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Evie's peeing is ruining our small lawn and wondered if there is a solution. Have considered replacing with AstroTurf - and would be grateful to hear of anyone's experience of this. Thanks.

Asking for advice on behalf of friends. They have a well behaved and generally calm 3 year old Doberman, Gracie. However when adults talk to each other or speak on the telephone the dog becomes very whiny and pestering for attention. Not so bad when in the house with just one adult, it seems...

Evie is now 18 months and took her to be weighed recently and she is still gaining weight.  Not massively but steadily.  At what age do you think her weight should settle down and stay consistent?  As she is a cross breed (show cocker spaniel/miniature poodle) there is obviously no breed...

We have been consistently training recall with our. dog ever since she came home at 8 weeks, she's now 14 months.  We always carry high value treats (cheese/sausage) and use these for recall only.  Every walk will involve several recalls and sometimes she gets one piece and sometimes several...

After months and months of trying to train ' nice' lead walking - ive taken loads of advice and tried various methods but I've had to admit defeat and bought a halti for Evie.  Well it really is magic!  Walking with her is now a pleasure and I'm prepared to take her on trips which I know will...

My female, spayed, dog who has just turned 1 displays some very dubious behaviour when approached by or approaches another dog.  She often either lays on her back with legs akimbo or just squats and lifts one leg.  She does this especially with males but also females.  They, of course, are very...

I've often heard about the 'teenage' like behaviour dogs can sometimes display, even when previously they have been well behaved. Can anyone tell me at what age this is likely to be, for how long and when is a dog deemed to be an adult? And is this roughly the same for all breeds/sizes. My...

Having spent many, many , many hours over last 7 months trying to get my dog to walk nicely on loose lead I am beginning to wonder if she'll ever get there before old age sera in! She is better than she was and if I pop treats every 10 seconds or so she's fine. We can now walk about 5 metres...

We had a very sad experience out walking our dog this morning. Heard a strange noise in the woods and then saw people at a stile and realised it was a woman wailing. Put our pup on lead and called out if all ok. The man said that their dog had just died and the poor woman was inconsolable...

Is it ok to give my dog raw thigh bones, I've braved it with chicken wings but would like to know that all bones are ok before I give them to her. Thanks.

Hi, having braved it and now giving Evie a chicken or duck wing twice a week, I have just removed some thigh bones from some chicken thighs. Can she safely eat these?

My 8month dog had not had any accidents in the house for several weeks and is trained to ring the bells on back door when she wants to go out, which she does frequently. Having now come out of her crate at night and now sleeping in basket on landing she even comes into our bedroom to wake us up...

I've always left my 7month old with a hide chew (usually Great and Small brand) to keep her busy when we go out, plus sometimes a filled Kong. However I've just found out that these hide chews may be both dangerous as a choking risk and not very healthy for her. Also given her dried pigs ears...

I'm trying to put in some intensive training with my 7month Cockapoo, Evie. The plan is to encourage calmness and especially to use her bed during the day. I have been randomly putting treats into her bed when she's not in it and also to drop in treats whenever she is. She now regularly pops...

Hi, when should I expect my puppy to be completely house-trained. Just when I think she is ok she goes and toilets on the floor - sometimes right in front of me!! Very frustrating. She is now 5 months old.

I am trying very hard to get my 4mnth Cockapoo to walk nicely on the lead. I spend a little time each day on training this behaviour and know it takes time. Am now trying my third method of keep changing direction and when on village green have been doing, fast, slow, forwards, backwards etc...

Help! My nearly 4 month old Cockapoo is quite happy to go in crate when she is tired - it is on our landing as that is where she sleeps at night. We did have it downstairs but she used to bark when she woke in the night or in the morning and we realised this was a bad habit. We never actually...

Hi, people have recommended using an air spray to discourage whining and barking. My instinct is not to use anything that may scare or worry and try to find cause of behaviour but wondered what others views may be.

Hi, any advice on how to stop my 14 week Cockapoo from jumping up at strangers when out on walks. She is pretty good in the home and we are working on stopping jumping when visitors call but don't know how to approach this when out on a walk. Being cute, fluffy and small most people are happy...

I thought our 13 week old puppy's diarrhoea had sorted itself out. Although much improved since we changed her kibble to a new brand which she's been on for about a fortnight she still has soft stools and sometimes quite runny. My husband is convinced she would be better on wet food rather...