Recent content by jake1133

My puppy is 5 months old now. She is fed 3 times a day, 1/4cup each time. She is fed at 7am, noon, 5pm. When you read online everyone talks about how dogs poop at very consistent times. Not my dog. One day she will poop once the whole day, another day she might poop in the morning...

I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep my dachshund warm during the night while she sleeps in her crate. She isn't "cold", but I know she sleeps much better when she is warmer. She doesn't seem to burrow like most dachshunds. So when I put a blanket in her crate she won't burrow...

We are using Chicken and Brown Rice Blue Buffalo. Our doxie loves it. We had another Blue Buffalo flavor, can't remember what is was right now, but she didn't like it as much as the chicken. She is teething right now and prefers the Toy Breed size kibble over the Small Dog size kibble.

My puppy is 3 months old now, so I'm no expert, but our puppy sounds a lot like yours with her collar. She hated it at first. She would not move or try to bite it or scratch it off. What I did was put it on her for small amounts of time each day, and then gradually increase. The first time I...

That is funny about the worms, my dog does the same thing. I was wondering if it just mine, but I guess not. I'm amazed at how she can sniff those things out.

For those who have their dog sleep in a crate at night, do you put toys in the crate even at night? Or do you only have toys in crate during the day if you have to crate?

Just wondering what is best to do or if it matters. Should I leave things like a bully stick out all the time for my puppy to chew on or only give it to her for a limited time and then take away? She has toys and nylabone stuff out all the time, just wondering about things like a bully stick?

My puppy is 3 months old now. Things are going well, but I can't seem to figure out how to get her to walk around the neighborhood on the leash. In the yard I have her on a very long and light weight cord and i just let her roam and sniff as she wants in the yard. My yard is 2 acres and...

She doesn't really give any indication she needs to go out, but I don't really give her opportunity either. I take her out so regularly that I don't think she really has a chance to tell me. My thinking now is to keep doing this until she is 3 months, just to keep from having accidents in...

Does anyone have any opinions on this, or does it just depend and do whatever works best for my dog? Right now i have a pen set up outside where I want her to go potty. So when I take her out to potty I put her in the pen. Not sure if she needs a bigger potty area than that. Or is it better...

Ok, cool. Never had a puppy before and I'm nervous about doing things right and not creating problems. I'll just enjoy the time.

Hi all, Another question. (Thanks for all the help I've gotten on this forum) When do I start adjusting my puppy's potty schedule? Right now I am taking her out to potty at every transition, wake up from nap, after play, after eating, before nap, etc. It works out to about every hour...

The concern isn't really about her being left in her crate at times when we leave. My concern is more about when we are in the same room, she seems to need interaction. If we aren't paying attention to her, she will stare at us and whine. We sit on the floor in the kitchen and play with her...

Just wondering if I am spending to much time with my 9 week old puppy. Is that possible? My fear is having a dog that always needs human interaction all the time. Someone right next to it, petting, playing constantly while it's awake. My aunt has a dog like that and it's really annoying...

Another update. Last night went really well. Exercised her pretty good in the evening. She is peeing and pooping in the potty area outside. I've noticed that if she has to much energy then she won't really focus on potty when I put her in the potty area, but if I have been exercising her a...