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I have sweet 7 month pit mix who comes to work with me every day. She really loves coming to work but she does NOT love getting into the car. She used to get carsick but has only ever gotten sick w me once in six weeks. She gets plenty of air and has a towel in the hammock for comfort, plus a toy, usually. I have tried calming treats, lots of praise, a safety harness…all help to a point but she still plants her paws when we approach the car and I end up having to lift her into the car. She gets out of the car without issue. Any other advice? Thanks!

From my experience of owning animals, I’ve seen that female dogs and birds and bunnies and cats have been really mean and not very nice. I do believe that there are some females that are really the opposite, but I would love to hear everyone’s view and if they have experienced owning a boy dog or a girl dog

This seems like a common combo, but I'm feeling a lot of backlash for bringing a puppy into my home while I have a toddler. What gives? I can't be the only person whos had a puppy and a toddler at the same time, right? Is it really that bad?

So, my situation is that my now almost 1 1/2 year old pup was crate trained as a puppy and was completely fine with enforced napping and sleeping overnight in the crate. At about six months old, she could settle and nap outside of the crate, so we stopped enforcing naps and let her sleep on the floor of our bedroom at night. She’ll still go in the crate and chill or nap when we make her (rarely), but she has NEVER, not even one single time, EVER entered that crate to sleep, chew a treat, take a break, nothing. Nada. She has no love for it whatsoever. It’s not her place. Her place is where her people are.

Is anyone else’s pup like this? Most people I talk to have dogs who like their crates, including my last dog.

Recently my 4.5 month old cavoodle is being picky about food. We have had him on a high protein kibble from costco up until a week ago when he stopped eating all of his food at once and would pick at it throughout the day. I decided to change the kibble and he’s now on the purina pro plan puppy kibble but He’s not finishing it and isn’t interested in it. He will still eat treats and seems to have an appetite but his attitude towards food is just so odd. I spoke to our vet and they said they wouldn’t worry as long as everything else is normal which it is. I have found that he will only eat the kibble if i sprinkle it on the floor which sounds insane but i’ve done it a couple times for enrichment. He just won’t eat it from his bowl and seems to need a lot of prompting but i’ve just been sprinkling it on the floor recently so that he’ll eat it but I can’t be mopping the floors every second day because he only wants to eat from the floor. Any suggestions or advice would be amazing

Hi, my doggo and I went to the dog park today and she got hit hard twice. Once was when a dog didn’t see her and she yelped I checked her and she looked fine. And the second one she was chasing a ball and tripped and a dog hit her accidentally. She is fine. I know she had a good time. However she seems to be sore and her back hips hurt. She’s only 2 years old. Should I be worried and take her to the vet or will relaxing at home for the next few days be best? She was running with other dogs for about 2 hours so she is tired I’m just worried about her being hit by other dogs. Thank you!!!