u/fellowworkingmexican

My wife and I are looking to move to central Alaska in the next few years and are wanting some recommendations regarding neighborhoods or at least areas we should absolutely avoid. We plan to take a trip up there within the next year to scout some areas and figure out where we’d like to settle. I know this isn’t a lot to go on, but I’m happy to answer any questions you might have. Looking for a single family home with some elbow room, so nothing downtown and no apartments. Thanks!

Edit: central, not southern AK

Edit/Update 2: We have actually been to Alaska before and stayed for about 2 weeks in January. During this time we visited and stayed in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Homer. Anchorage area was our favorite due to the close proximity to both the mountains and the ocean. We are now looking to visit during the summer and get a lay of the land when things aren’t completely covered in snow.

I’m encountering a problem where my 4 month old GSD puppy is biting and tearing up his place bed out of frustration when we’re training. We’ll work on a command and he’ll do it well a few times and then he’ll just decide he wants to go bite his bed or try to nip my hand. When he bites we just say “no”, ignore him, and once he’s settled we either try to command again or start out with an easy one like sit. The hard part is when he run to the pad that we use for place and starts trying to rip it up. He always goes to the pad and never rips up anything else. I’d like to train around this instead of just picking up “place” every time we do some training in the house. It usually takes me physically removing him by the collar or the leash before he snaps out of it and wants to train again. I’d cut the training sessions down, but he’s still focused and wants to do things. Maybe we need to take 3-4 minute breaks and do multiple sessions? Anyone dealt with puppy frustration like this?