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Please help. I am so tired. My maltipoo puppy has recently turned four months old, and just prior to that, she was sleeping in her crate through the night, no problems whatsoever. Now, I might as well be twisting her arm. She will sleep just fine in her crate during the day, but during the night, it is simply out of the question. And it doesn’t help that she has the most ear piercing bark I have ever heard from a dog, and she simply does not give up. As I type this, we are 30 minutes strong of barking and digging. She has gone to the bathroom, she is fed and watered, she is comfortable in there, she was tired before she went in. The last few nights I have hardly gotten 30 straight minutes of sleep between 12-4am before I have to her an unfortunate shout down. Are the teens this damn bad? Is there a melatonin for dogs?

For further context: no, I don’t yet want her in my bed. A few nights ago (damn me), I let her sleep with me because she was suffering from the side effects of the DHPP vaccine. If the only way this will end is with her in my bed, then so be it, but I too, like her, am stubborn. I just can’t fathom why she’s being like this besides adolescence.

I found a stray pup a little away from my house without any mom or littermates and decided to keep him. He was extremely restless inside the house so I let him hang out with another litter close to where I live. The litter and mom accepted him and he's really chill with them, however I do want to take him off the street eventually. He's around 50 days old and I've scheduled a vaccination for him next week. He's usually calm if I keep him in my lap and pet him, but the moment I get up he starts whining and gets really scared. I try to do an hour or two in the house daily while he spends the rest of the time with the other puppies. It's been a week like this but it seems he's just not getting used to being in the house. Is this something that will go away eventually with exposure or am I doing something wrong?

Hi,

I have a 15‑month‑old Alaskan Malamute who has been crate‑trained from the beginning. She has no issues with it and sleeps in her crate during the day and throughout the night. I work from home, and during work hours she’s also in the crate, with a long walk around midday.

Yesterday, my wife and I were both working from home. Since that’s not our usual routine, we let her stay out of the crate—just like we normally do on weekends or when we’re both home after work. She slept outside her crate without any problems and didn’t cause any issues, which made me wonder if it might be time to stop using the crate while I work.

How long did you crate‑train your pups before deciding they no longer needed it?

I have a 13 week old puppy his (mom) cocker spaniel golden mix with a (dad) unknown total mix breed from somewhere in the village and my thing came out, he is more cocker than anything Else and I have been told they need a lot of mental stimulation currently aside from long walks, I do training with him and my mental stimulation go to is this exercise. i put some cinnamon sticks in a jar and taught him that if he puts his nose in the jar and sniffs he gets rewarded then I uped it by putting him outside the room and having him find it in the room by sniffing around which I feel is good but I’m not sure, any other tips for or “games” for mental stimulation?

My puppy has been at my house for almost three weeks now, the puppy sleeps in my bed with me and our other dog. The past week, the puppy has flipped over onto his back, passed out fast asleep, and started peeing all over himself, on his belly, on the bed, and my pillows (😍my fault for having him in the bed I know) dead asleep. Tonight I woke up to the smell of urine and I look over and this little shite is belly up fast asleep peeing like a water fountain all over himself. This is my 4th puppy- in three years… I’ve never seen this before. Has anyone else had this experience and any tips or tricks???

We’ve had a toy cavoodle for 7 months or so, in August 16 we got him he was 9 weeks. He acclimated to outdoor potty really quick, and apart from 7-8 mistakes in the first week has been peeing and pooing on the grass outside for months. Until last week.

He pee’d once in our hallway corridor, and we were stunned but thought maybe it was an error or he really had to go. Again he hasnt made an incident since he was 10 weeks old, so we just put it down to an error. The next day he poo’d outside in the morn, then an hour later did a small poo in the corridor again? Like just a tiny one? We used odor remover in both these spots as well.

Today, i took him outside as usual. He played around whatever for 15-20 mins. Usually he would pee and whatever but he didnt. I even held up a watermelon and said ‘potty’ and nothing. So assumed he didnt have to go. Normally if he has to go he’ll pee immediately then play around/

We come back in, and within 2 minutes he literally pees in that same corridoor spot? i immediately grabbed him and put him in the grass. then we carried him to the pee spot and said ‘no!’ and put him back in the pen

we’re absolutely stunned and this is really demotivating. for the next 3 days we’re gonna leave him in the pen and carry him between crate/pen/outdoors. We’re also gonna reward outdoor potty/poop again on the grass with small treats.

Could it be marking? We have an appointment with a vet in 2 weeks for planning his desexing surgery.

My puppy is just under 13 months old and has started waking up at night again. It’ll be about 3am I’ll hear him barking from his crate, I’ll go down to the room and say “shh” and he’ll immediately stop and won’t bark and go back to sleep – so he doesn’t need the toilet!

Before this he’d been sleeping through the night since three months old apart from a week period in January when there was a nearby fox making mating calls every night for a week, but I haven’t heard the fox anymore since this behaviour started again a couple weeks ago.

Is there anything that could be causing this or anything I could do to be able to sleep through the night again?

Hi all,

We currently have a border collie pup, he's young. He's being potty trained atm. Works well but there's still some accidents. That's okay.

How do you handle the nights ? I've read everything and it's opposite. I'm wondering what's the best course of action. Atm, we're taking turns sleeping on the couch next to him and waking up every 2h30 to let him outside. Works well for now. Can we go to our respective rooms or is that too soon ?

Also, he starts barking and biting (hard) on trousers (and legs) to the point I don't feel safe, because it's painful sometimes. I've tried telling him no and pushing him off me gently, I've tried ignoring the behaviour (but it's difficult due to the sudden bites), and redirecting to things he can bite instead. Nothing works. I'm a bit lost.

I've played with him for 15 min before such behaviour occurs. Going outside too. But I don't know, it doesn't feel like exhausting him I'd doing anything?

We plan on following educational courses for him soon too, once he's fully vaccinated.

We have no crate and do not plan on getting one as we don't really have a safe space where to put one.

My dog is five years old and she does this thing where every time she plops down she sighs like an old man, but I started to pay attention and every time I try to move her when she’s sleeping or even just laying down she makes this loud like groan or like a throaty whine, and stubbornly refuses to move. It’s in no way a growl and I think it’s recent (and by recent I mean she could have been doing it her whole life but I just never noticed), could this indicate pain or she just being stubborn?

Besides this she’s genuinely happy, and active and I have noticed no other changes in her behaviour

As the title stated I need help keeping my dog cool. She's a German shepherd Siberian husky mix and I live in Alabama. So it gets hot here. To give some information I get her groomed with the Furminator at petsmart to help with the double coat. I also have a brush that I brush her out with as much as I can everyday. I've looked into cooling mats of all kinds, cooling blankets and recently discovered cooling collars. I had to cross off several from the list because they contained gel that didn't list ingredients or I saw reviews saying peoples dogs got very sick. And I'm poor. I do my absolute very best taking care of her and in doing so I couldn't get something knowing it could possibly make her sick and then die because I don't have the money to save her. Currently I'm looking at water activated mats but they were 120+ for her size since she's quite big. Obviously I'm aware having a big dog comes with problems like this. And I could eventually save the money and be able to get it before summer. But I just wanted to reach out and ask because there's plenty of people who know lots more than me and theres no shame in asking for help. For the in between of me getting the mat if that's what I choose I think I use frozen water bottles on her feet and stomach (obviously she can get up and move away if she doesn't like it) and maybe even this blue cloth in the freezer for keeping your neck warm (I'll have to look at the ingredients ofc). Anyways I would appreciate any and all help, links, and information you have to give.

P.S. She's like 60 lbs if that matters

P.P.S I'm aware I'm poor I don't need messages about possibility rehoming her. The house stays 72° but she and myself just seem to stay hot (she doesn't really pant often after getting fixed. I think her hormones made her run hotter.) If I ever couldn't afford her I would be the first on my hands and knees begging my vet to take her in.

P.P.P.S I do have some kind of flooring (I don't remember what it's called) that stays cool and she does like it when she gets too hot. So it's not like she's suffering with no where to go.