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my pup koda is turning one in 2 weeks and for the past month or so, he’s been refusing to go into his crate for bedtime. up until about maybe two weeks ago it would usually just take some coaxing with multiple treats, but now he straight up refuses even for high value treats and will actively flail around and fight me on it if i try to nudge him inside. what baffles me the most about this is that he happily goes into his crate any time throughout the day with no problem and the second i can manage to get him inside at night, he’s perfectly calm. there’s no whining, no barking, no trying to break out or anything. the crate isn’t too small for him, he has a nice orthopedic cooling mattress inside and he’s had the same blanket covering it since he was 8 weeks old. i’m really at my wits end here, i’ve actually cried a few times over this predicament, and i don’t know what to do. advice would be VERY appreciated!!

So I have 2 dogs both male one is 7 years old and the other one is a bit over a year and my oldest dog has sometimes wandered off on his own but it’s never bin this bad, now that the youngest dog is older, I’ll notice them being gone for almost the whole day. Keeping them inside isn’t an option since both dogs hate being trapped inside but at this rate they’re barley home and I don’t know how to keep them on the yard. They have no reason to wander off, both dogs are happy and content at home but if I can’t find my dogs for most of the day it really worries me, I do live out of the country but have heard from neighbours they might be wandering off into other peoples land and it could get them killed… any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Looking for a good brush to use on my Rott mix during shedding season. Just wanna get it off of him so it’s not tickling. Any good results out there?

My dog is very respectful? responsible? (lol) with his toys. His thing is mostly biting just to hear them squeak or crinkle, tossing them around and fetching them by himself and playing tug with us. So when he’s done they’re wet and overtime they now look pretty gross, though otherwise are in fine condition. Because he doesn’t destroy them he has amassed a pretty good sized collection.

I’m wondering if anyone has any experience washing them? Obviously I wouldn’t use regular scented detergent but I’m worried about them kinda melting in the dryer or getting moldy inside if just left to air dry. Does anyone have any suggestions? 🙂

I've had my bernedoodle puppy for 4 months and he is extremely smart. I trained him on my own, and he isn't perfect and definitely overexcited a lot of the time but overall hes a good boy.

Besides recently… he turned 6 months and its like a switch flipped in him. He is peeing/pooping in my apartment multiple times a day without ringing the bell. He's biting me extremely hard and throwing toys out of his mouth to go back to biting me when I redirect… and generally just being way more destructive.

I've gotten more busy lately and hes gotten more picky. I feel like I'm understimulating him but if I train him at home he quickly gets to a point of refusing to listen, and he tries to eat literally everything so slow sniff walks are not really an option (he is ignoring me when I say drop it.) He refuses to eat because he wants to play, the snuffle mat only does so much since he just leaves the food in there if he cant easily get to it… same with a kong. He isn't into lick mats or anything of the like. if I am not directly involved he doesn't care for it.

If I take him for a walk he tries to listen for people walking by so he can lunge at them to get pets and he won't listen to commands at all… hes very aggressive with his play biting and will jump on people at full force and its so embarrassing. At the dog park, he mostly ignores me and just sniffs around and won't play with me when I bring toys like a flirt pole, ball, frisbee, etc. If anyone walks by, he tries to jump over the gate because he wants their attention instead.

It's so hard to train this part out of him especially since people keep saying "It's okay, I work with dogs" and walking up to him while he is trying to pounce, negating like all my progress every single time.

I love him so much but sometimes I just hate him the entire night…. Right now he is refusing to sleep and he is refusing to be crated. Last time I tried to crate him for a nap he threw up all of his food in a huge chunk. (He is fine being crated and will nap if I am not home)

I'm just extremely frustrated… He's my little accident puppy (not from a breeder!!) and he is the most cuddly and loving boy but the biting and humping and the constant in-your-faceness of him is slowly destroying my sanity……….. I can't even clean my apartment because he wants to be right next to me to attack the vacuum cleaner. He is only good if I am sleeping or if I'm out of the house.

Hi! I picked up the love of my life yesterday. He’s freshly 3 months old and is a mix of beagle/basset hound/blue heeler/king cavalier. He’s been very wary and anxious since I picked him up, not wanting to walk much on his own and wants to be inside my skin (I’m so freaking in love with him). I live in an apartment with indoor halls and an elevator. Every single time I take him outside he is a little braver each time and takes more steps on his own and has started exploring. But. He decides when he’s done. He did his most exploring tonight and I was so ready to get his exercise in but then suddenly that bum was on the floor and he was immovable so I was hoping that made him tired enough but when we got back he went straight to little barks for attention (he had already pottied and eaten) and I tried to play with toys but ultimately he only wants me to just stay playing with him with my hands somehow. I bought a few simple Kong puzzle treat toys for some enrichment but I’m pretty sure it’s a little too soon for that anyway. I plan to get a lick mat as well (although of course I don’t want to use that all the time to over feed him). Other than that I’m really not able to do too much high energy movement on my legs like running around w him for an extended period bc of medical reasons, but he also hasn’t even really shown any signs of zoomies/wanting to run. He also seems REALLY smart like he already followed my sit command as soon as he was home (his foster didn’t teach him that) and has responded SO well to training treats/positive reinforcement.

So. Anybody have good recs for mental stimulation & enrichment for my smarty sassy pants furry soul mate?

(Doing my best to curb the barking as much as possible without overindulging him so he thinks barking = he’ll definitely get what he wants. He honestly seems actually really great about the barking so far it’s not constant for no reason it’s always got a point to it)

hi, my dad decided to pick up a puppy for christmas but it’s about 7 weeks old and a pitbull. the problem is he’s home for the week and we kinda need to get the puppy on a schedule. during the week i usually get up at 5:15 and my parents slowly after me. my dad leaves around 7:30. i don’t get back home until about 2:30. any tips would be great for in general or about this. we’ve had a pitbull before she was just away older.

One only had her a month, but I was only needing to take her out every 2-3 hours. Now if I don’t take her out every hour, she’ll pee in the house. 😔 is this worth a vet visit, or is this a teenage thing, and we just need to go back to basics? I would assume she would be going even more often if she had a uti.

Thanks!