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We have an 8 week old puppy that we’ve had for 4 days so far and trying to crate train her. During the day, she can now settle in the crate with the door closed with one of us being close by (I know we will have to get her used to us not being close but still working on crate training) and it takes her about 5 mins to settle down when we force her to take naps during the day. At night, she normally goes for 2-3 bathroom breaks, but when we bring her back and put her in the crate, she tries to play and chew instead of settling down. One of us tries to stay close to the crate to make sure she doesn’t bite on the crate and to re-direct her with the toy (except then we have to open the door so I’m not sure if that’s confusing her). It always takes longer at night for her to settle (15-20 mins) after a potty break, so does anyone have any tips for this? The vet recommended putting toys in the crate so she can occupy herself, but I don’t know if this will confuse her that she thinks crate is for playtime instead of sleep. Any advice appreciated!

After 5 years we are back in the puppy phase. We promised ourselves to not do this ever again. But then some years later you think: how bad could it really have been? So now we are ready to experience how bad haha. Starting today we now have two dogs! Pip (5.5yo) and Billie (8weeks)

Looking forward to spar with everyone!

So I recently purchased a big backyard for my two dogs to run around in (there was also a house included with the sale) and I've been using tie-out rope cords for them, as the regular steel cables were too inflexible for them while they were playing (they really like to roughhouse. It's like watching two lions fight over a piece of meat.) Well it just started snowing where I live and lo-and-behold the rope cords froze.

So I was wondering if anyone had any tips for a first time backyard owner as far as winterizing cables go. Are there specific materials I should be looking for? Should I be lubricating or rust-proofing any thing? The cables stay outside all the time as the dual runner stake I have for them is situated in the middle of the backyard, away from the house, and they go out (always supervised) fairly frequently.

Our golden retriever puppy is around 18 weeks old. For the most part, we’ve been generally doing the 1 hour up 2 hours crate nap schedule. I’ve been trying to extend his “wake windows” for longer, sometimes 1.5 to 2 hours, but by the end he gets so jumpy and nippy. He really can’t settle down by himself to nap outside of his crate. When he’s awake, I feel like I’m frantically cycling through enrichment, walks, etc. to keep him entertained. Should I keep putting him back down for a nap when he seems overtired? Should I try keeping him up for longer now? We’re working on settling – treats when he’s calm, rewarding him for staying on his bed, etc., but it’s never long enough for him to fall asleep.

Adopted my 12 week out mix 1 week ago. Have been utilizing enforced naps quite a bit, and after 1 day of accidents in crate, he has been accident free in crate. He typically goes down for sleep at 11pm, and we wake up between 6:30/7:30, accident free. Today being my Sunday (I run a restaurant), I pushed a little bit towards 8:15, and not to my surprise, he was completely accident free. Life is definitely more hands on with the pup in it, but his behavior has been fantastic. Sticking with these enforced naps as long as it makes sense for him. Any advice on what age the enforced naps should stop?

If you go onto a website called pupvote and go to the west midlands section my beautiful angel Luna is on there, she’s the most adorable sprocker spaniel who lights up my whole family’s life, she lost her left eye to acute glaucoma earlier this year but I think she’s still the most beautiful and it hasn’t stopped her from chasing any ball shaped object she sees aha, if anyone who feels like it could go and show her some appreciation it would be awesome

Problem: Roommate's pittie is home while all at work. Our town gets hot randomly throughout day, and landlady won't let us keep fan or AC while we all work.

Solution: Pressure Mat that activates fan. Landlady cool with it and pittie can activate whenever (smart 🐶).

Question: Is there product? Or do I have to solder a pressure mat to a relay?

My wife and I have a 10.5 week old golden lab German Shepard, and possibly Great Pyrenees mix. We rescued him at 9 weeks so we’ve had him for about a week and a half.

For background my wife and I grew up in golden and lab families with our families adopting puppies. So this isn’t our first puppy experience.

Now the issue. He’s biting us. I get he’s a puppy and teething. But ideally we don’t want him doing that lol. Everything I read is you don’t punish, you distract with a toy. Problem is we try to distract him with his favorite toy and he just grabs it, drops it right away, then goes back to trying to bite our hands, ankles, and face. He’s even starting to snarl and show teeth at us when he’s in that monster mode.

So are me and my wife allowing poor behavior? Or is he just being a 10 week old puppy? Last thing we want is him to grow up thinking it’s okay to bite us or other people or on top of that show any type of aggression and then because of it all he gets taken away from us

Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated.

TLDR: puppy is biting us and snarling. Is he just being a puppy or are we allowing poor behavior?