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so, i’ve got a 4 month old puppy that recently had her last shot. we wanted to bring her out for a walk, just around my apartment, after her last shot, but she just won’t stop biting the damn leash 😭

So happy to be here!

We don’t know if our little guy is 9 or 11 weeks old; the rescue agency kinda ball-parked it. We just got him six days ago.

Today my husband and Walnut were standing near the porch, checking things out in the neighborhood, and he got to meet another puppy. Happy times! But then he did a Big Boy Bark and scared the doodle. The other people (who, just our luck, happened to be a retired vet and a dog trainer) said we have a week to correct that behaviour.

They told him a few other things we’ve been doing wrong and I really hope we didn’t break our puppy. Is this “bark window” a thing?

He’s enrolled in positive/clicker training and the first class is 10 days from now. I’m worried we’re going to screw up and lock in some bad habits.

Hi everyone, I have a 10 week old Pomchi puppy that I’ve had for 6 days now. I came home from work and my mom told me that my puppy started crying and yelping out of nowhere, he wouldn’t let anyone touch him and he looked terrified. She said that he was fine the whole day, he was playing and sleeping and eating just fine up until 6pm rolled around and the crying started. I got home an hour later and he was sleeping but he still looked scared, he let me pick him up and I was carrying him then I tried to put him in his sling carrier (which he has comfortably been in before) then he started screaming and biting. My mom said that that was the same cry he did before.

Yesterday, we had a really bad thunderstorm at around 6pm. My mom said that his cries from today sounded exactly like his cries from yesterday’s thunderstorm.

Should I be worried? Is this an anxiety thing? He was fine the whole day today, we just have no idea why he started crying like he was in pain.

We have an 8 month old male husky mix and a 6 year old female red heeler/staff rescue. I’ve had the older one since she was 10 weeks old and knew how horrible the teenage phase can be but omg, male hormones + husky feels worse.

We just went on a week-long trip and had the dogs looked after by friends separately. I was looking at boarding the puppy but my friend wanted to have him to convince her partner to get a second dog (newsflash, I don’t think they’ll ever get a second dog now).

• He killed one of her pet quails. They’re pretty dumb birds and stick their heads out of the cage so he bit one off 😐 she had tried to barricade the quail area but he just jumped over the gate to get to them
• Days after the quail murder he knocked over a brick wall, it literally looks like he took a sledgehammer to it. This wall was on the side of the quail enclosure and his prey drive had him doing demolition
• Destroyed one of her miniature hobby house models, which was shelved reasonably high up
• Destroyed multiple pairs of shoes, broke plant pots, miscellaneous items all chewed up
• Chewed up and de-stuffed her previous deceased dog’s bed which she had a connection to and was keeping

My friend has an older rescue blue heeler who is bounds of energy, so I think she underestimated him and the pursuits of a teenage puppy and left a lot of things within reach. She had left the house with him having access to the internal of the house where all her stuff is, whereas at home he gets crated if we leave the house for 30 mins, and everything is out of reach as best as we can.

He’s proved he can’t be trusted and that we need to up the ante on his training, remain consistent, enrichment enrichment enrichment.

We’re compensating my friend with money, as well as a new hobby house and I’m in the process of arranging two new quail chicks for her.

Fml

My dogs

Some interesting things about a french bulldog.

So we have a 7, almost 8, year old rescue dog that is mostly Jack Russel but has some other breeds mixed in. He’s the complete opposite of a Jack Russel in that he is a napper and low energy, walks are done but he isn’t a long walker and will not do hikes for long. A few runs around the fenced area, a few ball tosses, and he just wants to plank on the deck and relax. Good with our young kids (under 6) and really we know we got lucky with him.

Any ideas on a breed that will not destroy this nature of him. He’s very well socialized, numerous family dogs and frequent visitors so not concerned of adding but can’t decide a breed. He’s 18lbs so my dreams of a Scottish deerhound aren’t going to work.

Hi – I have a 12 week australian shepherd puppy who gets really anxious when I leave him. The only way he feels ok when I leave is when his crate is fully covered, tv on, fan on, and after 15 min of letting him quietly chill out/fall asleep in the crate first. I'm worried the separation training is not helping if maybe he's asleep and doesn't know I'm leaving the house every day for a little bit. How do I transition from fully covering his crate to letting him out and about one day as an adult dog when I leave without him freaking out?

Our puppy is a 3 and a half month mini poodle. The first month, he was an angel in the crate- daytime and nighttime. The past few days it's been such a struggle. I'm not sure what to do… my ultimate goal is to have him sleep on our bed with us anyway but I think he's way too young and I don't want him to have accidents at night. I'm losing my mind and hearing him cry is really hard. What do I do? I have to add that he also never naps on the couch (only in the crate) because he just cannot calm down/chill out on his own. He's either fully awake and hyper and wants to play or is asleep. The only way he chills with us if he's chewing his bully stuck. WHAT DO I DO! Please help.