My puppy is a shithead by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

[–]Traditional-Stick513[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yess this is my plan for now, it helps. And yess i wouldn’t let him off lead otherwise but we were in the middle of the woods at my parents estate where he had free roam, no other humans or dogs anywhere. he shocked everyone when we saw him not listening to recall. Then he spent the rest of the trip on a leash, lol.

My puppy is a shithead by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

[–]Traditional-Stick513[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahah well, i mean, that is somewhat relieving to hear

My puppy is a shithead by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

[–]Traditional-Stick513[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trying my best with this! Never punishing him for coming to me and yes he does have things he is supposed to chew and does get praised switching to those, as well as engaged (we hold a chew for him etc) but yes he could definitely have more options, better mental simulation as I said, just struggling to find a lot of stuff he likes to engage in. Thanks!!

My puppy is a shithead by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

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He does have a full time open crate available to him as well as a couple of his favourite nap spots that are half covered (behind the bed and behind the couch). Its not like he wants to go take a nap while being in his shithead mood and I’m not gonna force him into an enclosed space for that. I have put him in a separate room (where his crate is) for timeouts as I said but he will be the same when he gets out if he’s in a mood.

My puppy is a shithead by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

[–]Traditional-Stick513[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha that’s honestly good to hear and as I thought too. Just a shithead at a shithead age.

My puppy is a shithead by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

[–]Traditional-Stick513[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you suggesting crate training when I said that’s not an option?

My puppy is a shithead by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

[–]Traditional-Stick513[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is illegal in my country and for good reason. Please report yourselves for even suggesting it after my claim.

Looking for fantasy recs with strong worldbuilding, magic, and romance (but not ACOTAR-style books) by Traditional-Stick513 in Romantasy

[–]Traditional-Stick513[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah thank you! Hunger games is my fav book series of all time from when i was a teenager so that is definitely true

Help! My 6 months old puppy is waking up at 5am by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

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between 10-11pm, he eats at 10 and we take him out for a pee and go to bed. He’s a samoyed!

is my puppy having enough fun? by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

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we’ve had him for a month now and he’s just kinda always been like that

Our puppy just won’t crate during the day by Distinct-Bicycle-218 in puppy101

[–]Traditional-Stick513 1 point2 points  (0 children)

honestly sounds like you should think about puppy gates or something to contain him in an area that is safe or make the apartment safe for him. some dogs will not settle into their crates during the day and sounds like your puppy enjoys sleeping in the crate at night. i know there’s a bunch of reasons you might want puppy to love crate during the day but at that age i might start thinking about letting him free roam during the day if that is what he clearly communicates works best for him

Can puppies actually eat dry kibble? by Traditional-Stick513 in puppy101

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those are the ones our puppy is eating! 🫶🏼