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@gary987 These “guardian home” breeding programs are only done by puppy mills and awful backyard breeders. No ethical breeder would do it because maternal stress—like being ripped from your home and used as a brood mare—has such a negative impact on the puppies.

@thankfullness …it’s a doodle, what do you expect?

@wyattwrd This is a reflection of a sitter not knowing the signs of a puppy needing to pee, and no failure on the part of your dog. Dogs aren’t great generalizers! They don’t necessarily know not peeing in one house means not peeing in any house. Why did this sitter not catch onto the signs the...

@mkb Puppy got spayed this week, so can’t go on her long off leash walks. We’ve been doing on leash, slow walking and she’s improving by leaps and bounds! (With a minimum of leaps and bounds)

@sqs1 I’m not a breeder, but the general issue is an unspayed female that never gets pregnant is at increased risk of cancers. Its ’use it or lose it’, and the risk of pyometra in an unspayed unbred dog is unnecessary.

@nekiness Dogs are high-needs animals and, yeah, you’re not currently meeting his needs.

@lyssarae83 Yes, having a dog is fun. Having a young puppy is… not great🫠 they take up less raw time and attention eventually

@lyssarae83 I bought some good clippers used and watched some YouTube videos🫣 and since I do it at home I do, like, one foot or half her face or whatever per day. I’ve never done the whole dog at once, I don’t have the stamina to wash, dry and then shave. Get you Deb Jones book “cooperative...

@elinell Yeah, the last two weeks have been hard! You probably have a few more hard weeks to go. Not like these weeks, different hard. Then, different again. The love follows the care.

@josephjnapoleon Yes, a lot, in an attempt to work the grey oil out

I was a responsible home groomer and took my shears and most-used blades(two #10s, one #15) to get sharpened. Upon their return, they’re now quite loud and shaky and producing dirty oil and getting hot quickly—this is not the case for my ceramic #7 which wasn’t sharpened and still runs quietly...

@namakula Holy cow, all three of these sound dreadful. No wonder they didn’t help!

@namakula Wait.. 4 months old? That’s very much within the range of normal. Yeah, you just gotta ride it out. Make sure the puppy is getting two hours of rest after one active hour. If he goes wild and bitey he needs a nap. Their teeth are hurting all the time and their bodies are growing like...

@namakula That sounds very challenging, and it must be frustrating to have a pro suggest the only solution is shocking the dog. I hope you find the direction and motivation you’re looking for, you and the dog deserve it. That trainer I mentioned talked a lot about being over threshold—that...

@kotizer There are fewer pins in the big K, that’s the only difference.

@namakula Sounds like you’re at the point of hiring a trainer—ours was fully online, she’s never been in the room with our dog, and 4 lessons fixed my issue (and more!) for $80.

@muted Yeeeeep, I hear you. My dog is very good, but we ended up hiring a trainer online (ccpdt.org) to help us deal with some cat biting and chasing, as well as mouthing. Essentially we needed to up her playtime, but also enforce just a 30 second time out on her mat when she puts her teeth...

@kaybird And the dog is a mastIFF MIX

@sharkdive1 Dear god, an 8 week old? Gurl don’t feel bad, return this pup, it’s too much!

@sharkdive1 Save the stuff, I bet you’ll be ready in a couple years, or at least you’ll know whether you have capacity for three kids plus dog. It’s heart wrenching, but the sooner you do it the less disruptive it will be for everyone.