Category: Top Dog

My husband and I just adopted an adorable Texas Heeler today named max, He was originally an outside dog who lived on a farm with a plethora of animals so he’s a bit smelly, We gave him a quick bath in our tub but he’s in some need of professional grooming asap.

He’s 3 years old so not a puppy and we adopted him from a family so it wasn’t anything official- he was actually free😅 He is completely vaccinated but the lady we got him from wasn’t sure where his records were but said she’d look for them and mail them to us asap – we’re keeping in touch very well as it was a hard choice for her to rehome this guy

I scheduled him an appointment at a groomer for tomorrow because like I said he needs it asap😅 When I finished booking, it said to submit or bring a physical copy of his vax paperwork to the appointment, which I should’ve known was going to be asked for but this is my first time owning a dog on my own.

Is there anything I can do if I cannot get the paperwork in time for the appointment tomorrow? I completely believe the family that we adopted him from that he’s 100% vaxxed but also understand the groomer needing the paper work incase anything would happen! He’s such a sweet boy so I know nothing would happen but I completely understand the precaution!

Picture of our max as tax! 🙂

https://imgur.com/a/k9ZWYgX

I recently adopted a very sweet and well behaved 2 yo black mouth cur.i live in an apartment and wake up in the morning around 4am and take him to the bathroom. I then feed him and leave around 4:40am to work, I come back to the apartment at 11 to let him go to the bathroom again and then head back to work until 230. He is regularly exercised every single day, but I have noticed that he will pee inside the apartment even while I'm at work.

He is potty trained and he knows it is wrong, i think one issue is the massive amount of water he drinks, I have to fill the 44oz bowl 2-3 times a day minimum. The puddles i come home to are not small. My question is this: should I train him to pee on pee pads on the apartment patio, should I feed him less water, or water him at specific times(STILL ENOUGH WATER TO BE HYDRATED, IM NOT SUGGESTING I DEHYDRATE HIM)? If I teach him to pee on the pads, does that increase the chance that he will lose his previous house training and see the apartment as the place to go ? what would be the best way to train the pads?

Note: I do not make enough money to pay a dog walker every day or send him to doggy day care.

An acquaintance of mine posted on Facebook that her 15 year old dog needs someone with more time.

No health issues, just needs let outside more often..

Otherwise she will be put down tomorrow.

I’m debating going to get her, but at that age I just don’t know. Who knows if the dog would be happy with a stranger at that age.

But if she’s still eating and acting fine, it’s upsetting to think she might not be quite ready. What’s your opinion Reddit? 🥲

Hi all! Happy New Year to everyone!

Just looking for some advice. My wife and I adopted a precious little lurcher Frank when he was 3 months old. He's a week away from turning a year old, and we're still struggling terribly with settling him.

He has a crate which he loves, we enforce naps when we can, but if I'm not there to give him rubs and comfort, he'll take 1.5 hours to finally lie down and drift off.

He gets 2 x 30 minute walks a day capped off with a 30 second sprint in the dog park every other day (he only runs for 30 seconds then comes back to us). We play a lot and mix in 15 minute sessions of fun training, too. We've noticed with training he's incredibly smart, but pretty lazy, unless there's an instant reward involved.

In the last 2 months he's become hyper focused on our bedroom to nap in. He has a little bed upstairs in our bedroom where he sleeps at night, and since November he just will not nap anywhere else. He screams in his crate, we bought him a comfy bed for downstairs and he just attacks that and chews it up.

Our vet recommended Reconcile 32mg as he felt this was stemming from anxiety. He's been on it for 2 months, but hasn't helped with the settling at all, so we're thinking we may as well take him off it as I don't want to be drugging him.

We've tried all the tricks with settling training and crate work, etc, but nothing is working. We just don't know what to do anymore. When he can't settle we play or do training games to tire him out, but he just cannot seem to decompress and relax. 😔

I'm adopting a dog tomorrow that has been fostered for a few months. I was reading about the 3-3-3 rule about letting the dog decompress for three days, then start your daily routine the next few weeks, and after that start introducing new people and places. At what point should I start taking her to doggie daycare to play with other dogs! She is crate trained but I don't want to crate her 5 days a week while we are working, so my plan was to take her to doggie daycare two days a week. That's going to be part of our routine, so I was hoping to do it sooner rather than later but also don't want to rush it. Might be overthinking this so need advice . Thank you!

My poor baby just now asked to come inside instead of getting in the car with me. Which is crazy because he loves car rides.

The vet had started him on anitol plus joint supplements a week ago. There is at least another week before those have a hope of doing anything…

Gabapenten doesn't seem to do anything

Okay, so to clarify, my question is specifically about when I tell her "NO" and she doesn't listen. Some say it's not an order, but I consider it one. 90% of the time she gives up or turns away, but what should I do when she's determined to do what she wants?

Then, regarding recall, 90% of the time she comes back. But when she doesn't, how should I react?

Unfortunately, someone fired a bunch of fireworks right next to us, my dog run panicked back home and seemed to calm down. But todays morning he is scared to leave the apartament. Will it pass on it's own? Should I try driving him somewhere else?

If you have a dog or dogs that get the zoomies, then I think it’s best to stand still or just maintain your trajectory when they’re zooming past you, or you could try what I did once upon a time with a great Dane and side step the wrong direction and get your world taken out from under you.

Does your dog turn his head when he hears an odd noise? Does your dog bury their food with your pants? This is the thread to ask why.

Please keep this thread to non-medical issues only.