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I could use some advice. My five month old puppy and I just moved into an apartment in a busy city. She has spent the past few months in the country and was pretty well potty trained in her spacious back yard.

We have a lot of walkways and greenways nearby, so she is getting lots of exercise. However potty training is an issue. She is crate trained and hates to go inside. However, when I take her out of the crate and take her outside, the plethora of smells in the city overwhelm her and excite her. We will walk on the greenway for up to an hour, and she will not stop to pee or poop. When we get back to the apartment, she runs around whining for a place to go. I will take her back out. Another 30 minutes. Again, too stimulated to pee or poop. Mind you I take her to the same places and find some quiet, off the path green spots and tell her potty. I have even tried standing in the same spot for up to ten minutes, hoping she gets used to the scents in that area and then is ready to go.

Nope.

We go back inside and then she ends up peeing in a corner of the room. I don’t scold her, and I have puppy pads down.

Does anyone have any tips for transitioning her to doing this outside in a busy city? Maybe it will just take time. It has only been a week.

I've always wanted a dog, and when Jolyne arrived, I was very happy. The problem is that since I work split-hours mornings and afternoons, I don't get to spend much time with her, and she's always with my parents. She loves me, but I don't feel connected to her. In fact, she always follows my mother around, always wants to be with her, and I can stay in my room, but she never comes to me. How can I become her human? There is a possibility to be that for her? She has 5 months now

I adopted a lab mix in June. At the time she was 4 months old. Very very sweet and energetic dog. She was afraid of everything and very timid. Over the next few months she got comfortable in the home and trusted us to protect her and became best friends with my 5 year old Frenchie.

I took her to puppy training classes and while she wasn't the smartest pup in the class she was very eager to try to follow the commands and get treats.

2.5 weeks ago she got spayed. And the last week has been hell. My sweet big baby has just become…..very aggressive. Everything she does is at 1000%. Mind you she's still recovering but is running full speed and jumping and plowing into me. We taught her high five. She is aggressively hitting our hand now. She would follow commands to sit or lay down, now she will do it for a second and then bark in a way demanding a treat. We used to go on walks and she'd be timid with loud cars, now she is trying to drag me and pull me each and every way and chewing the leash. We would play fight and she learned soft bites, now those soft bites hurt (not vicious).

Admittedly, while she is recovery we are going on less walks. We were walking a few miles a day prior to the spay. Is that the issue or should I be concerned this behavior will continue or get worse.

Okay so ofcourse first things first my puppy is obviously just a puppy with her pup behaviour but I need some help

We have her since she was 10 weeks she is now 17 weeks old ( 4 months ) and she is quite smart and we try to learn her alot. Just one thing I can't seem to get is to stop her from shredding my clothes and limbs.

So I try redirecting her to toys, and reward her when she stops. We have chewing bones and toys for her teething but for some weird reason she only bites me quite hard and ripps every good piece of clothing I have and I end up crying every time bc of it and I just need to know if that will ever stop.

Weird thing is my fiance didn't really wanted a dog but agreed and now he is absolutely adorable with her but somehow she only listens to him with things she can't do like the biting, she doesn't bite she tries but never does and then ends up licking instead of biting idk if it's bc of his leadership energy and I'm too much of an energy or what but she really chose him. I go on walks with her the most and with training with commands and stuff she still listens very good until I try to do some hard stuff like learning roll over she just bites my hand where the treat is but that's okay. We try to give her as much excersize and brain excersizes what she can handle and try not to over do it so she doesn't get overwhelmed.

When she is peacefull she is really cute and comes to cuddle and stuff and gives kisses sometimes she bites but only when were like playing. So when we play I quit the playing when she bites me ans try to ignore but it hurts so much when she bites my legs and hands and arm I end up crying so she doesn't stop ofcourse. We do crate her at night since she likes to chew the walls and couch and stuff so for her and our sake we crate her for the night. But should I like give her 5 minutes time out when she bites me or? Yeah I have no idea I never had pups only adult dogs that were like 3 years or older so this is my first rodeo.

I think I'm trying my best but I just don't get why she doesn't bite my fiance but just me. I just wish she stops biting every piece of clothing I own I don't want to spend money on a whole new gardarobe ykn.

Anyways it's a mix breed of a frysian stabyhound and a american stafford but mostly a dutch breed. Her nose is more on the ground than in the air but that's okay I let her sniff alot she likes that. Also she comes from a farm of 11 pups and when we got her she was really scared of people and other dogs but I think we did a very good job she now honestly likes every dog and wants to play with everyone so she already changed big time and were proud of her.

Anyways does someone has tips bc It's giving major puppy blues but I'm never getting rid of her, atleast she doesn't bite my hair anymore.

If you made it this far thankyou for reading I appreciate that very much ! Sorry for all the words.

She is called Luna and a sweet one but that biting my clothes and lunging on me is just the most annoying thing ever 🫣

I have a 9 week old Golden Retriever, and in preparation to get him I did a ton of research and planning for his breed and needs.

We’ve been pretty successful so far in a lot of ways! I got him when he was 8 weeks old, and so far he knows how to sit, recall, potty outside, and is crate napping on a routine! Buuuuuut of course the puppy blues still showed up 😂

I’ve read a lot about how hard the puppy blues can be, how long they can last, and that they will subside, but if you’re willing to share I’d love to hear what it’s like on the other side! ❤️

Hi! I have an 18 week old puppy and live in a large apartment complex that’s extremely busy. We spent the majority of our time indoors (besides socialization) bc he was not fully vaccinated.

We started with indoor pee pads, then turf on the balcony and now Doggie Lawn fresh grass on the balcony.

Now that he’s fully vaccinated, I’ve been trying to transition him to go potty outside.

I know he has to go when I take him outside, but every time, he insists on holding it until we’re back inside, so he can relieve himself on the balcony.

Ideally I’d love to be able to keep the balcony option for early mornings/late nights since we live on the higher floors.

Do I just continue taking my puppy out on walks so he builds his confidence and is able to relax enough to potty outside? I want him to be able to go potty in both places.

Thanks in advance for all your suggestions/advice!!

It's not humoristic post, really. I'm wondering what's wrong with him. Since i have him (8 weeks, now he's 8 months) he is unable to rest inside of crate (been crate trained, stops working randomly throughout a week without any changes in routine) he screams, whines etc., outside of crate too, he keeps pacing, walking, laying down, standing, jumping onto the table to snatch just about anything the most random stuff like a card he can't see from the floor, or poop bags (we try our best to not leave food on the counters), he jumps the counters, will steal anything small enough to fit in his mouth no matter if it's food, or nicknack, will steal socks off the laundry crack, or run to the bathroom to steal toilet paper roll or whatever else, he's not picky, when he's tethered to either me or a nearby furniture when i cook he's not happy, he whines, barks and stuff.
When he's outside he lays down and falls asleep on a spot or just runs a little and then falls asleep. I want to spend time with my puppy but i can't if he can't behave. We did everything with the help of the internet from the beginning, the calming protocol (without success, for 3 months), we train self control, as long as it's training it's fine, outside training, not working, he isn't interested in kongs or really in any type of chew that takes more than 4 minutes. We take mainly calm sniffy walks because every time i hope he will chill out after, and we sometimes play with other dogs.
I'm losing my shit i just want him to live with me. We never played inside, we sometimes train new stuff inside but rarely.
I don't need comments "it's teenage phase" he's been like that from the beginning.

HELP i don't even know who should i look for in terms of help. Trainer, behaviorist, vet…