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My 11mo pomapoo male puppy has been potty trained since he was 5 months old but he does not signal (noticeably) when he has to pee. This whole time it’s just been on me to make sure he goes out every 4-5 hours.

Last night he had an accident (my fault- I should’ve taken him out right at 5 hours). The thing that bothers me though is that he does NOT noticeably signal at all (he doesn’t whine)- when I was potty training him the only signal he ever gave was sniffing around which is super easy to miss. I’ve taught him to ring a bell on command but I’ve kinda stopped having him ring it before we go out because it didn’t seem like he was making the connection.

It seems like it’s WAY more difficult for a dog to make the ring bell->pee outside connection when you live in an apartment because it’s more like ring bell->put collar on->put leash on->go in elevator->walk through lobby->pee in grass instead of a more direct connection if you can just let your dog out in your yard. Has anyone been in a similar situation and do you have any tips for me?

So my wife and I have this amazing pup we absolutely love and adore. We managed to train her really quickly with toilet training and using her doggy door. Unfortunately she has begun to regress. Last November we spent a month renovating our ensuite bathroom and thats when the regression started. It lasts for a little bit but then comes back. We even got our carpets professionally cleaned when we thought we got her back on track only for her to do it the next day. Thankfully it has now stopped happening on the carpets but its now happening whenever we leave the bathroom door open. We've resorted to keeping that bathroom door closed at all times but the second its left open she'll sneak in and pee in there.

How do we stop this continuing even if we accidentally leave the bathroom door open?

Hello. I keep reading here all the naughty puppies stories about how they changed during adolescence, how they forgot all the training they had, all scary stories! My pup l going to be a teenager in couple months and I started being stressed about that puppy stage, so…

Do you have any positive adolescence experience with your puppies? Maybe your dog hasn’t changed or was a perfect teenager? How were they as puppy and what did you do to help go through this phase without loosing your mind?

I need to hear some positive stories and see if there is hope haha

I have a 5-month-old border collie puppy and up until now he has always been with someone – either a sitter, at my grandmother’s countryside home or with me while I work from home. He is quite attached to me and follows me most of the time, coming with me to another room about 8 times out of 10 and always watching what I’m doing.

I haven’t done intensive crate training because he seems more comfortable moving freely around the apartment and is able to calm down and fall asleep either in his bed or on the couch.

Now the time has come to start training him more seriously for being alone. So far, I’ve been using a separate, puppy-proofed room in the apartment. I leave him there with a Kong and close the door behind me, usually for about 3–10 minutes. I probably couldn’t even leave for 15 minutes, because as soon as I open the front door, he starts barking and tries to open the door.

How can I effectively train alone time without using a crate? Has anyone successfully done this? I know that I have to get him exhausted to leave him alone for even a couple of minutes but what's other tricks to train this efficiently?

Also, how much did your bc puppy sleep during puppyhood? Mine sleeps no more than 14-15 hours per 24h.

Thanks in advance

My 12 week old cocker is great about going to the toilet outside mostly. He has never had an accident in his crate or play pen. The times he has had an accident it’s been because we missed a signal/took too long opening the door. He loves being in our little garden/courtyard if we are out there with him, but will whine at the door to come in if we are inside (we’ve once or twice kept him outside to clean up his accidents by the door so he doesn’t track them around the house). I was just wondering at what point we can pop him outside to toilet by himself without being present? Is that something that can be trained or do we have to go out with him for every toilet break until he is grown up? Thanks 🙂

I have a 5 year old mini dachshund (dachshund owners you know they're stubborn as heck) and recently she's stopped listening. I tell her no, she doesn't even flinch. I say her name, she doesn't respond. She'll hop up on surfaces and steal things from the coffee table, eat off of plates, she's impossible! People in my house are also undermining me by giving her table scraps. She barks all the time while outside and doesn't come back inside, even when it's snowing. I take her on walks and there's a foot of snow on the ground so I doubt that she's offended that she's not spending time outside. She's barely food motivated, unless it's people food. What do I do?

To make a long story short we have been back and forth with our dogs sleeping in their kennels. Las several years they have been in them. Last year our youngest mini (who is now 8 years old) had a random night where he panted all night long and didn’t sleep nor did I. I called the vet the next day and they chalked it up to anxiety and sent aniexty meds. We didn’t give them really.. maybe once or twice. We became lax about him sleeping in the bed with us and then got firm again. Now for the last 6 months or so we have been rotating each night where one dog gets to sleep in the bed. Well the youngest mini in particular is back to panting all night long when it’s not his night. I don’t think he’s even sleeping… I don’t let him out. Sounds like severe separation anxiety. What can I do? We are now going to not let any dogs sleep in bed and all back in kennels each night. Do I need to essentially start over and crate train again with treats? He’s not very treat motivated. Do I need to give the anxeity meds? TIA!

My Dog(s) love Tufflove dog toys. I’ve heard Petco discontinued them, if that’s true then we’re in a bit of a bind.

Has anyone found anything comparable, they tend to shred any other toy brand, but when it comes to tuff love they carry them around and treat them like prized possessions. I heard they might still carry them in Canada after some extensive research but can’t confirm. Any help is greatly appreciated. At this point I’m willing to import because I’m worried the ones we’ve had for a couple years may be approaching the end of their lives.

Thank you!

Hi, as the title states I just want other opinions on the situation as I’m not sure if I’m overthinking things.

I got a puppy, and took him to the vet for his first wellness exam and vaccinations. The first appointment went ok although nothing specific was said I felt like the Vet was talking down to me during the appointment. Whatever, didn’t think much of it as I just assumed that is maybe how the Vet talks.

Fast forward to the second appointment. I had to bring my 6 month old with me as my partner was working which was no problem I take both the baby & puppy places alone all the time. The vet came in and saw the baby and said “Wow, I don’t know why people do this” when I asked him what he meant he proceeded to say “get puppies when they have babies at home, I’ll never understand it”. I just shrugged the comment off and the appointment continued, when he asked me what food the puppy was on (Purina Pro Plan) he chuckled then repeated the food brand.

The situation just rubbed me the wrong way as I don’t feel the comment was necessary and the bed side manner isn’t the best, and I’m really considering switching clinics over it as I don’t want to feel judged every time I need to bring my dog in. I completely understand the concern of having a puppy and baby at home but I feel like there is a better way to address it.

Hola tengo una perrita hembra mesriza mezcla de border collie y pastor alemán, ella tiene aproximadamente 13 meses y había tenido una buena conducta se quedaba sola en casa sin hacer destrozos, hace un mes drásticamente destrozo una silla del. Comedor y me pareció extraño ya que cuando le salieron lao dientes nunca hizo eso, luego pasaron dos semanas de calma. Total, ajuste si entrenamiento y mejore la rutina al.salir de casa, pero hace una semana mordió un sillón, luego el protector de sillón de la sala y hoy una silla el punto es que había delimitado esa zona para que no se sentará

Ayuda mi perra está adolescente pero no sé cómo manejarlo algún consejo.? Antes de irme la canso mentalmente, le dejo juguetes disponibles y rellenables no se que más intentar