Category: Top Dog

My labrador is 5 and half months ,and she has been behaving "aggressive ". She does not listen to any commands and is attacking the kids . The attacking is nothing dangerous yet but she mouths the kids ,and "bites" the rest of us. I am not sure if this is still a playful behaviour but this is concerning me. What could be the reason and what can be done to improve this and her behaviour .

We’ve tried a few “aggressive chewer” toys off of Amazon that our dog has destroyed within an hour.

It’s only toys tho and he was fine as a puppy until just recently so I’m hoping it’s just the puppy destructive phase. But is there anything we can do, or just make sure it’s directed onto his toys?

Has anyone found any actual good toys for dogs who are destructive?

And any that don’t have stuffing if he does inevitably destroy the toy?

It’s tough because he loves the softer toys with squeakers and he loves the crinkly noise toys, but I’m afraid he can’t have it both ways. But he’s not really interested in the hard rubber toys

Hello! This feels like a long shot and sorry for the long post and questions but hoping someone can help with this so bear with.

I’m thinking of relocating my dog from London to Karachi. He’s 17kgs and a medium breed, so can’t travel in the cabin and has to travel in hold or as excess baggage. I’ve done some research and most airlines like Qatar, emirates and Etihad only accept dogs as cargo and deal with pet relocation agents not individuals (i.e. I can’t book privately with them and have to go through an agent). Is this true? Pet relocation agencies are quoting prices between £2k-4k by agents which feels ridiculous if it’s possible to mange the paperwork on my own. From what I know, only Turkish airlines accepts dogs as excess baggage and individuals can book a space privately once I have a confirmed flight booking with them which would be significantly cheaper. But I keep seeing reviews of the airline paperwork being challenging or airlines being strict with documentation or crate dimensions.

Has anyone had experience flying with their dog with Turkish airways? Were your dogs okay? What about cabin pressure and oxygen if he goes in cargo?

How good are the pet handling services? Do they feed and walk and make the dog pee out of the crate? I spoke to the Turkish airlines customer service and they said that minimum transit time is 2 hours. Isn’t 2 hours too less if my dog has already been in the crate for 12 hours prior?

Has anyone used a pet relocation agency and if so could you share details please?

Also how strict are they on crate dimensions and documentation? I know the crate has to be IATA compliant which I’ll ensure it is. If anyone has links to a crate they purchased to travel that would be awesome.

Thank you!!!

My wife and I are currently trying to rehome one of our two dogs. He is an 8 month old Shih Tzu and is a very adorable albeit noisy boy. We will be sad to see him go, but we have a second child on the way and don't think we can handle multiple dogs and a newborn baby. We would prefer not to send him to a shelter and are trying to rehome him directly to another family. My wife has found resources for doing that, but we are unable to find a way to pass his medical records along to the new owners without including our personal information that is on those records. Does anyone know how we can remove that info (is our names and address) from those records and ensure the new owner can't acquire them by simply calling the vet we took him to for all his vaccinations and asking for the records of what is now their dog?

Me and my brother recently decided that we want to get a dog, but everyone is telling us that this is not a right time and that it’s too big of a responsibility. We have a unique work schedule, we work for 7 days and then have 7 days off. And we don’t have same shifts during work days so the dog wouldn’t be alone for more then 6 hours, maybe 8 sometimes but that’s the maximum. During the week off we often go to the countryside and if we are in a city we walk a lot and obviously have a lot of free time. But people keep saying our lifestyle is too busy for a dog. Then I wondered how do people with 9-5 manage?

Also what scares me is what if I change a job in like a year? I’m still young and my career is my priority obviously. Same for my brother. But no one can know where they will be in 2-5-10 years from now… Also we have enough money so vets, treats, toys and everything else won’t effect our budget.

We also plan to pay for police like training, even though we don’t want our dog to be “scary” or dangerous. We just want to work with it and have it well behaved.

Also we have our parents house If we ever go to a vacation and can’t bring the dog with us, they also have a dog so ours will have a company!

So any tips would be greatly appreciated🙏🏻