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14 week old havanese hasn’t been going poo immediately after finished eating anymore (and by that I mean like 30min-1hr)

We feed three times a day and I feel like before I could guess he was gonna definitely go within the hour of eating so it was easy to plan ahead for his crate naps and be predictable about his bathroom needs

But lately he’s been able to hold it in a few hours and now I’m just getting nervous about missing a poop window when I put him down for his nap. I mean thankfully he hasn’t ever gone in crate but now I get all nervous especially when we have plans or something.

Like on Sunday it was the first snowfall so he rlly refused to go poop outside all day and we had dinner plans in the evening so had to put him in crate for his nap and I was soooo anxious the whole time that he would need to go in the 4 hours we were gone. Thankfully he didn’t go but it was probably like 6-7 hours since his last poop and that’s a crazy switch up from his very regular poop schedule of within the hour of eating.

I’m just wondering if other ppl have gone through this and if this is just like him growing up and his ability to hold it in longer? I may just be overthinking but he’s my first puppy as an adult so I just want to make sure this is normal so I can stop stressing lol

I have a 17 week old labradoodle. She’s pretty kennel-trained. She naps in her kennel in my room no problem. Easily naps for 2-4 hours (plus sleeps anywhere from 8-12 hours at night). I’ve been leaving her in her kennel from 8:30am until about 11:30ish while I go to work, then come home and let her out, have lunch, and bring her back to work with me in the afternoon.

My concern is that I’m worried she doesn’t actually know I’m leaving the house. I’ve tried putting her in her playpen in the living room and she often has strong feelings if I leave the room while she’s behind bars.

She’s no longer attached to my hip, thank god. I can go pee without her following me. She’s fine to free roam the hallway while I shower. The issue is leaving her home alone! I don’t like leaving her in her kennel for too long. But she doesn’t like being in her playpen if I’m not in the room! Also she was able to jump over the pen the other day when she had to go outside. She’s also counter surfing real bad – she has eaten butter, a muffin, a bag of treats, and grabbed slippers, just to name a few.

It’s entirely possible I’m overthinking things. She really has made so much progress and I’m so proud of her! I’m thankful she likes her kennel and that I stuck with the kennel training. But next steps is getting her used to me leaving the house.

I’m open to any and all tips and tricks!

My roommate's dog has been peeing/pooping on the carpet & it's starting to smell bad enough that the landlord has noticed.

I can't personally take the dog out because she's to strong & I can't keep ahold of her. Especially when another dog is around.

I've cleaned the capet multiple times with a pet specific solution (I don't remember the name of it right now) & spot cleaned the stains but the smell won't go away.

I'm getting extremely frustrated because I have some bad health problems (I'm not financially able to move right now) & the landlord is starting to blame my cat.

The cat's litter box gets cleaned every day & deep cleaned every Sunday.

Please help! I'm at my wits end & don't want to lose my home!

A little bit of context. On Halloween night I picked up 2 stray dogs running up and down my street. I have a reactive dog, so I put them in the backyard until I found their owners. I posted them everywhere I could. Use all the online tools at my disposal but nothing.

The dogs are are Border Collie and a Pug. They are besties. Together all the time, I mean I know they can only go so far in the backyard, but still they follow each other everywhere in that backyard never apart.

I go out everyday in the morning, to feed them, clean up after them and make sure the Collie hasn't gotten in to shit, because she does. They are jumpy but sweet dogs. This has been going on for over a week now. I feel bad for them, and so I go over and pet them give them some loving since they are stuck in the backyard. The problem is the Pug is becoming attached. He will now bark and paw at the backdoor constantly after I come inside.

I could bring him inside because my dog actually likes him, but I don't want to leave her alone out there. I don't want the pug to want to never go back to staying outside. Because right now at least they have each other and they play. So I feel bad and guilty all around. I already had a Border rescue come and see her and we are just waiting for a foster to become available. Which I hope is sooner than later because she is tearing my backyard apart. Between my husband and I we try to give them attention throughout the day but I think it's really backfiring. So what shall I do about the pug? should I just ignore him? I've read Pugs are super needy.

Any ideas and suggestions are appreciated.

I recently adopted an adult lab mix. I have a second bedroom where he has his bed, toys, food and water. But I also have another bed for him in the living room because he will not go on the couch and will also not lay comfortably on the hardwood floors on the living room without a bed.

When I leave his bedroom door open at night, his movement at night wakes me up. I am a light sleeper and any noise can keep me up and make it impossible for me to go back to sleep. I close my own bedroom door but can still hear him at 2am and 4am in the hallway. Would it be cruel of me to keep his bedroom door closed at night? I’ve considered getting those loop ear plugs but I don’t want to block too much noise in case of an emergency. In short, am I an asshole for keeping him in his room until the morning for the sake of my sleep? Be honest but pls be gentle I’ve only had him for 3 weeks and I’m exhausted.

She died about 10 years ago, been missing her since. I'm hoping to get a dog similar to her. If anyone could help figure out the possible mix of breeds she could be, I'd be eternally grateful!

https://imgur.com/a/tWMnInd

Some breeders seem to have new litters every 2 months with different female dogs.

Is it a bad sign?

Hey everyone, I’m looking for some advice about a weird ownership issue with my two 5-month-old Shiba Inu puppies.

When I first got them, the total cost was $5,000. I personally paid $2,500 for one, and my flatmate sent me $2,000 for bond and $500 for rent (not for the dogs). There was no written agreement saying the money was for ownership — it was just a living arrangement setup.

But now he’s saying he should “officially own” one of the dogs because he helped pay money around the same time I got them. Both dogs are microchipped, registered, and fully paid for under my name — I’ve covered all vet visits, food, and training since day one.

My concern is that he hasn’t been a responsible caregiver at all:

He’s given them alcohol mixed with Coke,

Feeds them human food and random snacks outside their feeding schedule,

Disrupts their training when he’s around.

He works FIFO and is gone most of the time, so I do 100% of the care. I’m happy to pay him back the $2,000 if it keeps things simple, but I don’t want him listed as an owner or having any control over the dogs’ wellbeing.

My questions:

Has anyone dealt with something similar — where a roommate claims ownership just because of money being exchanged around the time of adoption?

How can I keep things civil while protecting my dogs’ safety and stability?

Should I just repay him and make it clear legally that they’re mine?

I’m not trying to start drama, I just want what’s best for the dogs.

We have a 16 week Catahoula Leopard Mix (male, rescue). He was good around my parents dogs, but recently while leaving our apartment for a potty break, a poorly trained dog with came barreling at him dragging the owner by the leash. After that interaction scared the pee out of him, now he’s scared of other dogs.

Any tips on how to help him get comfortable around other dogs? Our apartment complex has a private dog park and a lot of our neighbors have dogs, but I don’t want to bring him to the park without knowing the temperaments of the other dogs in there. We don’t have any friends/family nearby with dogs. I’m also wondering if it’s weird to bring him to a half-day doggie daycare even if we’re at home and don’t necessarily need a daycare.

FYI – He has all his vaccinations except for one lepto booster that hes getting at the end of the month (not sure if this means he’s fully vaccinated now, or if he needs to wait for the booster to be considered fully vaxed)

We have a 7 month old labrador who’s just seen snow for the first time. He cannot stop eating it. It’s compulsive. It’s a problem because when we bring him back in, 30 minutes later he pees all over the house. Every time I look it up online it says “don’t let your dog eat snow” and I’m sitting here thinking how in the hell am I supposed to do that? If I release the tension in the leashe, he goes for the snow. If I offer treats instead, he follows for a bit, accepts the treat, then immediately goes for the snow. He acknowledges “leave it” about as much as my cats would (they don’t). I understand excitement, but this feels like obsession. Any tips? Is this just an adolescence problem? Any sanity keeping tips?