Category: Top Dog

In cases of rehoming, how long would a dog recognize a previous owner after living with a new family? Or another example: if a couple splits up and one person moves out, would the dog recognize them if they saw them years later?

I just imagine a dog seeing someone who used to be a big part of their life and being sad, and then it makes me sad.

*Not rehoming my dog. He’s stuck with me.

So my spouse and I may become a temporary home for a dog (1 year old male hound) as we’ve learned his current living situation isn’t the best. We volunteered to take him in until his original owner could either get the funds needed to properly care for him or until we send him to his new forever home. We have our own dog (5 year old female beagle mix) and neither of us have ever been a 2 dog household. Looking for tips on how to help both of them settle in and get along should we take him on.

My dog is 5 and from being about age 1-3.5 she’s been 10lbs (she’s hadn’t been weighed since about then). Recently I weighed her and she’s gained 2lbs. She isn’t acting any different and she doesn’t look chubby or anything so I’m wondering if a bit of weight gain is normal as they get a bit older?

Not sure how it started with this pup. I've had 5-6 dogs in my life and didn't think about doing this before. When not walking the dog on a leash, I've been leaving the collar of off her. Seems to me that she genuinely appreciates not having it around her neck. She's not the type that takes off an runs if she gets out, so I'm not that concerned about her getting loose and not having her collar, license, ID on. In addition, only if we forget does she go outside in the fenced yard without the collar. She's never gotten out of the yard but we don't want to take the chance. Just wondering if I'm late to the game and other people take the collar off their dogs? I read about so many dogs being found without collars, I'm wondering if other owners don't have one or their dogs or if they are doing the came with only putting on the collars when they walk the dog.

EDIT: I keep forgetting. I think I might know why. Most of our dogs we didn't board. THe last two dogs we've boarded and they required the quick release collars which makes it sooo much easier to take the collar off.

Hello! We recently adopted an 8-9 month old APBT puppy. Potty training is going pretty well except for the middle of the night. Every single night, puppy will cry from the crate and if we don’t acknowledge or take him out within a few minutes, he will definitely have an accident in his crate.

During the day, this behavior is fine. He can always ask to go out as many times as he wants (and he does, and we always oblige). However, being woken up every night is really taking a toll on us. I’d really appreciate some advice. Thanks!

Hey all, looking for some advice about my dogs barking at our neighbours dogs. The dogs next door are quite yappy (they are outside dogs and we cannot walk or drive up our drive way without them barking). As they are always outside, when I let my three dogs out to toilet or play, they are always barked at, to which they respond and start barking back. They have now learnt that those dogs are always out there and often run straight to the fence upon being let out. We have high fences so they can’t see eachother, and we are constantly bringing them back in with treats to no avail. On top of this, the neighbours teen son often swears at our dog for barking, making the situation more uncomfortable. Would be very grateful for any advice!

I got a new small dog, today is day two in our home and she is very shy about all the new stuff. She likes my other small dog but needs hand fed or wont eat which is not normal according to the foster she was with. I'm assuming it's mostly the adjustment as that and being shy seem to be the main issues. She's a great dog so far, corrects the others when she's feeling rushed or pushed around in a proper "calm" way, and all the stuff. She was with the foster for almost a year so she's definitely having a hard time being separated as that probably felt like her forever home but isn't doing bad enough that I think it'll be a lasting issue.

How can I help her gain confidence in the new house and should I somewhat disregard the typical adjustment "333 rule?" I feel that maybe starting light short training sessions now before she's fully comfortable may help her be comfortable since training was a LARGE part of her foster situation.

Mainly just looking for opinions and any insights y'all might have. She's already decent at sitting for treats, jumps onto your back when you bend down and if you tap your chest will jump into your arms unless she really isn't feeling it right that second. I think she may be a mutt of basenji, Italian greyhound and like a small terrier like fox or smth and she LOVES to run. There's various reasons I think these breeds may be involved in her tiny little genetics like her chest, facial shape, and tail, but also her personality. She's very quite most of the time but "alerts" to outside noises that sound close (like garbage pickup) which I don't mind at all personally. So likely a mix of highly intelligent and sporty breeds, I believe the rescue originally found her from a puppy mill case where lots of small dogs were picked up so probably not great genetics either.

Main questions I suppose are "how do I comfort her best other than ensuring one on one time to de-stress from other pets if and when needed?" "How do i work on the only eating from hands thing for right now?" "Is starting training likely to stress her in this period if she's already adjusting to so much or is it more individual dog dependant?" (I don't think most of this has been answered but just lmk if it has and thanks in advance for any responses or tips.)