Category: Top Dog

I brought my dog to my bf house to stay overnight, my dog hasn't been eating since we arrived until we got home to my house. she seems normal and active but dont eat even when i try to spoon feed her, she just licks or pick up the food but then spit it out (i tried to give her favorite foods)any advice or can someone tell me what has possibly made her like this? we have an appointment tomorrow at the vet.

I know HOW to apply paw balm but the issue is – my dog licks it off the second I massage it in. He goes absolutely crazy for it. I have tried different ones and he does that to all of them.

It kind of feels like there is no use in even putting it on for him 😭

Does anyone have any tips or tricks for this situation?

Which pet insurance is best for you? Are there any that may cover your dog's current treatment? Did your dog get injured during the waiting period and want to know if you're covered?

Here's the place to ask.

Do know we cannot help you here with medical concerns, and lying or not disclosing things to the insurance company is illegal so we don't allow that either.

Hi Everyone, we decided to foster a dog and it needs to be quarantine. Never quarantine a dog before, looking for advices/suggestions. We have a spare bedroom to keep him in. We have a 5yo in the house. Many thanks and happy holidays!!!

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.

Hi there, I have two dogs, A who is a pitbull and B who is a slightly shorter staffy/pitbull mix. Both male and I've had both since they were puppies. A for 4 years and B for 2. Both were neutered together when B was about 9 months old.

They have always gotten along very well, playing together, sleeping on top of each other. They have never fought before and neither show any signs of resource guarding.

The issue:

About a week and a half ago, while I was at work and they were outside, my neighbor was up on his roof, cleaning his gutters. A was standing on our patio, barking at the neighbors and B was standing, barking at A. My neighbor continued on when he noticed their noise had changed, turned around and the two dogs were fighting. Neighbor quickly got off his roof and they soon stopped. (This is all from what the neighbor told be/ his account of events)

When I got home, their behavior was completely normal. Excited to see me, happy to get inside. I noticed some scratches on B and initially brushed it off as nothing major, though he had gotten into the bushes and scratched himself up. I went to go clean him up and A came around to see what I was doing ( and if I was giving out treats or pets) and that's when I noticed the blood on A's neck. I immediately rushed to the neighbor to find out if they had fought( neighbor was coincidentally on his way to my house to tell me they had fought). Neighbor then told me what happened.

I went back inside, cleaned and bandaged the dogs as needed and took them to the vet, A has laceration and minor degloving on his neck that needed stitches, B just needed some anti inflammatory and ointment. Both are doing well and recovering.

The vet did not give me much advise or input on the fight, asides from "a series of unfortunate circumstances".

We haven't left them unsupervised since, but they are generally behaving as they have the last two years, friendly and loving too each other. We need to monitor then exstra closely as B keeps wanting to pick A's stitches so I am 100% sure they they have not shown any fear or aggression towards each other.

My question is:

What can I do to ensure this doesn't happen again?

With the holidays starting now, a day will come where I need to leave them alone at home again and I can't keep them separate (garden won't allow it without massive expenses) nor do I believe it to be a viable long term solution. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am terrified of leaving them alone at this stage.

I have a 4 year old cane corso, I got him a few months ago. He came to me with a solid obedience training. (Heel, break, out, stay etc..)

Overall, he’s a good boy. I don’t expect him to be friendly with strangers because I’m not sure how well socialized he was and also, he is a guard dog after all.

But he really doesn’t like people coming to close to me, he will start to get suspicious and might growl.

When strangers come to our home, he does growls at them. He is usually in a down stay in place just to make out guest feel more at ease. But if someone tries to pet him, he will not allow it. Usually growling stops once I say “no”.

My question is, can adult dogs be socialized? And if so what’s the best way to do it with a cane corso?

I have a frenchie, and I got him as a puppy and he extremely well socialized. He was touched by many people, he was interacting with many dogs so I for sure see how important socialization is

Hello! I have a wonderful little 5 month old Chihuahua-Pug-Blue Heeler-mutt. We have been working hard on potty training the last few months. We have just recently overcome teething regression and she’s doing very well! We live in an apartment and have a grass pad on the balcony to visit throughout the day, and have at least two walks in the park with our older dog every day.

When she does have accidents, it is usually because I am not watching the balcony door. Sometimes she’ll go running at it and hit it with her front paws, which I hear, but most of the time she just stands near the door and stares at me. This is fine while I’m in the vicinity and paying attention, but I’d love to be able to work in the office without having her confined the whole time. We tried bells, but she hates them and refuses to even get near them. Any advice on other ways to train her to alert?

Hey all, my lab (4y) eats my labs (5 & 3) poo (predominantly the older ones). We aren’t always home to clean it up immediately, and when we do see it happen, it’s hard to stop in time as he is deaf.

I don’t think this can be good for his stomach, especially considering the fact that he has a sensitive stomach and has vomited up poo a couple of times (the smell is absolutely putrid). Just wondering if anyone has experienced something like this and has some advice as to how to stop this? Thank you in advance! 💕