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i got a presa canario puppy three weeks ago, and they’ve been the most stressful weeks ever. from peeing on my bed to pooping in my freshly washed shoes, i’m frustrated. i’ve tried everything so she knows where to go to the bathroom but it’s honestly impossible; not even watching my other trained dog helps her understand. plus, i taught her to give her paw and to lay down, but it seems like she forgot it all from one day to the next (i practiced with her several times a day) and suddenly she forgot everything. i’m frustrated, i really give up

Hey guys

So for the last week my 3 year old Chihuahua (Grub) has been waking up at 3/4 am. He wakes up, sits up alert and starts shaking violently. Like he's terrified. When I turn on my bedroom light he just looks around and continues to shake.

He does this until I let him out of my room and he gets into my mum's bed with her dog Bear (he's obsessed with bear as he's our elder dog and he loves him). He doesn't shake in her room.

He's never done this before and it's hard not to take it personally (like love meeee I spend so much money on youuuuu). I don't know how to stop it and keep him in my room as usual. It's keeping me up at night with the shaking so I can't just ignore it.

Any help would be great xxx

It all started with a hole puncher, about 2 years ago. She heard the loud click of the thing and immediate bolted downstairs where she stayed for 30 minutes, she was shaking, and we couldn't get through to her at all. It very slowly started to escalate to beeping noises, anything with a high enough pitch sent her into panic mode, so we did everything we could to avoid beeping.

Recently, probably over the last 3 months or so, sounds that aren't even that loud frighten her, it can be a low beep from the car when we're pressing the breaks, someone dropping something in the other room or even rummaging through utensils.

I talked to the vet about this and they said it's not uncommon for older dogs to become sound-phobic, but they didn't prescribe anything to help. Should I ask again if I could get some anti-anxiety meds for her, or should I try something else?

We’ve had our 12 week old chihuahua for 10 days now. He’s doing really well and we’re trying to socialise him as much as possible.

We’ve taken him in the car, to the vets and had guests over to the house. All have gone well. However I’m worried that it’s too much for him when I take him out in his bag (like a carry sling where I can hold him).

Today we tried going a bit further, walking along a busy road to a cafe to get a takeaway coffee. He trembled the entire time (he does this a lot as a chi) he began by taking treats but then eventually wouldn’t so we turned back. He wasn’t crying or hiding, still had his head popping out to look but had ‘whale eye’ and trembling. The whole trip was 15-20 mins.

Am I pushing him too far? I feel awful now. I’m scared of making him fearful.

Should I carry on with these sort of trips or scale back? I was thinking tomorrow I might just try 5 minutes on a quiet residential road.

It’s just so hard to know what’s right especially when you feel ‘the socialisation window’ looming over you. I’m so scared I’m going to ‘ruin’ this puppy!

My bf and I recently rescued two Lab/Rottweiler/Pit mixes from a parking lot. We own a class C camper so space is limited but they play outside a lot. They’ve had me crying every day from stress – biting everything, stealing each other’s food, potty on carpet (although they mostly go on potty pads by the door when we aren’t fast enough). We take them to work with us because we’re scared to leave them alone so soon. Someone please tell me it gets better lol. Also any tips for puppies in RVs?

Christamas is comming, not sure what to buy for my dog, do you have any idea?

Hello all.

I have an 11 week old Labrador (show line) and as he gets larger, i am considering making some changes to his crate.

He is almost 100% potty trained, he has never had an accident in his crate to date and is fairly good with enforced crate naps so i figured its time to give him more room in his crate to move around and self soothe so that i dont need to bring him out immediately.

To do this, instead of using the door at the front of the cage (the short side), i would turn it around and begin using the side door.

Will this orientation change bother him in any way? The crate will not be moving location, just what direction its facing.

Thank you

I have a one year old dachshund / chihuahua mix who will not house train. I feel like we go weeks with almost no accidents and then weeks with multiple every day. Dog is crate trained and sleeps through the night with no issues. I take her out every 2-3 hours when at home. She seems to know to signal at the door, but the accidents continue. I know I should have eyes on her 100% of the time but I WFH and can’t supervise her and work simultaneously. She will tolerate the crate for short stretches of time (I maybe get 1-3 hours a day) but doesn’t enjoy the crate when she can tell I’m home.

I’m done. I give up. I’ve failed and the dog has broken me. I will have shit and pee in my house forever.