Category: Top Dog

Why when I pet two of my dogs on their tummies do they start moving their paw very quickly? They look happy, but Google tells me otherwise

I'm curious

Out of nowhere he starts licking and biting at the carpet and just about anything he can except his toys. Weird behavior he hasn’t displayed before. He tore my bedsheet and pulled the carpet up.

I'm kinda weirded out. I got a puppy for the first time. It's an aussie/heeler mix and he's 3 months.. I've had him for a week now and he already knows 6 tricks including play dead and is potty trained. This really surprised me, how quick he learns…

But what's really surprising is that I feel he's kinda like a human. The way he stares at you, like he knows something. How fast he learns and gets things. Sometimes I feel he judges me.

At the beginning he seemed like a little rascal puppy that would get the zoomies. But one week in, and he is already independent and wants his space. He even gives me the side eye and groans when I call him and he doesn't feel like it. I almost feel like apologizing lol.

I don't know if this is normal behavior. I love my puppy but sometimes he creeps me out (in a nice way hehe)

Hey all,

My almost 11 months old eurasier is small, really really small, we're talking 15 pounds less than his brothers and sisters. He also didn't gain a pound in the last 4 months, isn't eating much despite us trying a lot of different things and his poops are horrendous despite probiotics.

On the other hand, ALL he wants to do is go outside, all the time, always. When he's outside, he turns crazy, runs and pisses everywhere and is acting cazy hours later, can't settle down or sleep. Even when he sleeps, if we move in the house he'll get up and be ready for action.

So we really don't know… does he not eat because he's just not hungry? He barely gets in half of his daily calorie needs per day, as calculated by the vet. Does he not eat because he's overstimulated for no reason? Does he just hate his food?

We're having a lot of doubts, oscillating between going back to the vet for a more comprehensive testing or talking to a dog behaviorist =/

Does anyone here have a similar experience? If so, I'd love to hear about it!

Thank you all and have a good day!

Great dogs at Fort Worth shelter, some since June & July.

I’m trying to network them, and for anyone interested in taking any that’s out of state, a rescue group I work with, HappyFurever.org, may be able to hold them ahead of transport. Cost to transport dog from Texas to northeast is only $250.

Urgent pets list – 90 as of yesterday! https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/code-compliance/animals/urgent-placement-pets

Hey ya'll

I feel like I may get some hate on this but here we go..

I am losing my mind with my 6 month old puppy shredding everything I put in his crate that's soft. I'm writing this after catching him chewing up his last washable puppy/crate pad. He was fine for a couple months and all through his teething but now he's torn a massive hole in his 3rd dog bed (he'd shredded his other ones when I first got him), shreds/eats all of his washable puppy pads, and just tears up anything that isn't hard.

He has toys in his crate to chew on at night and during the day when he's crated, he gets plenty of playtime for his age, I just don't know what to do. I know dogs are fine to sleep on a hard surface but I know that his breed (Shiba Inu) is prone to orthopedic issues and Id rather him have an orthopedic bed or something soft to lay on so hes not sliding in his crate.

The crate we currently have for him is thicker wire/wood and the crate tray goes underneath the bed, not inside. I forced the tray inside the crate and it fits but it wobbles due to the middle bar underneath being slightly raised as opposed to the others for structure reasons. He doesn't chew on furniture or anything hard aside from his dog toys, just soft things like blankets, pads, dog beds, and even our pillow case which also has a massive hole after not even 5 minutes of non aggressive chewing (that was my fault 100%). I don't want to keep the tray in there but I also don't want his paws to slip through the bottom of the crate and have him hurt himself.

I will say, I do not currently have the money to buy him a new bed, new pads, or anything super expensive like the "indestructible" beds i've seen online. I'm military and the government shutdown has me limited to paying only my bills and thats it for the most part. I don't have the money for a behaviorist either which sucks because I would love to have him be seen by one. when I first got him, I was financially stable. An emergency vet visit and 5 day hospital stay later and I'm in debt and it just kept getting worse. REGARDLESS, I'm in a tough financial situation so buying expensive things or at least anything more than $50 is out of the question. he has everything he needs aside from a bed or anything soft to lay on so I really don't want financial advice as this is more a personal preference to ensure his future health is good.

Any advice on how to get him to stop chewing bedding while he's in his crate? I do have a camera and that's how i've caught him chewing it up and I pull it out immediately after I see him/while he's in the process unless I'm at work (I take it out when I get home on my lunch break). He currently just has the tray and some hard chew toys in his crate.

This is the crate we currently have for him as reference since I can't post a photo: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XDZ2J64?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_4&th=1