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Is there a such thing as a 5 month sleep regression? My puppy who once would go to sleep in the crate no problem now is whining in the crate? He has been crate trained since the day we brought him home. So disappointed as he used to be the absolute best in his crate. It’s like he’s a brand new puppy all over again, honestly he was better as a brand new puppy. Has this happened to anybody else and how long did it last? Ughhh

Hi everyone! We are in the trenches with a 10 week old Golden Retriever puppy, so far it’s been the typical puppy things and this probably is too but we want to make sure we’re doing everything we can… the last few days he has reallllly upped the biting and nipping but it’s kind of turned into almost aggressive behavior. This morning I picking him up to put his leash on him and take him outside and he lunged for my faced and then growled when I pulled myself away.

So far if he starts biting us we remove ourselves and step away from him while saying “no”. He has been going for our clothes big time and growling when we remove him and then lunges for us while we are trying to step away. Basically I just want to see if we are on the right track, is there more we can be doing? Since this newer biting with lunging seems slightly aggressive we want to nip it as early as possible.

We feed him 3 times a day via either slow feeder or snuffle mat. We also incorporate lick mats, the WOOF pupsicle lick ball, and bully sticks. We are crate training him for overnight, when we leave, and occasional naps during the day while we work, otherwise we play with him with a flirt pole, soft toys, and chew toys, we tether him once or twice a day so he gets used to calming down while on his lease and we also have a pen for him when we can’t keep a constant eye on him, he does well to self play and calm when he is tethered and in his pen(he also naps in his pen), our biggest issue is this biting/nipping while growling. Any suggestions are appreciated!

Hi there,

For a bit of context; four days ago we adopted a 6 months old Belgian malinois. He's very sweet, already comfortable with us and the house, a bit anxious on walks but shows no aggressive behaviour whatsoever, only barks at the gate when people go by. He already follows me around everywhere and wines when left alone. We only left him alone in the garden so far, we decided that's where he'll stay when we're away. The garden is all fenced up and he's got a place to shelter. I took a day of on Friday, we got the whole weekend, and I boyfriend is working from home today to oversee the transition. But as from tomorrow, we both have to get back to our working routine meaning he'll have to stay alone all day. And I have to admit, it makes me really anxious. I'm worried he'll have a lot of anxiety too, bark too much, or even find a way to escape.

I know it's a short transition, but no choice on our side and eventually he's gonna have to be alright alone all day.

It's not my first day, and I'm not worried about the rest. Just this initial adjustment phase.

Any tips?

Thanks!

Lila is a small dog, 8 lbs at 4.5 months, and for the life of me I cannot get her to sleep more than 6 hours a night. Every day like an alarm she’s awake at three and since I get up at four-ish there’s no going back to bed for me 🤪I’ve had her a little over a month so our routines are finally settling in, but this is an unfortunate one!

I absolutely cannot put her to bed later. I’ve tried so many tricks and she is too exhausted after dinner. She puts herself essentially to bed at 6ish, so she is sleeping about 8 hours just with interruptions of me bringing her out to potty. I’ve tried later potty breaks but she still gets up at three. It seems like that’s just when her body wakes and because she’s awake she’ll have to go potty right away. I do ignore her for ten minutes or so trying to stretch out the timeline but of course I’m not sleeping because she’ll be whining quietly and scratching at the kennel floor.

The next thing I’m going to try is setting a light alarm for three and moving it one minute later every morning. I’m hoping to help understand IF it’s time to get up with the visual cue. Any other ideas?

Hey guys, on Qatar airlines it’s saying that we should be able to feed the dog from outside the cage? What does this mean? What kind of containers can work for this? If anyone has any experience please let me know!