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About a month ago, I had a minor fender bender, and my dog was in the car with me. Before this, she LOVED to go on car rides; I think it might have been her favorite activity. So after it happened, I was worried that she would be scared to ride; however, she seemed to do fine for about 3 weeks, then, all of a sudden, she started being more cautious about getting in the car. Now, if I ask her if she wants to go "bye-bye," she will either cower down and roll over on her back, or she will run and hide.

It breaks my heart that she is suddenly so terrified of the car, seeing how much she used to love it. Does anyone have any ideas on how to reassure her that it's ok and can still be fun? I don't want to traumatize her, and willing to take time and be patient, I just don't really know where to start!

My dog's Birthday is coming up and lately I have been wanting to give him a giant toy.

These last few months he has started wrestling and playing with one of his dog beds. We sadly aren't able at this time to find him a dog playmate and he is a very playful dog. I think he wants to wrestle and the only thing that really can match wrestling for his size is his bed.

I don't really like him using his bed like a toy so I want to get him a actual toy that is similar in size.

He is a medium size dog around 28 pounds. I basically want a dog size dog toy lol.

He is pretty destructive with toys but not all the time. Some last 5 minutes and others months and it's not based on quality or design really so much as how much he wants to destroy it. So something durable would be appreciated but overall I'm just looking for something safe for him to destroy if he does destroy it.

I've done some looking online but am struggling to find big enough toys. I want to give him a very big toy. I have a ton of normal size ones already. Lots of toys are long but flat, I need something bulky.

P.S. in case it's relevant he is a rescue, mixed breed, neutered, and turning 3. He hasn't made enough progress socially yet for me to trust him playing with others.

Hi all, I recently adopted a little mutt named Ziggy from the shelter. He’s sweet as can be but I have no idea how to groom him! I’ve only ever owned a poodle mix which is a whole other ball game. This dog has silky long hair on top but a wiry Schnauzery undercoat on the bottom. Any advice as to what brush to buy? I’ve tried the soft and the slick brush but little mats still keep forming pretty much daily.

Thanks!

My little boy is about 7 months now and he’s still peeing indoors. He’s a chihuahua mix and I’m fully aware smaller dogs take longer but he just doesn’t seem to be getting it. He pees almost without even knowing it. He did have a uti but the vet said it’s gone now. Is it likely it’s come back? Will getting him neutered help this? He doesn’t cock his leg so it doesn’t seem to be scent marking. Although he did pee on a fresh bed today. He seems to pee so regularly I’m genuinely stumped. The whole thing is really worrying me because my parents are sick of it and threaten to get rid of him if he can’t learn. I’m 22 and unable to leave home and take him with me so that’s out of the question. Does anyone have any advice please? Do we just need to give him more time? Idk what to do differently or to help him along in his training. He’s capable of learning because he knows how to sit now so I just know he can do it but my parents are at the end of their tether 😞 TIA 🙏

I recently adopted a 7-8 month old dog who was roaming the streets neglected without a chip. He is a bichon mix, could very well not be a mix at all.

He is an amazing boy, to my biggest surprise he is house-trained, walks nicely with low-medium pulling, very friendly with humans and dogs too. I am so lucky with him. Most probably he is not a “true” street dog, could have been out for only a couple of weeks since his overall behavior doesn’t show anxiety or fear at all.

My only issue is that he is super obsessive with affection and it’s driving me slowly crazy. He rarely can be pet normally because he goes into overdrive – licking, pawing, jumping, play bites, not taking no or any boundary setting seriously. I’m trying to reinforce calmness by only petting him when settled but that triggers him again a lot of times. Even when he gets the affection, he seems like wanting more and more intensity. Another thing is that he is trying to hump me any and everytime he can.

Overall he is just so aggressive and forceful with attention and affection. I really want to be close to/with him but I don’t want to positively reinforce this behavior, and at the same time I’m worried if I’m neglecting his emotional needs and causing issues with our forming bond. I feel like this is a self feeding circle, me withdrawing the attention he needs because of his methods – he needs even more after – ramps up his methods.

This whole thing is putting a lot of stress on me since I want him to be fulfilled and feeling safe while me being patient with this phase, but it’s so hard right now.

Please share any inputs if you have been in a similar situation.

What brands do you recommend? I have 2 dogs, small 10kgs long body.

Thank you

Any experience?

I have a 15-16 week old mix breed puppy who was my foster. He was dumped around 6-7 weeks, emaciated and with his siblings. We all know that is too early.

I was looking at an exercise guideline chart and noticed that for free play, there’s a caveat: can be free playing as long as the puppy isn’t harassing adults.

This was interesting to me because I frequently separate my dogs when the puppy starts harassing my four-year-old pit mix. I allow dog to dog corrections and the puppy is crate trained.

When does the puppy harassment stop? It is something we are constantly intervening for. OMG he’s a numbskull.

nag umpisa lang sa pagsusuka at walang ganang kumain dinala nila sa doktor wakwak na vet bngyan lang ng puro reseta dman lang tiningnan kung anong problema ng aso 1 week pinainom ang gamot ganun pa rin nung nangisay na tinakbo sa ibang vet nalaman na may internal bleeding na sinubukan pa namin isurvive pina confine pero wala pa rin 😢😢 ganun talaga kailangn tanggapin kahit masakit pero nakakatrauma mag alaga dhil baka masaktan kana naman kapag nagpaalam 😓😓salamat tinay for 9 yrs frendship and guardian kay tita at nanay ..