Category: Top Dog

looking at getting my 12 almost 13 year old dog a new bed for christmas. currently he has the furhaven orthopedic bed with 2 out of 4 sides having a bolster, in the large/jumbo size. looking at something like big barker but it’s way too expensive and i haven’t found one that’s 2/4 bolster, waterproof, and a nice blue. the furhaven is great but my other dog chewed it unfortunately and now that it’s christmas i figured i’d get a new nicer bed for the senior dog. budget is around $100, thank you for the help!

hello everyone i hope you are doing well. i'm writing this as a follow up post in a way to a post i made on a different subreddit. so the tlrd of everything is my dog keeps alerting to the stairs in my town house. he was doing this and whimpering at the same time but has since stopped the whimpering. whenever he does this i let him up the stairs (there's a baby gate to prevent him from going up there on his own as he still has some destructive tendencies i'm training him out of) he just goes and lays on my bed. he also only does this when i am home alone he won't do it when my house mate is here. i'm wondering what he is trying to tell me and why he keeps acting in this manner. he is a two year old husky shepherd mix and has been doing this for a few weeks at this point. nothing has changed in the house and there's nothing odd that i can find after several sweeps of the house. if anyone has any advice i would greatly appreciate it. thank you in advance.

Hi everyone I am in need of some advice. I recently adopted a dog the vets believe to be around 11 months old. When she was surrendered at the shelter she was covered in fleas and flea dirt, had worms and was extremely timid.

I believe she may have had prior owners that would hit her for going potty in the house. She gets extremely nervous when she has to potty, she will hide and hold it as to not go in front of me. When I notice her acting this way I take her outside but it’s the same thing, she will not go. I have another dog trained to go on a mat, and it’s a system that has been working well for us. I have tried placing her on the mat but her entire body freezes up like she’s scared to move until I walk away. She’ll then run and find a place to potty when I’m not looking.

Needless to say we’ve been having a lot of accidents. I’m using enzyme cleaner and trying to show her I’m a safe human but I wanted to ask y’all for some help. Any ideas on how I can get her to trust me when she has to potty?

My dog is getting neutered on December 11th, my only concern is he has learned how to take off his cone and the last thing that needs to happen is him licking or biting his incisions. Im not to sure on what to do, I feel like if I get him a onesie he’ll just rip it off his body and if I put a cone on him he’ll get it off in a matter to minutes.

My puppy is a beautiful 7 1/2 month old who didn’t have this problem at my last home as it was open concept and she could see me. But when I moved about a month ago to a closed concept home, I noticed she eats when I’m in the kitchen with her (cooking, cleaning). I’m not sure if I should move her food to the living room where I am most of the time, or allow her time to adjust. Has anyone dealt with this before?

I just got this puppy today from a friend. He’s clearly very scared and overwhelmed. I bought everything I would need from various posts and he still hasn’t acclimated to me or my home after 6-7 hours. Some posts and advice said it would take 20-30 minutes. He has started to eat but still crawls back under my table. He hadn’t pottied so I looked it up and it said to carry him over to the pad and put him down multiple times. I think I shouldn’t have because he started snapping at me after the third try. I didn’t get upset or angry, I know he’s scared. An advice post said to crate him for the first night, but I really don’t want to pick him up again. I laid out his puppy pad and such. I feel like I need to get him comfortable before I do any training. Any tips or advice on what I should do? I left him in my living room with his crate, bedding, toys, an old shirt of mine, food and water.

We had a vet visit for my 67 pounds 7 month old Labrador Pitbull Mix puppy today.

He had been limping on and off for 4 weeks so it was time to get evaluated.

Xrays show arthritis and degeneration in both elbows, likely elbow dysplasia.

My puppy is ACTIVE and high energy. He lives for ball throws and playing/running with other dogs.

We are calling tomorrow to try to get into an ortho for treatment and management options, but has anyone else had a puppy diagnosed similarly?

Our vet said the lifestyle we thought he'd have– hikes, ball play, running, etc aren't an option anymore.

My heart is broken and I am devastated about the potential impact to my babies quality of life.

Has anyone else managed this condition for their hyper active furbaby?

My dog keeps scratching at the same spot in the corner of our living room, and he doesn’t do this anywhere else. It almost looks like he’s digging when he does it. He lays down there afterwards occasionally, but not majority of the time. He usually looks at us on the couch in the middle or after he does it, like he’s trying to tell us something. He doesn’t whine or bark at it, he just seems curious and slightly concerned.

Some facts about him: -he’s a Great Dane -he’s almost 4 this February -he doesn’t have any known health conditions -he doesn’t behave anxiously

My 3-year-old lab mix has a vibe switch that’s unreal—and it’s pure double standards. When I get home from work? She barely lifts her head from the couch, flicks her tail once like “cool, you’re back,” and goes right back to napping. But if my roommate (who feeds her once a week when I’m out) walks in? She’s doing zoomies, spinning in circles, and licking his hands like he’s the messiah who brought bacon.

Worse: I can’t move her from the couch to sit down—she’ll huff, grumble, and give me the side-eye like I’m committing a war crime. But if a stranger stops to pet her at the park? She’s practically in their lap, leaning in like they’re long-lost family, no personal space required.

And don’t even get me started on treats: I offer her a cookie, she sniffs it and walks away. Same exact cookie from the barista at our local café? She’s sitting perfectly, tail wagging so hard her whole body shakes.

So spill: Does your dog have wild double standards? Like, rude to you but a saint to guests? Ignores your commands but obeys the mailman? Or acts like your couch is boring but loses it over a stranger’s lawn? Tell me your funniest/most confusing stories—extra points if you have no idea why they play favorites!

P.S. Here’s a pic of her giving me the “meh” face while my roommate gets all the love (linked below)—she’s not even hiding the bias anymore.