and i am just at a loss right now bc nothing seems to be working.

thank you in advance

My little boy is 27 weeks and since he was a pup was super well trained we put lots of work in and he was such a good boy. Anywho, in the last month it's like everything I taught him is gone, he now ignores me, when going for walks he pulls and doesn't engage with me when I say his name, dog parks he now just runs into the water or chases birds and doesn't come when called so now we have him on a long lead and also we taught him not to rush out the door without a release command but apparently he's forgotten that too. I'm concerned mainly for his safety particularly with his recall and rushing out the door.

Would really appreciate if anyone else has experienced this and what they did? When he was a puppy the recall command was probably his strongest, and now's he's just disinterested in me (even when I have high value treats) and just does his own thing running over to other dogs, birds, water and only listening when he chooses to.

I know that this is an adolescence phase thing but I want to know what I can do to nip this in the bud and get him back on track? For reference, his recall we practiced at home and he got straight away and then he just did it outside home too. Now he still listens inside the house, but outside is another story so I don't really know where to start with that training as we never had to "train recall" as such when he was a babe.

Thanks in advance!

So my puppy, Puppy barks at everything on walks, literally everything and everyone. I Don't know how to get him to stop. I know I'm suppose to ignore it and the reward him when he stops, but he seriously loses his mind to the point where I am just picking him up and comforting him, which now I feel like he is doing it now for that attention.

Also, anytime I feed him he inhales his food. I have tried the slow eater bowls and he will literally pick it up and turn it over, and when I scoled him he isn't listening because well he is inhaling the food now on the ground. 😩

Any advice will be appreciated, and any suggestions without having to put alpt of cost into would be great also, seeing as I am currently homeless.

Thank you in advance ☺️

Just curious~ my puppy’s name is Powder and it’s based on the show Arcane. But really the name Powder to me also means something that is soft and gentle

Edit: y’all can you share your pet’s name lmaooo

We have a mini goldendoodle, just past 4 months old (18 weeks). He used to do really well in his crate at night. Would reasonably whine for a minute or 2 (I miss you), and then curl up for bed. Now he just sits and whines (sometimes little puppy yelps) for up to an hour! Like, what gives dog?! He goes out before bed, gets his water before bed, gets some cuddles before bed. All his needs should be met! Ignoring doesn't seem like the way to go, telling him "No" seems useless. Is this just a phase we gotta ride out? Any suggestions?!

Hi everyone! my mom and I have a 4 month old puppy and he’s been doing great in his crate at night to sleep! however, his crate is in my room and I’m in his eyesight at night. I’m going out of town on a trip for 5 days so we wanted to see how he does in my moms room at night since she’ll be here with him whilst I’m gone but we quickly found out that he barks and claws and whines if it’s not me specifically and we’re unsure of what to do. does anybody have any tips on how we can get him used to being in my moms room?

Is $1050 normal pricing for puppy training? It’s a 1 hour private session each week for 6 weeks. And then 3 group sessions. I live in a high cost of living area since I’m sure that makes a different. And we can’t do group sessions off the bat since my puppy is leash reactive.

I’m a bit impatient waiting for my puppy to go into heat for a few different life reasons (per vet’s advice waiting to desex her until after her first heat). She’s been acting like a teenager for a couple of months now but especially for the last two weeks. Given both teenage behaviour and heat cycles are linked to hormones, I’m wondering if there’s any correlation in timing. For those of you with female puppies, did you find they happened around the same time or one happened much earlier/later than the other?