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We've got a female cocker spaniel who is now almost 6 months old. We've noticed she licks herself a little, we think a normal amount, but she almost obsessively tries to lick our faces. If not that, any bare skin she sees. She will jump on us to try to get to our face literally any time we interactm Is this normal behaviour or is it something to look into?

Hi, I'm just looking for some advice on the best way for my puppy to travel in the car.

She's currently 5 months old, I took on her on quite a few car journeys to try and get her used to it when she was younger but she still struggles.

If I'm driving, I usually have her seatbelted and sat on the passenger seat, but she constantly pulls over to me, whines and seems distressed. If someone else is driving we sit in the back seats together, seatbelted in still, but pretty happy on my lap or looking out of the window.

I really want her comfortable for longer car journeys as I'd like to travel/camp with her. I have a little self converted camper van, but there's not really any space for a crate in the back.

Any advice on set ups/kit would be great!

I have a 7 month shih tzu. I have been trialing her in a few day cares in the area. 1 daycare is for small dogs only, the 2nd separates big and little dogs and the 3rd can separate small dog from big dog if you request (looks like when pup is over 6 months, they are allowed in the all dog area). She is just getting used to the small dogs and the daycares have reported good things with her interactions with other small pups. But when it comes to the big dogs, she does not like them. We’ve had a few negative interactions with the big pups in public (a couple have been off leash that snuck up on us but the big dog didnt do anything but it startled her) and then we had a meet n greet w a larger dog and she was screaming bloody murder. I can understand it from her perspective to have this large being hovering over u. How do you think I should approach this? I will need to enroll her in the 3rd day care on my work days on occasion because it is only place open for my work hours. I can group her w the little dogs sure, but id like her to get experience w the big dogs too but this 3rd place doesnt do meet n greets so im curious how they test temperments and all of that. I enrolled her in a half day daycare coming up to see how she does.

We adopted a 6 month old puppy around a week ago. He was a stray previously and living outside. He was also in a foster home with other dogs and now he's a single dog with us

When he's inside, he's an angel. He listens and stops biting when we're inside.

When we take him on walks, he'll start jumping and biting on us. I've looked here for advice and have brought treats and a toy to give when he's calm. That sometimes works but he'll start to jump and bite us still.

Any advice would be great!

Hi! I’d appreciate all and any help!

I have a Lab x GSP, she’s 5 months old. She generally plays well with adult dogs, mostly wrestling or running with them, and will usually disengage and come when called. If they don’t want to play, she just follows them around or does her own thing.

When she’s playing with a puppy however, she is ruthless! The other puppy can be showing clear signs they don’t like it, and she will relentlessly persue them – chasing at full speed, biting their tail at full speed, nipping along their body – no loose, fun body language. (Obviously I intervene and put her back on the leash when she gets like this, let her calm down, then try again, but she always ramps it back up to super intense straight away).

I think one problem may be that many of the adult dogs she regularly plays with, are bigger than her and like to be chased. She is rarely the “chasee”, always the chaser. Her body language with these dogs seems to be a lot looser and more like respectful play.

How can I teach her to be more respectful and stop being such a bully? I don’t want this to be her adult play style, I want a dog that can adapt to the other dog and self handicap for nice play.

Thanks for any help!

We are one week into having our perfect angel baby, Moonpie! She’s a Bernese Mountain Dog/Golden Retriever and 8 weeks old, we are so impressed with how quickly she is learning and how well she does in her crate after only one week of having her.

To help our own sanity though, we are starting the 2:1 crate training schedule today. I’m a highly anxious momma and it’s really going to help me be able to rest and relax while she’s down and be able to get things done. She already is great at napping on her own without the crate, but it doesn’t stop me from watching her every movement if she’s out in the living room.

Question if you’ve done this, if she starts to nap early and it’s supposed to be “playtime”, do you let her nap? Or keep her up so it doesn’t disrupt the schedule? Also if she falls asleep during her scheduled nap time and we are just home on the couch watching a show, would you just let her sleep in the room with you or would you move her to her crate to finish the nap?

Thanks for the advice! This forum has been giving me lots of peace of mind. ☺️

I need tips. I feel like a crazy person when trying to walk my 6 month old Dalmatian puppy. She’s gotten better but I can’t enjoy the walks at all. I don’t even want her in a perfect heel, I just want her to listen when we are on walks and not pull. Any tips are helpful! I try the stop and wait until she comes over to me (so there’s slack on the leash), I’ve tried treats, I’ve tried it all. She does so well in my apartment and inside but the second we are outside it’s a nightmare. I know she’s still so young and everything is still new and exciting, but I’ve got to be able to walk her and get her some exercise. We only walk for 30 mins, and it’s a nightmare the entire time.

I’ve also been struggling with the counter surfing. Any tips on how to stop it? I’ve tried treats and rewarding her when she’s in the kitchen a lays down, but she is always jumping up trying to get things when I’m cooking and sometimes she will just wander in there and jump up to check things out. This is a behavior I don’t want to keep happening. To some it might not be a big deal but I don’t want it to continue.

Otherwise she does really well and has been so good. She’s incredibly smart but incredibly stubborn.

Hi everyone, I keep getting conflicting information on when it’s best to neuter/spay a dog. What’s everyone’s experience?