Category: Top Dog

I am disabled and have limited shoulder mobility, sometimes cleaning my service dogs kongs out can be extremely draining, even after soaking them in soapy water. Are there any specific brand bottle brushes you recommend that get into the crevices easier? Or any other methods? And no, I do not have a dishwasher and cannot just go out and buy one lol

I'm looking for a new harness for my 15lb chihuahua mix. She's barrel chested and long/lanky.

Does anyone have any experience using ruffwear harnesses for smaller dogs? I want to start taking her hiking so I was looking at the switchbak. Or if you have any recommendations for brands. Thanks 🙂

My 8yo gsd just started wrecking shit (the only thing still standing in my bathroom today is 1 door and half the toilet bowl) when I leave home. He is in a room door close, always been. No change in his daily routine for years, the only thing I can see ATM is a link with him having problem urinating for 2 days early this week…. Someone wanna share it's two cents to help me find an idea how to handle this, like I said, never done that ever and now it's 2 days in a row.

And snuggling in deep, falling asleep, and making contented noises.

It fills my heart.

Hi everyone! I see a lot of talk about breed-specific fulfillment in online spaces about dogs, like playing herding games with your border collie or doing bitework with your malinois. I adopted my boy from a rescue that runs a spay-and-return program for pregnant dogs from Indigenous reservations. The rescue listed him as a German shepherd-border collie mix, but that's just a guess. So I was wondering, what would "breed-specific fulfillment" mean in that context? Should I get his DNA tested to see what breeds he actually is, then learn about different options based on that? Or are rez dogs kind of their own thing, in terms of behaviour and temperament? I live in a big city so I'm not really sure how to recreate the types of stuff rez dogs would usually be doing for him. Or does breed-specific fulfillment not really matter if you don't have a purebred working-line dog? I'm partly looking for fun new activities to do with my dog but I'm also just kind of idly wondering. Thanks!

I just wanted to share this feel good aspect of my dog’s behavior. She’s a mutt rescue and had a lot of anxiety and behavioral issues since rescued her. She regressed for some time in her potty training, but we’ve gotten back on track and she’s an absolute STAR.

The sweet and thoughtful part: she’s trained to paw at me she’s ready to go outside, but she taught herself that if I am asleep in bed, it’s more gentle and considerate to lick my face until I wake up to take her potty. I didn’t train this into her, it was completely her decision and it melts my heart every morning.

I’m so proud of my girl.

I was in the taxi on the way to the train station (homeward bound from finishing my nightshift) and was discussing my plans with the taxi driver, saying "I've just got my third shift to do tonight, and then I'm going to be sleeping all day tomorrow once I've taken my girl for a walk"

Taxi driver; how old is your girl?

Me; my girl is a dog

Taxi driver, …….oh

Me; She's 12 🙂

Taxi driver; ……..

He literally didn't expect that aha, but I actually forget that I always reference my dog as "my girl" so thought nothing of it at the time, it did make him laugh in the end though. 😅

I have a Pomeranian, when I adopted her, she wasn’t trained but we are currently training her. She’s one years old and she often has accidents, but we are working on it so don’t worry!! She understands that she is meant to do her business outside, she just occasionally has accidents.

Does anybody know any brands or specific items that can help my house smell better? I’d prefer if they were from Amazon, but I don’t necessarily mind. I did my own research but I’m not entirely sure which brands aren’t dog safe and which brands are dog safe.

Obviously i clean my house and scrub my carpets, Im just pretty paranoid of it smelling bad because of her accidents. Please let me know though!!

So my neighbors have this 2 y/o dog that I've been feeding, she's free to roam and i know the owners don't feed her very much and want to get rid of her so if future cat introduction goes well I think I'll take her on (she's good with their cat). Never been indoors, never been in a car, never been to a town or city, used to be tied up so she's probably gonna hate a collar. I'm making good progress with her I think, she used to bark at and/or run away from me but now she willingly sits with and follows me, accepts pets, belly rubs, licks me and eats from my hand. Her mother was either run over or shot for biting, so she's understandably scared of people, I don't know if she's been beaten but I was trying to train her sit today and sometimes she'd do well or sometimes she'd shy away when I raised my hand above her head as if I was going to smack her. I have had to yell around her in the past because when her mother was around, that dog would attack you if you didn't scare her off, and the two of them were always together. and I feel bad if she thinks I'm going to punish her if she doesn't do what I say. Once she refused to un-sit until I put her treat on the ground because I guess she was scared of not following the rule I was teaching her? I stopped training as soon as she looked scared. Not sure how to better start it up again. She's really starting to trust me but still gets scared of fast movements, or sometimes just walking up to her. I've just been sitting out with her for hours and petting her recently so that's helped a lot but I need to figure out how to car train and muzzle train her so I can take her to the vet for vaccines and neutering (cannot afford her having puppies. Really hope i can get her fixed before spring). Doing plenty of research but wanted to see if there was anyone here who had a similar dog and/or had some advice. Sorry if this is too unspecific or the wrong sub.

Tldr: trying to earn trust of and train neighbor's potentially abused dog who I had to yell at in the past so I didn't get mauled by her mom. Mostly looking for where should I start apart from sitting with, petting and feeding her and what mistakes should I avoid or training material to check out.