Category: Top Dog

Hello, after I got back home from a walk with my pup, she wouldnt stop biting/licking her back paws. We didnt take a foreign route and ive washed her paws after the walk, yet she still keeps digging in there. Im super confused as I cannot see anything in there. Im mostly just asking hoping someone had a similar experience perhaps. I really did thoroughly check with a flashlight between all her beans and theres nothing.

My puppy is 11 weeks today!
The only problem is that when he is in his playpen, he will cry when you leave the room. He has all the toys, water, and we give a treat when we step away. We have tried not coming back in till he is quiet.
Any tips? We do little bits at a time, sometimes even if he can still see us, he is dramatic lol

I am just a little tired of getting a glass of water and having a baby barkin or cryin at me.

Now, if he weren't in his play pen, he would hang out alone just fine, but due to his infatuation with cords and my rug, it is not safe for him to be unsupervised alone yet.

Now, he does well in the crate. Only a little fit then he can settle(most of the time). We do enforced crate naps, he eats in the crate, and sleeps in there!

I’m so happy I decided to adopt my little puppy! She’s 13 weeks and doing great with potty training and crate training. She’s doing so well overall, but her extreme food motivation worries me a little. It’s great that’s she’s so motivated for structured training, but when I’m trying to subtly reward her for things like chewing on her toys instead of the couch, she then stops playing with her toys altogether and just sits and stares waiting for the next treat. She will stare for 10+ minutes sometimes just patiently waiting for a treat.

This also affects our socialization. I took her in her first stroller ride around the block yesterday and gave lots of treats for getting into the stroller and then again when we stepped outside. The entire walk she was just staring at me waiting for more treats and ignoring everything on our walk. I was hoping to be able to treat her for looking at cars, other dogs, people, etc but she’s not even interested when she knows I have treats.

I would like for her to be able to settle and relax a little with the intensity but I’m not sure how to do that.

Here is puppy tax: https://imgur.com/a/wzwcbOd

My 14 week old puppy has had loose stool for over a week. At first, I thought he had too many treats at Puppy Kindergarten, so we took a treat break. Got a vaccine on Tuesday (because I thought the loose stool was from treats not GI upset). Loose stool persisted but was manageable until he was no longer even holding it and actually slept in his poop Sunday night. 🙁

Went to the vet first thing Monday AM, stool sample is negative for parasites, and started him on boiled chicken, white rice & pumpkin puree and probiotics. It's 2 days later and he is still pooing very very loose stool in his pen at night/early AM. Every morning, it's a disgusting mess. He's been in the bath twice and he's a 47 lbs fluffy puppy with a double coat. Just put me out of my misery!

He somehow managed to still gain 4 lbs in 6 days even with this GI upset! Boy loves to eat. He's now barking pathetically at the stove because he knows that's where chicken comes from and licking his empty bowl.

Mostly just venting because we are under the care of the vet. But I'm not sure how much more of this I can take!

My Dog adores soft toys but I struggle to find him any because he is:

A. A voracious chewer (even supervised, with me trying to prevent it, he goes through soft toys in seconds)

B. Petrified of squeaky toys

C. Doesn't really love to play tug with his toys

I'm not holding out much hope here, but does anyone have a suggestion of a soft toy that could work for him. I'm basically willing to pay anything for a toy that lasts him for more than 4 seconds at this point!

Have a who’s 8 years old and 45 lbs (hound/collie/shepherd mix) and I just haven’t been able to get him out as much as I’d like recently. WFH and sometimes I can tell he’s just bored out of his skull, always trying to get me to play.

He has plenty of toys/bones but of course is bored of all of them. He’s very treat-motivated so putting a treat in an impossible spot to get inside a toy works for a bit until he inevitably always gets it.

Does anyone have any recommendations for toys/bones that can help cure his boredom? He’s also a heavy chewer so anything that can easily be bitten off (and eaten) most likely will be. Thanks!

I’m know considering a few different dog breeds. And I always dreamt of MAS, their energy level, character, size and a lot of other parameters suit my preferences perfectly. But the problem is that I can be absent from home up to 6 hours 5 times a week. And as this dogs have high attachment to their owner, so it may increase risks of separation anxiety??

So I wanted to ask someone who has a MAS, if it is okay to leave them at home for this amount of time, while leaving them interactive toys or other things for mental stimulations?

Has anyone subscribed to RescueBox? I've been a BarkBox member for 2 years but I want to try something new. Are the RescueBox items as high quality as BarkBox?

My husband and I are looking to adopt a pug. We are searching shelters and contacted some breeders as well.

I found one that is out of state. Shes been doing it for 10 years and says they are healthy. Im in Southern CA so breeders out here are a pretty penny. Not sure what state shes in and didn't answer when I asked. She says adoption fee is $700 with $100ish shipping fee. Is that normal? I want to ask more questions but im not sure what.

No luck with shelters yet. Every time we find a pug they've already been adopted.