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We have a 7.5 month old schipperke. At about 6.5 months, we had gotten to the point that he was having about 2 pee accidents per week. More recently, this has increased to almost nightly accidents, sometimes twice. I say nightly, because it rarely happens during the daytime. When he pees in the apartment, it’s usually without warning. He gives no obvious sign that he has to go. He just suddenly pops a squat. We are still taking him out about 8-10 times per day, and had hoped for fewer outings by now, and we’re frustrated that we’re taking him out this much and still having so many accidents. Is this normal at this age? Does anyone have any advice?

My 10 week old cockalier whines super intensely when leaving the house or just to go upstairs. We wait it out and come back when it’s quiet to show him quietness wins. He has escaped the baby gate a few times and got upstairs, we use a pen down stairs and have a crate. Sometimes he can cry, bark and whine for 40-50 minutes. Is this just normal this age or do we keep doing what we’re doing?

So my boyfriend and I recently bought a 13-week-old Maltipoo puppy. She is absolutely darling and we love her to bits. We got her from a couple who lived in the city and had been able to crate train her and potty train her to a pad. Now my bf and I are working to get her potty trained outside. We picked her up this weekend and besides the first day being pretty rough, she’s gotten good at running to the door/whining when she needs to go. Today she even rung her bell a few times on her own.

Anyway, for the last 3 nights around 7 o’clock, she’s been on our laps on the couch when all of a sudden a little turd escapes her. And every time, it’s connected to one of my own hairs and it’s super uncomfortable for her. I’m not sure what to do about it. I’ve had dogs all my life but they’ve never had daily danglers. She eats 3x a day, drinks a good amount of water, and gets a lot of playtime. She doesn’t get to just chew on my hair, and I sweep my house almost daily, so I’m not sure what more I can do to prevent her from eating hair! Is it just a teacup dog thing? If anyone has any ideas or advice, we would greatly appreciate it 🙏

My beautiful and loving idiot of a wonderful puppy decided it would be great to swallow a samsung earbud! He pooped once after swallowing it and is acting normal. Even though the earbud is small and about the same size as his poop I'm worried but also dont want to rush to put him through unnecessary trauma of he will pass it. He is a 5 month old healthy puppy. My thoughts is to watch him for any signs of discomfort or stress.

My dog is a fairly healthy 15 year old girl. She still interacts with us, loves eating and going outside, sometimes has restless nights, has arthritis which she gets shots for as treatment. but for the most part she is okay. the problem is about 2 years ago she developed a growth on her foot. the vets refused to amputate because her age makes it high-risk. it got larger and larger, and she would occasionally lick it. but it's gotten to the point she is obsessive. she licks her growth until there's no skin there and it's bleeding, we wrap her foot but within a few hours she has taken it off and again is licking it obsessively. we got her a medical boot as a barrier, but we can't keep it on too long at a time. All we can really do is push her face away from it when we catch her. The growth clearly makes her uncomfortable and in pain.My family loves her so so much but it's starting to make me feel very guilty, and i wonder if it's worth putting her out of this pain and misery.

So my older dog, who is a 4.5 year old lab x bernese cross, was fairly well behaved. Not perfect by any means, but I was able to leave her by herself in the house without fear of damage. The worst wr could expect was shoes and socks moved around, or food stolen if it was too easily grabbed.

A few months ago, I adopted a rescue puppy. She is now 6 months old. Breed unknown, but I suspect German shepherd cross. She is very energetic.

The two dogs get along really well and my older dog is getting more exercise playing outside with the puppy.

The puppy is never left loose in the house without supervision. She sleeps in her crate at night and during the day she naps in my office.

During that time, my older dog has started misbehaving. She steals anything she can physically reach on the table and counters. Food, food containers, salt shakers… She keeps stealing my reading glasses and chewing on them. Today she stole my book and chewed the corner off.

I have blocked her access to the kitchen. But I am not sure what else to do. Do I need to go back to 24h surveillance with her too?

Is it common for dogs to act up after a new dog is introduced? Could she be jealous?

I adopted the sweetest standard poodle two days ago, besides some nighttime barking she been a dream. She is going to be trained into a service animal (was supposed to start next week with professional trainer)

However now I’ve had a medical emergency come up that most likely land me in the hospital for 2 weeks (I have chronic illness, hence service dog)

I’m feeling very stressed that she will bond to my family now instead of me or stress when left alone (I’m home 24/7) this is horrible timing. I’m worried this will affect her in the long run.

Does anyone have an idea how to repair latex toys? My dog has a pig and a chicken she lives but she keeps destroying them by poking big holes in them.

I ordered a set from Tags for Hope for my pup over a month and a half ago. I have been in contact with customer service, they repeatedly keep telling me the order will ship out the day they reply and I still have not received it. Every time I try to put my order number into tracking on their website, it says “something went wrong”. I thought they were a legitimate company who gave proceeds to helping animals, which is why I chose to get my pups new collar and leash set from them. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

We (family of 4) adopted a 9-month old male Shepard mix. He was likely a stray since at a very young age. It has been about 2 weeks since we've had him. Besides a few accidents inside the house and slowly trusting us, he has been pretty awesome house training. He is sweet and calm.

Now the bad side, he is very (not extremely) shy around people, fearful of his surrounding, and separation anxiety seems to increase each day.

The problem: on Mondays, he is alone for at least 8 hours. We don't trust him inside the house yet, where he prefers and has quickly become very comfortable at. So we kept him in the garage and he destroyed things. Oh well, I move on. Today, he also had to be alone for 4 hours, we put him in the backyard with plenty of space to roam freely and access to the garage for privacy. He literally clawed and bit through the patio door molding to the point you can see the house foundation and through to the kitchen.

We've tried the kennel and he broke through that. He hates it. I don't know what else to do. He doesn't trust us enough yet to train him (he isn't food/treat motivated). We are only focusing on house rules/routine for now.