Category: Top Dog

My 4 y/o cocker spaniel is an absolute asshole about peeing inside. We have tried EVERYTHING. We did a whole new routine with a trainer for confidence cuz we thought it was anxiety. Nope. We tried belly bands for incontinence. Honestly I think he peed harder cuz he hates them so much. Tried just letting him be himself and see what happens and we went two weeks without an incident until today when he let out a full pee on our bed immediately after an hour long walk.

We take him for long walks twice a day. He gets to sniff everything. For reference we also have a German Shepherd (also 4 y/o) and a cat (5 y/o, hates the dogs so she’s mostly out of their way). Both of the dogs are crate trained but I truly want them to both be able to sleep in the bed but because our cocker keeps having “accidents” (if I could even call them that because he looks us in the eye when he does it) we can’t trust him and we think it’s unfair to favor one dog over the other.

Any advice is so greatly appreciated.

(Hateful or negative comments are not appreciated but it’s the internet so if you feel the need to scream into a void so be it. Just maybe veil some helpful tidbits in there too. At the very least if you’re gonna be mean, throw in a bit of advice about how to get the stains out would be lovely)

My boy 4yo Rott. He was just relocated with him from a home. He does very good at not peeing inside our loft but he will pee on the balcony and sometimes in the hallway.

No i assure you he goes outside enough and often. He is a serial marker and anything not in our unit seems fare game to him. How can i train him the difference of yes and no areas

Hello all!

I have a 1 y/o cattle dog who is an absolute dream. He is well behaved, listens keenly, gets hours of exercise, and sleeps a lot of the day. He's a pretty happy puppy. We never had issues with peeing inside, and he potty trains well, but he won't stop popping inside. We've tried everything. Training, vet visits, better positive reinforcement during walks, he's crate trained, he is fed on a specific schedule, everything. Sometimes he goes weeks without doing it and then he suddenly does it for a week straight. He goes on three 20-30 minute walks a day, will poop, walk back toward home, and then poop inside. Nobody is sure why or how to stop it. I'm not either. If you have any ideas I am all ears. Thank you!

Hi!! So we've had our 4 year old Samoyed Gracie since she was a puppy, she's so lovely, has never resource guarded or anything, and we've had foster situations and she's never minded other dogs being in her space, eating her food, etc. We just got our 7 month old Samoyed Lulu from a rescue program and I noticed her display signs of resource guarding, not over food, but over toys. She's been making a pile on her dog bed of all the toys gracie touches and growls and snaps at gracie if she gets near it. gracie doesn't react, just stretches and walks away.

i work in animal rescue and just started studying my minor in animal behaviour so im feeling a little useless since i haven't covered this topic yet. sure i've covered food guarding from humans but ive never covered toy guarding from older dog. i know lulu isn't showing aggression and probably overstimulation (lulu peed right after in the house), but we definitely caught it early and i'd love some support on what to do.

We (me, my husband, 2 kids under 13) rescued a mixed breed dog 2.5 years ago. Other than one incident with my oldest son on our first afternoon after bringing him home, our dog, Harvey (4), has been pretty great. He's responding to training, he loves our family and our home, and we love him dearly! The problem is that he HATES my mother in law! She is an older woman (80), a little unsteady on her feet, and she has recently moved to be closer to us. Harvey barks at her non-stop and often charges her. One time, she sat down on the couch and he ran right toward her, jumped up on the ottoman, and she reached out and hit him away from her. Although we don't condone Harvey acting like this, I also told MIL my that we DO NOT hit him. We don't know much about the life he led prior to being surrendered to the shelter, but he had some health issues and probably wasn't loved and taken care of as he should have been. The behavior has only gotten worse to the point where MIL doesn't usually come inside our house and will just drop things off or pick things up in the driveway. We can kennel him, but he still barks so hard that he stinks up the room. We hosted Christmas at our house this year and attempted to board Harvey for 2 days. Unfortunately, the boarder was full. We have some prescribed anti-anxiety meds for him and decided to dose him so he could be relaxed while she was here. We also made sure he had been exercised and did everything we could think of to be proactive. When we allowed Harvey to be out of his kennel he was constantly trying to be near MIL. Every time he approached her, my husband intervened and sent him off to some other family member that would give him attention and pets. However, towards the end of the evening he walked right up to her in her chair and bit her hand. He didn't growl or bark. He didn't even try to hurt her as it wasn't a painful bite. He definitely could have hurt her if he wanted to. I am confused because he doesn't act this way to anyone else. He doesn't bite or nip. He only barks at people he can't see outside our door. She really isn't mean to him other than the previously mentioned issue that happened almost 2 years ago. Why does he do this with her only?

Hi all, we have an approximately 3 year old rescue Chihuahua mix (mainly Chihuahua), we have got it from a rescue centre a week ago. We were told that he was good with other dogs and cats etc but when we go on walks he gets really agitated and aggressive towards every dog he sees even if they don’t interact with him.

Before we take him to a dog trainer, we would like some tips on how to stop him from being so aggressive.

What tips and suggestions do you have that we can use to turn him into a friendly dog that either wants to play with others (or at least does not react to them).

Today we have started distracting him with treats when he sees other dogs but we are not 100% sure we are doing it right as he loses focus very easily.

Thanks for all the tips!