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We have a 6 month old puppy who wakes up from her crate at random times over the night crying- sometimes 2am, sometimes 4am. We have a neighbour with a health problem and it is waking her up and causing problems. When she wakes up, she does not need the toilet or water, she just gets up onto the sofa and falls back asleep. We have got her a bigger crate (thought space might be the issue). We have tried waking up before her, to get her used to us waking her up, but she just ends up getting earlier. We have tried letting her bark it out, but it didn't work and we can't anymore because of the neighbour.

We know we are being too soft and are rewarding her with letting her out, but we don't know what to do. We need a full night's sleep, please can anyone offer some advice.

Do you prefer a male or a female dog? and why?

So we haven’t got the puppy yet, I’m just trying to live out a lot of scenarios to prepare. I know every puppy is different but I want to hear how yours did.

How quickly did you have to take the puppy out after waking them up and take them out from the crate? Can they hold for like 10 minutes?

I’m thinking having his crate in our bedroom on the second floor, but I don’t want the poor thing to have accidents in my arms carrying him downstairs. And I also need to throw on some clothes and a jacket and shoes and he will have to get the harness on before we step out.

Or should I maybe have his crate downstairs and sleep next to it for the first weeks?

If you have the crate in the bedroom can you go to bed with the pup and having him not wake up when your partner goes to bed (ca 1,5 hour later) or do they wake and need to potty then as well?

I know you can’t prepare for everything, but I hate being unprepared so I try my best.

My roommate all of a sudden told me in three days he wants to go buy a mini Australian Shepherd. For context he works Monday through Friday, leaves the house at 7am and come homes at 7pm. As much as a I love dogs I don’t want any responsibility for a dog that’s why I have cat. Which also concerns me because I don’t know how this dog is going to react with my cat, and I care a lot about my cat and her having a space and not being scared or bothered. So when asking him how he plans on taking care of this dog his response to me is he’s going to take the dog to work with him a couple of days a week, his commute is almost two hours at times and we are talking about a puppy here. Is it not going to want to be in a car? Now as much as he tells me his office is going to allow a puppy to be there I don’t believe it one second, he’s being unrealistic and delusional. On days he can’t take the dog to work he will put in doggy daycare, as a puppy is that not unfair treatment? Since I had told him I don’t want any responsibility for the dog, he said he would confide it to his room on days he can’t be here. How crazy is that? It’s not fair to the dog and it’s going to bark who knows, and when I’m home I’m not going to neglect the dog so bam it becomes my responsibility and he’s NOT understanding. He’s saying I’m too dramatic and I’m over thinking everything when he’s drastically under thinking everything. Didn’t read above the breed. How hyper they are. Doesn’t want to crate train. I feel like I’m going crazy relating to explain to him that it’s a bad idea. He thinks wherever he goes the dog is going to come with him?? The store ?? Work?? It’s unrealistic!!!

My puppy knows “touch” and her name (not to the point where it’s reliable yet) but I realized I haven’t exactly gotten a specific cue for recall..

What do you use?

My golden retriever puppy is a little over 3 months old. He tripped the kibble jar by mistake and most of it fell on the floor. We decided to throw away the kibble since he's recovering from tick fever, and we don't want to take any risks. I live in a remote area so it'll take a couple of days for his food to get delivered.

I do have sample packets of puppy kibble from the same brand we use for him. Is it safe to give him some of it? What other food alternatives can I give him?

Hello!

I need some advice

I adopted my sweet 5 year old boy about 4 months ago.

I was told today that my visa is no longer being supported by the company, but they will transfer me to an office in Paris.

My dog is very special needs, he's incredibly anxious and skittish and doesn't trust many people. He's a sweet boy, but I have a hard time getting help watching him and now I'm moving to a new country with no support network.

As heart broken as I would be to do this, I think I may need to rehome my dog to another person/familu instead of uprooting him.

The other side of the coin is that instead of me being remote most of the time, I will now be in office 5 days a week. So not only will his life be turned upside down, but now I will also be unavailable most of the week.

Any advice, in either direction would be helpful 🙂

Thank you