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Want to start by giving my sincere apologies to those that have lost their puppies, I saw a few posts and then felt silly about complaining about my pup. But hopeful I can get some help. I have a GSD mix from a rescue. Were told she’s good with kids and cats and is good with neither. The only real problem I have though is that she is nipping/ biting everything in sight 24/7. When we first got her she was very chill, and now three weeks it’s like she has an unquenchable desire to bite or teeth on something. The vet said she is about 5 months and doesn’t have much baby teeth left. She doesn’t bite when she’s mad, but she’s jumping and nipping the kids and me all day long and it kinda hurts! We take her on long walks, I’ll literally run with her. She goes outside a lot. We play with her all the time with squeaky toys she likes and balls. Nothing will stop her from running dull speed me jumping on us while on the couch and nipping at us. My hair, legs, body, arms, sweater, ankles, feet. And she’s very strong. Today I felt bad bc we had her in the crate for about two and a half hours which is longer than she spends during the day in there and she came running out like a complete maniac. I kinda don’t enjoy her. We went for a walk and were playing with an old soccer ball with her, when the kids went on the trampoline. She jumped up and bit me so hard in the stomach, is this normal? I don’t mind the jumping up on tables and eating paper and correcti t those behaviors but the nipping or biting I dont know which is really a drag. We have those puppy puzzles and she’s very good at commands but when she’s full force none that matters. Any advice?

(English is not my native language.) Mini poodle, 8 weeks at the moment.

I messed up it seems. I've realized recently that i have no idea how to socialize my puppy, or show him what "going on a walk" even is. Because where i live, the temperature during winter is between -30°C to -45°C (-22°F to -49°F) on average. (-50°C/-58°F if we're lucky…) The winter is also really long, it won't get much warmer until maybe April (usually around -3°C/26.6°F by that time).

We also don't have any puppy daycares at all, and there are barely any pet-friendly stores (i don't even know any, honestly), and i'm also afraid that he might get too cold on our way here even if i will find one.

If i wasn't misinformed, poodles also have low cold tolerance, right? I really blame myself for not thinking it through. I somehow completely forgot how long and cold the winter is here. 😓

I'm really worried. I have no idea what to do. Is it possible he now will be anxious/aggressive on the walks because of this?

I'm still going to socialize him in other ways i can (playing sounds, letting him walk on textures, toys). What else can i do?

Greetings r/puppy101

So, we got a two month old Cocker Spaniel. I've had Cocker Spaniel for fifteen years before this one and the dog was a delight to train, she learned very fast to go outside and poop – but this one is a complete opposite so I'm asking here for some advice.

The puppy is with us for about two weeks, she had her vaccines, but every time we go outside she simply sits in place and shivers, won't budge for a minute or two then when I call her she'll take few steps to come closer and again just stand still and shiver; so far that's what our walks have looked liked. Whenever outside she simply won't play, won't urinate or poop – but the moment we get in the house she'll relief herself in the hallway and play completely normally. When I notice she's sniffing in circles, I pick her up and move outside and she'll again just sit and simply won't budge – I stay with her for half an hour and she'll eventually start sniffing and exploring, but just simply won't relief herself – then we get in the house and again, she'll immediately do it indoor. When she did relief herself outside I immediately offered her treats, but she simply didn't want them – just sniffs them and backs away. I still praise her and cuddle to reward her but it's strange she won't have her treats.

The treats aren't an issue, because whenever I offer them indoor she'll take them without a problem. It's like when we get out she's a completely different dog, she follows me in the house wherever I go – even now as I type this in my study room she's by the desk sleeping; but when I tell her "Let's go for a walk" and bring the harness and leash, she starts shivering and clearly shows she's unwilling to go outside. The outside is relatively quiet, there are other dogs as well in other people's yards but none of them really bark or do anything that could scare her.

I even have training pads and drops in house, but most of the time she'll just ignore it – sniffs and carries on, goes to kitchen for e.g. and reliefs herself there. Am I overreacting because of previous dog's quick learning? She comes when I call her, knows how to sit, etc. but potty training and walking are a real problem with her….

Any advice will help, thanks a lot.

Hello so I have two old dogs and a puppy my older dogs are ok with the puppy one more then the other one of my old dogs Rex is getting more used to the puppy but he still won’t let him in my moms bed the thing I need help with is my mom is going out of town for today and she comes home Monday afternoon the puppy Chico sleep in my room with me and the big dogs sleep in my moms room with her but I don’t know what I should do I don’t want any of the dogs to be alone the whole night but Rex barks and nips when the puppy gets close to the bed he’s gotten better but it’s still a struggle and we have a kennel for the puppy but it’s a struggle getting him in it because he was my moms exs before we took him because he was going to get rid of him and he worked a whole lot and didn’t have time for a puppy so he kept him in a kennel the whole time he was gone which sometimes was 1am to 5pm so he doesn’t like his kennel I’m trying to get him to like it anyway I was ranting any advice on what I should do for the next couple of nights

Just to let everyone know it gets better ! I got my puppy imported and I’d afraid he would be unsocialized and untrained but my puppy came and he was already potty trained and socialized! He was past his chewing stage and he does not have any reactivity at all. He doesn’t have an ounce of separation anxiety , I can leave him in my room for 8 hours and he wouldnt care , he just sleeps. Strange thing is he doesn’t bark at all for any reason. I can’t really find any problems with him as he’s perfect so far so I just wanted to let you guys know it gets better!

Hi all, this is a general advice query that I'm repeatedly struggling with- I can't tell if I'm giving too much or too little time for my pup (5 months old lab). I'm aware of similar posts, but none had quite hit the spot, so I'm keen to hear folk's thoughts. During the week I work from home for three days so we're up around 0630, have a play/ training and a cuddle for 30 mins, she has breakfast and a nap while I get ready, after that we go for a 20-25 minute walk where she gets to be off lead for a bit and we play, then I start work ~0900. When I work she is with me and can roam around the house as she wishes (but she normally stays near me most of the time), when she wakes up occassionally I give a cuddle and a short play, but keep working until lunchtime where we do a bit of training and playing for 30 mins, then I go back to work until we walk again ~1500, then finish work at 1730, dinner, play/training/cuddles, cuddle on sofa from 1900, bed at 2100. When I'm in the office the other two days she comes with me and gets lots of cuddles from co-workers, a bit less sleep than on work from home days, and has a nice time (walks still the same etc).

During the week I feel less guilt about not entertaining her all the time, I have to work and so we both just have to get on with it, but at the weekend I need a bit of time to myself or just to get some things done, and I have cyclical guilt every weekend about not entertaining my pup enough. We still start off the same, she still gets two 20-25 minute walks a day with at least one when she can go off lead for a bit. I try to vary where we do these more, expose her to something new, or combine the walk with a friend. We'll probably do 2-3 short training sessions as well, plus her favourite activity of destroying one of the cardboard boxes I have saved for her or we'll drive somewhere different for variety. At the weekend she'll also generally sleep partially on me on the sofa in most of her naps. Is this enough? Is it too much? Am I a bad dog person for reading my book a while on the weekend/ doing a different hobby. I've seen folk on here say they spend 5 hours a day directly interacting with their pup, we have lots of frequent cuddles/ short plays etc, but is this enough? plz send hlp

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