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I have a 6-month-old Labrador that I adopted at 5 months from a family who had to move abroad. After about 3 weeks with us, we left him alone for the first time when we went to church, and when we came back he had destroyed several things in the living room, including a charging cable that had been out of sight and nearly caught fire.

This behavior continued a few more times and I got afraid he would destroy my sofa, so I suspected separation anxiety and started researching. I read that limiting his space could help, so we restricted him to the hallway, kitchen, and garden. However, he still destroyed items like a camera we set up to watch him, the rug, and trash. When we checked the camera, he seemed very restless, couldn’t settle, and eventually started barking excessively.

After discussing it with my husband, we decided to let him stay in the living room again since that’s where he usually sleeps. It’s now been two days, and he seems noticeably calmer—he watches outside and has even laid down quietly for a few minutes. I left him alone for nearly 1H and a half yesterday, Now I’m unsure whether this is actually separation anxiety or something else. Please help if anyone has been through this? I had a Golden retriever before and he never destroyed anything 😬.

I have a 5lbs Pom-chi. She has short fur which is so short that dog brushes don't grab the fur at all. Even a furminator is too big. I've been using a toothbrush to brush the loose fur out as that's the only thing I've found that works. Looking to see if anyone has any better suggestions.

I recently rescued a 1.5 year old boxer mix and still acts like a puppy. She has sensitive skin and sheds quite a bit. I used the brush I used for my previous dog with hard and soft bristles and bought her a new rubber one. I don’t know what to do my work uniform is black and her fur is a light blonde. I can only lint roll so much before she decides she wants attention again. Let me know if there is a way that I can train her out of it, she is incredibly smart and picks up on new things pretty fast. Has anyone experienced something like this? Any suggestions?

Does anyone have suggestions for good walking shoes? Mine fall apart from walking my dog so much. Id like less then $100 (I'm low income) and wear woman us size 5

Even if I go outside for 5 minutes and come back my dog reacts like I came after 5 years. How do they show this much happiness every time?

I wish humans were like this too.

Hello! We have a lovely 6 year old sprocker, who until he was 4 slept downstairs on the couch, happily separate to us, 2 years ago we moved to a flat and he ended up in the room with us, in bed as he struggled with separation, all of us being on one floor, we were just too close I guess. That’s the background to our sleeping. We now have a 4 month old baby and while our dog is still in the room with us, he is clearly very stressed out by night time crying, we have tried leaving the door open, creating a safe den like space in the room, nothing works, if we put him in another room he now cries and howls all night, so we’re currently sleeping apart, not because of the baby, but because of the dog! Me in with the baby and my husband with the dog to reduce his stress. This isn’t a long term solution as we need the other room for the nursery eventually. What we need to do is transition the dog back to sleeping on his own in the living room.

Has anyone successfully done anything like this? We love him so much and to see him stressed by the crying is tough. He loves our baby so much that we joke about our son being his baby. During the day he tolerates the crying a lot better, and doesn’t seem bothered by it. Help, words of wisdom and shared experiences very welcome!

I have a 4.5 yr old bully x dutch shepherd x belgian malinois mix. as you can guess she’s VERY high energy, i can never tire her out (trust me, i feel guilty cause i thought i was getting a chill pit from the shelter lol).

Anyway – I bought her a herding ball cause she goes CRAZY for basketballs, soccer balls, etc. doesn’t care for tennis balls but goes absolutely feral for a larger ball. she loved it, chased it like crazy, doesn’t want to let go. I just want to know why?! What makes some dogs go feral for these balls? Is it their prey drive? I’ve never seen her act that way towards anything ever other than balls, she gets so excited.

My dog is 18 months old, he’s a rescue and I’ve had him for 1 year. He hates going in the car and will whine/bark almost constantly. I had hoped he would get used to it but it’s actually got worse ☹️

He will not get into the car of his own accord (I know he is capable of doing it, he did it once and then never again 🙃), I’ve tried waiting him out, praising him when he goes near the car door, throwing high value treats onto the back seat…he just will not get in there. It’s making it impossible to work on any desensitisation. I feel I need to stop lifting him in there really as it would be better for him to choose to get in. Any tips?!