Category: Top Dog

Hi as winter is in full swing in the Midwest my pup needs a jacket to stay warm (basset hound who is very particular about the cold) so I bought the Carhartt one. However I am realizing that it doesn’t work under or over our current harness so I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks!

I have a 3 years old chihuahua and about a week ago she has started to get aggressive with everyone, she growls, and sometimes she tries to bite. She has started to get territorial to. We have had the same routine with her since she got here and she has never been aggressive, she has been quite the opposite, very clingy. I have a lot of other dogs and cats and se gets along with them very well when they interact. She is also the only pet inside of the house and she has always been around other people. What could possibly be causing her behavior? What should I do about it?

I’ve only seen one irl once and I feel like they’re not as common and it makes me sad cause that was my grandpas favorite , he raised and hunted with them for yrs

I want to get my dog a blanket that's just for him so he'll stop stealing mine. I was thinking a weighted blanket or a heavy quilt, but looking at the stuff they market for dogs left me a little disappointed. Especially since any sturdy, washable blanket will do.
So I thought I'd come here and ask if anyone can a recommend a blanket that their dog loves.
Any links, search criteria, or reputable brands to check would be very much appreciated.

He's 90lbs, fairly big, and medium haired, if that makes a difference.

Hey y'all!

Recently, the breeder we got our Samoyed from let us know that a new Samoyed owner was going to be unable to take care of their 5 month old puppy because of unforeseen circumstances, and that, since we had an established relationship, they'd wave the adoption fee. Of course, given my dad's obsession with Samoyeds, he jumped at the opportunity.

We just got the new puppy a couple days ago, he is very friendly, problem is, our 2 y/o Samoyed isn't very good around other dogs. She wasn't socialized early-on and was timid to begin with, so she has had a really rough time getting used to the new puppy being here.

I'm a very "Research and do it right" kind of person, but my family leans more towards "figure it out as you go" approaches, so while I've tried to insist that we slow their introduction and try to keep them separate, they'll let them coexist close to each other all the time, resulting in a lot of barking and the older dog throwing out some bites/nips at the puppy. The puppy has now also started nipping at the older dog to bait him into chase. It also seems my 2 y/o dog is now stealing the pups toys and biting if the pup tries to grab them. Not sure what to do in a situation like this. (We tried adding a puppy gate, but the puppy just crawled under it, so we may need to look at other puppy gates.) So far, it has been rather stressful, so I was wondering if you guys had any good advice for introducing such a playful and curious puppy to a timid/slightly grouchy adult dog that wasn't properly socialized when young. My 2 y/o dog seems to absolutely hate the pup

My dog likes to collect socks and take them to wherever she is hanging out. She does it more often when she is anxious like when we are out of the house or if there is scary weather, but will also go find one when she wants to play.

It’s not a huge issue but a little annoying to be constantly picking up socks from the lounge and missing pairs who knows where.

Was wondering if there is a way to train her to bring them to the laundry when she is done with them instead of leaving them strewn around the house and if so, what would the steps be to training this behaviour?

I have a 4 year old chihuahua/maltese mix (I think?) named Teddy that we adopted from my friend who couldn’t take care of her anymore. My friend told us that Teddy is house-trained. Well, when we adopted her, she peed and pooped on our rug almost weekly. I let it be since it is a new environment for her and slowly trained her to stop doing it when we are around. Then she would only do so overnight so we started crate training her and she sleeps in her crate now. Problem solved, she doesn’t pee or poop on the rug anymore, only when we forget to put her in her crate at night to sleep.

However, I sometimes have friends or family dog sit Teddy at their house when we go on trips and she always pees or poops on their carpet or rug. Any tips on how to stop this behavior?

The title says it all. My dog, and 8 year old, short legged pitbull mix, is extremely clumsy at receiving treats.

(I say clumsy. Honestly, he's just a really good boy and is very careful when taking treats out of our hands.)

Nine out of ten times, he'll try to take the treat out of my hand and drop it on the ground. The treat rolls away, he sniffs a bit and grabs it.

End-result, after getting a treat his first reflex is to start sniffing the ground around him.

This is becoming a bit problematic when trying to teach him things like heeling – which we're starting by teaching him to stay close to us while walking backwards. The problem, while walking backwards we mark with a "yes", reward with a treat, and then he's gone sniffing. He'll come back, but it's impossible to get him to continuously stick to us.

The other option I guess would be to mark "yes" but not give the reward, which I'm not sure will be productive; or simply mark "yes", reward, and "free".

We're new to all of this, but the clumsy treat receiving makes it hard to follow any tutorials or videos, because most require some sort of rewarding while continuing the behavior.

Any tips or tricks? Any other clumsy eaters?