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We already have a 3 year old dog and are adopting a puppy, who's 8months old. Just curious how much work a 8 month is versus raising a puppy from 8 weeks like we're familiar with doing haha.

Hi,

My dog went to the vet today because he stepped on a bee.

She was in a lot of pain, so I called the vet and they recommended me to give her Gabapentin and Trazadone before taking her in. I took her in and she got antihistamines and now she won't leave the car. I think she is afraid of having pain while getting out. She ate a little bit but she has been in the car for about 7 hrs now. She is 100+lbs so it is not that easy to get her out from the back seat.

She was adopted in May, so she might not fully trust me yet. She has growled at me a couple times when I tried to coach her out. The car is in the closed garage and has both doors open.

How do I get her out? Food is not working, coaching is not working either.

Trying to keep this post short because I tend to write essays every time I post lol, but I need help with crate training my 9 month old aussie. For background, I got him a week shy of 3 months old. I attempted to crate him overnight for bedtime but it was difficult because I live in an apartment and obviously can’t have him barking during the night so that went out the window by day 3. Since then he’s been allowed to be out in the living room only during the night with me on the couch. I know this situation isn’t ideal and I’ve had to compromise his training in some ways due to the apartment living (we do plenty of physical and mental enrichment activities don’t worry) but I’m ready for him to sleep in his crate overnight again. He goes into the crate willingly when he knows I’m about to leave for work/errands/etc. so he has no problem with the crate itself. I will say there are virtually never times where he’s crated when I’m home, so I have a hunch that that will be the first hurdle we encounter. Basically I’m looking for advice and training on how to keep him from barking in his crate and the best way to transition him from free roam to crated during the nighttime. I appreciate you guys!

my pup turned 6 months old just a few days ago and I feel like ever since then he's just turned on a kill switch or something! he finished teething a good while back so I don't think it's that but he keeps biting and jumping and those new adult teeth of his are no joke!! is this just puppy puberty? he's a medium sized breed (glen of Imaal terrier) so I'm not sure if this is on par with that or if he's just decided to be evil now

i have a problem that i can’t find advice for anywhere else. i adopted my dog 3 months ago now, he just turned a year old. the shelter said he was housebroken (we had what i would assume was a regression in the beginning..new environment, routine, and all, ya know?) but it didn’t take him long to get the hang of it and he hasn’t had many problems since. i take him to my moms a few days a week to watch him while i’m at work, the days i don’t he is crated. he has been having “accidents” in the house, and by “accidents” i mean he will go to the bathroom in the house 5 minutes after having him outside for quite a bit of time. she has dogs as well and i recently learned he has been using the puppy pads she puts out for her dogs. they take their dogs outside regularly so i’m not sure why they have puppy pads? but i’m thinking this may be the problem. do i have to completely stop taking him to her house and restart on potty training? i’m asking in here because all of the things i can find are advice on how to un-train them from using puppy pads by moving them closer and closer to the door but i don’t have them in my house and refuse to use them unless medically necessary. any and all advice would be greatly appreciated 🙂

Genuinely asking here. Not looking to start an argument. And let’s not act like this doesn’t happen constantly.

For those of you who allow your dog off leash, whether it is at a park, on a trail, or in your front yard; what is your criteria to deem it finally safe to do so? What do you consider appropriate recall? If your dog runs at a leashed dog and were to get hurt, do you accept responsibility?

For some of you, why do you think saying “my dog is nice” is an ok reason to allow your dog to run up on/in another leashed dogs space? Do you truly think it’s ok that your dog does not ‘sit, leave it, or come’ on the first command creating a potentially dangerous situation?

For those of you who allow your little dogs free rein to approach larger dogs, what is going through your mind? And finally, when you do nothing but slow walk toward the obviously escalating situation, why do you get upset at the owner of the controlled dog?

Asking as an owner of a rescue it has taken 8 months to break through the fear of walking outside only to be rushed (from across the street) and pounced on repeatedly by an off leash dog and then get cussed out by the owner as if we were in the wrong.

I got this in a goody bag my dog won but have no idea what it is used for tbh

Any ideas?

https://imgur.com/a/UGMGcXE

This happened about an hour ago. I picked up the dog as usual (shih tzu mix) and he started like whining. He’s NEVER done this before. He was wearing a jacket and I immediately took it off cause I thought maybe it pulled his hair. But he still seems off. He’s usually very energetic and bubbly but he just seems so down. He did jump off the bed when he heard someone get home, he usually does this. And he’s kinda like curving his back when standing? For now he’s resting but I’m very concerned. Should I take him to the emergency vet?

I do plan on checking how he’s doing in the morning and WILL be taking him to the vet if he still seems off. Just trying to figure out what could be wrong. I’m scared to touch him.