Category: Top Dog

I’m not sure what is causing it but ever since she got home she went upstairs on are couch and has been sitting there the for the last 4 days. She’s been sitting there with them yesterday we bought some more and squeaked them she ran downstairs picked them up one by one and put them on her spot. So we’re starting to think she had baby’s and those are her babies or something if anybody has any insight about this is would be very helpful thank you.

I have an almost 15-year-old female Aussie Cattle Dog Mix, and we just adopted an 8-week-old male corgi/GSD mix. We wanted to help our girl have a buddy to keep her young, and she has lived with other dogs in the past and settled into a "roommate" relationship with them, but it has probably been about 10 years since then. She has done well so far, only giving the puppy little grumbles or small nips if he gets in her face, but letting him sniff her and her food bowl, and use the shared water bowl. She has mostly just followed him at a safe distance as he explores the house. She free roams overnight and when we're gone, but until he is fully potty trained and a bit older, we have him in a play pen that zips closed.

I am wondering if anybody has any tips for helping them adjust to each other, be safe alone, and make sure that she doesn't feel replaced or forgotten? Also, tips on food boundaries would be amazing; he is food OBSESSED, which is proving to be a challenge with her typical habits of grazing on her meals over the course of a few hours. She's very independent and has arthritis, so the typical advice of extra snuggles, play, and walks on her own doesn't feel like it will apply; honestly her favorite thing to do is just sit outside in the sunshine and enjoy the sounds of nature, and we've been giving her lots of chances to do that as well as treats whenever he gets a reward on potty trips, and plenty of praise when I see her allowing him to come up close to her without issue.

Our family is bringing home an English mastiff puppy this month! I was hoping current/previous mastiff owners could chime in with equipment or toys they found helpful. Thank you!

Like I mean full on as fast as possible chasing a scent across a field or down a trail without giving you a second thought. Anyone else experience this? How do you eliminate this behavior or manage it.

Please do not comment “use a long line!!” That doesn’t stop the behavior from happening again, if it had helped I wouldn’t be making this post.

I want solutions 😆

I feel like the simple answer would be treating it the same way you stop a dog chasing birds or small animals, but given I can’t actually see the scent before he engages with it, it feels near impossible.

NOTE- he generally has super good recall, and is always kept on a long leash 🙂

The breeder I found on “Good Dog” had multiple reviews saying how excellent she was at responding quickly and updating through out the process. once I contacted her she immediately responded “one of the puppies is gonna be great for you” & said they’d receive updated pics in a few days. So I waited 5 days later and nothing. So I asked if a video would be possible when the pics are sent. (Wasnt trying to annoy her for pics but I was excited to see how he would look). Another 5 days & nothing . So I texted asking for an update on the puppies @7am and was left on read for hours. Then after double texting the same day i received videos and pics of the litter playing with each other but after saving them to my camera roll the pics said they were taken a week prior. So I was satisfied but was still a little skeptical.

Hey everyone! Give me some advice. My neighbour across my street has a German Shepherd puppy, recently he (an older gentleman) has been just walking the dog off-leash and letting it run off-leash when he’s outside. The pup just runs everywhere on everyone’s yards and driveways. We have a mastiff in the house and we of course keep her leashed when out of the house and yard.

How can I resolve this problem with my neighbour without sounding rude?

Hi y’all! You definitely saw my post ab my lab who ran off. Gone for 11 days and happily home now but he is on probation until we get him a new harness. He slips through the back of it. It’s as tight as it can be. Rn we are taking him out with an ez lead and his old harness but we’d like to be able to put him on his dog run or chain so he can just hang out outside when he wants to.

Hes about 85 lbs. Please help a girl out with some great harness recommendations! Thanks in advance!

We have a three and a half year old Kelpie x Labrador, who is a big 30kg+ darling (he has the brain and energy of a Kelpie, and the love and muscle of a Lab). He is full of energy, loves everyone and anything, and has been surprisingly easy to train (except when we have visitors 😅)

He has been fine with rain, since forever. He loves going for walks in the rain and will run around out the back, sniffing out treats in the rain etc

However, sometimes if it's really rainy or stormy, he will toilet on the tiny little undercover deck (which is where our door is to go out the back). We usually have to clean his feet when he comes inside, as because the deck is so small, he will often step in the poop and run it around the deck.

We have had a week of rain (drizzle) but surprisingly warm days (18-30 degrees cel), and for some reason he has decided to wee and poop constantly on the deck, even when it's not raining, and we see him running around on the grass or down the side of the house.

My husband started cleaning it up as soon as we notice it, so that he wouldn't build an association with it (but also so it doesn't ruin the deck), but anytime we clean it up, it's like a signal to him to do it again. We have never caught him doing it, so we can't do any sort of reinforcement. Any advice on how we can stop this?

Extra info: We have a 9-month-old baby who's about to start crawling, so the dog is spending more time than usual outside, as he is obsessed with licking the babies face, and we can't supervise them together constantly. They will be besties, though, when my son gets a bit bigger. It also means we don't have the ability to just stay outside with the dog until he goes. We take him for walks, and he'll go – but clearly he has more 😂

Mi yorkshire de 14 años lleva unos meses haciendo pís en casa a veces! Nunca lo habia hecho, salvo alguna vez pero muy muy raro si estaba lloviendo mucho y no quería salir o algo así.. pero ahora parece que lo cogió por costumbre..lo hace en la cocina sobre todo por la noche, en el pasillo, en el patio trasero..y la cosa es que él sigue saliendo 3 veces al día… No ha mostrado síntomas de demencia aún..quiero decir, no veo que sea por eso, no se pone a andar sin motivo, ni atraparse en lo muebles y cosas así…pero como su papá que sí la tuvo y se hacia pipí..(aparte de todas las demas cosas) ya estoy asustada…lo preguntaré al veterinario, pero agradecería si a alguien le ha pasado lo mismo..?

My 9-year-old Yorkie has been having recurring house accidents that started back in October. What makes it strange is the pattern – it only happens in the evening between 6-8pm, several times a week, and never during the day.

I work from home and walk him every 3 hours during the day with zero accidents. We've adjusted our evening schedule to walk him between 6-6:30pm even if we just walked at 5pm, but he'll still pee inside before we can get him out. It's gotten to the point where we've had to use belly bands to protect our carpets.

What's been ruled out:

• No UTI
• Vet has confirmed nothing physically wrong

What we've tried:

• Working with a veterinary behaviorist
• Multiple medications: Reconcile, Paroxetine, Clomicalm(current medication, has been on it since the beginning of the yera), paired with Clonidine and Gabapentin
• None have fully resolved the issue, and honestly the accidents seem worse since starting the meds

Example from tonight:

• Walked at 5pm
• Peed inside before 6:30
• Walked again at 6:30
• Peed inside again at 7:30

For context, our yorkie has always had significant anxiety around people and other dogs. Before all of this, he'd have the occasional accident but it was rare. The consistent evening-only pattern and worsening on medication has us stumped.

Has anyone experienced something like this with their dog? Could the evening timing point to something specific – behavioral, hormonal, or otherwise? Any advice on what else to explore with the vet or behaviorist would be hugely appreciated.