Category: Top Dog

I normally try to ask everyone to take a minute and reflect on how their puppy has grown, but with the holiday, I am more curious about how your fur babies did on their first Thanksgiving.

We went to my mother's, and my little girl was perfect while we cooked. She played with my mom and brothers Bernies. She only got nine hours of sleep overnight, and by the time I saw she was getting anxious and overtired, it was too late. I took her to a quieter room and gave her some calming aids and tried to get her to nap, unsuccessfully. She was pacing from door to door and was curling up in a ball.

Come to find out, she dislikes smoke, and who can blame her? At home, my father smokes outside, and I'm a nonsmoker. After everyone left or went to bed, she brought me her ball, we played, and then she took a short nap before we went to bed.

I was a little nervous she might not bounce back, but today she has been fine. We are still at my mom's, but she did manage to get in two naps and 12 hours of sleep. On average, she gets 14 to 16. She threw a bit of a temper tantrum today because she was overtired, but hopefully, she can get through the rest of our holiday.

I have my very first dog, I adopted her two years ago and due to financial struggles I have finally have the money to get her spay. It was today. I did pay for it to be at a good clinic with an amazing doctor, problem is that the staff was little to not helpful for information/ tips for recovering. I read some tips from some previous posts here but I just don't know what to do if I'm being honest. She is walking and (unsurprisingly for me) trying to jump around. I bought her this little post op suit and I'm trying to get a hold of the little cones for the neck (I asked the clinic for one the day of her labs and they failed to informed they didn't have any on her size so by the time they told me every place was close so tomorrow of I go) I can't have days off so she will be on her own coming monday. So if anyone can give me some tips, information or words of encouragement at this point it will be very appreciated, I'm feeling so guilty after seeing her in pain but I know it was for the best.

My dog STRUGGLES with calm and polite interactions with other dogs when out on walks.

NOTE: these dogs run up to him, I cannot stop them 🙂

When they come up he does usually want to say hi, but since they rush up to him out of no where at the speed of light, or slowly creep up to him, it’s already not a good situation. He tries to say hi but ends up doing huge circles, barking around the other dog, he can’t just do a polite sniff and move on. I understand he’s probably a bit freaked out and doesn’t want them rushing up to him, but when I try to pull him away he lunges and barks back at them. Honestly I don’t even know what behaviors he’s displaying. If I just stand there holding the leash short hill just pull and pull and pull, no focus on me. If I add a bit of length he’s wrapping himself around my legs (almost fell over once 🥲)

What’s your thoughts on this situation? If letting him greet the dogs isn’t the best thing, then what else do I do when he’s trying to drag me towards them. It also doesn’t help that the other dogs usually stays for about few seconds and then RUSHES back across the park, causing my dog to lunge and bark as they run away. 😭😭

My pup, cavapoo, 6 months old, has started barking relentlessly at the TV whenever she sees dogs on the TV, or even hears them barking on the TV. Can anyone advise how to stop this behaviour? When she sees dogs in real life she doesn't bark at them.

Our puppy is 7months old now and he has been great with party training. He hasn't had any accident at our home for over 3 months now which it's great! However, the problem is when we bring him to the store like PetSmart or to my parent's house and he would pee inside. Why is he choosing to pee at other places even though he's mostly party trained?

Hiyah, I just got a new puppy and all though I am trying to make the crate a positive association- she falls asleep much quicker on me than she does the crate. Would a heart beat toy enhance the experience for her?

I’m not searching for medical advice, I just need to see if this is happening to anyone else. i have a boxer who loves to sleep in my bed at night but as of the last couple weeks, it’s been less enjoyable because he often makes my bed and blankets smell like rotting fish. I’ve tried taking him out to poop before he comes into bed with me and his butt still smells bad and it continues to smell up my blankets sheets, and mattress cover. anyone else having a similar problem?

Hey everyone,

Around July this year my human son, 7yo, recieved a life threatening diagnosis. Our dog, a 6yo female Kelpie x Bull Arab, has been increasingly extremely worried about him. She's not trained as an assistance dog – just generally well behaved with a few tricks, but she appears to be "alerting" to him by pacing, licking his hands, not leaving his side, and generally just being quite concerned about him.

We know he's unwell, he's recieving necessary treatments, but I don't know how to reassure her of that & that we're not just ignoring her concerns.

If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated! Please & thank you 💖