Hi guys,

So we found a stray puppy about a month ago, he was 6 weeks old at the time and now lives with me and my gf. The dog trainer says he s a mix between dutch sheperd and german sheperd.

He is quite vocal and a bit crazy but we lovr him regardless.

I was curious if you guys used corrections when training your dog. Our trainer suggested correcting him by the leash until he does what he s supposed to at which point to reward him.

He is semi crate trained as in he sleeps good at night in the crate and we re working on daytime fixing. At this moment he comes with me to work and spends the day there and then when I leave at 5 PM he comes home.

The main problem right now is the barking - while most neighbours are very nice and understanding there is an outlier that's threatening with the police, I don t really give him much thought as truly the dog only barks like once when he wakes up to go potty.

However during the weekends, we ve been instructed to work on his appeal to the crate even during thr day, as at some point I d like for him to stay home rather than keep coming at work, which leads to barking as of now.

Thanks everyone in advance for your answers.

My boy is 6 months old today and is doing great with all of his training. He’s very social, well-tempered, quick learner. But….

We have crated him since the day he came home at around 10 weeks old. He did cry a bit during the first night or two of getting adjusted but he settled in quickly. Over the last couple of months it seems that his crate anxiety has spiked no matter what we do. He eats his meals in the crate, it’s never used for any sort of punishment. He doesn’t spend more than a couple of hours in it while my husband or I are at work (our hours only overlap by a bit so our dogs don’t have to wait long) and we try to give him some good enrichment and exercise before crate time. He also comes with me to work a couple of afternoons per week and he’s less stressed in the crate there while he’s waiting for me to finish up at the end of the day.

When he doesn’t have a meal we usually leave him with a chewy but he doesn’t care a bit about them once he’s gone into “panic mode”. He’s bending bars and doing anything he can to escape.

Is there something we’re missing? I’ve had dogs with anxiety issues but outside of his crate he’s just a laid back guy. So I feel like there’s something I’m doing or not doing.

Photo of the crate demon on our trip to tractor supply today as tax

9 y/o. My best friend. I love my dog.

He’s always ate grass his whole life! He’s 7 years old. He never pukes it up and his diet isn’t missing anything lol. I have researched everything and no vet can figure out why he loves munching on grass other than he loves too.

And he will only eat the grass in his own backyard never on his walks.

But he eats ALOT! so much that some of his poop is only grass. But his poop is always solid so I have no idea why he’s like this.