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Hi! My puppy just turned 4 months and for the past 2-3 weeks she’s been much more reactive and sensitive to sounds than before which I know she’s going through another “fear period” and it’s normal.

Can I please get tips on what helped your puppy calm down a bit and not bark at everything?

She seems to react most to sounds but it can be randomly sometimes. Sometimes I don’t know exactly what she is reacting to. She also seems to have issues with shadows or reflections sometimes.

I am currently using desensitization videos and when I find her reactive I wait for moments of calm to reward.

I have a poodle mix who enjoys tug, but I’ve noticed she struggles to hold onto her soft stuffed toys and they always end up slipping out of her mouth. Do you guys have any recommendations for tug toys that are easy for them to keep hold of? She has a rope toy that she enjoys tugging on but it broke quickly so I don’t want to get another like that.

I remember as a kid in the 2000s, I heard in documentaries that red was one of the colors dogs could see like humans. So, rule of thumb was to buy stuff in red.

I've since learned that dogs can't process red. Dogs are dichromatic, effectively red-green colorblind. They can see yellow and blue, but not colors like red or purple.

Do you buy according to how dogs see the world? Does it make any difference or is it purely for you?

I am baby-sitting for 2 elderly dogs long term. They’ve been with me for a couple of months now. They are both about 13 years old, under 20 pounds, mixed breed (I’m not sure if that matters, but just in case.)

They are mostly house broken and use puppy pads fairly well, but one of them has a habit of shredding the puppy pad after urinating on it, sending dog urine confetti all over the living area.

I work 12 hour shifts, so with my commute, it’s a 14-hour day. I cant have a dog door because of my cats, hence the puppy pads. It ends up being a lot of urine confetti at the end of the day.

Is there any trick to stop the shredding of the puppy pads? I’ve grown very weary of cleaning that up all the time.

Thank you.

I have 3 bichons ages 14,13,13. They’re all pretty much elderly- 14m pees and poops on his bed but still eats drinks & meanders. 13m eats, drinks, meanders. 13f same. They all are scratchy- you know the smell that comes w old dogs. I just don’t know how to help them with these days. It’s sad.

Hey everyone Today I brought home a small street puppy. He is approx 20-25 days old ( not sure). He was crying alone when I found him. I put him in a small cardboard box with a towel so he feels warm and cozy.

I wanted to ask does keeping such a street pup inside the house for a few days pose any risk of spreading infections to us ?

Sorry for the weird question.

It's winter. My almost 15 year old little guy won't pee or even poop. He won't do anything in the house unless he's really desperate. And by desperate it means he would have held it over 48 hours. And when he does finally go in the house, I could have 20 giant pee pads all over but he will pick the one spot not covered by a pee pad to pee on.

He won't go in our lovely, fenced-in back yard. I've put up pee targets for him like fake hydrants, logs, etc. He refuses to walk. I drive him down the street so that he would be forced to walk home and even then he probably lifts up his leg once or twice in the half mile it takes to get home. I have tried almost everything. He doesn't like the cold but he hates the wind with a passion. We don't have many male dogs on our street. He won't mark over a female dog. How he even able to judge the gender from the pee mystifies me. And he's fussy about the type of male dogs too. He had a male dog pee right in front of him at the dog park and he wouldn't pee over him.

I bought a car shelter and put it in my back yard and he wouldn't pee in it cos he considers it indoors.

He has always been like this but has gotten more and more stubborn as he has gotten older. He's a rescue and his previous owner used to punish him whenever he peed in the house, hence his unwillingness to pee in the house.

I'm at the stage where I wanna purchase animal urine and put it all over the back yard and on the pee targets. What is the best urine to purchase? Coyote? Wolf? Fox?

Or any other tips on how to get my boy to pee?

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share something that helped my dog in case it’s useful to anyone else. My 6-year-old Labrador, Daisy, has always gotten anxious during car rides – especially on winding roads.

She would drool, shake, and look absolutely miserable. I assumed it was motion sickness and spent a long time trying different remedies, but nothing really worked.

Any suggestion?