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Hiii! I have a 1 year old female dog. And since a few weeks she doesn’t wanna go out for a walk in the evening. She sometimes comes out , but mostly stays under my bed , which is one of her main sleeping and privacy spaces.

Should I just go for a walk sooner or can it have any other reason?

my 7yo bichon recently went blind from his diabetes and I’m really worried about his separation anxiety. I’m not employed rn but actively looking and he’s already showing signs by trying to pull me away from anything other than sitting on the couch with him. I know we‘re both still getting used to this but I’m not sure how to try and target this before it becomes a problem. Any suggestions on what I can do would be appreciated

It had tough blue rubber like material on the outside which appeared to be glued to a blue tennis ball on the inside.

It was safe from my dog’s aggressive chewing tendencies for years. We recently lost it at a dog park because of another dog/owner.

It was a gift from someone from my husband’s job, so I’m not sure where to look for it. Partial guilt, partial sentimental attachment- but I’m trying to replace it.

So my dog(harlequin great dain) he is full grown and I've been looking around for dog houses and can't seem to really find one that looks like it will fit him so I'm just wandering if anybody knows of a good dog house that's reasonable in price.

Our 6-year-old dog (10kg cavalier + poodle mix) has significant territorial and resource guarding behaviours specifically in our home when guests visit. Barking excessively for 10+ mins on entry, unsettled and barking again when visitor makes sudden movements.

We've consulted a trainer who has recommended starting with 7–10 sessions at their training facility without us in the room at first, with the possibility of up to 20 sessions total. Her reasoning is that his behaviours are so ingrained that she needs to first "undo" them in a neutral environment before teaching new ones. She has said that she may suggest home visits external after the booked sessions are up, if she believes she cannot progress further.

We're committed to doing this properly. Money is set aside and we know it won't fix itself. We just want to make sure we're spending it wisely, so a few questions for anyone with experience.

1. Does facility-based training make sense for territorial/home-specific behaviour? Our concern is that he won't exhibit the problem behaviours at a neutral location, so how does the trainer actually work on them? We do understand there will be homework and we will be doing training at home with him.

2. Would in-home training not be more effective here? It feels like training him in the environment where the problem occurs would be more targeted — are we wrong about this?

3. Is 20 sessions a reasonable estimate for ingrained anxiety-based behaviours in a 6-year-old dog? We want to be realistic, but we also want to make sure we're not over-committing before seeing any results.

I have 2 dogs, a female Rottweiler Boxer mix and a male German shepherd Rottweiler mix. My female is almost 9 y/o and is a complete angel, my male dog will not stop tearing shit up and I’m sick of it. They are gated in my kitchen so they have free roam for a small area, at first it was cooking spoons so put them out of reach, then random pieces of cardboard or plastic from bulk items so I made sure to throw everything away. They have multiple chewing bones, toys, tires, ropes, squeaky toys, tug toys and they both get exercise everyday multiple times a day so I’m truly lost. Tonight I came home to a bag of dirt torn to pieces and dirt all over the floor, the dirt was for my snake and has sat in the same spot unopened for 2 years so I have no idea why he would grab it tonight. It’s not everyday that it happens but it’s multiple times within the month, all I can do is lock him in his crate for a couple days cause no discipline tactics seem to work. Sometimes he’s so good like my female and then I come home to something torn to pieces, any ideas on what to do?

we adopted a 6 month old puppy two weeks ago. not sure what he is as he is small but basically looks like a mini GSD/malinois but is only 22 lbs so obviously a mutt of some sort (DNA test currently at lab for breed analysis!). anyway he bonded HARD to me right away. super velcro dog but gets really anxious when Im not in the room- he jumps baby gates to get to me, freaks out (though getting a bit better??) when he is crated during the day though sleeps fine in his crate at night And if I’m in the room, he settles and sleeps right away Vet,rescue everyone says it’ll get better but I’m not sure how much to let him decompress vs trying to correct unwanted behavior

I KNOW we are still in 3-3-3 the decompression period and some things are getting better (somewhat) anxiety wise. My issue is this, he won’t walk for my husband, he doesn’t want to leave me if I’m home and just tries to get back in the house refusing to walk and often not doing his business. He is a high energy pup and my husband is home with him so he isn’t getting the exercise he needs since I am busy working or with the two young kids. Don’t get me wrong, the dog was my idea and I love him (still a bit worried about the mild separation anxiety) but I need help giving him what he needs and as I said my husband is home and the one we planned to help largely with it. i also want to add that he often doesn’t takes treats etc on walks with husband which leads me to believe it’s more anxiety related. He seems pretty comfortable with him otherwise just won’t leave my dang side!

we’ve tried my husband giving him constant treats (randomly and on walks), he feeds him all his meals, tries at least initially to take him on his walks and potty breaks and when we are together he holds the leash and the dog walks totally fine as long as I am there. I try to completely ignore him on walks like that and try to tamp down my affection/attention/play more than I’d like for the sake of lessening our bond and making room for my husband

im not sure how much of this is stubbornness (he prefers me to walk him for whatever reason) vs anxiety and how to make it better. We are starting to have behavior issues (he is getting very mouthy and jumpy, with me especially and constantly suddenly chasing our poor cat who does stand up to him at least…)) due to or enhanced by his pent up energy and it would really be great to have some help. my husband doesn’t have a lot of dog experience so not sure if dog senses his hesitation/uncertainty or what. And he isn't the most patient and I worry he isn’t trying as hard as he can to work on it…

pointers welcome!

Hey all,

TLDR: will a dog whistle be heard by my dogs over multiple dogs barking? Any experience with those ultrasonic bark deterrent devices?

I have 2 dogs. One likes to bark at everything. He barks at the neighbors, but I honestly think its for attention. He barks at people walking by, he barks at the neighbor dogs, he barks when he plays. He really doesnt mean to be aggressive, he genuinely seems to think it is a fun thing to do and his body language is happy and super waggy tail nearly all the time.

Second component here is that one of my neighbor's dogs is reactive, territorial, and somewhat aggressive (they even put a muzzle on him when they take him out). If ever all the dogs are all out at the same time, my dog's barking sets off the neighbors dog who thinks my dog wants to fight. We have a woven wire fence, so it is very see through and we often end up with a cycle of barking and the neighbors dog trying to get to my loud idiot. My 2 dogs and 2 of their dogs (they have 3) are 50+pound dogs, so not easy to get them to knock it off.

My dogs have good recall except for when distractions are present. I am also a pretty quiet person and am not very capable of getting loud enough for them to hear over all the barking. So if I get a dog whistle, and of course work on training them to know the whistle is for recall, would they hear that over all the barking? What kind of whistle? Would the silent dog whistle be acceptable or would it not be loud enough? I am also considering one of those ultrasonic bark deterrent devices just for this situation as I saw a video of a guy who turned one on and the neighbor dogs ran away.

The neighbor did say they plan to rebuild the fence later this year, but they didnt say what kind of fence they were building (hopefully solid or wood). If that is not the case, or even if it is, I plan to plant some privacy hedges to keep the dogs from seeing each other.

i want to work on perfecting my dog’s recall, but my family are constantly using her name, “here”, “come”, etc and it seems unlikely to me that she’ll respond to these as strongly because she hears them so often. for a similar reason, i opted for “flat” instead of “down” lol!

so i’m just curious as to what words other people have chosen, hoping i can take some inspiration!