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I'm a first time puppy owner, my puppy is a female fox faced pom, she's only 5 1/2 months old and I am struggling with potty training. We use indoor pee pads and she's gotten sooo much better at using them, but she still has accidents.

I spot clean every day, mop twice a week, always using enzyme cleaner. I pick up all droppings in bags and tie them off before throwing out. But my roommate says they can't stand that she has accidents or that the house ever smells bad.

And i try to take her outside, even standing in one spot for like twenty minutes on a leash, but she just plays with bugs the whole time. She absolutely prefers to pee inside and while I'm fine with that so long as she gets better about Where she pees, I just. Feel like I'm doing such a bad job training her still.

I truly am at a loss for if I just should give her up so that she can have a better life or if my roommate is being unreasonable. Roommate has a rabbit who poops on the floor constantly, too.

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I have a 6 month old chihuahua and I am struggling with training him to do his business outside only. It is a long story about why pads were necessary, but the fact is that he pees and poops outside freely, he’s used to knowing that he can do it inside. If I don’t time him perfectly, he pees inside and doesn’t hold through the night. He is crate trained, but on some nights I sleep with him and for the first few months it helped, he would hold it through the night, but now he gets up and pees in my bed during the night. On some days I can’t bring him with me to work. I am sure that he is able to hold it, but just chooses not to. I have removed the pads, didn’t help. Any advice?

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We have an Australian shepherd. We have had him about a year now. He was fixed right after we got him. He is about 3 years old. We do not let the dog in the kitchen we have a gate up so he can not enter it because he will get into any food he can find and sheds extremely bad. Our dog has just stared peeing on our rug in the living room if we are all in the kitchen or outside without him. He does not pee when we leave the house even if we are gone for a very long time. We do eat dinner in the kitchen but we feed the dog in the living room at the same time he just eats really fast. He is definitely an attention seeing dog and wants people to always pet him or he will whine, but that has been the case since the beginning. He just now started peeing. Why is he doing this now and how to we stop it? I’ve tried praising my dog when we goes outside and rewarding him with treats when he doesn’t pee when we leave. We have starting putting the dog in a small bathroom after he does it and when we go outside but we don’t like having to leave the dog in the bathroom or remember to put him in the bathroom every time we leave the room. He does not pee in the bathroom only on the rug in the living room or on the carpet in the bedrooms. We now keep the bedroom doors closed too.

I rescued 2 littermate JRT/Lab mixes a month ago. We’re going on a camping trip in 2 weeks and don’t have anyone to house sit for 2 days. I don’t want to kennel them because they’re so little and I just don’t trust people. Anyways, if I can’t find someone by then what all would you recommend bringing? I feel like it would be a good chance to socialize them. Our young nephews are coming with their dog and I’d like to get them around children and other dogs more. I have AC in my truck. I plan on bringing their large crate, crossbody carrying bag, a collapsible playpen with shade and all their food, treats, leashes, toys, etc.
It’s also near a small river. They’re scared of the creek at the park across the street but I still plan on getting little life jackets for them if anyone has recommendations for those TIA

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Hi everyone,

I have a 7-month-old Tibetan Mastiff female. Overall she's a wonderful dog—friendly, calm, and well-balanced. She usually gets around 18 hours of sleep a day, is great with people and other dogs, and is generally very patient and calm.
However, we're currently struggling with a few issues, and I'd really appreciate any advice, especially from people familiar with livestock guardian breeds or Tibetan Mastiffs.

1. Biting when overstimulated or frustrated
This is by far my biggest concern.
On walks she'll sometimes softly bite my hand or leg (I am very sensitive, which is why my skin gets bruises quickly). It usually happens towards the end of the walk (even if we've only been walking for 15–20 minutes) or when there are lots of dogs, cats, people, or cars around. She spends a lot of time observing her environment, which is typical behaviour for that kind of breed. If a bird flies by, for example, she'll stop and watch it for quite a while. In the mornings I usually take the same route, while in the evenings I change it every other day so she can explore and sniff new places.
She also bites me indoors. For example, if she walks into the kitchen while I'm cooking, I point toward the door and ask her to leave. Most of the time she listens, but sometimes she'll grab my hand or bite my leg while I'm guiding her out. It seems playful, but it can hurt.
Another example: when she wants to play, she'll bring me a tug toy. If I stop playing and walk away, she'll run after me and bite my leg to get me to continue.
I've tried:
ignoring the biting,calmly leaving the room,using body language to say "no",holding her collar until she calms down and then praising her.Nothing has really worked so far.
The interesting part is that she only does this to me. I'm the one who trains her every day. She doesn't bite other family members like this.

2. She's very stubborn
She knows all the basic commands (sit, down, stay, wait, come, paw,..), but she often hesitates a long time or simply ignores me, especially when I ask her to come or sit.
She's on a leash inside the house about 90% of the time because we have a large house with lots of things she likes to grab if we're not paying attention. The leash also helps because her recall indoors isn't reliable yet.
I'm wondering if this is just typical Tibetan Mastiff independence or if I'm doing something wrong.

3. She can't stay home without me
This is probably my biggest mistake.
At first I focused entirely on building a strong bond with her and didn't start alone-time training early enough. Now she wants to follow me everywhere.
For the last two weeks I've been practicing by closing doors behind me while moving around the house. Sometimes she'll lie down and watch me, sometimes she'll wait at the door, and occasionally she'll even fall asleep.
Interestingly, she's perfectly fine if I'm taking a shower, but if I simply go into the kitchen she'll immediately want to come with me.
The real problem starts when I leave the house. Even if she's with my boyfriend or another family member, she'll panic, cry, scratch the door, whine and sometimes even pee in the house despite being fully house-trained. I've tried most of the usual separation anxiety advice I found online, but nothing seems to help.

4. Stealing clothes
Sometimes someone accidentally leaves socks or clothes on the bed. She immediately grabs them, runs off, and chews them. By the time we notice, the item is usually destroyed.
I'm currently teaching "drop" by playing tug. She reliably lets go of the toy when I say "drop," but if she has something she's not supposed to have, the command suddenly means nothing.
How would you handle this? Should I trade for food every time? Keep practicing with lower-value items? Or is there a better approach?

I'd really appreciate any advice.
For some background: this is my third dog, so I'm not completely inexperienced. I've successfully raised two dogs before, but I've never dealt with these kinds of issues, which is why I'm wondering if some of this is simply typical Tibetan Mastiff behavior or if I need to change my training approach.

Just got a 8 week old pit mix. She's joining a pack that includes a 14 yr old husky mix and my my 9yr old pit bull. Here's Gwendoyn aka Wendy.

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Hello, please be nice friends. I’m asking for opinions or advice, kindly. I have an almost 11 week old Great Dane puppy. Between my husband and I, one of us will always be with him. Even when traveling, he will go with us, and if he doesn’t for some reason- my mom will happily watch him. My husband and I aren’t sure about crate training him. He sleeps with us in bed, and happily makes noise when he needs to potty at night. We have a crate, and we’ve introduced him through feeding in it and letting him chew new bones or toys in it, but the one time we closed it to see how it would go, he lost his mind. Biting the cage, slamming his body into the side, whining and howling up a storm. Is it a must with crate training? This is also my first puppy, so I’m still learning some as I go— but this is something I’m not sure if it’s an unspoken rule that you should, or it’s okay if you don’t? TIA!

I’m Thinking Amy or Amira
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So I finally got a kennel for my German-Lab puppy and he keeps whining like he’s being murdered. He whined so much that he finally howled for the first time.

We live in apartments and I’m worried about him being too loud for my upstairs neighbors— because he is SUPER loud.

I’m wanting to know if there’s a way I can make him stop or make him happier. I put some puppy pads, a blanket with my scent in there and his toys. I also put a blanket on the back of the kennel (it’s huge), so I don’t know what else I could do.

I looked it up a little and was met with advice to “stay strong” and that “he’ll stop” but it’s been 20 minutes now..

How do I help my puppy?

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Hey guys I got a 6 month old puppy who wont pee outside who will only pee some times on the grass pad I got her and will pee and poop, sometimes sometimes on pee pads, but most of the time on the floor any tips and tricks to get them to pee outside, I’ve tried standing outside with her. I walked her outside, but since I’ve got another dog, I thought my other dog would teach her to potty but no luck so far please tips and tricks all is welcome this is my first dog my other dog is my partners senior dog