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Hi all, I've got a very smart, very food motivated, three-month-old puppy, and I need some ideas for toys to keep him occupied in his pen while I'm working (I work from home). He loves food puzzles -- I give him his meals in a simple rolling one and I've ordered a Buster minicube for when he outgrow...

Hi all, I have a 10-week-old rat terrier puppy who has been with me for a week. I work from home in a studio apartment. His pen, with a bed, is set up next to my desk, and his crate (with towels for bedding) is set up in a quiet corner of the room beyond my bed, where he can't see me or my desk. I d...

Hi all, I have a 10-week-old rat terrier puppy. He's very smart and eager to please, but his frustration threshold is very low, and he gets ornery fast if I'm "correcting" him too much. So far, we're working on looking at me when I call his name and sitting, and he's doing great. I'm keepi...

Thanks Emmabeth! I took him out for a long walk right after breakfast today, and I think I have a better idea of what is going on. He was clearly very startled by all the cars and new noises, and I think that may be part of why he doesn't want to go outside. So I backed off the housebreaking today a...

Hi everyone, I just adopted a nine-week-old rat terrier puppy. This is my first dog to own as an adult, although we always had a dog in the house when I was a child. The breeder lives five hours from me, and I brought him home today. I stopped several times on the drive to give him a chance to stret...