Category: Top Dog

Throwing a tarp over a patch of the yard before the snow and pulling it off after the snow gives the critters a place to toilet without dragging their nethers in the snow.

We currently have a foot of snow and it’s still coming down. My 15 week old Italian Greyhound Puppy (about 6 lbs) is officially on strike and is postponing all progress we have made on the housebreaking until the foreseeable future. We even shoveled a little path for her, but she has decided to pass on that opportunity. That is all.

As the title says, I have been working at a dog daycare for a year, what are some of your burning questions?

I will note, almost all daycares are run differently even if they are under the same franchise so while I may have one experience, it may not match someone elses

My dog has been an absolute menace tonight, he was barking a ton, and when we got in bed he tried to eat my necklace off the side table! Now that I’m laying down, he’s perfectly chill and cuddly. Does anyone else’s dog get poorly behaved at bedtime?!

We have a 7 year old bichon who was rehomed to us 11 days ago. On day 4 he started following us around. He'd lay by my feet all the time. But the last 2 days (days 10 and 11 with us), he is very aloof. He sits under the bathroom sink all day and doesn't come out. He is, however, eating, drinking, pooping, peeing, and sleeping. Is this normal behavior for a re-homed dog on day 11?

I'm researching breeds for a future dog and I'm interested in a Spinone. They seem to have a great blend of being able to hike and play, without being as hyper as some other dogs I've been looking at. I don't hunt but I'm an active guy and would like a dog that I can take out with me. I was also looking at an Irish Setter, Old English Sheepdog or a Korthals/Wirehaired Pointing Griffon.

Does anyone have experience owning a Spinone?

I have 2 dogs. My older dog has a smell, but it’s a typical dog smell. It doesn’t bother me, but when it gets strong (normally after he is stressed or anxious), we give him a bath, and it goes away / is significantly subdued for several weeks.

My younger dog has a musty dirty dog smell all the time. The vet has checked his skin, ears, anal gland, etc. and said he is healthy and that is just his normal smell. They didn’t think it was offensive or over the top, and simply said every dog has a different smell, and I’ll get used to it.

When I bathe him, the smell is subdued for about 2 days. But the poor guy hates bath/showers.

He is one years old and only been with us 2 months. Maybe I will adjust, but I’m worried I won’t. We love the little guy, but good lord, is there doggy deodorant? Has anyone else dealt with this?

my pup is 14 months and a pretty active breed but nothing like say an aussie or malinois. a hunting breed

the thing is my entire day feels centered around him and even then i feel like im falling short. we walk almost two miles in the morning comes home and he does scentwork and/or puzzles. he may sleep for like an hour or so after this or bother me until we train. then we go on more scent walks for a bit and then we’ll train, condition, and he does more puzzles/controlled destruction (he gets to rip open boxes and sort thru piles).

then he kinda just walks around until he may eat a bit the. go back to doing whatever.

then we go on a another slightly short walk, not much shorter usually just under a mile but letting him sniff a lot.

after this he does scentwork or puzzles or sometimes he’ll go run around at the park.

then around 6 pm he becomes incredibly needy and annoying constantly pacing and seeming like he needs something but ignoring invitations to play or train but harassing the cats or us. he goes back out side for the last time later at night.

i feel like im not doing enough or possibly too much bc why is he so annoying around 6 PM? what should i do?

Hello all, my boyfriend & I have recently gotten a 6mo. pomeranian puppy. We're having trouble potty training him and quite honestly at a loss at what to do.

Some context for our situation: We live in a fourth floor apartment with no balcony. We know pee pads are not the ideal for training, but it has been below 5degrees farenheit all week, and will continue to be between -8 and 10 degrees for the next 2-3 weeks so we cannot take him outside. He's only five pounds, the wind pushes him around and he begins shivering and lifting his paws up within minutes of being outside. Yes he has a coat and boots, it's simply just too cold.

Day 1: We only had him for the night, but initially he peed on the pee pad, but had later accidents on the floor.

Day 2: Did not use the pee pad at all, only used the bathroom on the floor.

Day 3: Switched to 2 hours in the crate, 1 hour out. Used the pee pad once, but otherwise just peed on the floor.

Day 4: Tried the potty training schedule of taking him out every 30-40 minutes to our apartments pet relief area. Successfully was able to potty outside 2/3 times but otherwise would hold it until playtime so he could go on the floor. Each time we would be outside between 10-20 minutes. He also was not able to have lots of out of crate time because everytime we would take him out to play/train he would have an accident within 5 mins and we would have to crate him until our next attempt.

Day 5: Was continuing to take him to the apartment pet relief area, but in the morning 1 owner allowed their dog to bark incessantly at him, and another trip another owner allowed their dog to charge at him. We had to pick him up to prevent him from getting hurt since this dog was much larger. Since this incident, approaching the pet relief area has been making him panic. We tried to take him to the pet relief area the rest of the day but he would refuse to go, and would desperately try and go back in the direction of out apartment (presumably so he could pee/poop indoors). Chatgpt suggested switching back to pee pads, so we are.

Day 6 (today): We're doing a cycle of every 45 mins we take him out for playtime/training for about 20 minutes, crating him for about 10-15 minutes, and taking him out again to attempt to potty on the pee pad. These potty sessions have him out for about 5-10 minutes, and we don't play with him at all during these sessions. We try to redirect him to the pad when we see him sniffing around, but he keeps managing to pee/poop on the floor. He will literally sniff for less than a second and begin to potty without giving us a chance to relocate him to the pad. Also, he's began trying to play with the pad (biting it, trying to drag it around, and attempting to play tug-o-war when we take it away.)

Sorry for the long post, but I'm getting desperate. He is crate trained pretty well, so we have been using that as a tool. Does anyone have advice on what to do? In the meantime I'm just cleaning up his messes and counting down the seconds till spring. Thanks in advance.