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I'm a first-time dog owner and I just got a puppy, who will arrive next month. The puppy will be 3 months old.

I'm trying to prep as well as I can before she arrived so I am prepared. Literally any tips you would leave for a first-time dog owner / things you may have overlooked or didnt expect will help!! I'm curious what I need to buy and how to prep my house.

Also, should I immediately take her to the vet to get checked up on and make sure all shots are cleared??

I'm mostly worried about biting, crate training and potty training. I don't have any experience with dogs but I really want to do a good job at training her.

Thank you so much 🙂

When home alone, my 1 year old dog is not destructive and does not soil, bark, pant, pace, etc. She mostly looks out the front window and stays awake/alert on the chair or sofa watching the world go by. Occasionally she'll put her head down and rest, but mostly she's alert.

We have cameras because she used to cry instantly when we left and we did a lot of training to remedy this over her lifetime. We've worked up to being able to leave her for 1-2 hours and to date she has seemed pretty okay with that.

Today she is much more unsettled though and we are stuck with work obligations where she has to be home alone for another hour or two. After about 45 minutes alone this morning she went and howled by the back door and then went back to the front room and is whining once every few minutes while sitting in the chair looking out the window. I have a meeting soon and will have to stop watching the cameras.

If we didn't have the cameras we would have no idea she was vocalizing. We had our first snow of the year—that's the only thing different about today versus all the other weeks where she has seemed much more settled in our absence.

In the time it took me to type this she has not vocalized any more—she did settle down more into her usual spot, but her head is up and alert/

Is this level of distress/vocalization okay when trying to avoid escalating separation anxiety? Will it get worse?

My now former partner and I got our pup in March when she was about 10 weeks. She will be a year old next month. I am the primary caregiver and will be taking her with me when I move out in the next few weeks. Although I am the primary, she and my ex have a strong bond. She’s already been looking out the window for him since he hasn’t be around much the last few days. I feel so heartbroken for her. We will be having no contact with my ex after the move. Does anyone have any advice for how I can help her get through this?

Wondering from other people’s experiences what dogs you find are best with children? Looking for a mid- large dog to join my little family. Thank you in advance. Open to suggestions as well as advice as well!

I feel a bit of relief knowing I don’t need to monitor her the entire day. But I also feel guilt. Next week, she’ll go to puppy daycare with other pups of similar vax status. I wasn’t able to get her in this week, so she has a sitter coming at 10:30 and then I’ll stop by at 1:00 and head back to work after. My boss is being really flexible with me this week until she can go to daycare, and he let me work remotely all of last week.

I feel a bit bad since she’ll only have 2 hours of play between 8am and 4pm. I guess she technically does need 18-20 hours of sleep at her age (11 weeks). And she is so good at holding her potty. But still. I feel bad.

She’s starting to feel like my baby. My responsibility. And I wish I had a remote job to be with her (I’m hybrid with 3 days a week in office). Any support or advice from puppy parents who had to go into the office is appreciated.

Once afraid of people, now he won’t stop following me around. ❤️ https://ko-fi.com/furrywagging

Once afraid of people, now he won’t stop following me around. ❤️ https://ko-fi.com/furrywagging

I’ve had my puppy for 5 months. He’s 7 months old now. The first few weeks were like having a newborn. Only now is my life beginning to feel like my own again. Can anyone else relate?

First time poster, long time lurker. Apologies if this is the wrong flair. Just looking for some advice.

We have 2 puppies (yes, we are insane) a nearly 5 month old cockerspaniel female and a nearly 4 month old corgi male. They have lived together since early October.

They get along well: play together, inside and outside, no food agression no "fighting" unless they are overtired.

We do enforced naps in their separate crates in the day and they are crated at night.

My question is: they don't seem to ever relax or chill when they are up together. No relaxing on the couch or in the dog bed. It's not until we nap them that I can see my corgi is tired and snuggly.

Is this just because they are young? Not enough time together?

I really want to snuggle with my pup and aside from going to a separate room, they can't seem to leave each other alone. Any thoughts?