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I'm not the op. This isn't my OC. This is uncanny resemblance to my long lost , kidnapped lady dog miss peach. I wanted to share my delight from this post . I hope it doesn't get removed .

I have a 10 week old miniature poodle beagle mix. She is a very smart girl and learning fast. Only thing I am worried about is the crate training.

Her crate is right beside my bed at the moment so nights are easier but when I leave for work she cries. I’ve only had to go to work 5 times since I brought her home (because of weekends and days off) and yesterday was her first dry day in the crate while I was at work. I take her crate blanket away while I am at work to help prevent accidents.

I work from 6:45am-3 or 4pm Monday to Friday. I try and keep the same routine on the weekends so she gets used to it Our average day:

4:20am-6:30am: wake up and go potty. Give her water and she waits for me to make coffee. Then I give her breakfast in her crate. Then potty again.

We sit in the living room while I drink coffee and play a little.

I need to start getting ready for my work day and she’ll follow me around as I do so. I take her out when I think she needs to go as I get ready.

When I’m done getting ready we play some more and for her last potty break before I crate her we walk around the yard for 10 minutes if she’s willing to.

6:30 she goes in her crate for “nap time”

9:45am- I come home and let her out to potty. 5-10 minute walk or play in the living room for a few minutes depending on what she wants to do.

10:10am she goes back in the crate

1pm- I come home and do the potty break again

1:20pm- she goes back in the crate

I get home between 3-4pm and let her out immediately

5pm- training (I train her with her food) and dinner (always in her crate)

6pm- she goes for a nap

7pm-8:30pm- we go potty right when she comes out

8:30- is bed time.

She gets up a couple times a night to pee which I am okay with but sometimes she does not want to settle after being out(I will lay next to her for comfort) Potty time at night is very boring, no cuddles, no treats, no talking, just getting up to go outside and right back in her crate.

When I am home on weekends I lay in bed while she takes her 6:30-9:45, 10:10-1pm, 1:20-3 or 4 naps.

For her 6-7pm nap I try and make her do it on her own everyday.

She cries worse in her crate when I am home and can hear me moving around. While I am at work I play anti puppy anxiety music for her too.

Am I taking the right approach to this?

She is doing very well given her age. I think she’s starting to get used to things and is learning to be okay with this routine but I just feel so stressed and don’t want to mess things up.

We have 2 puppies- 10 and 11 months. They recently have discovered our drip landscape lines irrigation heads. I live in a desert climate so drip irrigation is super needed for our plants. They are ripping them up and chewing them like gum. We tried spraying bitter apple spray on them but it hasn’t helped. Any suggestions for stopping this? We can’t watch them outside every second. We do have a kind of small crappy enclosure we put them in, but they can’t run or play in it. They have a ton of toys inside and out also. Help!!

I’ve attempted putting on the harness for my puppy one time and she freaked 😀. I’ve been diligently desensitizing using her to touch and introducing the harness to her.

However when the harness gets close she immediately bites it (normal behavior) but I’ve seen other people with puppies younger than mine and has no issues (I know every puppy is different) I guess I wonder if I’m not the only one LOL I would feel better if I’m not the only one struggling.

Shes 15 weeks today btw

Thought I'll share some recent successes that we're seeing with our 10 week (tomorrow) Labrador. We had him for a week now and boy was it tough. A mix of ups and downs, with me being close to tears on multiple occasions. But! With the help of this subreddit and constant research we are getting a bit better with everything! Things I want to celebrate today: – we have successfully clipped his claws this morning when he was chill and mellow. It was the first time I was doing it and I think on one claw I was a bit close to the quick because he yelped when I applied pressure, so I stopped, waited for him to settle and then trimmed a bit further away from the quick – we started enforcing naps and trying to calm him down. When he's getting a bit mental after being up for some time, we put a toy stuffed with the remainder of his meal in his crate and close the door. We can then focus a bit on doing things in the flat. As long as we stay close he doesn't whine. He sometimes whines for attention but we just ignore it. – after sleeping in the living room for a week, I have finally started sleeping in the bedroom. We make sure that the pup settles and falls asleep with one of us near the cage (further away each time) and then creep out like cartoon burglars 😂 – we started recognising his vocalisations. It looks like whining means "come on, gimme attention" where as barking tells us that he needs something. – he's starting to go to his crate when we tell him "crate" which is amazing. He also knows "sit" and we're working on "down" but this one seems to be a bit elusive to him. – we're capturing calm when he's just lying in the floor chewing the bone, or being calm in his crate.

Next steps will be to keep reinforcing "crate", teach him "down" and start working in his recall. Hang in there, everyone! It gets a bit better with every day!

Lately I’ve been thinking about adopting another dog. I have one dog who is about 12 years old. He is a small (18 lbs) mix. He gets along with other dogs, and I think he might like a playmate, but I don’t know how he would be with another dog here permanently. A few years ago I bought a house with a fenced in yard, which he enjoys. I’m 59F and work from home, and I feel like I’m in a good position to adopt another dog. It’s just been us for 10+ years so I’m wondering if it would be too disruptive.

Hello everyone!

I have a 10 month old labradoodle that has been with us for about 6 weeks. We are her third home already, and we were told that she's used to be being on her own and crate trained. However, we've found the complete opposite.

Whilst she is happy to be in her crate when I'm home and in the same room, as soon as I leave she begins whining and barking about being alone. I've also tried not locking the crate door and allowing her free roam of the living room (as Julie Naismith recommends avoiding the crate) but she also claws at that door as soon as I leave. Despite repeated attempts of the Julie Naismith method, I just cannot get past even one second of her on her own. As soon as I re-enter, she is panting and clearly stressed out whether she has been left occupational toys/treats or nothing at all.

To make matters worse, she does this when I leave but my partner is at home with her, yet when my partner leaves she has no reaction. She does eventually settle one when someone else is there, but I find it concerning that it even begins.

I am truly at my wit's end as we just cannot make any progress and it's making me feel absolutely terrible!

If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it.