Category: Top Dog

My seven month old neutered puppy was not crate trained. We tried to the first few weeks when he was 8 weeks old but he ”won” and we gave up. He would occasionally go into his crate when we were training him – totally voluntary and the only time he cried in it was at night. He liked taking naps in it but nights were miserable.

We ended up keeping the crate out in our living room and in the last few days he’s been going in it and taking 2-3 minute rests and then coming back out. He is otherwise totally normal and happy. My partner is worried he’s sick or there is something wrong with him.

Any insights is appreciated!

hes getting more and more intense day by day 😭

I never wanted a puppy!!!! But I saw a 5 month old online and the rest is history.

It’s night 1. We JUST cleared our house of fleas and confirmed with the rescue that she’d been medicated. They said something crazy is going on with fleas in LA tho 🤷‍♀️ Tonight we had her outside for a bit and we came in and she was sleeping on the floor, and I found effing fleas on her. I feel so bad. The rescue responded right away and said to bathe her and do Capstar tomorrow, and she should have her next flea and tick treatment next week. SIGH. I feel like I’ll never be rid of them now.

Here’s what worked out ok tho, night one with a brand new puppy:

– she peed and pooped inside once. I managed to get her outside mid poop and she waited and pooped the rest outside

– I took her outback right before the emergency flea bath and she peed!

– she threw a fit when I tried putting her in the crate while we were eating, that was a fail. But after a slooowww reintro back to all the coziness she has in her crate, with me laying in front of the opening, with the door open, and after she’d had more play time outback, and the stress of the bath, she is now sleeping soundly in her crate. I am on the couch near her but I’m definitely impressed. Good job little miss. Name to be determined.

Starting about 2 weeks ago I’ve been having an issue with keeping my dogs outside for potty. 2 aussies, both well potty trained. My girl gets free rein because she has great recall, my boy is tied out. Both of them have pooped inside during this time, extremely unusual.

I live in a small town in PA, we get deer and that’s about it. My boy pooped in his crate the other day, I tried to take them out around 4am. He would barely leave the house and my girl wouldn’t leave at all.

Even during the day he doesn’t want to leave the sidewalk area. My girl will go potty normally. I haven’t seen anything going out with them, but are they sensing something? I’m concerned on what this could be.

Hello, everyone. I will be getting a dog in the near future. It will not be a puppy and therefore accustomed to its already assigned name.

I want to change it. We are expecting to have the dog by the time he is between 10 and 11 months old.

1. Is it easy to change a dog’s name?

2. How do I go about doing this?

3. Is it worth going through the hassle of a name change?

Hi my dog is a Greyhound er she's 7 years old if that helps and I've had her for 4 years. She slept in my room ever since we got her but she stopped a few months ago. There aren't any changes to my room, is this just maturing or something else

so recently I was playing around with a black light and I saw a spot where my dog peed that id never noticed. you can’t tell when it’s dry, and I assume the accident happened weeks or months earlier, if not more. But my dog does like to lie down in that spot, yet there is no wetness, smell, or anything to give it away. so my question is if I should still wash her and/or the things she’s been laying on since? its been dry for a very long time, but I’m not sure how residue works. Thanks!

Pretty much the title. My past 2 dogs never cared or paid any attention to our Tv. This includes many different types of tvs over the years. Those 2 dogs were mutts (large dogs mixed with who knows what). Now I have an Aussie and she will clearly watch tv with us. She stares and appears to be watching it like we do and can get startled too. Why do some dogs seem like they can’t even really see the tv (no reaction to visuals, only sound) while others will react to seeing animals on the tv and seem to actually watch it?

Hello! i have a senior American eskimo who is around 27 pounds. I recently just got my own car and now im looking for the best car safety crate or harness for her. She’s awful in the car, she moves around and tries to get into the front seat or stand to get to the windows. I’ve tried the car seat, hammock, barrier.. etc. but nothing really worked out as she still would freak out in the back and cause me trouble while driving. I’d love to hear your suggestions and help!

Svajone Vs Nightwalk

I’m interested in both beauceron breeders. I’ve reached out to both, met a few beaucies from them and really enjoyed them. I’d like to hear everyone experiences with these two breeders, and these two breeders only.

Thank you!