Charlotte123

Ok, I need to clarify few things. We live in an apartment with a massive tarrace, only tiles. Shes got one of those outdoor potty training parks that she has used since we got her at 8 weeks. She's been perfectly toilet trained, you could see her running faster to her mat after she had a drink. She knew exactly where to do her business. We do not want to lock her outside as there is no protection from rain (no roof) and tiles are not the nicest thing to be running on. We leave balcony door open so that she can be inside and outside anytime she wants. The reason why I think something is wrong is because she switched within one night from being normal (she had her moments) to an absolute nightmare. I just wanted to know if there might be something we can do to calm her down or get her busy with something while we are away. P.S. Problem is- she is not food driven. Kong was absolute waste of money

Hi, We have 7 months Golden Retriever puppy who I believe has separation related behaviour problems. She has been a perfect pup until she turned around 6 months (desexed at 6 moths) and I went back to full time work (used to work 3 days a week). Before that time she would never destroy anything, she would only be playing with her toys. For the past month every time we come home something is destroyed. Table place mats, glasses for TV, papers, tissues anything that she can reach. Yesterday i left chicken breast in the bowl (frozen) very far from the edge of bench thinking that she cant get it. When I came home the bowl was in pieces and chicken breast was gone. On top of it she started peeing randomly around the house (even though she used to be perfectly toilet trained). Another situation from last night- she was calmly laying on her bed in the bathroom chewing on her bone. I was standing and brushing my teeth 2 m away from her. All of the sudden she stood up, walked around me and urinated right next to my leg. I couldnt believe my eyes because that looked like she did it on purpose, it was no accident. When we are home she never touches anything. She is a little bit hypo but if we play with her 15 min she calms down. She gets walked twice a day for at least 30 mins. She does not have separation anxiety because she seems to be ok being left alone. She never cries, whines or looks anxious when we are leaving the house. Please help because I dont know what we are doing wrong to trigger such a behaviour. How can we fix it?

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has ever attended classes at A Perfect Spot Dog Training in Preston? http://www.aperfectspot.com.au/ I am looking for some good school for my 5 month old Golden Retriever. I used to go to Northern Obedience Class but I wasnt happy with the often change of the trainer. Does anyone know how does it work in this school? Thanks!

Hi everyone! We got our little Golden Retriever girl on saturday morning and she did not stop crying at night ever since. During the day she is the sweetest pup, she doesn't cry or whinge, she was all happy and playful within 3 hours from leaving her mummy. The problem starts when we want to go to sleep. Usuallyshe has approximately 3-4 naps during the day, wakes up, plays for an hour or two and go back to sleep for another 2 hours. This pattern doesn't stop at night. She goes to sleep but then wakes up and whinge and cry until someone comes. Ive read few topics on this forum and I know we have made a mistake by letting her out to play in the middle of the night but we were scared her cry will wake up our neighbours. Is it possible to teach her now that crying won't get her anything? Or we screwed up and nothing can be done? I already bought hot water bottle and clock so that she feels like mummy is there but i feel that she cries not to see mum, she cries cause she is bored and wants to play. What do we do in that case? Please help cause I can't go without sleeping anymore!!