Category: Top Dog

I have a 7 month old yorkie/shih tzu mix. She is doing great with her general training (sit, down, place, stay), as well as her potty training. She also is now only in her crate when no one is home and all she does is sleep.

She also is finally not scared to go for a walk outside of our yard anymore

My biggest issue right now is how she acts around other dogs. Even if the other dog has zero aggression and is ignoring her.

I really want her to stop reacting to dogs so we can take her with us to more places.

We do have a dog park nearby but when we go there are no dogs inside its fence.

I know i need to do better with bringing toys and high value treats so when there is a dog distraction I can help distract her to show her that dog wont bother her.

Anyone have any other advice to help her get over it?

My girl (14 wk weimaraner) is pretty good at her crate naps. Since a few days she will easily nap for two hours at least, without fussing. She has a crate in the living room, at my work and in our bedroom. All are covered, though the one in our bedroom just has a little blanket while the other two can be fully covered with covers I made myself (I'm a tailor, it was a fun side project). She will even settle back down fairly easily if she gets disturbed during her nap. All of this only applies to the covered crates though. As soon as she can see what's going on she gets very restless which can escalate to loud yelping and panicked behaviour.

I think it would be good for her to be more relaxed in a crate, even when it's not covered, but I'm not sure if I should make that transition since she's sooo good in her crates now and I don't want to lose that.

I'd appreciate input and advice from other puppy parents 🙂

So I know that the lip licking can be appeasement and doesn’t always mean stress, but I’ve not heard the same for whale eyes. My old man, Duke, has always done this. Anytime anyone pets him it’s immediate lip licking and whale eyes, but if you stop and try to give him space he’ll immediately try to get you to keep petting, sometimes even following your hand as you’re trying to pull away. In fact, once you start petting, the only way to get him to stop begging for attention is either telling him to go to his spot or putting food in front of him.

I figured this might be a weird quirk with my dog but now it’s late at night so I’m curious and I can’t find similar situations online. Any ideas from people who know more about dog behavior?

Ps I wasn’t sure what flair to put.

Been trying to house train my frenchie to no avail he will sometimes go out the dog door but often just goes in either of the bathrooms in the house. Looking for any method.

The Last owner used to beat her. A lot. Shes been a very good girl and the best companion but she’s still very frightened but the idea of wear a collar o have a big hug. It brakes my heart because even she know everyone loves her, she still can erase those bad memories and leave al the trauma behind. We try to trained her, but it doesn’t seem to work and she still very reactive towards most people

We have a 5 year old mix breed rescue dog that’s scared of cars. Gives us hard time getting into car. Does anyone have this problem?

I'm house sitting for family and their dog is acting so weird I don't know what to do and I need advice please help me

We're adopting a one year old female of the above mix from the shelter, she is arriving at our home tomorrow afternoon. We have already met her to make sure she isn't reactive with kids as we have a 5 year old and although the little dog is quite timid they got on fine. I've always had cocker spaniels aside from my last dog who was a Belgian malinois cross, and I'm wondering if there's anything in particular to expect from this mix? Anything to be aware of in terms of health issues to look out for, Activity levels etc? We are a very active family, lots of walking, running, hiking etc so a higher energy dog isn't an issue generally.

I am just asking because my family has a dog who could be a podenco/pharaohound mix or just a unusual podenco. She is a rescue from Spain and the rescue organisation told us she is a podenco but after having her for a few years and meeting a lot of podencos she has some features that are more fitting for a pharaohound then for a podenco.

Btw podenco is used here a sort of standin for all regional types. We cannot determine which of the podenco types she has in her due to hunters there not avoiding crossbreeding if it produces a better hunting dog.

Pictures:https://imgur.com/a/n2Y8kN3

Okay this may sound weird but hear me out.

I rescued my little girl in August of 2024. Before that, she lived in a killing shelter in Bosnia. She’s 2 1/2 years old now.

Ever since we got her, she’s been the happiest dog as long as we’re at home. She sleeps right next to me every night, plays and runs in the Garden. But as soon as we go outside, that dog is TERRIFIED. She shivers and wants to go inside or into the Garden again immediately.

She goes potty in the garden, leading to burnt patches in our lawn. We wanted to train her to go Potty outside. We tried everything. We also have a dog trainer and tried everything she recommended.

Now I‘m asking myself, should I continue trying to force her to pee outside, or should I just let her be? When we’re on walks somewhere quiet, we live in the country, she enjoys it. But she never goes potty.

Would appreciate all of your opinions. Thanks for reading