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My husband and I have 2 puppies and we live in a condo. Sometimes our little guy barks pretty loud as he’s still around 12 weeks old and we are working on it. The room that they sleep in is downstairs and I worry that our neighbors may be hearing him bark as the room backs up to another condo. All of our rooms back up to either a wall of windows and makes his barking even louder or are against a neighbors wall. I was thinking about getting sound proofing panels for that room to minimize the echo and hopefully decrease what they hear but I wanted to see if anyone had any advice!

my 2 month old dachshund is having a hard time potty training, i’m on the 4th floor of my apartment and are forced to have some turf on my patio surrounded by a cage. i’m trying to get him to only go on the turf outside but nothing is working, he constantly pees and poops inside no matter what.

My 6 month aussie/heeler mix is really weird.

He barks and lunges at other dogs, growls, barks and yaps (but has never bitten). Also reactive on the leash. I'm watching Cesar Milan videos and have really helped. He is usually very reactive on the leash but after the video he ignored some dog passing by.

When unleashed at the dog park, he lunges at other dogs until they leave (very territorial). But one time he socialized fine with two elderly dogs.

Yesterday however, he was unleashed at the beach and played fetch just fine. He ignored everyone passing by including children.

But today we unleashed him at the local park and lunged at a kid who ran away all scared. He only lunged until the boy ran away as of saying "get out of here"

Why only children?? He loves adults.

I have a 9-10 week old golden retriever. I live in an apartment complex that has a garden that also serves as dog park, as far as I know there aren't any unvaccinated dogs in my building and no stray dogs have access to those areas, and I'd like to potty train him in the grass, he's with training pads inside the apartment at the moment. We also tend to go out a lot to pet-friendly shopping malls and places.

I was advised to not let my puppy touch the ground until he's fully vaccinated but I've also seen other people say that they can go to certain areas with two vaccines, so I'm not sure what can I do. I want him to go out and socialise and I tend to carry him in my arms but he's growing quite fast and I don't know for how any longer will I be able to continue carrying him.

If anyone has any advice or suggestions it would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏻

hi all, new to this forum just wanted to seek some answers to some behaviour i’ve noticed with my puppy recently. every now and then she grabs my arm really really tightly and then stands on her back legs and just humps the air back and forth, really quickly. she’ll do this for a minute or a 2 at a time. anyone know why? thanks and best. ps: she’s 6 month old female dachshund.

I have always thought my dog sees only black and white.l sometimes wonder what he sees when he is watching television

Does your dog turn his head when he hears an odd noise? Does your dog bury their food with your pants? This is the thread to ask why.

Please keep this thread to non-medical issues only.

I gave my dog a greenies chew the other day and a day later, I found a flat piece of what seems to be hardened tartar next to his chew toy. I found the tooth that it seems to be chipped off of, and the tooth looks undamaged underneath. I didn’t think the greenies would remove hardened tartar. Has this happened to anyone else? (I know I need to take better care of his teeth, and I discussed doing a cleaning with my vet) Would this been something to get checked out by a vet?

Hi all,

My poor dog is around 10 years old and had an accident earlier this week that caused her to tear both of her back leg ACL's. Going for a walk is her favourite part of the day so I was wondering if anyone had ideas to help keep her stimulated during this time? Even things like going to the bathroom or eating require a lot of effort, so anything involving something like a kong or a snuffle mat are out. It's also winter where I live so I can't take her outside in a wagon or anything. She like toys but only really to run around with them outside. I put a couple in her bed and she mostly just uses them as pillows and isn't interested in chewing them. If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears!

My dog is around 6 years old — yellow lab about 75-80 lbs. Starting a few months ago, after putting her in the backyard to "do her business" she'd come back with a little bit of pee on her. She's very short haired back there so I don't think it's getting in the way. Also, sometimes when this happens, she's also got dirt on that spot. It seems like she's putting her butt down too low and almost sitting in it as she goes. This doesn't happen every time, and she's not showing any signs of physical issues that might make it hard for her to hover when letting it out. Has anyone seen this with their pets? Before a few months ago we never saw anything like this.