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I have a 9 week old Samoyed and he’s learning things fast. He goes in his crate voluntarily and sleeps in it just fine, as long as I’m near. But when I’m not here.. oh boy.

I closed his door to go take a shower (after he got in by himself) and the barking/howling kept happening. I went back to see that he pooped on his bed.

I was gone for 5 minutes. Any tips about improving his behaviour?

Thanks 😌

Hey All,

Does anyone recommend the best air purifier to use to get rid of dog smells?

I see a ton of different types but don’t know what’s the best one to eliminate the odor and have my studio smelling fresh

My girlfriend and I have a 10 week old golden retriever and have been struggling to do our everyday life tasks with the puppy around. Puppy has to be able to touch us otherwise she barks and freaks out. She is crate trained but only if the crate is in the other room and she cannot see us. We have her locked in our hallway style kitchen that is the main portion of the apartment. We are unable to sit on the couch and have her play alone without freaking out. This leaves us sitting on the floor or standing in the kitchen and unable to do the things we need to do. She can play by herself if she has the option to touch us but the second we are out of reach it’s game over.

Can any dog pro give me advice? I just had a baby 3 weeks ago and my dog is so obsessed with baby it’s driving me to the point of insanity. She just stares at her and constantly cries and barks at her, she won’t leave us alone. She keeps jumping up on her in her swing and is becoming possessive over her. Our dog is a 5 year old 7lb mini dachshund and has had behaviour problems with before with biting and resource guarding, I fear this is what might happen with our baby girl. For contact, our dog is very good with her and gentle, she just wants to play/profect her I think? I have tried showing our baby to her many times, letting her sniff her (she is very good with this) and when she tries to jump on her swing I have removed the dog, spoken sternly to her and also sprayed with water (that did not go well). I don’t know what else to do, please help if anyone can! My post partum brain is struggling so much with this.

I have a six month old staffy mix. I was working with a trainer who said she really likes the pulling and was having me use a plastic training collar. I didn’t feel like I was doing the corrections correctly and was worried that it wasn’t working as well as I would like. So I switched to the gentle leader, which was working for the most part but the dog absolutely hated it even though I gave her lots of treats to try to have her associated with positive things. I’m now waiting for a front clip harness to come in, but I’m starting to feel like I’m failing my dog. She does great on a leash until she sees another dog or a kid, and she gets so excited that she keeps lunging and wanting to play with them. I’ve tried scattering treats. I’ve tried turning around and going the other way and I feel so lost and I don’t want her to get so big to wear. This is a bigger problem than it is right now. Today while I talk to a friend and their dog was running around I tried to sort of tether her so she had to settle, but it didn’t even work very well. Any suggestions?