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A Force and Fear Free training community providing support and advice for puppy owners.

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Here at r/Puppy101, you will find constructive and supportive advice for puppy owners who need help with a problem, have questions about training, or just need some encouragement while going through the crazy journey of puppyhood!

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Weird aggressive behavior

I have 2 five month old mix breed puppies. One is actually my brother's, but he's at my house 50%+ of the week.

They've always had a habit of play fighting that would only occasionally turn aggressive. For about 2 weeks they calmed down and didn't turn aggressive towards eachother at all, but over the last month or so that's changed.

Now a weird thing happens where they only get aggressive when directly next to me. One will run over and lay down or try to get my attention. Then as soon as the other notices they'll run over and a full blown fight will break out. This is definitely not playful fighting. It's very obviously aggressive on both sides.

Both of them react this way it's not just one of them causing the problem. They don't do this with my mom or my brother although that might just be because neither of them ever watch my puppy so he doesn't know them very well. Neither is a resource guarder. They're fairly well behaved otherwise.

I separate them when it happens to let them calm down, but that doesn't seem to do anything. It seems to be getting worse over time.

Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it? I worry that it might have to do with the fact that one of them only lives here half of the time, but I don't really have another option there aside from convincing my brother to just give him to me permanently which he doesn't want to do

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2024/03/26
06:02 UTC

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One step forward, 2 steps back!

So we got 2 JRTs from the same litter 3 weeks ago and for the most part they’ve settled in well. They get crated when we go out or when we’re eating meals and for the most part they go in and go to sleep. Night time though, is hell. We put them in at around 9pm when they get sleepy and then take them out at around 12 to pee and poop before we go to bed. Last week, they were sleeping through till 6am, sometimes even 8. We thought we’d cracked it! No. They were bickering in the crate, so we put them in separate crates, thinking they might be getting annoyed with each other. Last night one of them screamed for literally 5hrs on and off, we tried EVERYTHING. She didn’t need to go, she didn’t need something with our smell, she didn’t want to be comforted, we even gave her a snack but it was just playtime for her. Me, husband, and older dog were awake all night dealing with her. Tonight, we put her back in with her sister and okay, granted she’s only screamed for an hour instead of 5, but still, it’s 4am - what’s with the regression??

3 Comments
2024/03/26
04:59 UTC

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resource guarding (?)

Hi guys, firstly thank you so much for being my community and my sanity during my first year of raising puppy. We made it through and at about 15months mark now 😊

atm theres these two things we are seeking advice on what we can do to train / exercise him out of the habit of what seems like resource guarding!

  1. Firstly, when he’s with other people (not with my husband, he’s so good and drop things willingly with him 90%of the time) — he could be growling or attempting to to snap when we try to approach and grab his illegal stolen stuff - lol.

we have spoken to trainer so we do use treats now to try to swap it or let him drop , or also prevent items hanging around, or let him have it if its harmless We also sometime hand feed him to make him think our hands are good

However just wondering if any other training or exercise we can do! He knows “drop it” with playing tugs but dont work with illegal items 😂

  1. This one is only when I am carrying him, then someone trying to pat him from behind or grab him? He growled or snapped like dont take me from mama 😂

  2. this is unrelated but if i grab a leash sometimes he runs away 🤣🤣🤣🤣 maybe cos he unsure whats gonna happen lol

Anyways, thank you!!!

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2024/03/26
04:54 UTC

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Sniffing is the truth

Holy moly you guys. I have a 6 month old mixed breed boy that is already 60 pounds. He was found on the side of the road locked in a plastic crate with his brother, starving and not doing well.

He also was diagnosed with puppy strangles (genetic immune system disorder) so I couldn't socialize him while he was on his meds (couldn't get vaccines with a suppressed immune system)

Fast forward to when he's fully vaccinated, he is very unruly and hard to take on walks. I just assumed his hyperactivity was him having tons and tons of energy. I would take him on walks that averaged 2 miles, and anything less left him WIRED.

Well at work today, I was reading a post about 'sniffaries' and the concept of letting your puppy sniff anything (within safety standards) and to not focus on distance, but on sniffs. We went to a park and I let him sniff anything and everything for 30 minutes. We barely moved ¼ mile down the park loop, came home, and he is currently dead asleep. Like he is more tired than after I take him on hikes and crazy adventures.

This is life changing

TLDR; Let your dog sniff things if you want your life back.

1 Comment
2024/03/26
04:19 UTC

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Resident dog and new puppy advice

Hi everyone! My husband and I have a 7 year old goldendoodle—very sweet and snuggly with her humans, listens very well, great recall, all in all just a wonderful dog.

We’d talked about getting another dog in the future whenever we eventually bought a house. The house part finally happened and, coincidentally, my cousins family had recently adopted a goldendoodle puppy of their own but it wasn’t working out (they weren’t prepared to deal with all the puppy shenanigans) and asked if we’d take her. We weren’t planning on getting our next dog so soon but she needed a home so we said yes.

Our resident dog isn’t a huge fan of other dogs but she doesn’t mind older ones like her age. She can be around them and coexist no problem. But puppies…We knew it’d be a bit of a challenge and sure enough our resident dog is not super pleased. Puppy’s get in your face and climb all over you and the little one has done that to our resident dog as we’d expect. Our resident dog has been growling at the puppy if she gets too close to her face or if she’s laying on me/my husband and the puppy comes around. We’ve been making sure resident dog has plenty of “alone” time and giving her solo walks as well as tandem walks, redirecting puppy away from her when the growling starts getting a little louder…there has been one “snap” when the puppy got into her face and started trying out to nibble at her but otherwise it’s just a lot of growling.

I know this question has been asked plenty of times already but would love to hear from anyone with old or new perspectives, experience, advice—how did your older dog react to your new puppy and how did it all end up?

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2024/03/26
04:17 UTC

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Any pet mentalists? Meed this guy to enjoy his life a little?

I have a 12 month old dog! Dog was penned with his siblings only interaction they had was when food thrown in their bowls! last few weeks nothing. Now the dogs are extremely afraid of people. Only make eye contact with me. Now he play in bed at night to the couch by day. When i need him to move i have to pic up amd stand him up. Hes a really sweet guy! Amd he knows I have a 12 month old dog! Dog was penned with his siblings only interaction they had was when food thrown in their bowls! last few weeks nothing. Now the dogs are extremely afraid of people. Only make eye contact with me. Now he play in bed at night to the couch by day. When i need him to move i have to pic up amd stand him up. Hes a really sweet guy! Amd he knows he is safe with me!Suggestions? he is safe with me!Suggestions?

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2024/03/26
04:06 UTC

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9 month old puppy no longer liking crate

We have a 9-month old Aussie, Springer Spaniel mix who has been sleeping in her crate at night since we have had her at 11 weeks. She used to nap in her crate when she was really little but quickly started napping outside her crate on her own, so we let it happen.

At night she sleeps in a room by herself (but close to us upstairs) because sleeping in a crate in my or my daughter's bedroom was not an option for a number of reasons. She is right next door to my daughter (who takes on a lot of the responsibility for her) and across the hall from us.

Recently she's been more vocal at night when we put her in her crate. Barking a lot and louder than usual for longer periods of time and I am wondering if she is no longer ok being separated from the "pack" but I'm not really sure what to do about it. We have a senior dog who sleeps in our room. He tolerates her at best but he's not much of a dog, dog (he prefers people) and if we brought her into our room then she would try to sleep on the bed which we don't want (our other dog sleeps in his own bed but would 100% move into our bed if she were there). I'm also a light sleeper and don't need anymore distractions keeping me up. Her crate would not really fit in our room. She's somewhat trustworthy but we're not comfortable giving her the run of the house at night as we still need to remind her to stay out of things when her teenage brain takes over. And when we go out her a section of the house that we have "baby proofed" which is far away from our rooms.

I feel like we may need to find some solution but not sure what to try. And if it's inevitable that we should transition to one of our rooms (without the crate) is there a good way to start this process to keep accidents down and keep her off the bed?

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2024/03/26
04:05 UTC

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Help. Worms + puppy??

Hi!! Ok so where I live it’s been raining a bit and getting warmer.. I just took my puppy out for the night potty and there were … so many worms. Like huge, icky big fatty worms in the grass which as a human, I am repulsed by, but know my puppy would want to eat them if they presented themselves to him. My question is.. is it okay for me to let him sniff around by them to try and do his business and potentially eat one? I’m too grossed out tbh to pull one out of his mouth but I’m not sure what else to do if he needs the bathroom. Also, is there a way to make them go away that people know of?

I tried stomping around in the grass to try and ward them off but there were so many and my dog was creeped out I think by me doing that and too distracted to do his business. Please let me know!! I have never seen worms like that and am not sure what could happen if my puppy was able to get his mouth on one.

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2024/03/26
03:56 UTC

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Puppy pees when we come back home

Hi.

My mini daxie is 7 months old and she still pees with excitement when we come home. Is this something they grow out of, or it’s just another one of her cute traits we need to let people know of when she stays over? 😂

2 Comments
2024/03/26
00:10 UTC

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My new puppy likes my boyfriend more and I hate it.

My boyfriend and I already share a male chihuahua (3.5y now) who we adopted as an 8 weeks puppy. We (but mostly I) decided we should get another dog to keep him company as we know our work schedules will be changing in the next few years where we are home less often. While we have different roles in his life, he is equally loving toward both of us and, for the most part, always has been.

The new puppy is also a chihuahua and is 8 weeks old. We picked her up 4 days ago. I have done about 75-80% of the feeding (including treat-giving), playing, and starting to train boundaries (potty on pads and no biting etc.). She also is sleeping with me at night (my boyfriend sleeps separately from me because he snores). For yesterday, and today especially, she is treating us very differently. She wags her tail and gets very excited when he approaches her, but acts completely uninterested when I approach her; she hardly acts affectionate toward me. We do the same baby voice and petting when interacting with her, so I can’t help but feel like, what gives? I will also note - I have not accidentally hurt her or done anything else to cause her to be less affectionate with me.

I’m starting to feel like she just simply isn’t going to “vibe” with me as much, and it is already starting to wear on me and make doing the work to take care of her feel more difficult + already make me not even want to attempt to get her attention. Of course, I’m feeling especially blue about the situation because getting her was my idea. Why might this be happening? Do you think dogs can just not be the biggest fan of someone, regardless of their behavior? What could I do to receive some of the same affection she gives my boyfriend?

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2024/03/25
23:21 UTC

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Puppy talking back - Help

Gosh, my puppy is a 10 weeks old Pomsky and from someone who's had multiple dogs from puppies, this one is far the hardest.

Honestly, she give me so much sass.

She talks back and kind of barks/growls and then has the zoomies and wont come near me and just kind of runs around me, like a shark circling its prey! Not sure if it's a sign of aggression or is she just being a little butt hole?

She was using her puppy pads amazingly from day 2 and now she is using everywhere as her personal toilet. She also wakes up at 5am every day! Refusing to go back to sleep.

She used to go to bed really well, a few little whinges but last few nights constant high pitched barking and crying.

Absolutely exhausted is a understatement.

She does really well with her training will go to her crate and let you close it but no more then a minute or so. She can sit, wait, lay, stop, paw, roll over, bop her nose. But practical sit or stop biting, she won't have any of it.

The basic "tricks" she does brilliantly but she gets so over excited she ends up biting, chewing us and our clothes and weeing all over the place we stop and ignore her but it's like she walks off and does not care that we have stopped training or playing with her.

We have been using a really good training guide but what I read all over is that you should not use a crate for punishment which we haven't but we should use it to help calm her?

We have used treats and chews which works in the day but the second she can't see us, she has absolutely zero interest regardless what is in the crate with her. I can't leave her in her crate so I can sleep and leave unsupervised with toys or chews.

She is being a pain in the rump and it's like she is a little demon waiting to bite your ankles.

We have tried the shh and side tap (and I mean tap) we have tried the clap of hands, ignoring her, leaving the room, high-pitched ow. Any sounds makes her more excited, like we are playing a game and ignoring her, she doesn't give a flying sausage.

Sorry long post... 😂😂

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2024/03/25
21:01 UTC

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Good idea?

Need help

So i have a 10 week old puppy that just got his 2nd dose of shots. My sister wants to bring a 1 year old dog that has already been vaccinated home, but im not sure if that would be a good idea. I dont want my puppy to get sick or anything

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2024/03/26
03:17 UTC

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Teething Help

Hi!

I have a 4 month old corgi who has started teething, and the increase in nipping has been pretty tough for us. We originally were using the puppy benebones, which she LOVES, for her to chew on, but after reading some stories of puppies who broke their teeth on nylabones and benebones, they make me nervous now.

I'm looking for recommendations to help get through the teething phase -- ones that are soft enough that she won't break her teeth but tough enough to last more than 10 minutes. The problem is I haven't found any chews -- besides the benebone -- that she likes well enough. Rubber chew toys she only likes if they have food in them, and once the food is gone, she's done with them and trying to chew on furniture or us lol. And I've tried frozen carrots and apples and pumpkin, but she goes through those so fast that I'm worried about upsetting her tummy if I keep giving her more. AND I've tried the nylabone cloth that you dunk in water and freeze -- I soaked it in beef broth and froze it, but she gets bored really quickly. The only teething/chew I can think of that I haven't tried are the teething rings or bully sticks, but I've avoided those as they're quite high in calories, and corgis are known for getting chunky pretty quickly (I also haven't tried yak chews, but those also make me nervous lol)

What on earth y'all use to help ur puppies through teething?

5 Comments
2024/03/26
03:00 UTC

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teeth falling out

i think my puppy’s teeth are starting to fall out, is there anything i can do to help her? does this hurt them? what if she swallows them accidentally? any advice would be greatly appreciated 🥹

2 Comments
2024/03/26
02:53 UTC

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How long should a 5 month old puppy be able to hold their bladder?

We have a 5 month old Ridgeback puppy and every night she sleeps like 8-9 hours unbothered and no need to pee but during the day if we leave her for 4 hours or more, she pees in her crate. We did a good transition into leaving her longer and longer to see how she did and she’s always been okay but it seems like rn she can’t last 4 or more hours. Is this normal or should we look into her having a bladder issue? She’s fully potty trained other than the times we have to leave her for a long period of time and doesn’t seem like she would have a hard time holding her pee, but in her crate it’s a different story :/ pls help

7 Comments
2024/03/26
02:41 UTC

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1 year just don’t settle

So I have a 16 month old. I’m assuming there’s a great deal of Aussie or collie and some lab (just got a Wisdom panel so I’ll know for sure soon), so I know their brains are wired like all the time lol. We do 2 hours of physical exercise a day. She loves to sniff, so we do an equal amount of mental stimulation, as well. And I’m trying to get her into some homemade agility.

Basically, her daily needs are being met. But I am admittedly getting overwhelmed by the fact she doesn’t seem to be getting any sleep during the day. Sleeps through the night, but she probably sleeps a total of 5 hours during the day, which I do not think is healthy.

I’ve tried the calming protocols but I’m struggling with the end game. After a few moments of chilling, I give her a release command and she gets up and starts pacing or following me. Do you just have to keep doing it until they self soothe?

I basically have to leave my house for her to get adequate sleep, but that’s not super realistic because I wfh.

I’d love any advice anyone has. Is it her age? Could it be an underlying health issue?

The only thing I’ve noticed is she’s all of a sudden become obsessed with grass. I took her to the vet a month ago, they did a fecal sample, no parasites, but she does seem hungry all the time.

Edit: she could be hungry because the vet suggested only feeding her 3/4 cup (she’s 35/lbs) a day. We’ve doing that for like 3 months now. Cause I was doing a cup and a half and she was getting chunky. She looks very healthy, but I wonder if she’s just starving. Maybe I need a second opinion?

I’m just kind of at a loss tbh.

TL;DR my baby is not sleeping and it can’t be healthy for her. So I’m wondering if she’s anxious or in some kind of discomfort

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2024/03/26
00:30 UTC

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Puppy anchoring on leash, eating random things

Our golden retriever girl is 12 weeks old and such a sweetheart. She is very smart and has already learned sit, shake, lay down, spin, crate. She catches on super quickly to tricks but struggles with obedience, both inside and out. Inside she is getting better day by day as outside she only gets worse.

The issue is she takes just a few steps and stops. She will plop down into the grass and start eating it, or walk until she finds a leaf or stick to try to eat. Her primary focus when we go outside is to find things to put into her mouth. She is very food motivated inside, but not outside. Anything BUT food is what motivates her outdoors.

I cannot take her on walks to tire her out because she just simply will not walk. If she does walk, it’s because she’s pulling immediately to something she wants to consume. She learned to start alerting us when she has to go potty by tapping the door and has started abusing that system to go outside to eat more leaves. I just want to give her proper exercise 😭

Advice appreciated 🙏

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2024/03/25
19:28 UTC

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2 year old starting to act up

TLDR; my dog used to have great manners, patience, and obedience, but more recently all that went out the window and starts to jump and bark at other dogs/cats. Treats don’t work to get his attention anymore.

My 2 year goldendoodle, who is neutered is starting to act up when he used to never be this way. Just for context, he goes to daycare everyday while I’m at work and I’m assuming this is where he is picking up these habits from. For the most part, he is a really good dog with so signs of aggression; all he wants to do in life is to have fun and eat.

The issue is whenever he sees another dog while we’re out, he will bark and jump at them. He does the “play bow” so I’m thinking he just wants to play, but his barks are really intimidating, and he’ll scare other dogs sometimes. Once the owners will take their dogs to another spot, my dog will cry like he’s physically hurt. I used to be able to get him to sit and stay when he sees other dogs and/or people, but more recently he doesn’t care for the treats anymore and his only focus is to get to the other dog. I’m starting to think my dog has ADHD or some kind of attention disorder if that’s a thing for dogs.

Has anyone here been through a similar situation, and what do you guys think I should do? If there’s no distractions (mainly dogs or cats) around, you would think he’s a perfect service dog. I try to take him out in public as much as possible on my days off at least twice a week so he can be around people/animals. I found out that he responds to negative emotions and especially if I yell at him (like if I catch him doing something bad, it’s just the reaction, “STOP!” Or “NOOOooo..” Please know I dont curse or yell at him like I would to a human, and I don’t yell at him in public. I wouldn’t want a random person to think I abuse my dog.

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2024/03/25
19:14 UTC

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How often is it ok to wash my puppy?

I was under the impression like once a month, and I washed him last week but man after one week he’s developed excited pee every time I come home or he meets new people and quite often after peeing he walks through it so I’m wiping up pee prints and his feet.

What I’m getting at is he smells like piss. Would it be fine to bathe him again so soon? What does everyone else do?

18 Comments
2024/03/26
02:11 UTC

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Pup loves the car too much?

My dog just recently turned one, and lately, he has been obsessed with the car/garage. For context, when he was around 8 months old we moved houses and now have an attached garage. Since then, he’s started this strange habit. We will go out with him and take him on a walk or social outing and when we return home, he will not move from the car! He wants to stay put in the back seat. Unless he is physically carried, he will not leave the car/garage for 20+ minutes. All he does is lay down. Today, I tried to lure him out with a treat, did not care. Tried pulling on his leash, stayed put like a rock. This is so strange! He never did this until we got the attached garage. Why does he do this, is it that he hates that we’re home after fun outside time? If your dog has done this before, I would love to know. I am happy that he is so good on car rides, but maybe he loves the car a little too much?

1 Comment
2024/03/26
02:07 UTC

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Tips for an anxious puppy owner

I adore my puppy and she is the light of my life but her wellbeing is the primary source of my anxiety. She’s been having some diarrhoea for the past couple of days - I’m in contact with three vet and monitoring the situation and she’s eating well and has good energy, but my anxiety levels have been so high throughout and it’s all I can think about and then I end up googling things and going down another rabbit hole of “what if she dies”.

I would love some help managing my anxiety around her health and wellbeing especially if you’ve felt something similar in the past. Please no “don’t worry about it” type responses because believe me I would if I would.

1 Comment
2024/03/25
14:24 UTC

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Tips for new owner of frenchie pup

Slow eater bowls?Best food/diet ,potty training tips? anything else that would be helpful to know ? #frenchie #frenchbulldog

1 Comment
2024/03/25
13:15 UTC

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Discover bark

What age did your puppy discover bark and hyper nipping? And how do I reduce the bark? He barks when I put the pee pad away and he barks when he is in his crate ONLY when he can see me cleaning. Otherwise he is fine in his crate. Should I put him in a different room while I clean to avoid the behaviour? In terms of the nipping, I can't say that's a big issue. He licks for the most part but sometimes he'll forget himself when he is excited and I didn't burn enough energy (which is difficult to do when I can't walk him since he isn't fully vaccinated). Going to the vet in 2 days so I will ask them about that

2 Comments
2024/03/25
12:27 UTC

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Do I need to wake up my puppy to build a routine?

Got my 12 weeks old puppy yesterday. He was the last to stay with his mom and the rest of the pack (they have 3 more adult dogs). He seems to be quit a calm puppy I would say, he does have his puppy-like behaviors of course, he gets fussy when tired etc. But he is also pretty okay with his napping (sometimes needs a little help) and slept through the night without potty breaks. I’m hoping it’s because he lived with the pack/mom for longer.

He’s been napping since 9:30AM after an accidentally long walk. Woke up at 10:30 and I gave him a frozen bone broth lickmat. He was out in minutes and been sleeping since (it’s almost 1PM). The breeder fed him at 7-12-17 hrs. Do I need to wake him up for potty breaks and lunch or do I just let him sleep? It’s my first dog and I read a lot about routine. I also understand he’s just settling in so maybe we build our own routine, I don’t know. Advice?

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2024/03/25
11:50 UTC

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My pup dislikes outdoor and constantly pee in his crate

I have a 10 week old Italian Greyhound puppy and he’s been with us for 2 weeks now. We started potty training and crate training as soon as he got home but I feel like we haven’t made much progress. Most of the time we take him to the backyard he won’t do his business. He is really good at entertaining himself by playing with leaves and branches if the weather is nice, or he’ll just pulls the leash and rushes back towards indoor if it’s cold or wet outside. I learned from some Youtube tutorials that if puppy gets distracted outdoor and won’t do their business, pop them in the crate and take them out again after a few minutes would help. So I tried but my pup pees in his crate not long after I put him in! We are also working on crate training. We let him eat in his crate, sleep in his crate at daytime when we can’t supervise him. We hide treats in his crate and he goes in and out the crate occasionally to find the treats. But we found that sometimes he sneak into the crate and pee! I don’t think he hates the crates, so I don’t understand why he prefers to pee in it?

0 Comments
2024/03/25
05:34 UTC

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How do wild dogs survive if they dont know what not to eat?

Just for curiosity, as pet owners, we learn what our dogs can eat and what is poison. but how do wild dogs know

3 Comments
2024/03/26
01:52 UTC

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Collars

I am looking for some advice because I’m feeling horrible about my 17 week old lab. I saw a TikTok that basically was stating you should use a breakaway collar for puppies/dogs or not collar them at all. I grew up with dogs my whole life and my grandparents always had standard collars for their dogs, even to this day. That’s the route we decided to go, as I had never even heard of breakaway collars for dogs, but now I’m seeing so many horror stories after looking it up and I don’t want to chance it. Does anyone have good brands for breakaway collars? I’m not finding many good/affordable options and would definitely like some recommendations. Thank you in advance!! (Ps mods let me know if I should ask this question elsewhere :) )

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2024/03/25
04:38 UTC

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Working

I’m 14 and I have a job that I work from 4 to 9, I just got a puppy and I was wondering what I should do about potty training? I plan on crate training so do I leave my puppy in the crate for 6 hours and just hope she doesn’t pee or poop? She’s doing pretty well ok going outside every 1 to 2 hours but I don’t think she will be able to hold it for 6. Any advice?

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2024/03/25
04:14 UTC

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Puppy essentials

I’m bringing a mini labradoodle 24 week puppy home next week and I was wondering if anyone had any must need puppy essentials aside from the standard crate, leash, harness, collar, chew toy variety, food and water bowls, or poo bags? I was also wondering if it would be beneficial to make my closet the puppy room as a safe place for him to go while getting used to a new family (BTW I would never lock him in the closet but just place for him to calm down and get used to us)

3 Comments
2024/03/26
01:39 UTC

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Teaching dog to be calm in crate

We have a 13 year old miniature dachshund, but I have no idea how we did this with him.

We now have a 6 month old miniature dachshund puppy. The good news is that he and our old man seem to genuinely like each other. They play together well. My older dog is gentle with him even though he's several pounds heavier.

Our puppy, however, seems to have some pretty severe seperation anxiety and also genuinely seems to hate being in his crate. We can get him to be calm in the crate if we've absolutely exhausted him with play or if it is night, but he does absolutely terribly during the work day when we can't take 15 minute breaks to play with him and tire him out.

Letting him "bark it out" seems to be a non-starter - he kind of seems like he can just go either indefinitely or until he loses his voice. How do we teach him that being calm is rewarding? This is confusing to me because it seems a lot easier to teach a dog to do something than to NOT do something - we're actually having the same issue with house training. It is easy to get him to understand that we want him to go outside, but I'm not sure how to get him to understand that going inside is bad.

EDIT: To clarify, he is never crated if he needs to go out. We make sure he's empty before he goes in.

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2024/03/26
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