Category: Top Dog

So there's a news article published today on the DailyMail. Scientists claim dogs can be autistic like humans. And they can show signs of it. What do you guys think?

Interesting read https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15302559/neurodivergent-dog-autistic-key-signs.html

My now 11.5 week puppy has growled 4 times in the past few days – once when trying to put her harness on (she hates that), and three other times when she’s been snuggling in a lap and it’s time to get up so we go to move her. It’s not that she’s in pain because we pick her up plenty of other times with no issues. She loves to snuggle and I get not wanting to be moved when you’re cozy 😂 but sometimes it’s just necessary so would definitely like to work on this. Anyone else experience this/any tips?

What ways are your puppies not following text book recommendations?

One of my examples is I’ve learned she absolutely cannot play before nighttime bed. All the experts say you want to sleep at night? Make sure they play before bed.

I tried the first weeks to wake her up to have play time around seven (her post dinner nap) but she’s way too tired. It doesn’t help her sleep later in the morning either so what’s the point? She essentially puts herself to bed at 6 or so and I wake her up at 7:30 to carry her out for a whee, back to sleep until bed, then one more carry out for whee. She won’t even walk outside herself she’s so tired.

Hey everybody!! 👋 Hope it’s okay to share this. I’m part of a small team working on Scrubby, a new booking + CRM tool specifically for groomers (salon, mobile, and grooming + boarding/daycare). We’ve been talking to a bunch of groomers lately and keep hearing the same things:
• most software is expensive
• a lot of it feels clunky or not grooming-friendly
• and nothing really fits small shops or mobile groomers well

So we built Scrubby to be super simple, affordable, and built around actual grooming workflows.

We’re opening a small early adopter group this week. If anyone here wants to try it out, you’re more than welcome.

It includes things like:
• online booking
• client + pet cards
• reminders
• payments
• mobile grooming tools
• grooming + boarding/daycare (v1)
• and a free plan option (10% commission) or a $40/mo plan with 0%

What’s the catch?
Honestly nothing big — the only thing we ask is honest feedback. What works, what’s confusing, what’s missing. That’s it. 💚

Since I can’t share any links here, just send a message and I’ll send you the early access details.

Happy to answer questions or show a quick demo too. Wishing you all a great week and smoother schedules! 🐶✂️💛

Hi! I recently took in a foster dog — a 75-ish lb Husky/Shepherd mix — and the rescue didn’t tell me until pickup that he had been hit by a car and had two dislocated hips in the past few months. He’s incredibly sweet and affectionate, but he is terrified of cars and the road. Because he’s such a big, strong dog and I’m a pretty small person, managing him outside has been really difficult.

I’m running into a few problems and would love advice if you got it:

He paces around the house at night, which is keeping me from sleeping. He hates being in the crate, but letting him roam also stresses out my resident dog. I’m trying to balance helping the foster feel safe without overwhelming my OG dog.

He’s extremely scared to go outside of our home, he cowers at cars and runs back to the house after making it a few feet (he does act like he wants to go out the front door at first but we don't make it far). He’s only 2 years old and I don’t know how to give him proper exercise when he’s so fearful, but I definitely don’t want to force him.

I feel a bit unequipped to help him, but I really want to support him while he’s with me. Should I let him stay inside and skip walks for now if he’s scared? Are there ways to slowly and positively build his confidence without pushing him too far?

Any advice or experience is so welcomeeeee and so appreciated

So my 8 year old GSD has some new weird obsession with my front door. Previously, she trained herself that it's some sort of wall that she can't go through(she always leaves through the back door, not front). But for the past week or so, she's been sniffing at it when it's closed and today when we was carrying in groceries, she started to growl(like seriously growl. Not like a play growl, never seen her freaked out like this). Nothing's happened that we've seen. It's never bumped or hit her or any of us. It didn't make a loud noise or anything new. Just the same old door we've had her entire life. She got a clean bill of health at her vet appointment a month ago

Any ideas because we are stumped 😭

My girlfriend and I got an 8 week border collie and she had to be put within 3 days of us looking after her. She was so tiny and perfect but just declined rapidly as soon as we got her. We got her mid day on the 19th and had to put her down the morning of the 21st as her symptoms were just too much for her and she was struggling so much. I feel like there is a hole inside my heart that belongs to her now and i miss her so much even for the short time i was with her. A puppy transport picked her up from the breeder on the night of the 18th and dropped her to us on the 19th and she started immediately showing symptoms that night but the breeder denied it was their fault and said they got the rest of the litter tested and it came back negative which i just find so hard to believe.

My dog just turned 1yo and coming into the spring we are getting another puppy. My dog will be around 1.5yo at this time. I crate trained my dog for the first 6months of his life and now he roams free at night and while I am out of the house. Prior he was in his crate at night and when out of the house. He no longer has interest in going into his crate.

With that being said, I would really like to crate trained the new puppy. Until they are potty trained and ready to roam free. How do I go about organizing this? My dog goes to daycare every week day so long hours are not something I intend on doing for the puppy as they will go with him. But when I go to the gym or need to leave the house for short moments I would like to have them in a crate. Do I have to start making my #1 dog practice crate training again for puppy #2? Will puppy still manage to crate training properly when dog #1 roams free?

What is the best way to handle this situation? Please give any input, anything will be helpful!

Additional notes: – my first dog had 3 sides of crate covered but freaked out with all four – crate is located in nearest common area as it’s massive (but can be closed off for puppy size) and will not fit in bedroom – I did sleep on a futon on the floor for 3 months for my dog to sleep through the night. But mostly for the ease of being able to bring him outside immediately when necessary throughout the night. And I really don’t want to do that again.