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My chihuahua pug mix is now around 17/18 years old. Despite that, he still has lots of energy and runs around the house like a puppy half the time. He's in great health. The only thing is, as he's gotten older, it seems he's decided he's no longer potty-trained.

He's always had occasional accidents, but it's gotten so much worse in the last year or so. We are now finding pee and poop around our house multiple times a day. Our routine has always been that he finds us and lets us know when he needs to go outside, and we'll let him out. Also, whenever we got home, in the morning, and at night. Now, he's resistant to going outside most times in the day and has just become comfortable doing his business inside.

I know that as dogs get older, they might lose their ability to hold their bladder so well. Our old dog had that problem as she got older. I really don't think that's what's going on because he's in such good health otherwise, and he's resistant to going outside. I'm pretty sure this is a behavioral issue.

We're feeling lost on what to do. I love him, but we can't keep living like this. It's embarrassing, for one thing. We need solutions. Assuming this is a behavioral problem, what can we do to try and fix this?

so a DogWatch pro fence system beeping rapidly with the power button green. unplug the loop wire and still beeps with a green light. is this a power cord issue or a transmitter issue, don’t believe a broken wire because the power light is green and not red…

thanks!

Hey folks!

For our US community members, we hope you have a happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. As this is a holiday to spend with families, and the majority of our moderation team is based in the US, we want to give a heads up that queue approvals may be delayed.

We wish everyone a great holiday, keep your pups safe! If you have any emergencies or health concerns, don't post them here please! Seek emergency care or contact your vet.

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Stay safe, have a great holiday, enjoy your favorite foods!

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After procrastinating, I'm taking my 9-10mo old lab in for her spay.Taking 2 weeks off work as I don't have anyone to stay with her. No idea how I'm going to keep this dog still for 2 wks. She already takes 100mg of traz every morning at 7am and that stuff starts wearing off around 3p. Even on that, she's still hyper. I suppose I'm going to have to tear my bed down and put the mattress on the floor, cause she's not going to stop jumping on the bed and I can't sleep on the couch. Vet said she'd just be taking more traz for this. She fights me when I slip a martingale collar on her, so my mind is racing with how she'll react to a cone. Really hoping this isn't going to be as bad as I think it's going to be.

There are a lot of post here talking about how teenage phase is wild and how people get puppy blues.

My pup is now 10 month, had her first heat last month and I just don't get the all the post around. Yes she's a little more independent, wants to try things more and lost 30% of her hearing but she's still a nice pup. I can walk her off leash in forest , maybe discuss sometimes more the recall by sitting instead of immediately coming (but that's on me because I allowed her to "discuss" some commands) but she's generally pretty chill and well behaved. My former dog who was a border collie mix didn't fit either what I'm reading here. Many teen dogs I know either. Like I met maybe one that would fit what is here described

Is this maybe a cultural thing? I'm living in Germany and I'm from France.

My roomie is out for 5 days for his trip. He just let me know i should just feed him once a day.

This is literally Day 3 and he did not touch any of the food i left him to eat. He doesn't even drink any water as well.

I saw him sniffing on the bowl, but nothing else happened after that.

Should i just leave him until he eats or let my rm know? I don't wanna ruin his vacation, but idk how long this fasting will go.

We fostered to adopt a 2 year old pittbull mix. While we were fostering her, we had no issues. As soon as her adoption was finalized, her entire demeanor changed.

She’s ruined shoes, clothing, toys that belong to our other dog, our cats toys….you name it. The shelter we got her from can’t take her back. What do I do? My husband and I are at the end of the rope.

She is kenneled when we aren’t home & she has broke out twice. We make sure she has plenty of food, water, and attention.

I keep some things I don't think folks think about on my leash and thought I'd share.

1. A single doggie bag tied round the top separate from the normal holder. This "spare" as saved so many times.

2. one of those 5for5 dollar mini keychain lights. It takes up zero space and is so useful if you have a late night walk. (note: I've tried the ones built-in the bag holder and they kept getting accidently turned on and killing the batteries)

3. And last my zinger. A 3" carabiner! The number of times something happened and I used it to secure the girl to a pole/bench/fence as saved my ass. Make sure you get one big enough to easily clip around the leash to for a loop. Also, I prefer the ones with the metal wire loop for the closer. They are like 4-7 dollars.

Note: all these are on/around the handle.

Fight me thought: flat leashes >>> round leashes 😛