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Hey folks, my goldendoodle is 14.5 weeks old, and he tends to bite himself a bit more lately. I believe hes started teething pretty hard, but just wanna make sure it's nothing to worry about. He'll lick his paws, bit like leg, put his whole paw/leg in his mouth (i think teething). I of course provide teething toys to distract too, but just wondering if this is normal? We chews on his tail at times too. I asked vet and they said it's fairly normal, but want some further advice as that was a couple weeks ago.

I worry especially when hes in crate at night, I can see on the camera while hes settling before he sleeps he licks, bites, nibbles paws legs non stop until he sleeps.

I got my boy 3 weeks ago at 11 weeks. He’s now 14 week. He’s a golden retriever. He’s honestly a really good puppy. He’s pretty quiet, has slept through the night since night one, and is picking up commands pretty quickly. Potty training is still a work in progress, he has like 1-2 accidents each day usually when he’s tired or if we miss his cues. He goes in his crate without complaints now and will settle in for about 3 hours if we don’t wake him up.

Despite all this I have severe and borderline crippling anxiety since I got him. I am an anxious person at baseline but never to this extent before. The main issue is I work night shift as a nurse and I get severely anxious when trying to sleep during the day because it starts as worrying about it him and then transitions to just anxiety about not being able to sleep during the day. My husband works part time nights so fortunately we have mostly worked opposite nights. On the couple of nights we had to work together my dad came over and played with our puppy and let him out to potty. Then during the day a friend that lives close by would come over and let him out and play with him for a bit while we are sleeping. I hired a trainer to help in the beginning because he was biting me like crazy and I needed help, it did help, however she wanted to me to touch him and mess with his food when I feed him to prevent resource guarding and I feel like it actually triggered it. He’s starting to show more resource guarding over high value items such as bully sticks, his food bowl, and if he gets a hold of something he knows he shouldn’t eat like paper. I think when the resource guarding appeared it re-triggered my anxiety since he snapped at me twice.

I even went to urgent care and got prescribed some anxiety meds to help for breakthrough anxiety and they aren’t working anymore. I feel like I’m at my limit and I hate it because I love my little guy but I can’t keep not sleeping for work and I can only miss so much work related to anxiety and not sleeping.

My husband brought up that maybe we should return him since I’m struggling so bad. I really don’t want to do that but at the same time everyone says that adolescents is gonna get even harder and I’m barely managing now. Idk what to do.

My puppy is about 10–11 weeks old. We adopted him when he was around 6 weeks. I haven’t had a puppy in years (my previous dog recently passed away), so I feel really out of practice.

He pees everywhere, sometimes even while walking, and he drinks a lot of water. He also bites everything. I’ve tried correcting him and acting like a “mother dog,” but he just thinks it’s a game and bites more. I’ve also tried redirecting him with toys, but I’m not sure if that’s rewarding bad behavior.

He has a lot of fur, so I need to brush him daily, especially since he plays in the mud outside. The problem is he won’t stay still—he bites the brush and me, thinking it’s all a game.

His bites aren’t aggressive, but it’s constant (he’ll even bite my feet or clothes while I’m standing or cooking).

I know he’s just a puppy, but I feel overwhelmed and don’t know how to properly train him. Any advice would really help.

Our 4 month old Golden Doodle mix has been a challenge to house break. He decided that outside was for play and chewing on sticks and rocks, but refused to pee or poop outside. Instead he would do that within 5 minutes of coming back in. No matter how long he kept him outside.

We’ve been trying to teach him to use a “talking” button to let us know that he wants to go out. Today I had a headache and accidentally fell asleep on the couch while he was out of his crate. He woke me up by hitting the button and then sat at the door waiting! He went out and peed right away. I’d think it was a fluke but he has asked to go out – using the button – three more times today!

I’m so excited. Just had to share. Especially since I’ve seen a few “I’m so frustrated” posts. Hang in there! Stay consistent! Your pup will get it eventually.

A few days ago I posted asking how people keep their dogs safe in the car. Got amazing responses and went deep researching everything. I have a toy poodle under 5kg and I take her to work every day, so this actually matters to me.

Here's what I've narrowed it down to:

1. Sleepypod sleepypod.com/collections/beds-carriers/products/sleepypod CPS certified, well known in the community. Fabric though — not hard sided.

2. Tavo Maeve tavopets.com/usa/maeve-pet-protection-system Crash rated, LATCH anchoring, and honestly the prettiest one. Soft top with a zipper which gives me slight pause.

3. Gunner G1 gunner.com/collections/all/products/g1-kennel-black Hard sided, crash tested, crumple zones built in. Feels overbuilt for a tiny dog but that's probably not a bad thing.

4. Dakota G3 dakota283.com/product/g3-small-framed-kennel Hard sided, crash tested, slightly narrower which could work better in smaller cars.

5. Vomer (Kickstarter) kickstarter.com/projects/vomer/vomer-the-pet-car-seat-that-puts-safety-first Hard shell, cushioned interior, LATCH anchoring — and specifically designed for small dogs. Still in crowdfunding so no crash test results yet, but CPS certification is planned before production. Can't get it immediately which is the downside.

For a small dog owner who wants hard sided + anchored + some interior cushioning — which would you actually go with?