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I am getting a puppy soon and I'm trying to determine the best way to handle night time potty breaks. I will be crating at night right near my bed where puppy is able to see me for comfort. With my current dog, I crated at night as a pup and let her control the bathroom breaks- which worked...

Any advice on picking up after dogs at night?? My solutions have been very clumsy, with more than one "wrong step". (Wouldn't mind hearing anecdotes on the matter... would be good to know I'm not alone!!)

My boyfriend and I recently adopted a rescue from a shelter about 5 months ago. His name is Hopper and he is a 1yr old Dachshund/Lab mix. He was housebroken when we got him, had a few accidents here and there in the new environment which was understandable. We decided to crate train him, he did...

I posted before about some potty training issues I'm having with my baby bulldog Bruno, and with some slight changes and new additions to my potty training routine, i must say he is doing very good. Except for one thing. He will have a mini poopie accident in his crate overnight. And he seems...

Hi, we've got a three-year-old mongrel and she's been with us for most of her life. She's very sweet natured and generally obedient. She sleeps in the kitchen, but often scratches at the door and/or whines at night. Sometimes she'll just do it for a bit and then go to sleep. Sometimes she starts...

I have a 9 month old Westie female. She is crate trained and stays in her crate for 5-8 hours a day, depending on the day. We enjoy a daily walk and she will go to doggy day care about once a week. At night she sleeps in my room on her bed, but sometimes I do not allow her to sleep in my room...

I came home from work today to a very energetic canine. It's dark outside and the house doesn't have an appropriate location for serious play. How do you exercise your dogs at night? Or do they have to wait till morning?