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We have a now 10 week old Fox red lab that we have had since he was 8 weeks old. Let me start by saying his temperament is so much better than at 8 week.

We have been working on: sit, down, play, come, crate and of course potty training.

He sleeps pretty well only needing to go out once a night.

But man all the training videos and social videos of other people’s puppies makes it feel like I’m not doing enough or far enough with training. These puppies seem so calm outside their pens, listen immediately and can do pretty complex training.

I know social media isn’t real but it sure feels like I should be doing more.

i have 7 m.o. poodle for 5 months already and he enjoys being outside. He plays with balls, does all commands and behave well. but whenever we are about to go for a walk he starts to whine and sabotage. what should i do?

I just moved to a new apartment with my eight month old toy poodle. We lived in our last place pretty much since I got him at eight weeks and while he used to whine a bit when I would leave him, he grew out of it pretty quick. He’s never shown signs of separation anxiety and is able to be alone for 4-5 hours alone with no problem.

I brought him to the new place last night and left him this morning to go run down to my car and he was immediately barking, pacing, howling, etc. He hasn’t done that in forever! Is it just because it’s a new environment? He has all of his toys, his chews, etc but he’s not interested in them. I tested it again by leaving and just going around the corner and the same thing happened with the pacing, howling, just really distressed. I hate seeing him like this but more than that, I have to work on Monday and will have to leave him. It’s just me and him here. What do I do??? I’m really worried

My 12 year old jack chi is starting to stare at his crate before going inside. The crate is always open and it’s always his decision to go inside. He sometimes won’t come out when called to snuggle and I figured he’d rather be left alone. But now I’m noticing he stands outside of the kennel staring directly into it about 2 minutes before going inside and laying in bed. Should I be concerned?

(male Pomeranian 2yrs old) Have always struggled with my Pomeranian being aggressive over food and I'm not sure how to stop it honestly. My daughter was eating at the table and he jumped up and literally snatched the food from her hand and when I attempted to get the food from he he actually bit the s* out of me – got me real good and left a big purple bruise on my hand. Not gonna lie ever since then Im always nervous when having to separate him from us while we're eating bc once food is around the second me or anyone for that matter tries to touch him he automatically starts growling and trying to intimidate. Me using a stern voice has no effect on him. Anyone else deal with this or have suggestions on how to stop it?

So we just found a bird nest that fell off a lamp in our house and i changed it to another place in the garden that my dog cant have access.

What i need to know is if my dog will eat them or cause harm if i let her close to them they are pigeons and dont seem to fly i just dont want to bother them or get involved until they leave

Any suggestions?

Thanks

So my toy poodle (3F) has always been picky and it hasn’t been too difficult to deal with because she would ultimately end up eating her food just to stop the other animals from having it (even if she didn’t particularly like the food). She’s been doing great on the “Purina Pro Plan Small Breed Sensitive Skin and Stomach” kibble, then about two weeks ago she decided to stop touching it because she noticed the cat now gets wet food (so he no longer tries to eat my dog’s food) and my dog will not eat any of her kibble anymore. None of my usual tricks work (mixing water, beef broth, eggs, chicken, steak, baby food, spoon feeding and pretending to eat her food or tossing the cat in front of her bowl-this used to always work)

I took my dog to the vet and we concluded there’s nothing medically wrong and she just wants better food. I was advised to stop all treats and table scraps and she’ll eat when she’s hungry…well six days went by (and lost 1.5lbs when she was already healthy/lean) and she didn’t eat a bite and I noticed her energy crashing bad, took her back to the vet and they suggested trying a new wet food since she would rather starve herself than eat food that’s not to her liking.

So I got a couple cans of purina pro plan and she ate only the small breed versions of the food, the issue is the cost. I can’t stomach spending $40 on 24 5oz cans that will only last 12 days. I’m determined to keep her on PPP, Science Hills, or Royal Canine and we were doing so great with the PPP kibble and I didn’t mind spending $55 on 16lbs. So I’m looking for miracle tips on cutting cost and trying to get back to her old food because between the $600 I’m out in vet costs, rising cost elsewhere, and only making $450-600 a week I really don’t have the means to sustain over $100 a month on dog food for a 9lb dog

Hey guys! I recently adopted a German shepherd x Australian cattle dog and I wanna know how big he’s gonna get bc the adult weight calculator I put him into is scaring me haha (it said he could be up to 45kg)

He definitely takes the German shepherd side more, people that stop us on walks ask if he’s a GSD, he’s just gone 20 weeks and last time I weighed him at 19 weeks he was 15.5kg

Also if you have the same mix I’d love to see in the comments!!

Hey all 🙂 I’ve had my new puppy for about two weeks and it’s going well. We love him so much and he’s such a smart boy. He does well with his routine and he’s already learned his name, sit, lay down, leave it, drop it & we’re working on “place” and “touch.”

He’s young, 15 weeks, so I don’t expect him to be a master or anything but I’m genuinely surprised how fast he picks new commands up.

I keep training sessions short because he has a really short attention span and he’s soooo wiggy/excited. I know it’s totally normal and I’m not concerned about it but I am wondering if that is something that needs to be trained ?? Like to be calm? Or if that is something that’ll lessen as he gets older

And we also reward him when we noticed he’s calm and settled. So I imagine he’ll pick it up eventually but we don’t usually associate that with a command or anything, just gets treats for being settled

so im the owner of two cats and today a really big dog (golden retriever i assume) came to my house along with its owner (not on purpose) and just STOOD AT MY DOOR staring at my cats😭😭 it was barking but it wasn’t growling and it just stood there. when its owner tried pulling it away it kept resisting😭😭 i cant tell if it was trying to hunt down my cat or was genuinely trying to play since this isn’t the first time i saw the dog outside my door trying to see my cat

can anyone tell me if the dog GENUINELY wanted to play with my cat or was just trying to hunt him down?

thanks!!