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We have a 5 year old mix breed rescue dog that’s scared of cars. Gives us hard time getting into car. Does anyone have this problem?

The Last owner used to beat her. A lot. Shes been a very good girl and the best companion but she’s still very frightened but the idea of wear a collar o have a big hug. It brakes my heart because even she know everyone loves her, she still can erase those bad memories and leave al the trauma behind. We try to trained her, but it doesn’t seem to work and she still very reactive towards most people

We have 2 golden retrievers, and are just curious of anyone who might have any cool suggestions for outdoor toys or different backyard accessories for dogs. Our dogs definitely get alot more use out of our backyard than us, so we want to make it as fun as possible for them. It's about a .25 acre fenced in yard, they have balls, etc out there now. Just wondering if anyone had any super cool suggestions as far as toys, outdoors beds, etc. ?

At night, i like to cuddle with my rottie in bed. She can’t go to sleep without me.. when im working in the living room, i try to bring her to bed, but she absolutely wont go sleep in it unless im laying there with her. She’ll cry and whine when it gets too late, because she gets tired and frustrated that we aren’t in bed yet.

But once we’re in bed, finally relaxing, after an hour or less, she’ll jump off and go sleep by my door for a while, and then come back to cuddle. She does this throughout the night, every night, and im not sure if im just moving too much, if it gets too warm for her (My room is an icicle, Canadian winters suck), or cold for her, (ive got like, ten million blankets we bundle up in.) Or what im worried about—stressed. Idk if she’s pacing from my bed to the door because she is upset or stressed at night, and its worrying me. But besides this, she’s sweet and normal at night.

She’s been like this ever since she was a puppy and grew enough to jump on and off my bed.

im worried! Am i doing something wrong when its bedtime???

Okay this may sound weird but hear me out.

I rescued my little girl in August of 2024. Before that, she lived in a killing shelter in Bosnia. She’s 2 1/2 years old now.

Ever since we got her, she’s been the happiest dog as long as we’re at home. She sleeps right next to me every night, plays and runs in the Garden. But as soon as we go outside, that dog is TERRIFIED. She shivers and wants to go inside or into the Garden again immediately.

She goes potty in the garden, leading to burnt patches in our lawn. We wanted to train her to go Potty outside. We tried everything. We also have a dog trainer and tried everything she recommended.

Now I‘m asking myself, should I continue trying to force her to pee outside, or should I just let her be? When we’re on walks somewhere quiet, we live in the country, she enjoys it. But she never goes potty.

Would appreciate all of your opinions. Thanks for reading

My partner and I got our dog two years ago. I was out of work at the time so I'm the one who initially trained/walked/fed him the majority of the time in the beginning but now my partner does the majority of the walks/food. He is incredibly well trained when there are treats but iffy if theres no big reinforcer. Recently (only when ny partner is not home) he has started winning for no reason non stop, when I try to redirect him to something else he starts running away from me and barking non stop. When I got home from work today I took him out for a small walk, gave him love, and then started working on my computer….thats when it all started. I've tired redirecting by getting him into training mode and by ignoring him but neither option has worked, he keeps running away and/or barking at me. When my partner gets home he's once again cuddly and loving to the both of us.. I don’t know what to do but its incredibly exhausting and frustrating. He never does this when only my partner is home, its a behavior reserved for only me