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no judgements … but I need help :/ I got my 11 week old puppy last week and the previous owner stated he was potty trained….. im trying to get him to pee/poop on the wee-wee pad but instead he likes to go in his crate and handle his business in there. Any tips on how to get him to handle his business on the pad instead of going in his crate? this is my first puppy in over 12 years…..dont know what to do 🙁

Hey guys I am going to pick up this sweet girl named Sirena sometime next week from a foster family, She is about 50lbs. I never had experience with traveling with a Dog and wanted to see if you guys have any new pet owner advice. Any suggestions on any products to get before I receive her. I am a bit worried with how this car ride is going to go i've been told she doesn't like cars not sure how to make her feel better about that.

hey guys, has anyone else here been screwed over by Good Dogs "Protection & Support" fee? im honestly so livid right now and trying to figure out if im just unlucky or if this is a common thing.

long story short: bought a puppy through Good Dog a few months ago. they charged me for their protection service which explicitly claims "Payment protection", "Lifetime support from our Care Team" and that they will "help resolve issues".

well the puppy arrived super sick. multiple parasitic infections, vomiting, lethargic, underweight, the works. vet bills started piling up immediately. i filed a claim with Good Dog and their response was basically too bad so sad. they denied it saying parasites arent covered and claimed i took too long to see a vet (I found out on friday when I picked him up 3 hours away that we had 3 days to get him seen. Thee puppy arrived on a friday and my clinic was closed over the weekend and first available appointment was 10 days after placement). they just told me to go talk to the breeder.

like, i paid YOU for protection? now youre telling me to handle it myself? the kicker is they only offer email support. no phone number. despite calling it a "SUPPORT" service. they responded citing a lack of documentation and exam records proved the dog was healthy, denied the claim, and that was it. they even ref'd a vet exam from a date after he was placed that didn't happen and stated the lack of paperwork also validated the health of the puppy.

i started digging and it looks like this is their standard operating procedure. i found 60+ BBB complaints with similar issues, and TONS of reviews on other sites saying the fees are designed to be nearly impossible to decline but offer zero actual coverage.

some of the bbb complaints are identical to mine, like people saying "The Good Dog Protection and Support Fee is a joke considering there is no available phone number" and "I paid extra for protection of my funds. If Good Dog can't get my funds back they are supposed to refund according to their policy and have not done so".

it honestly feels like their business model is just charging everyone 15-175 bucks for this fee, making it hard to opt out in the app, and then citing fine print to deny everyone who actually needs help.

my damages are brutal so far. paid the fee for literally nothing, paid full price for a sick puppy they claimed was “tested”, "healthy”, “dewormed”, and “vetted", plus four figures in vet bills and decontamination costs. im out almost 10k at this point.

ive already filed complaints with the ftc and ag, and im talking to some lawyers to see if this counts as systematic fraud for a class action.

i have documentation of everything – marketing, the fees, the denial emails, vet records, etc. just trying to share and protect other families from this.

/rant

Our pup just got her 16 weeks/final shots.

We've been doing relatively short outings with her since we got her (10-20 mins in car to location, hang out in location 10-20 mins, 10-20 mins home).

Just wondering when everyone started having their pups out for longer amounts of time?

Good Morning everyone. Me and my wife are thinking about getting a puppy for our 3 1/2 year old son to grow up with. Currently we have a 9 year old boxer/pit mix (Koda), who is the most well behaved dog I have ever owned. We ended up getting him from a friend of mine who had too many dogs about 5 years ago. Right now, we don't really want to have two dogs in the house, but could manage. I have heard that puppy's tend to learn from other dogs when they grow up in an environment with another dog, unfortunately dogs don't live forever, and our boy Koda is getting up there in age. I kind of of want to get a puppy to live along side Koda, to learn from him as he grows up. What has been your experience with having a puppy living alongside your older dogs, as compared to raising your puppy alone? is there really any benefit to having another dog around for your puppy to grow with?

We have an adopted dog that is more or less 5-6 months old (it is not known exactly, but almost all of his baby teeth have already fallen out). Lately there have started to be changes in his behavior, she has become much more vocal and has started barking at friends who come over or people he sees coming through the door at night (he didn't do any of this before). We live on the ground floor of a building, so we heard a lot of noises but until now she didn't react to them. She challenges us much more, and unless she is very hungry or there are treats in sight, she has a hard time obeying. Yesterday she started kicking the trough with the food, and until she threw it all on the ground and made me see it 😂, he didn't eat it. SHe also gets up in the middle of the night to play, which he never did. She has also become more demanding of attention and can no longer stand alone for as long while we work in another room.

We are first-time parents, we have lived a lot with adult dogs but we had never raised a puppy. Is what I see the beginning of adolescence? Can be heat? I just want to know if this change in behavior is more or less normal and I should just be patient, or if I should be worried. She eats and goes to the bathroom normally, has energy, doesn't seem to feel sick. Thank you very much in advance.

Hi everyone! I guess I’m having a little trouble with my 12 week old puppy and need advice. I’ve seen plenty of schedules on here but no one quite in the same situation as I am. Any advice is welcome.

I have a 12 week old Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. We are trying to do enforced nap times with the schedule pretty much being up for 1 hour – 1 1/2 hours. Then nap. Rinse and repeat. My significant other works from home, so someone is always around.

Where we are having trouble is she really only sleeps for 30-45 minutes then is up crying and yelping. We try and only let her out when she is relatively calm but we have gotten no luck with getting her not to want out of the crate. Other things to mention, she doesn’t mind her crate at night. She sleeps almost the entire night and doesn’t cry at night when we aren’t around. From camera footage it looks like she wakes up in the middle of the night and drinks water and plays with her favorite bone that squeaks and torments the cat, back to bed. If we stay in the room while she’s in the crate she also freaks out. If she hears anything or anyone during the day she’s awake and just wants to be next to that person. Including the cat.

How do I help her with being better on her own in the crate? I hate to have her yell it out for an entire hour trying to get her to settle. Although, it would really be nice to go out to the grocery store without knowing she’s yelping and crying while we are away. Is the problem the current schedule? Is she too attached to me and my SO that she thinks we’re abandoning her?

I have been playing crate games with her for around 2 weeks and she eats all her meals in her crate.

Thanks!

I like to power walk but my Pug cannot keep up. I want to be able to bring her along sometimes. Can you recommend a pet stroller that is high quality and has all-terrain capability like a real stroller for kids? Willing to make an investment as she is one of my kids.

Okay so I have two large dogs. They're Labrador retrievers. My younger one is still very much a puppy and wants to play all the time. Our local dog park has two sections, one for larger dogs and one for smaller dogs to keep them separate. Of course the smaller dog park is much smaller.

It has now happened a couple of times where I take my dogs to the dog park and someone is in the large park with their little dog. They have not offered to move to the smaller Park and I have taken my large dogs into the smaller Park.

My dogs would never hurt their dog on purpose but they are so much smaller and they would still want to play with them so I'm concerned and keep them separate.

Should I just go into the larger dog park anyway and then they would feel the need to leave? If another person came with a small dog my dogs are in the small Park. It just seems off.

Any thoughts on how I handle this politely?

is she trying to reach me with her tongue when im petting her? what is this nonsense? is she just being a dummy? i know its not stress because when she does it shes fully relaxed