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My dogs are used to always make on walks, but since around May one of them makes poop on closet, always at the same place. I have to keep the door always closed but since I forget it, there i is. Does anyone knows why or have the same problem? He is 10 years old right now

We recently adopted a puppy (4 months, male), who is really obsessed with my older dog (5 years, female). In the house, he’s relatively fine- and knows that he can’t follow her upstairs. He loves to spar play with her and is learning when she is/isn’t in the mood to play. Not sure if it’s important to know, but he also tries to climb on top of her (not humping, but to play bite her ears/neck).

He has a pen + crate set-up during rest hours and our older dog sleeps upstairs with us (and goes upstairs to take a break from him). If we do take her outside though, he sometimes cries (10 min max).

When we get outside, however, he can’t be a foot away from her (only applicable if he’s behind her). He scream cries as if he’s being tortured and pulls as hard as he can- never stopping until he gets to her. If we walk in front though, he’s better (no crying). He just keeps looking back and tries to play with her throughout the entire walk.

If it’s also helpful context to know: He came from a litter of 9- dropped off at the shelter; all malnourished. They divided the pups- 4 in one kennel, 4 in the kennel next to them (1 passed away). All the siblings in his kennel were adopted about a few weeks before we adopted him- and during the time in between, he was put alone in that kennel while two of his remaining siblings were in the kennel beside him.

What can we do to remedy his dependency? What’s happening?

Anyone know any tips to give pills to a dog before appointment.

he knows when he's going to specifically take the anti anxiety pills (trazadone, gabapentin) before an appointment even though he takes gabapentin pills everyday in a smaller dose for his arthritis.

The last time we had an appointment I tried forcing it down him because we exhausted all other options of tricking him with food (give one without, one with, rinse and repeat, again, we do it everyday successfully)

And he ended up just spitting it out even though I held his head up high for 20 minutes, massaging his throat.. He would even gulp which is usually an indicator that he swallowed, but when i would check it was still there.

Any tips appreciated.

So as the title states, we adopted a dog from the local shelter back in early August. We actually adopted two the same day, one, Chico (5), who was an owner surrender but had 11 other dog siblings. Then Nene, who is around 2, and was found on the street with almost no info.

Overall, they’ve been amazing! Chico loves having a second dog, they have their own beds but still sleep together on one. They don’t really know how to “play”. We’ve tried initiating and they kinda look at you like “ what are you doing”.

The only issue is that Chico is overly clingy/jealous. We can’t even put on leashes without him practically wrapping around your arm & stepping on Nene’s head. We’ve tried putting his first, separating him so we can put Nene’s on and he jumps and squirms until he almost hurts himself. We’ve tried ignoring him, walking away and trying again with no luck. Same goes when we actually make it outside, Nene is smaller so say he’s peeing somewhere Chico will shoulder-butt him out of the way to pee in the same spot. I can’t even pick up their poop without Chico thinking I’m reaching down to pet Nene.

I’ve figured since he was surrendered, he may just need extra bonding. We’ve given attention to Chico, then try to give some to Nene but he will literally not allow it. Nene has now learned to cower away to avoid being trampled by Chico. I just want to find a way to correct this because it’s literally getting to the point where my partner is starting to have issues with Chico being out of his crate. We try to let them roam but if he sees you sitting, he’ll climb on you and try to “kiss” you.

We are planning on doing some training that’s offered by the shelter, but my work schedule has been so hectic during this season that it’s hard to make that commitment when my schedule is never consistent like it usually is. I just need some advice in the meantime. Anything is appreciated!

any recommendations for a flight nanny? USDA. preferably near colorado area for pick up?

Hi everyone! I’m looking for a bit of advice on puppy training. I have a 13-week-old Labrador that I’m trying to teach the “leave it” command. He loves picking up slippers, towels, clothes, his lead, and even chewing the skirting board. I know this is all normal puppy behavior.

During our scheduled training sessions, he does really well, he’ll leave or drop items like slippers or towels on cue, and we’ve even started practicing “leave it” with treats, which he’s great at.

The problem is when we’re not in a training session. If he grabs something and I say “leave it,” he completely ignores me. I know he’s still young, and I’m not expecting too much too soon, but I was hoping it would have started to click by now since we’ve been working on it for about 8 weeks.

Is there anything else I can do to help him start applying “leave it” outside of our training sessions?

Hi all,

My pup, Buster, is ~1.5 years old and is still having some accidents in the house. He is walked every 4 hours and if he doesnt pee or poo, he is crated for 1 hour. He is walked ~1 hour after eating and whenever we get home from leaving him. Some days, he just poos on walk and then has a pee accident. Other times he has a random accident in between the window of his walks. Some days he has no accidents and nothing is different.

He sleeps in the bed with us every night. Today I woke up this morning with a big accident in the bed – not sure when it happened because my husband didnt notice it and he peed and pooped on his normal first thing in the morning walk!

This afternoon when all of the mattress protector / sheets / blanket were all washed again, he peed on the bed again! Any advice of how to handle that or how to react? The second time today, I saw him do it and was able to scoop him and the blanket up so the pee didnt seep through to the sheets. I worked with a trainer previously who said NOT to go outside immediately if there's an accident because its over – curious if anyone has struggled with potty training and ultimately gotten past it.

Thanks so much!!

my dogs have recently been whining at me a lot, and i wonder if they can sense how i havent had an appetite/havent really ate in 2 weeks, nor felt thisrty, or tired. When I do sleep I sleep for 12 hours. I don’t know if there’s anything wrong with me because I can’t drive. My dogs have recently been more affectionate and whine a lot to me even when they don’t need to go outside/arent thirsty. they look sad and idk what to do to help them. it maybe also could be my dogs age? i’m unsure i need the dog experts help!

This morning we had to put down our 11 year old shih tzu, Luca, after a battle with lymphoma. Our 3 year old Coton, Milo seems a little loss without his companion. Is there any way to help Milo cope with the loss? I assume, just like people, we have to wait it out and let him grieve, but I want to help him if I can.