Category: Top Dog

Hello. It’s my first time getting a puppy (2 months old) and she is breathing really fast almost like panting. Is she snoring or is something wrong with her. Idk if I can add any videos here but I have a video of her sleeping.

I have a 14 year old dog who has slowly started pooping himself. At first it was here or there, then it was every night, and now it’s multiple times a day. Doesn’t matter how often we take him out, or what time we feed him – it’s like his butthole has stopped working. Normal, full sized poop (he’s not sick / there’s nothing wrong with it).

Diapers don’t work – the turds somehow get out. He’s a 75 lb dog and what’s more fun is when he rolls in it so I can wash the bed and him. Open to any and all suggestions please.

We got a dog from the pound, small terrier bulldog mix, who is great when we are home, no accidents, but when we leave for more than an hour she poops and pees everywhere and chews whatever she can find. We have two other dogs in the house with her so she’s not lonely, she gets plenty of exercise and let out all the time. Any suggestions? We have had her for 6 months now and it’s been a constant, we’re considering back to crate just to keep her contained.

Looking for practical advice, whether for the dog training, management, or training myself as the human.

I have two dogs, one is 10 months one is 3 years, and we moved last month. Unfortunately it seems the move has unsettled them both. We are a two human, 2 dog household.

The 10 month old has terrible separation anxiety from me specifically. I WFH, and my partner works outside of the home.

– If my partner is home and I leave, he whimpers a little but is mostly fine.

– If my partner isn’t home, and I leave with the other dog, he fully panics. He will bark at a panic-volume continuously for hours…

He also barks at other dogs on walks, this behavior isn’t new and we’ve been working on it. Regressed a bit with the move, but he’s a lot better than he used to be. Trainer believes it’s a breed behavior and not fear.

On the other hand, the 3 year old dog has developed reactivity towards old ladies. We live on the same dead end street as 2 old folks homes, and our condo population is very elderly. Also, he has started reacting towards other dogs IF he is on a walk with our other dog. They then feed off of each other.

Individually, the training plan is straight forward for each dog/issue. But managing both dogs when my partner isn’t home is becoming significantly overwhelming for me. He’s gone for ~10 hours at a time.

As of now, I can’t leave my younger dog alone without leaving the older dog with him. But, I shouldn’t walk both dogs at the same time, because it makes the older dog’s reactivity worse, and risks making the younger dog start reacting to things the older dog reacts to. Plus, it feels irresponsible as a not-very-strong woman to be walking two reactive dogs at the same time. The younger is 25 lbs the older is 70 lbs. So I end up just, not walking the older dog until my partner gets home. Which isn’t a good solution. Especially if my husband needs to go on a trip some day, and he should be able to have bathroom breaks.

Mostly it’s just that I’ve been feeling terrible because everything I do with my dogs ends up with barking and the dogs feeling terrible, my neighbors probably hate us, which is overwhelming for me, and I feel like this has been making me hate spending time with my dogs… I feel terrible for thinking that.

I apologize if this is all over the place, I have not been getting much sleep for reasons I will soon discuss. I recently inherited my mom's 5 year old french bulldog. A bit of background: my mom passed away suddenly about 6 months ago and the dog and I suddenly had to pack up and move. I was living with my mother at the time of her passing and lived with her for the dogs entire life other than a few months were I went back to college after COVID. I am the one who crate trained her.

Ever since we moved out of what once was my mother's home and into a new home she has been showing signs of separation anxiety. First of all, her potty training has seriously regressed, it's gotten to the point that I cannot let her into the rooms that have carpet because she WILL pee on them without warning. This means that every time I go into another room that she is not allowed in (my bedroom for example) she will immediately start barking and pawing at the door and will not stop until I come back out of the room. She has become very hyper vigilant, jumping up and barking at the slightest noise or movement, she never seems truly relaxed anymore. Potentially worst of all; she has decided she no longer likes her crate.

My mom and I crate trained her when she was a puppy and while it was difficult at first it all worked out in the end. We only ever crated her and night and she loved it. Every very night would even let us know when she was ready for bed and walk herself to her crate and lay herself down. Now it's a battle to even get her to go in it and when she eventually does she's waking up and barking at all hours of the night wanting out. I am losing sleep because of it, am at my wits end, ans unsure what to do.

Having her sleep in the bed with me is unfortunately out of the question due to her aforementioned potty issues and because she moves around a lot and wakes me up. I've tried just letting her sleep out in her bed in the living room but she doesn't like that either. She's only sleeping when I am out of the house or when I am home sitting on the couch with her. It's becoming unhealthy for the both of us. I love her and do not want to rehome her because I know it's not what my mom would want but I'm just so tired. Any advice is appreciated.

NOTE: I have brought it up with the vet before and she said that it was likely separation anxiety and grief but did not offer me any sort of advice or treatment other then to "figure out her triggers". The thing is; she is fine when I am out of the house at work, the problem arises when I am home and to into another room. I have having trouble finding identitying what the "trigger" for that would be.