Category: Top Dog

I love my dog more than anything, but honestly… this is breaking me.

The panic, the screaming when I leave, the destruction, the fear he’ll hurt himself. I can’t even run to the store without stressing the whole time.

Everyone says “just train more” or “get a sitter” like it’s that simple. It’s not.

Some days I feel like my whole life is on pause because I can’t leave my house normally.

Just wondering… am I the only one feeling this way?

Hi Everyone,

I am not sure if this is the right place. I am trying to by bag pack for my dog.

Also I live in Australia

What brand & size would you recommend.

Cardigan Corgi, whose measurement are below: Back Length: 22 inches Girth: 23 Inches.

He is quite a small dog for his breed.

Thank you

The title says it all, really.

My little dachshund mix gets harassed when he meets other dogs (even females, but less often). The other dogs sometimes lick his pee, and unfortunately their owners are unable to stop them from mounting him.

I step in and protect him, which he gratefully accepts.

When we walk past male dogs, he immediately goes berserk, and it's even worse with unneutered males. With some, just eye contact is enough and he barks and pulls in that direction.

I can stop this behavior and redirect his focus back to me, but I would prefer to spare him this stress and encourage him to be more confident. My little one loses his nerve easily (due to insecurity). He is only 2 years old and I have noticed with my big one that she has become quite confident herself now at 4 years old and after many good encounters/meetings with confident dogs.

But because my little one is always being mounted or otherwise harassed, we don't get a chance to practice good encounters.

He comes from a kill shelter, he's been with me for a year, and we've already accomplished a lot.

First and foremost, I just want to help him become more confident!

He got into the trash can when my wife threw away the garbage and ate the absorbent pad. What do I do?

I had some collars for my dogs that did not look comfortable, went all out and got Bluetooth ones that can light up (comes with huge battery), got pebble bee trackers to put on them (better tracker than apple but bulky), bought engraved tags from Wallmart JUST INCASE that tracker Doesn’t work, I once even got them flashy gold chains with diamonds… but I need something comfortable … I don’t like something that is going to leave a huge indent.. I’m on them a lot but also scared something will happen and they will get loose and would like a smaller tracker… also bells that each sound different so I can differentiate between them, and would like the collar to reflect… maybe different reflections to see them on camera lol both are around 20lb min pins ALSO they are microchipped. Also do you recommend metal or plastic for clasps? If you have found products please say the name of the product. Thank you!

Here’s some background information… when we moved in to our new house we were gifted a vintage lounger from my partner’s aunt. We were waiting for our couch and chairs to be delivered so it was placed in the middle of the living room for the time being, in front of our front window. What I wasn’t expecting was how much my dog LOVES it.

It has a perfectly sloped back to facilitate her looking out the front window, which she does every day. Our couch and chairs have since been delivered but I can’t bring myself to take away her favourite spot.

I am a designer with past experience designing custom furniture. I was considering reupholstering the lounger as the white silky material is getting ruined by our dog, when it hit me. Is this a potential business? Is there a gap in the market here?

Not a dog bed. Not a miniature couch. An elevated, curved lounge engineered for canine posture that allows your dog to watch the world.

This is my first time posting to Reddit & would appreciate feedback!

I just adopted a 13-lb dog. If I use a leash with a heavy buckle, it hangs down and the leash constantly gets tangled in her paws. I have a 3/4" wide, 4' long leash that I like, but her training class requires a 6' long leash. All the ones I have seen either have the right width but a heavy clasp, or are too narrow but have the right weight clasp. For reference, the leash I like has a clasp that's about 2" long.

Any ideas on where I can find a Goldilocks leash!?

Edit: Looking for nylon or cotton, I don't like leather or biothane.

I adopt dogs and find them a new home let me know

My 7 year old samoyed has peed inside twice on the same carpet. First time we thought it was due to some new joint pulls we gave her so we stopped, cleaned the carpet and let it dry. One day after bringing the carpet back in she went in the same spot. The wee has a very strong smell. Does anyone know what could cause this. She doesn’t seem in any discomfort. Let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks

Welcome to the fortnightly loose leash walking virtual workshop!

Join us as we compete with the squirrels, cats, other dogs, fresh urine scents and things that go zoooooooom!

Resources

Articles (All have videos embedded)

​

• Train Your Dog For Perfect Loose Leash Walking by Casey Lomonaco. (With links and descriptions of several great videos, which we'll link to below.)
• Loose Leash Walking Tips by Casey Lomonaco
• Silky Leash by Grisha Stewart (blog post + videos.)

Youtube (Many of these are videos which are embedded in the above articles)

​

• Silky Leash intro video with an excitable puppy
• Clicker Training Loose Leash Walking by Casey Lomonaco
• Loose Leash Walking II by Casey Lomonaco
• How to Train Your Dog Not to Pull – Loose Leash Walking by Emily "kikopup" Larlham
• Dog Training Tip- Leash Walking: Go Sniff and Marking by Emily "kikopup" Larlham
• Choose to Heel by Loridressage
• Loose Leash Walking by Stacy Hiebert Greer
• Clicker Training a Heel by Amy Norcal
• Shaping Loose Leash Walking With a High Rate of Reinforcement Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 by Helix Fairweather and Lynn Martin. (Read the text below the videos too!)
• Loose Leash Walking by Turid Rugaas

​

See our page on leash reactivity for help managing and training dogs that bark and lunge while on leash.

​

APDT webinar

​

• Loose Leash Walking presented by Gail Fisher