Category: Top Dog

Hello, so I am currently keeping a puppy for 2 or 3 days with the possibility of adopting her. I absolutely love her but I have autism and I am very scared of not being able to handle a puppy. It’s not my first time having a dog, I have a super well trained 10 yo Labrador who is my family’s dog and I feel like she was a much easier puppy.

This puppy is almost 12 weeks old, she’s a chihuahua and Yorkshire mix, and my boyfriend is super excited about keeping her.

I brought her home to see how we react to each other before yesterday.

I put her in the crate next to my bed, she cries a bit, sometimes I put my finger in the crate and she eventually stops crying and falls asleep.

She already peed 2 times on the pee pad which also makes me happy.

The problem is: she follows me EVERYWHERE and wants me to hold her all the time. Whenever I leave the room, even for a short period of time like to go to the toilet or to pick up some water she freaks out: she starts crying, the howling, scratching the floor next to the door while screaming, pees and poops herself… this is scaring me a lot because even though I spend most of the time home, I need to be able to leave her alone for a few hours whenever I need…

The only way I can stop holding her without having her stressed is when she’s in her crate close to me because if I get a few meters away she starts crying.

I’m really concerned because I have 2 friends with dogs who suffer from separation anxiety and I honestly couldn’t live like that, it would be too overwhelming for me…

I don’t know if this is because it’s a new environment or if she is already showing signs of separation anxiety.

Her current owner told me that she spends most of the time away from humans but she usually has her mom always with her…

Please someone help me, because I would love to keep her but I can’t handle a dog with separation anxiety 🙁

Hi! I am looking for a little bit of advice.

I have 3 dogs. 2 adults and 1 puppy.

1 – 7 year old Female German Shepherd (spayed)

1 – 4 year old Male Lab Mix (neutered)

1 – 7 month old Dachshund (not spayed)

The German shepherd has been engaging in play with the puppy with no issues. My male has had a much harder time adjusting and does not seem to enjoy engaging in any sort of play time. When they are near each other, he barks at her and only wants to smell her private parts. He plays with the German shepherd just fine and doesn’t seem to mind her at all.

I should also mention he has never bitten her or even tried to bite her. Any time they spend time around each other, it is 100% supervised.

We have taken them on walks together which goes great! I was hoping to get the puppy spayed after her 1st heat cycle. Could her not being spayed be causing his hyper arousal/aggravated behavior towards her? When she gets spayed, will his behavior towards her possibly tone down?

We have been looking into helping him with some professional training for socializing and just better manners in general.

Sorry if this is all over the place and thank you!!

So I know dogs can be averse to the smell of citrus, but my dog has started freaking out over blackberry cobbler…like whining, crying, shaking, barking when a piece of cobbler falls on the floor…have we been poisoned? 😅😅

I really do just like bragging on my girl, and by a stroke of luck we are just like one another! She’s my first dog ever.

Her shelter name was my name, so let’s call it fate. Although, her name had to change. I hated calling out my own name, plus she didn’t respond to it.

She’s medium energy and so am I. Strangers describe us both as quirky yet charming. We love to sleep and get sudden burst of energy. When she catches an attitude it’s like looking in a mirror. We demand attention, but only on our terms. We are both dramatic, yet somewhat reasonable. We’re nosy and light sleepers. We are both annoyed when we sleep in the same room as one another. She huffs and I huff at hearing one another breathe at night. And we both have the same idea of “cuddling”. I place one hand on her and she places one paw on me. We’re just cool like that.

I LOVE her. She is my actual soulmate. We just get one another.

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Does someone else great pryeness start barking uncontrollably and looking around when you say 'ssshhh' or just mine ?

Has anyone travelled with their dog in cabin, please share your experiences and how it went and the process etc!

What airlines did you fly? Thank you!

My dog is skittish, gets scared of any random noises in and out of the house. We recently moved to a new house and fortunately everything was going well the first minute until I slid and fell down the stairs which then triggered his fear. He started shaking and is now scared of the house. On top of that, there were fireworks going off outside which did not help the situation. I am looking for any guidance on how to help my dog like his new home and not be scared of it. Is he going to be scared for the rest of his life in this house or will he be able to overcome it? Thanks in advance from an anxious dog owner with an anxious dog.

Bit of backstory, I adopted my dog "Loki" in 2013 area. The shelter listed her at the time as around 5 years old. If that's what her age was back in 2013, she is right around 17 years old. Has been a great dog, you can tell she is old though by activity level, etc. She still eats fine, albeit only wet food because of almost no teeth. But she gets up, eats, drinks, etc. She will get in moods of very high activity but then settles down.

Over the last year or so I've noticed her wandering around the house in circles a lot. She's had a couple of seizures as well, which the vet concluded it was due to her age. Each one would last maybe around a minute or less, vet didn't seem to concerned about it though.

In the last 6 months though I've noticed she will literally just stand in a spot and act like she can't hear me, which is probably true given her age. Then she jumps when I come up to her even in front of her face. Will just let out random yelps while sleeping. She's also gotten worse with using the bathroom in the house, though she was never really house trained, but was on a schedule and it was fine.

Now it seems even taking her out a couple hours she won't go at all, she'll just wait to come in and then go a few minutes later. I've tried crating her at night to curb it while I'm asleep, but she will just go in her crate. Mind you the crate is just big enough for her to lay down and stand up in, so there's not a place for her to go in the corner and lay on the other side of the crate. I'll wake up every morning to her literally standing over her pee and poop just waiting to be let out. Won't bark, yelp or anything, just stands there all night I assume.

I'm at a lost as to what to really do. I also suffer from mental health issues and I've had therapists tell me she's had a good life and to put her to sleep, but I don't want to do that, especially since she is still eating. I don't know if I can keep taking care of her though and just do not know what to do at all. I know the flooring in the bathroom (her primary spot) is probably trashed at this point. Do I just keep cleaning and managing it and risk myself getting more and more depressed and all or what? I've also tried pee pads on the floor, but she will just move them out of the way.

I guess I'm just looking for some advice on what to do, how to manage it, especially with my issues I have.

We recently got a 10 week old Labrador, we’ve had him for a week or two now, and he’s doing really well, doesn’t pee or poo inside, and he doesn’t bite people, but he’s got into a bad habit of biting at and pulling clothing. Does anyone have any advice? My wife and MIL who have both had dogs in the past keep on trying things but nothing seems to work.