he's driving me crazy!..My family isnt new to owning dogs...but its new for me to care so much for a dog. Being home a lot since getting the puppy he's been my little furry man. But lately he's not been acting like himself and I'm about to lose my mind and not sure what his deal is. He's a 3 month old yellow lab. We got him when he was 6 weeks old. I house trained him so that when he has to go out he rings the bell at the door. We've gone through and I think we are still in that stage where he doesnt hit the bell. He will walk by but I'm the only one who knows and can see he has to go out. I have waited for him to really ring the bell praise him and take him out. I'm still unsure why he chooses not to ring the bell at times. I dont know if when others are around they tune out the bell..which makes this frustrating when I'm seriously trying to train him. Tuesday night he vomits on the floor...I've been trying to train him to give paw and I've started to include treats I break them up small..I dont know if it was to much or something else going on. But tuesday I washed his bed for the first time. It is machine washable..but the insides kinda exploded so off for a new bed. He's had this bed since a few days after we got him. Now 35 pounds he still uses it...but I felt there was no point in a small bed that he would soon grow out of ..so we got him a large bed..which I think he hates because he's chewed the one side up...he's never chewed up the first one...and since tuesday..he's pooped in the house..and not squatting and pooping but walking poops...he's peed a few times...and again we arent squatting we are just walking and going. I've noticed after he's pooped in the house his bowels have been runny..and didnt eat as much yesterday as usual..on top of all of this we live on a farm so we've never had to put him on a leash...up until this week he's been good about staying close by and not running off to far..and if so he will come to you when you call him. But we've had to start putting him on a leash especially after running across the road the other day...and I've been outside calling him..and flat out ignores me. he's not liking the leash at all. Sometimes he just takes it across his mouth and i tell him no biting...but he honestly does better on the leash when its in his mouth..i kinda joke to myself that he's walking me...there have been times where he fights me on going out..and will refuse to walk out the door..
im sorry i know i typed a lot up there..but just wanted to make sure all the info is there...i just dont know if he's going through a phase...if this phase is kinda worsened by the new leash and the missing bed or what..im not sure how to correct this so that he can have a bed ..one that he will enjoy and wont chew up..and learn to like the leash...neither of us are enjoying the fact that he sometimes forgets he's on it and takes off...especially when i'm walking out the door..and there goes my arm...i'm kinda wondering if he's going in the house because of this leash...i feel like i've caused this phase because i didnt want him to be on a leash outside and now its a must...i was the one who decided to wash his bed...it got ruined..and he hates his new bed...not that i think going potty in the house is okay either...
im sorry i know i typed a lot up there..but just wanted to make sure all the info is there...i just dont know if he's going through a phase...if this phase is kinda worsened by the new leash and the missing bed or what..im not sure how to correct this so that he can have a bed ..one that he will enjoy and wont chew up..and learn to like the leash...neither of us are enjoying the fact that he sometimes forgets he's on it and takes off...especially when i'm walking out the door..and there goes my arm...i'm kinda wondering if he's going in the house because of this leash...i feel like i've caused this phase because i didnt want him to be on a leash outside and now its a must...i was the one who decided to wash his bed...it got ruined..and he hates his new bed...not that i think going potty in the house is okay either...