Category: Top Dog

My Shiba has been super food aggressive since he was a puppy. Any advice on what to do? Does anyone have any training tips or methods that actually work?

There is so much information stating that dog puppies can splinter tree branches, bones, sticks all sorts of natural chews as well, yet most likely wolf puppies will be chewing on anything they find in the wild. How is that possible?

I have been working on animal behaviour for a while as part of my PhD and Postdoc research, currently at Harvard. I would really value honest feedback from dog owners here.

Most pet tech today tracks location, steps, or shows video. A lot of us buy those devices for our peace of mind.

Apart from tracking, the question I keep coming back to is, when I leave home, are they emotionally settled?

Not just “are they safe” or “are they moving.”

More like:

Did they settle quickly?

Were they pacing or stressed longer than usual?

Is this improving over time?

I have been exploring building something that focuses on patterns of settling and stress over time, rather than just live camera feeds.

Honestly as pet owners, would something like that feel useful? Or would it just increase anxiety?

I would genuinely appreciate pushback.

I have a 2 year old yorkie, he is the sweetest boy, potty trained and can do many tricks! He’s super food motivated and that made training him pretty easy on certain stuff, but now I’ve ran into an issue where he won’t listen to me unless I have food in my hand, now what?

He has no recall and when I try to make him come to me he never listens, he also can’t walk good on a leash and pulls a lot too.. it’s almost like he just gets to excited?? Idk any advice I’d appreciate!! Thank you!!

Hello, does anyone have any tips for making her more comfortable? She’s on pain meds but seems very restless and uncomfortable I feel so bad. I've been making her a bed on the floor with her favorite blankets and toys but she she still won't lay down

Our dog (5 year old, mixed breed rescue) hates having his nails clipped, we've had him since he was 4 months old and he's never allowed us to do them so we taught him how to file his own nails on a scratching board, and he lets me file his back nails no problem.

The problem is his dewclaws – a lot of the time they break but currently one is so sharp and he keeps catching it on things and I cannot trim it. I've tried building up to it over time with just light touching with my hand, then clippers and rewarding when he doesn't react, but I get so far with that and he can't seem to cope with the next step of having the clippers open next to his claw, I've tried doing it when he's tired, no luck and I've tried distracting him with peanut butter to lick but he's still running away.

I don't want to push him so I just stop and move back a step to just touch wiith my hand, but I'm at a loss now as to how to progress. Does anyone have any advice or tips?