I would add that, even though you have people who can help out in the day and your partner can be at home sometimes, a pup needs a lot of...
I can't imagine a squirt of water would work if she's really anxious, I suppose the argument is that it would startle her and then she'd stop but...
Mine are frozen too but it took a while for my pup, when she was tiny, to become accustomed to them, I think she found them too hard work frozen...
My pup barked at two things when she was tiny; her food bowl and the brass ring handle on the fire guard! She grew out of both and now barks when...
Fantastic ! My son, Plum and I are going to Southwold for our summer holiday. My son and I have been many times but never with Plum so I'm really...
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I'm going to a rental house in the summer which has a 'no dogs on furniture' rule so I'll be taking throws for all sofas just in case :rolleyes:.
I too was adamant there would be no sofa surfing by Plum but, for various reasons, I relented and I wouldn't change it, she's such a snuggle bunny...
@Joy, I also have a Hyundai i10 and Plum travels on the back seat, but a couple of times, on short journeys, she has curled up in the footwell of...
I get the yak chews for Plum but it takes her no time at all to get through them. I can't remember when I started giving them to her, perhaps not...
I am so sorry you and your girl are going through this @Christine Law, I can only imagine how horribly stressful it is. I really hope it all gets...
Many of us here have had the exact same thoughts. It's very hard and stressful, exhausting and overwhelming. When I was in the throes of "have I...
Thanks so much for a really good laugh :D.
My pup was in a crate with the door open so she could leave it to wee and poo on newspaper I put on the floor. It didn't delay her training. The...
Absoflippinlutely! Totally normal, I used to dread my pup waking up coz it was all so exhausting. Don't feel guilty, it soon passes.
You're doing an amazing job @Leanne82 :clap:
I lived in Australia for a year and one day, talking on the phone in the bedroom, was a spider on the wall the size of a side plate. It makes me...
I agree with @Boogie, you really won't get much work done! Of course pups sleep so use that time to work work work, but when they're awake, forget...
As has been said, it's not one size fits all. My pup was in the kitchen behind a baby gate in a crate from the start, but I left the crate...
It sounds very tough for you at the moment but you've been given bad advice by the trainer. Holding a dog's mouth shut would be very distressing...
