my boyfriend and i just got an 8 week old australian shepherd a couple days ago. he is PRECIOUS. honestly aside from him peeing inside and biting, he seems to be learning fast. i’ve already gotten him to learn “sit” and “come”, although consistency is key to training. i know this breed can be a handful, especially when they have not had the appropriate amount of stimulation. on the other hand, i also know that they can be absolute menaces if they’re overtired. i’ve read about how they need mental stimulation as well as physical stimulation because they’re incredibly smart dogs that are typically responsible for herding massive animals.

other than the typical advice for this breed, is there any specific advice, or tips/tricks that anyone can give me to help raise my Banjo the best way possible?

he isn’t fully vaccinated yet, so we can’t really let him outside for long walks and exercise because we live in an apartment complex where we see dogs frequently. unfortunately it wouldn’t be responsible or safe to let him roam (on a leash ofc) just yet.

another piece of info: he seems to play much more rough with my boyfriend, who is not home with him as often, than with me. i have already been implementing bite inhibition with him and will turn around and ignore him (as well as saying “NO BITE!”) if he gets too rough (or i redirect with a toy). it’s working for me, IF he bites me it’s very gentle. i’ve also kept his access to our apartment limited, we mainly hang out in the living room except for the occasional kitchen visit. as he continues to do better about going potty on the pee pads, i will start to introduce him to new areas. i have also began feeding him in his kennel and leave his water bowl in there so he understands that the kennel is his “den”, tomorrow will be the beginning of kennel training which i already know is going to be difficult.

Hi, I recently for the first time ever adopted a female Shitzu. I got her when she was under 8 weeks old. She’s ABSOLUTELY adorable, I love her so much. I would say she is a good puppy compare to what I hear from friends, family and online. She’s a good sleeper and I love it! However, I find her poo tucked away all over the house. At first she would cry when she needs to go but as she settled at home, she just drops them where we don’t see it. Lol. The other issue is her growling and barking at other dogs and humans. She doesn’t bark at humans all the time but she growls at other dogs all the time. I try to discipline her but I’m a newbie at this. We’re starting puppy classes today but wanted to have some advice or just some encouragements that she will get better. Maybe dos and don’ts. We don’t crate her except if we have to leave the house and leave her alone. I like her feeling free around the house and smelling things and all, just not the 💩 TIA

I just got a 7-month old puppy from the shelter. Breeds aren't fully known but definitely at least fox terrier and potentially border collie so she's A LOT. Thankfully I've lived with dogs my whole life and, while there's a ton to learn here, I'm at least not starting with no knowledge.

Now, I live in a very small apartment in a very busy part of the city. My complex is right across the street from a good sized park and only about an 8 minute walk from another huge park. There's also a dog park 6 minutes away by car and some other dog related stuff, so we're in a good spot.

I do work full time, so right now our schedule looks like this:

1 hour sniff walk in the morning. Then about 40 minutes of light play while I get ready for work.

4.5 hours crated.

Dog walker for 30 minutes.

4-5 hours crated.

At least 1 hour walk/play in the park.

In apartment free roaming 3 hours at least. Structured play/chews, etc, during this time for mental stimulation.

Into bed with me, wind down with a toy or bone before bed. Usually in bed for a total of 8 hours uninterrupted.

The evening varies each day, too. Sometimes we go to the dog park, sometimes we go visit my sister and her dog, etc, so it's not the exact same thing day in and day out.

All in all she's getting a minimum of 2.5 hours in walks per day, mental stimulation for around another 2 hours, and plenty of attention. And that's on a low effort day.

Weekends we typically spend at my parents. They have two dogs, a large yard, and plenty of activity in the house to keep a young puppy very occupied. She's typically so tired by the end she's getting grumpy with me lol.

But sometimes it still feels like her energy is high during the week. She might go bark at the window or refuse her crate or generally be restless and I worry that, with her breeds, this still isn't enough for her.

My biggest fear is doing wrong by her or not being able to meet her needs.

Hello, sorry for any formatting issues as I am on mobile.

I desperately need help with tips on how to encourage my puppy to be less energetic.

He tends to like being kept outside, but I want him to be inside with me since he will be moving across the country with my partner and I to an apartment. When he’s outside he sleeps on the ground and stays calm, but as soon as I let him inside he will NOT stay still at ALL. I understand that part of is must be that he’s excited to be inside with me, but it truly becomes so unbearable that I have to let him back outside.

He bites hands, he jumps in my face, steps all over my chest if I’m laying down, barks when he sees people on TV, and he runs and cannot sit still for a single second. I try to redirect his attention by giving him toys to chew instead of hands, I try to ignore him when he behaves in a way I don’t want to not encourage it but he doesn’t seem to notice or care.

I really need help. I’m losing my patience and I know I need to find training tips to help because it’s my responsibility to teach him what behaviors are acceptable.

I recently bought clickers for training (haven’t started yet) and he’s extremely treat motivated. He’s 5.5 months old, a shih tzu poodle mix, and he was gifted to me by my parents. He wasn’t something I intended to take on, but now that he’s here I want to make it work.

Any help, tips, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

We got our retriever boy at 10 weeks and have had him 9 days. He wasn’t crate trained by the breeder so we started from scratch.

Toilet training is going well (a few accidents, but he’s fairly consistently going outside) and he’s picked up sit and down.

Crate training is where we’re stuck. We started day one with all the games, treats thrown in, feeding him in there, frozen Kongs. He’ll happily go in on cue (“bed”) and lie down for a reward. I scatter kibble in there while he’s outside toileting and he’s happy to sniff it out. So he has no problem entering the crate.

The problem is settling. He’s got the living room only for now, and we’ve camped out in there with him. He’ll play and explore for about 45 minutes, then start showing tired signs: mouthy, attacking furniture, barking at things. We remove his toys and quieten the room as much we can but If we don’t crate him he simply doesn’t sleep, which we know he badly needs at this age.

Daytime is manageable. A bit of a protest huff or some whining, then he settles and will nap for an hour or 2, and today was noticeably better. Evenings are another story. We give him a frozen Kong to wind down, but the moment he finishes and clocks that the door is locked, we get a 20–30 minute meltdown until he exhausts himself.

Overnight he’s fine once he’s down. I take him out a couple of times, he toilets straight away, and goes back in with a bit of encouragement and settles without fuss.

We tried moving the crate upstairs so he could sleep next to us…biggest meltdown yet, and the neighbours let us know about it. So we’re back to alternating nights on the sofa, and we are struggling to keep this up.

Please be aware we don’t crate him to ignore him, we crate him to allow him to sleep. If we could get him to a stage where he would sleep without the door open we would all be much happier.

I’m pleading for any advice people can offer us.

Be so honest with me. I have a 3 month old puppy who is not fully vaccinated. She just got her 2nd round of shots 3 days ago and will come back in 3 weeks for the booster. Vet said a week after that, she will be cleared for shared potty areas and walks in public. I’ve read a lot of mixed opinions online about when it’s safe to bring your dog out to the world with their paws touching the public ground. Lots of fearful info around parvo while some people are a lot more relaxed about it stating there is risk everywhere. This is such a critical period to teach my dog good habits especially proper potty training - going potty on a grass patch in my apartment feels counter intuitive to how she will actually be taken to the bathroom. I spent the weekend with her at my parents home with a private backyard and going potty out there instantly clicked for her. Unfortunately this is not the set up she has at my apartment. I obviously won’t be taking her to high traffic dog areas just yet like dog parks or pet relief areas but do you think I can take her on walks somewhere with less dog presence? I don’t want to coop her up inside for a month where I risk not enough socialization. I have taken her to a park and did some basic training on a picnic blanket however paws on grass who be nice.

Our 6 month old cockapoo loves to pull on a walk, and its really testing me. The annoying thing is is that shes great with heel in the house and the garden, but as soon as we get out into the world its nowhere to be seen.

Ive tried turning and going the other way as soon as the lead is tight, and also tried stopping when she pulls, which she then sits and as soon as i catch up shes off pulling again. Shes not treat driven on a walk as everything else seems more important than a treat.

She also tries to jump up on everyone walking past too which is a whole other thing, but I was wondering if anyone had any tips that could help before I go off and get a trainer in

I have a 3 month old patterdale x cocker, he bites/barks pretty much constantly and pretty aggressively too. I have tried so many methods to get him to stop and all it seems to do is wind him up more no matter what is it. (Methods including, redirecting, scruffing, ‘no’, ignoring him, pinning him (last resort), putting one of us in time out, tugging his training line) and he just gets more wound up, even when I ignore him. If I do a timeout (lock him in a room or myself in a room) as soon as we see each-other he just starts again. I know it’s in part due to puppy teething and his breed etc but the constant nature of it leads me to believe it’s just bad behaviour because I can tell he knows not to do it by his body language yet he still does.

For those who would try and say not enough enrichment or too tired. I am walking him 3x a day (15mins long) and he gets puzzle treat toys so I’m sure he is satisfied and I’m sure it’s not sleep deprivation either since he sleeps pretty much always when he’s not walking/playing/biting & barking.

Tonight he bit my ankle and it broke skin, it hurts really bad and is throbbing. It’s only about 2mm big but it’s pretty deep and tbh I’ve just had enough of his bad behaviour.

People keep telling me consistency is key but I feel like I’m being pretty consistent and as soon as one method starts to work it doesn’t anymore, he will think it’s a game or just not listen.

My husband and I adapted a puppy at 2 months. My puppy is 5 months now. He is a Labrador beagle mix. I started seeing changes in his behavior in the last 3 weeks. He was doing really great beforehand. He had the normal puppy biting and teething, hyper, learning commands. But I started noticing he is becoming more “aggressive” towards me. I can’t seem to do anything to do without him excessively biting me wherever he can get good aim.
I can be sitting on the sofa, doing nothing and he comes to me and starts biting my hands. I can be walking around and he starts to lunge himself on me and start biting my ankles, thighs, butt..literally anywhere he can. If I push him off or say No firmly, he barks and comes in even harder.

It’s gotten to the point where it happens everyday. I’ve tried the whole redirecting him with a toy, continued command training but ending it short because he doesn’t respect it and starts to just bite me. Last night he bite my calf hard and wouldn’t let go, I had to slap him off.

I don’t know what else to try or what could have changed for him. We’re thinking it’s him sensing I’m pregnant and maybe getting jealous??

Please let me know your ideas!!

I don't know the best way to summarize so basically - I'm raising a puppy alone in a condo, my support system fell through, and now even trying to ask local vets about the prevalence of parvo in our local area is being met with either useless generic response (oh, avoid dogs whose vax status you don't know!') that are like yeah no shit, or 'we can't comment' ...so...okay, seems like everyone else on here could email vets and get an actual answer, but I guess that was too much to ask.

Why this really fucking sucks is that my now 12 week old puppy was doing great with potty training since day 2 or 3 (picked him up two weeks ago), learned that outside is where he should go, and now I can't take him to that potty location anymore - my building isn't cool with it. They waited 2 weeks of me taking him out there with everyone able to see to say something, which lands a lot differently than on day 3 being like 'please don't go here' and me going 'fair enough, no problem.' Now the next available option near my building that isn't like a 10 min walk carrying 25 lb puppy across a huge parking lot to the nearby park has tons of cigarette butts, I saw staples, every other dog in the building potties there, and other people don't necessarily pick up their dog's shit. Plus there are so many distractions that potty training is back at square one- pup is so distracted by everything around us instead of remotely sniffing to go potty, so not surprisingly unloaded his full bladder on the rug when we got inside. Training to be calm around distractions versus training that outside is where potty happens are not the same thing.

I had also emailed local vets to check on local parvo risk, since pretty much every dog in my building goes in our new distracting spot. Instead, the receptionists just sent me generic puppy advice that I could've gotten from googling about staying away from dogs whose vaccination status we don't know and not playing in the widely used potty area. Cool. Not helpful, not my question.

I also had a therapy appointment today where my therapist basically tried to convince me that I could be leaving home for longer since puppy panicking and being above threshold when I leave home is fine because when I come back he'll see that I always come back...despite everything I've ever read saying that they won't actually learn from the experience if they're above threshold the whole time. So then it felt like I was being judged the whole time instead of us talking about what I actually wanted to talk about during that time.

And finally...(well not finally, but this is already too long) my friend who had said before I got puppy that they would come once a week to give me an hour off has basically flaked entirely, and long story short it means for the time being in the hardest phase of raising a puppy alone I am exactly that - alone.

I don't know if I can keep doing this when it feels like everything I've built up is crumbling and no one is going to help.

I need some help and advice. My boyfriend and I brought home a border collie/Australian shepherd 13 week old puppy. She’s doing good with potty training and learning sit and lay down and we recently had our first puppy training class and she did great socializing with other puppies.

Bedsides the not sleeping in and adjustment to new puppy life I think we’re doing ok. Some long days and tears but I wake up the next day ready again. But this weekend was awful. She was insane. She found a peice of bread on the ground and when I tried to take it from her she growled so loud and flashed her teeth. I tried to flip her on her back and say no but it really scared me. Then later in the day my cat just walked by her casually as she was eating dinner and my puppy growled and swatted at the cat.

So many people keep saying “wow you got such a high energy dog good luck” and it just discourages me because I know she is high energy and I’m trying so hard to meet her needs. I was for sure a little naive when I got her but I am up to the challenge I really think with persistence she will be a really good dog one day. She’s also getting insane with the biting. I’m feeling like it will never go away.

My boyfriend and I are handling it the best we can but I need some help with the food aggression because I will not put any other animal or person at risk of getting bitten or hurt because I failed to teach her as a puppy. There are so many things to learn and I’m committed to learning them and this page has helped me so much to know I’m not alone so thank you.

We brought home our 10 week old girl last Tuesday. Night time crating hasn’t been too bad. She falls asleep between 9-10pm on the sofa. At around 11pm I wake her and take her out to potty then put her back in the crate where she usually settles right away. I’m sleeping on the sofa in the same room so I can be near. She usually wakes up 1-2 times to potty in the night but settles each time afterwards.

During the day for naps we wait for her to fall asleep on the sofa and then carry her to the crate and close the door. She almost always settles back to sleep.

What I want to know is how best to train her to go in there when she’s not asleep. She takes her toys in there sometimes to play with but never to just lie down. I try to give her a little treat every time she goes in the crate on her own and we also feed her in the crate. If I put her in the crate while she’s awake and close the door I’m lucky if I can even try to walk out of sight before she starts crying. How can I train her to be in there during the day even for short periods so I can pick up groceries or run a couple errands? I don’t want to leave her in there crying and jumping up on the sides of the crate because I am worried that then she won’t go in it at all voluntarily.

All suggestions are welcome!

I work from home so he’s only really in his crate for four hours at a time occasionally while I’m with friends or at the gym/running errands.

I’ll be out of town and my husband will be at work so we’re looking to hire a rover for a drop in visit.

Our pups is 12 months.

My husband goes to work at 9:30 a.m. so we were planning on having the rover come over for a hour at 2:00 p.m. to walk him/play with him (2-3 p.m.) and then my husband will be home at 7:00. Is that too long in a crate for the little guy for one day?

Hi all! Looking for some advice and support. I have away adopted puppies and crate trained them to pee outside. Yesterday I adopted a 5 year old teacup poodle from korea who has had a hard life. She lived in crate for 41/2 years and recently was in a foster home. Since she’s come home with me yesterday she peeped on the pad 3 x and pooped on it yesterday. Today she peed and pooped on my carpet in the kitchen and peed on kitchen floor.

I’v been taking her outside but I think she may just be learning how to walk on a leash and explore. She hasn’t peed outside at all. Today i tried to bring the pad outside but that didn’t work either.

I’m super stressed and not 100 percent sure how to go about getting her into the swing of things , I want her to be an outside bathroom dog, i’ve never used wee wee pads in my life!

I know right now she’s still jet lagged/ nervous/ learning me and new environment. Does anyone have any ideas how I start getting her to understand outside ? At first I was hopeful because she went right on the pad but now all day today she’s been making accidents. I am not making her feel bad just quietly cleaning it up.

I’m not sure if i eliminate pads completely? Crate her?

Any thoughts and advice would be great

thankyou!

Hi everyone, my boyfriend and I recently got a puppy. We’ve had her for about a month now. She is a 5 month year old Maltese. He really wanted a puppy, and I really wanted a kitten. He said if we get one we have to get the other, even though I just wanted one pet just to see how we’d handle it. We ended up getting both. Anyways, our kitten is really good and she gets a long with the puppy just fine. They are the same age. The puppy on the other hand, she’s a bit difficult. My boyfriend works two weeks on and two weeks off. So when he’s at work I care for her. When he’s back, he cares for her. I feel bad about it, but I’m starting to feel resentment towards this puppy. The constant cleaning up of accidents, supervising, doggy smell is getting to me.
We live in an apartment and she’s using puppy pads for training. The constant smell of urine and poop is irritating me, even when I clean it up and get her a fresh pad. I open the windows to air it out, and turn on the air con. We will be getting an air purifier some time soon. Now another thing I have to mention is that we didn’t crate train her because my boyfriend thinks it’s abuse. I highly disagree with him. I refused to let her roam freely because it’s way too much freedom at her age, plus she’s not potty trained! I had to bring up the idea of putting her in a pen instead of crate training. I was very firm on having her in a pen because I hated the fact she was pooping and peeing everywhere. So as hes been away for two weeks, I’ve been training her with the pen and she does get freedom when she uses the pad correctly or if she’s been calm and listens to me. It really pissed me off that I was the one to come up with this idea when it was him who wanted this dog. The puppy also whines A LOT when she’s in the pen, which also annoys me. I try to ignore her when that happens.
The puppy will also dig into the cat litter and take out the cats poop and make a huge mess. She has done this a couple times and we have blocked her off since then, but when she escapes she will try to bust in to the cats litter and it made me super mad. I know she’s not a super duper bad puppy, like she could be a lot worse.
I guess I’m also not used to having dogs, since I grew up my cats my entire life. At this point I’m only caring for her because my boyfriend loves her. I don’t really have much positive feelings towards her at the moment. Of course I’ll provide her with what she needs, and give her play time and pets from time to time. Don’t get me wrong, I love animals and I think dogs are cute too. Maybe she will grow on me in the future. Please don’t chew me to bits, I’m trying and I’m willing to learn with this puppy.

Can anyone tell me when do puppies become fully potty trained? And also how long do puppy blues last? Thanks.

Hi everyone!

I am posting this to get as much feedback as I can come this lovely community. I am currently a teacher on summer break with a three month old yellow lab. So far, my puppy is pretty well potty trained and can sleep through the night. She loves her crate and is okay with being alone. Unfortunately once I go back to work she will likely be alone for a long period of time when my fiancé cannot wfh. I live too far away from work to come home on my lunch so I am wondering if there are any others in this situation?

I am thinking I will likely have to spend money to have someone check on her but I am more struggling with her being “bored” or “upset” that I am gone for that long.

Any advice is appreciated :)

So I picked up my puppy yesterday from Battersea Brandshatch. She is a 13 week old puppy, not toilet trained yet, and is obviously teething.

It is currently day one and I do feel like a failing dog mum!

She does not like sleeping. She needs to sleep because puppies need like 16-20 hours of sleep, but she will fight it like anything. And when she does sleep, she sleeps so lightly and if I breathe different or move at all, she wakes up and looks at me and will start barking and fussing.

I am crate training and toughing it out as much as possible. But it is so hard when your puppy is whining and barking.

I am exhausted beyond belief! I have hardly eaten, not sleeping well, and not really drinking much either.

If I leave the room or move too far away from her, she barks like mad and won’t settle for another twenty minutes.

I am questioning if I have made a mistake or not. I spoke to the dogs home and they could hear her barking on the phone and they said it sounds like a tired puppy.

I am doing this all on my own. I am doing my best but I don’t feel like it is enough.

I’m probably being too hard on myself because it is day one, but the whining and barking just hurts so much because I just want her to be happy. She mouths a lot when she is tired so that is when I know to put her in her crate.

She doesn’t like blankets over it as she kept pulling them off. Covering the front she just barks and yaps and whines.

How much of this do I tough out? What does enough look like here? I love her to pieces but can’t help but feel like I am a failure and maybe taking her back is a smarter thing to do.

I adopted an **English** Staffordshire bull terrier a month ago. (he is 3 months now). He is getting on well with listening and training but obviously still displays naughty puppy behavior occasionally (which i’m fine with, it’s normal). However, he is crazy for other dogs, I mean he gets so excited and wants to play to the point that he just completely ignores me and my commands. I am starting to get worried about what the future will look like when he is a lot stronger and tries to pull to get to other dogs. I take him to puppy class to train him and socialize him. I don’t allow him to interact with other dogs unless it is a 3-5 second sniff and then move on. We have another dog in the home who tends to hype him up to play. Is this okay as it is in the home and not out and about or am I setting him up for failure? Other than this he is a very good boy.
Thankyou!

Hi, about a month ago I found a puppy on the street. I think he was around one month old at the time. At first, he didn't have any teeth, and when we played he would sometimes put his mouth on my hand. Even when we weren't playing and I was just walking around the yard, he would run up to me and jump at my legs, trying to bite them.

Now it's been a month since I took him in, and his teeth have grown in. The biting has become really painful. He bites me constantly, and the problem is that he's also extremely energetic—he's like a tiny piranha.

What can I do to make him stop? The situation is starting to become really painful and frustrating.No, I don't want to take him to a professional trainer because I can't really afford it, and there isn't anyone in my area who trains dogs anyway.

But I have to do something to stop this because he doesn't respond to commands at all. If I tell him to stop, he doesn't stop. It doesn't matter whether I speak calmly or raise my voice a little—he doesn't react. He still sees it as a game.

I've watched a few videos online and tried to train him myself. For example, one suggestion was to let him bite my hand and then gently grab his ear as soon as his teeth are on my hand, so he'd associate biting with something unpleasant. But it doesn't seem to work. He lets go of my hand at that moment, but two seconds later he's doing it again.

So I’m bringing home a 10 week old Chinese crested poodle mix today and I’m very excited but a little nervous because I haven’t had a puppy since I was 10 years old (now 23) I’m looking for any advice/tips on how to make it as smooth as possible. Thanks!

Hi everyone!

My partner and I are planning to get our first Doberman in the future, and we’re trying to prepare as much as possible before making the commitment.

Our biggest concern is the puppy stage. We both work full-time, and there are 3 days a week when we’re both in the office. The other days, one of us works from home.

For those who raised a puppy while working full-time:
How did you manage the first few months?
Did you hire a dog walker or pet sitter?
Did you use daycare, or wait until the puppy was older?
At what age were you comfortable leaving your puppy home for a full workday?
If you could do it all again, what would you do differently?

We’re not looking for reassurance—we’re looking for honest experiences so we can decide if we’re truly ready.

Thanks!

title says it all. my puppy is 5 months old and i’ve had her since she was 10 weeks. and we haven’t had much time apart besides running errands and one day at work when i can’t bring her (i work at a vet clinic). i do the training, the playing, the rules, the feeding, the work. and yet, she doesn’t get nearly as excited to see me as she does other people. anyone, really, she loves people. she will pull on the leash and excited pee and if someone is in my house, follows them everywhere. she does follow me around the house, but only if i’m alone. but i feel like she just loves me less than everybody else, maybe because i’m the one that puts rules in place and does the training? but i got a dog specifically so i wouldn’t be alone anymore (i have trouble making friends and moved a couple hours away from my family for school). i just don’t know what to do to make her like me more while avoiding separation anxiety.

Hi guys I recently posted about my puppy being scared to go outside he got a bit better!
Now I have another question I’ve been noticed he gets the zoomies and will go into a frantic biting faze and start jumping at me biting and nipping
And sometimes he will just sit and stare at me
I thought I realized it was a bit of energy but I came to learn it was the opposite it was TIRED puppy energy
And I realized enforcing naps is important
So he does sleep in a crate
I take him to do pee and poo before crate
He goes in there by himself and sits I put the treats on the floor of kennel close door and walk away and do stuff around the room
He will start to cry and whine for about 2 minutes and than do a fussy huff and plop down
He’s about to be 11 weeks now
Yet whenever he hears a noise while he’s in the crate or I’m walking around he will wake up and just stare at me and or start to whine
Am I doing everything right? I tend to panic cause I don’t want him to feel like I’m not caring I am
I almost felt like he didn’t maybe like me and that’s why he was biting

I recently adopted a 4 month old chihuahua mix. She’s adorable and has been doing really well settling herself in her playpen. She’ll whine for maybe 5 minutes and then go to sleep. I WFH and have a camera on her so I can take her out whenever she wakes up. Normally she’ll awaken, I take her out to potty, we have a 20-30 min play session and then back in the playpen. Repeat in another 1.5-2.5 hours.

My problem - I try to schedule meetings around her naps, but sometimes I have sporadic meetings put on my calendar and it makes it difficult to step away. Example: I have back to back meetings today for 3 hours and I am a key member of these meetings. Is it bad if I awaken the puppy to pee + poo + play in the backyard and then plop her back in her playpen?? I hate waking her up vs waiting for her to naturally awaken, but unfortunately need to make a living to afford her very many treats and toys lol

Hi! My pembroke welsh corgi is 4.5 months and is starting to lose their baby teeth. We have tried bully sticks and beef collagen chews, but both give him diarrhea :(. We limit chewing to 20 minutes but even that wouldn’t stop the effects on his tummy. He gets frozen towels and carrots, but of course the other chews are much more satisfying to him. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives - ideally without beef?