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We are having a serious cold snap where I live and tomorrow we’re supposed to get 18 inches of snow. I’ve taken my 10 month old female Maltipoo out a couple of times today but only very briefly (5 minutes the first time, maybe 15 minutes the second time) for pee and poop. I put a coat on her but despite trying with 3 different set of doggie boots, I can’t get them on her or if manage to (a major feat!) they immediately fall off. So I’m nervous about her being out in the cold too long. And without giving her the opportunity to exercise, I’m pretty sure she’s going to go stir crazy and spend the day barking at me and wanting me to play with her the entire day. Any advice on how to keep her occupied (and not drive me crazy with her barking for attention)? Suggestions appreciated!

Hi everyone, as the title suggests my 6 month old toy poodle has undergone an extreme regression in crate training. Since around 8 weeks, he has been sleeping soundly in his crate with a Kong both when I bring him up and after he comes back from the toilet, with me also going to bed, in what has been an extremely consistent routine. About 4 days ago, he started crying, eventually devolving into screaming, in his crate after toilet breaks, but now after he's placed in at the beginning of the night too. It has gotten to the point where I am sleeping on the couch as he will not tolerate the crate, even if I am directly in his line of sight. I'm considering going back to basics, as well as buying him teething gel as I suspect this might be the root cause, but I am at the end of my tether and finding this really difficult, would appreciate help here.

How did anyone deal with the fear periods with your puppy?

I feel my 8 month old Corgi is deep in one at the moment. There are things that 2/3 months ago that didn’t bother her and now she is terrified.

She just got spooked by a bin bag on our normal everyday walking route and it could’ve ended up badly as we were near a busy road. I do have her on a short leash in those areas btw but she very nearly caught me off guard just now.

I try to give positive reinforcement with treats and praise where I can. I sense when her anxiety spikes and was always told to try move her along quickly as so to avoid her fixating. But my god its driving me round the bend and I am dreading walking her. I was hoping to get her out on short hikes with me soon but now feel like that wont be possible.

Any advice?

FozzyBear is euth listed at Downey Animal Care Center for tomorrow

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT0yWLAkhFc/?igsh=cjRyOTB3eDVidno=

I am literally obsessed with him. Look at his dumb little teeth. I will sponsor his adoption fee if someone can come get him. He could also be pulled by a rescue if someone can foster!!

My girl is a 14 year old chihuahua mix. I have a big closet mirror right in front of the bed. I noticed that when Im on the bed and she is on the floor shell look at the mirror almost like shes looking at me in the mirror? And today I was petting her on the ground in front of the mirror and she was looking at the mirror.

Hi, I’m really struggling with ways to mentally tire out my poodle mix. Poodles were originally bred for fetching water fowl, so from my knowledge doing fulfillment close to that is going to be best? Doing actual water retrieves isn’t an option as we don’t live near any water. Iv tried flirt poles, throwing a ball out and sending him after it, or throwing it into long grass and letting him find it. But honestly I never seam to get any results. Once we are home he’s still restless, even when I try to enforce naps. Honestly it’s just a bit frustrating watching people take out breeds like working cocker spaniels for 30 minutes of fulfillment and then the dogs chill for the rest of the day. Like where am I going wrong? 😑

Hello guys ,

I need advice about my beagle puppies behavior.(boy and girl)

They just turned six months old and from the two months we've had them until now, there have been a few phases where they would suddenly start jumping on my legs and pulling me by whatever they can very aggressive. Today when it happened, I managed to escape by just giving them some biscuits, but not before the boy scratched my leg with his teeth .

What can I do? The phases are not very frequent but I think they are becoming more aggressive.Before I could get away without giving them snacks but the last two times I had to. How can I change their behavior considering that there are two of them?

I’ve been obsessed with finding things to help my dog’s separation anxiety, and I started putting together these 10-hour loops of ambient "dog music" called PAWS FM.

I noticed the AVD (average view duration) on these is nearly an hour, which is wild. It’s basically low-frequency brown noise mixed with some calming visual loops. For those of you with "velcro dogs" or pups that lose it when you leave the house—have you tried specific audio frequencies?

Curious if this actually works for others or if my dog is just a weirdo who likes Lo-Fi.

I have two short furred dogs but currently its -30C outside and it’s too cold to walk them with all the wind adding a few negative degrees and there’s a ton of snow but anyways any thoughts?

I went to the humane society and seen this German Shepard mix I wanted she ran straight to me was playing with me but still kinda anxious which I knew she’s 3 years old and I got her to the car she took Amin but jumped in on her own was laying on me the whole car ride besides when she wanted to look out the window she got to the house I let her be free to let her get used to the house and now all she does is just lay down and eat occasionally I try to take her outside but she won’t even really let me get her out her bed she doesn’t bite or anything but she seems super scared she’s on anxiety medicine and was spayed a day before I got her.