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Back here again, I just need some positive stories from people. My dog, 10 month old male Keeshond not neutered.

I love him so much but am having a hard time. Main problems, madness after each walk and then madness in the evening.

Can anyone give me some positive stories of their dog being mad and then being better at 1 year and then even better at 18 months?

I ignore the nipping, barking etc but some days it’s just so exhausting and I need some hope. I have done capturing calmness, relaxation protocol etc – hasn’t made a difference for us.

Thank you in advance, I just need some hope.

No matter whatever do our three month year old puppy is always go and always biting. We've tried distracting her with toys, ignoring, holding her collar till she's calm but nothing seems to work. In reality when does this behavior stop and what was you're game changing tio that helped to stop.

Hi! So, me and my partner 5 days ago got ourselves a 5/6 months old pup from a shelter. She’s really sweet, we haven’t heard her bark once, she doesn’t growl, show teeth, not a single sign of “real” aggression.

The problem is she’s peeing all over the house, sometimes 5-10 mins apart. She was held in a crate at the shelter so we crate trained her in minutes, and she sleeps there with no problems (sometimes maybe whines a little when she’d like to play more), she never pees in the crate. Also she never pooped inside, she always whines at the door when she needs to poop.

We take her out for a walk 8-13 times a day, because we thought the problem is in not being potty trained, however I asked a specialist and she said that uncontrolled peeing is a sign of stress. Sometimes she would run and just squad mid run for peeing. Anytime we come back from a walk she’s so overhyped, she bites our hands and has zoomies, everytime, even after a long walk. We also go out at around 3 at night for a pee, because we don’t know if she will hold it. I don’t want to traumatize her, she’s so sweet when she’s calm but the constant peeing and having to keep an eye on her 24/7 is so so so exhausting, and we’re on the verge of losing our minds.

Our almost 8 month old puppy suddenly doesn’t like his food. Is this normal?

He eats a little bit in the morning and then he just eats it little by little throughout the day and he usually finishes it around 4pm. Then we give him his dinner at 7pm and he does the same thing all night. Is there a way to prevent this or get him to eat it all at once? It’s as if he has gotten extremely picky.

My family got a new puppy last week (she’s 4 months, adopted her from a shelter) and she’s so sweet and smart, and we’re doing really well teaching her, if she does something bad or hurts one of us it’s a firm “No” and redirecting her to a toy. Right now we think her adult teeth are coming through so obviously her mouth is really sore and she likes to bite and chew, which is normal and she’s got innumerable toys and we play with her for hours everyday.

What I want to know is why does she only play so rough with me? With my parents she’s so sweet and the first few days in the house as she got used to things and we started to train her she was rough with everyone, and we’ve managed really well to pull her attention to her toys instead. She plays with all of us but not so rough with my parents, with me she can play for ages as I’m younger and can get on her level for more equal tug of war games etc, but she’s usually a sweetheart. When she’s well rested and had some food she’s full of energy but she only takes it out on/with me. She launches herself full force at me regardless of whether I’m actively playing with her or not, and she tries to bite me a lot more than she does my parents, and when we’re outside she runs mad and when she has the zoomies she’s hurt me a lot (never maliciously) and at one point hurt herself (not badly) but she rarely does so with my parents, and only does if I’m not at home.

I understand that she’s a really young puppy and is teething and is full of energy and is still learning, but she only ever plays really rough with me, I don’t mind the occasional nip as we’re still training her but is there any reason why she plays so rough with me but no one else in my family? Again, she’s really smart and listens when I tell her “No” and most of the times she’s an absolute darling.

TLDR;

My puppy plays really rough with me but no one else in my family, she listens to me but doesn’t treat anyone else like this, I want to know why

To start I have realistic expectations, she is a baby and accidents happen but I’m curious if I can get some advice to make it easier. I recently got a Brittany puppy (Juniper) and she for the most part does very well potty training wise. However she has little to no signs that she has to go to the bathroom sometimes, and when she does if she is moved outside she just sits there and looks at you rather than eliminating any waste. We give her treats when she does go outside and when she has an accident inside we just move her to her other pen we have set up so we can clean it up quickly. What are things I can attempt to make this process a little easier?

Hi everyone. Sorry this is long winded, but needing some help with my puppy. We rescued her a little over a week ago, and she is showing some serious rescourse guarding issues. She is the sweetest dog in the world, friendly with everyone and every dog she meets, so learning that she has this behavior is a little shocking. We noticed this behavior for the first time the second day we had her, over something she had found in the backyard. We tried to grab it out of her mouth as we didn’t want her to swallow it, and she snapped at us. It has only gotten worse from there, it now happens about once a day and it’s over anything. For example, yesterday she had her front feet up on the counter cause she smelled food, we are working on the “down” command, but she wasn’t listening so I tried to give her a gentle push off the counter and she growled and snapped. Another time she had found something in the house, we tried to “trade” like some people had recommended but she was completely ignoring us and ended up growling and snapping. And lastly today she had a lick mat that she flipped over and could not get flipped back, we tried to let her work it out but she could not get it flipped so my boyfriend tried to help her and she got extremely aggressive. Probably the worst we’ve seen. She is only 12 weeks old and it’s making me nervous that she’s already so aggressive. She shows no other behaviors like this, it’s like a completely different dog. We have been trying all the things we’ve seen online but it seems to only be getting worse. At this point wondering if it is fixable whether it’s with us or a trainer, since she is still young at this point or is it just managing it? Thank you all.

Our 5 month old rescue lab puppy has no table manners yet. When we try to eat, if he’s not crated, he cries, barks, and then will try to nip. When we crate him during mealtimes he barks incessantly. It’s made dinner / our kids bedtime unbearable for me. Has anyone else had this experience? Any advice? I feel like this is just our life now and am feeling the puppy blues hard. 😞