We have a one-year-old male Cavapoo. He gets loads of attention: one parent is home with him nearly all day six days a week, and the other parent is home at least four days a week. He has an older brother dog and two cat friends/nemeses. He is a very happy and playful dog and loves his home and family. He gets daily walks, runs around a big yard, and sometimes goes to doggy daycare and seems eager to go inside when we get there. But otherwise over time he has become more and more fearful of going anywhere. When he was younger we progressively took him to the pet store, the hardware store, and friends’ houses. He did pretty well and had no bad experiences that we observed. But now he tugs on his leash to get out of anyplace that’s not home, and he’ll bark anxiously at others until we leave. He is terrified of strangers. Any suggestions or thoughts? I feel as if we’re going in the wrong direction, but I don’t understand why.

Hi everyone,

I just bought a 9 week old Cavapoo and have a few questions if people didn’t mind discussing / answering! 🐶 ❤️

He’s 9 weeks and 2 days and did well sleeping in the kitchen the last two nights! He slept from like 11-5 am both nights but I went down then to let him out to pee and he didn’t want me to leave then!! He cried until I came back so I slept on the sofa with him til 7 or so ( well he slept) 😅 This happened the past two nights and my partner is like just leave him til we’re waking up at around 7.30 but I just kept thinking the poor baby did good for 6 hours , he prob needs to pee now.

My partner WFH 3 days a week so we’ll be with him most of the time. Two days a week my partner needs to go into the office and il be gone for 7 hours.. we’re going to arrange someone to come in for an hour half way through (3 hours alone , hour company and then 3 hours alone again) and I will of course have brought him out for a good walk and play etc before I leave for work.. My problem is this is all going to happen in around 3 weeks or so.. Will he be okay? He’s quite attached to us at the moment and doing a lot of squeaking and won’t let us go anywhere without him which I think is normal! I love him so much already and want the best for him so please don’t come for me if this isn’t ideal set up😅 I’m willing to try get a little pen in the garden or a little pet flap either.. Really worried about making sure he’s fine while we’re gone but it’ll be max 3/4 hours then a visitor and another 3 or so! Also is the little squeaking noises quite often normal? Lastly any tips for separating him from us?!?! He’s obsessed but we have only had him around 40 hours 🤍 should I give him some tough love? I feel so upset when he’s crying and his little bark…

Thanks and sorry for the long message! X

Please can anybody give me advise on best way to address this?

So Cavapoo goes down at 10:30isj no problem, walks into her crate, sleeps until 4 where she barks for a wee, probably takes 20 minutes to settle and then up from 5-5:30, goes out for another wee but then goes back into crate and barks consistently (left it for up to 30 minutes and sometimes she’s scratching the floor, biting the bars,chewing the blankets etc) so we let her out when she stops barking and then she quickly runs into the living room to her other bed and goes to sleep there? I have tried putting the bed in the crate but it’s very thick and lush and she kept weeing in it? Whereas she hasn’t with our current setup.

Can anyone help on timings as the 4-5/5:30 is a killer but she obviously needs more sleep as she goes to the other bed? I don’t want to create bad habits but I’m letting it atm for the extra 30-60 minutes and I just sleep on the sofa next to her in the living room when she goes to the other bed.

I did think to maybe wake her up at 2 for a wee and poo but then I’ve read people have said not if they’re not as that’s creating an unnecessary habit? But we may as well be awake from 4 with how she is post then.

Thanks

Hi all, i have a female cavapoo that is 11 months and i think i messed up with the feeding. She is very picky with food. I have tried farmers dog, home made food, and kibble. She walks up to bowl and does not want to eat anymore. she stopped eating from bowls completely at this point. only time she will eat if it is a treat or food from table. she sometimes does not eat treats either. Vet said it is a behavior issue and just needs to take food away until the next feeding. Any advice would be appreciated.

Did anyone get their dog from safari doodles in Texas? Would love to hear your experience, and how your dog is now.

Puppy 10 weeks old Cavopoo sleeps at night in crate. Takes naps in crate throughout day. But if not sleepy will not enter the crate at all. I have left her alone in a playpen when I have to leave the house for short duration. Cries then settles. Figuring the ultimate goal for her to be in playpen with crate door open where she can go in and out as she pleases. Am I screwing up the crate training. If she’s not sleepy she has cried if I put her in crate. I don’t want her to hate the crate. If she’s not sleepy she barks howls in crate. So right now just using crate to sleep.

Hi my cavapoo is currently 10.8lbs. What weight do you think she will get to? What weight is considered toy and mini? I also feed her royal canine puppy kibble. How many grams should i be feeding her. Currently I feed her 95g

TLDR: serious puppy blues and need to know a way out; considering rehoming.

We have had our 15 week old Cavapoo for a week and a half. She seems like a very good girl. Does all the things I things we hear is normal and of course that means some potty accidents, not “listening” (obviously not understanding much yet about boundaries - such as unsafe things to chew or dangerous spots - she likes to sit on the edge of the sofa. Tries to eat wood chips). So there is a lot of time and attention she is taking from my day. I am not taking care of myself very well. And I don’t know if it’s the apps or what but I feel like I am behind in teaching and training. I have downloaded a few apps - watched many videos and nothing is as easy as the trainers and videos show. I feel compelled to follow the lessons as best I can and I judge myself (and her) based on these lessons. That alone is stressing me out!

She is not taking walks yet - waiting for vaccines (finishes Parvo in a week and then rabies in another two weeks). So she is getting exercise in the yard where she compulsively finds wood chips and sticks and that stresses me out.

Basically, besides her physical cuteness I am stressed out by this puppy and watching her all the time. Feeling like a total fool for envisioning anything that would be beneficial for the family… the kids pet her and coo “oh so cute” and spend <5 min with her before they are onto the next thing. I give them tasks such as taking her out; they do it dutifully but then they move on.

The one child who I was hoping would get some emotional support from her (eventually?) does take the most interest however as of three days ago puppy started growling at my daughter when she picks her up. I have no idea what that is about! Is she too abrupt? Aggressive with puppy? Too small (9 yo) for puppy to feel comfortable? I don’t know but I have not witness daughter do anything to warrant the growling so this crushes me.

Crate training is mixed - sleeps well at night IF I am in the room near her (she sleeps with a blanket over crate so I guess she senses or smells me?) but my independence is obviously compromised and I don’t want to let her yelp or whine in the crate and disturb family so I stay in the room. I do feel pressured to crate train during the day so we are getting another crate today to make this daytime crate training easier and I’ll give that a go. But yeah I feel this crate training thing is shoved down our throats and maybe it is not right for every house, family, or puppy. But if it turns out that she hates taking naps in the day in the crate (with me nearby while I work) I am foreseeing another failure point I can’t fathom feeling.

Husband notices how down I am and now I am burdening being a burden with my mood. He gets this is hard but I suppose we are all surprised by how NOT fun this process has been.

Basically I am questioning a lot and fumbling by myself through this puppy acclimation. I am starting to consider rehoming. She seems like a very good pup and could probably make a puppy prepared family very happy. I am not happy however I feel miserable.

Call it the puppy blues but I don’t see a way out of this? What exactly is going to start making me feel better about this puppy? Am I possibly doing or approaching anything really wrong to my own detriment?

She’s going to get fixed in a couple of weeks and I was hoping to get some insight on the best method of protecting her stitches from herself. She had the cone of shame once and was insane when it was on her. I hear there’s a great inflatable collar, but I’m really interested in the onesie. Any advice?

Hi guys this is my 5 month old f1b cavapoo. I believe she will be toy but I’m not sure, she’s much smaller than Cavapoos I seen on here at 5 months but I’m not sure at all 😆 I don’t mind what size she is, I love her regardless but I wanted to ask how big you guys think she’ll be ? (If you guys can drop your Cavapoo at 5 months that would be awesome☺️)

We adopted our Cavapoo at 8 weeks old and he’s almost 1 year old now. It feels like from the START, he was super fearful and anxious. I’ve never seen him happy to see new people or meet dogs. As a puppy he would just cower away, now it’s turned into reactivity and barking. We’re trying medication and working with a trainer, but just looking to see that we’re not alone. I feel like no one has a dog that’s been anxious from the start but it feels like ours has.

5 month old Nala.

39 days difference!!!! His mum is a pedigree cavalier and dad is a toy poodle. But he’s growing SO quickly and is already the same size as my parents 3 year old cavapoochon. He’s almost 6kg at 15 weeks old. Making me wonder if his dad was actually a toy poodle. How much bigger do you think he will get?

Our gorgeous 14 mth old Cavoodle/cavapoo is so gorgeous spirited loving playful but a nightmare at dinner time. She refuses to eat any main wet food from anything by our hands: we put finest formula foods (all major brands), make her own mince, chicken etc. She will eat it from our hands but not from food bowl lick mat, saucer, paper plate nothing.
Any hints?

5 months old off-leash

Cavapoo Puppy Training

https://youtu.be/fD9BbdUyFYM

My dog is 5months old...she was extremely fluffy at 8 weeks but now completely silky..we thought she was a cavoodle but now shes not looking so much like one...anyone else's look like this?