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The only recommendations I can make is to confine her ability to explore inside. Crate for an hour on and an hour off if you can for now. This will confine the areas she can go and then she will have to be around it and this will give her her "den" and traditionally pups will not want to...

Hopefully that regime will work out Sonrae. I, unfortunately cannot devote that kind of time to that. He is getting better but now the issue I am having is that he does not want to go on walks, he just wants to lie in the grass or play. How have you taught your pup to "leave it"?

So initially there was some issues with my pup not peeing/pooping inside. This was resolved for close 2 weeks, but now he has associated outside as a play just to lie in the grass and to play. He will pee a little outside but always has enough to pee inside within a half hour or so (him being...

So about 2 weeks ago, I started weaning Baxter onto a new food. Initially, I gave him some (as treats) to see if he liked it. I have been blending the food with the old. Now for some odd reason, he doesnt seemingly have much interest in his food. Eventually he eats it but it is nothing like how...

Isnt house training fun? Talking with a fellow Boxer owner, he had a neat idea. What he did for house training was find a food/treat that his Boxer liked the most (american cheese for her) and only gave that to her when she pottied or pooped. She would associate that one great treat with...

I am now using the remaining pee pads as absorbing rags for his mistakes (even cut into smaller pieces they work very well). I will have to try making a bigger deal when he does it right, and give him more treats! Now, when do you reward him? Right after he finishes or while he is doing...

So my pup doesnt seem to care all that much when he is rewarded for doing good things, that or he doesnt find it rewarding enough to repeat the task. Treats/food has worked well for doing basic training (sit, lay, paw/shake, so far) but when it comes to utilizing the wee pads or waiting to...

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All in all, he doesnt have issues being able to hold it, i think he still has separation anxiety issues, where he gets the nervous poops and blows up his crate/pen if/when left alone. The longest he is usually left alone is only around 4 hours. Would you still consider this too long to being...

So I use a crate for my pup at night. During the day when I leave, he stays in a crate/play pen combo (that way he can drink water, pee and poop at his leisure). I tried crating during the day once and he blew it up (nervous poops were not good). The last 4 out of 5 times I have left him in his...

I'll have to try the toothbrush first, Finding a bottle cleaning brush that small has not been the easiest task so far. Thanks for the tips.

I have a crate and a pen. At night he crashes in the crate only and I get minimal fuss out of him. When I leave anywhere I combine his crate and his pen (so he has a place to sleep and a place to play, drink water and goto the bathroom). Anytime he is in his pen, he cries/wails. I have tried...

I have 3 of the Rubber Kong Toys and I tried mixing some kibble and peanut butter and stuffing the Kongs. He was interested in them for like 5 minutes and basically I ended up with Kongs still with food in them. I tried rinsing them out, soaking them, and sticking them in the dishwasher and...

I have a 10 week old boxer, He has been with me just over 10 days now, I know he is still young but whenever I leave, he howls and makes a huge mess of his pen (pees and poops and then manages to track it everywhere and he upturns everything) Most of the damage is in the first 20-25 minutes...

Hey BW, I have been visiting this site for the last few days and am joining the network. I have a 10 week old brindle boxer pup named Baxter. He has changed the way I now go about life but have no regrets in doing so. I am joining in an attempt to learn as much as I can and to become a...