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Hello, so my dog has started to get very anxious when I'm on my work laptop. For some reason my personal laptop doesn't create the same issue for her, and I'm wondering if there's any strategies people have used to reduce the high frequency noise from their laptops or chargers? I work from home a lot and need to be on calls pretty regularly. She'll hide under the bed or in the bathroom and it's starting to cause me some stress. If it's the power cord, are there covers that have been shown to help?

My husband and I have a friend’s dog who is with us on a temporary long term basis. We’ve known her for years, she is 5yo and well trained, very sweet. She has been with us for 3 weeks now. She has begun exhibiting behaviors our friend hasn’t seen before, especially resource guarding. She only guards against other dogs, NOT any humans. The thing is, sometimes there is no discernible trigger. All food and toys are removed, everyone receiving affection, etc. She seems on edge and it makes me anxious as I have a 10 month old baby. Luckily, when there are no other dogs in the house she does NOT exhibit these guarding behaviors! My question is, how much of this is an adjustment period and her becoming comfortable in our home? Should we expect it to continue? We have a couple friends whose dogs have separation anxiety so they are accustomed to bringing them over. For the time being, we’ll ask them not to. If we want to think about allowing it again, is there any chance that it could be okay? I’ve read the wiki’s on resource guarding and dominance which seem to be mostly about dog/human interactions, which this girl doesn’t have a problem with.

My pup had been "wetting" and my neighbor (trainer) had suggested to deter the behavior by immediately wetting on any new markings to assert dominance.

We've seen some improvement, but it's had the obvious side effect of lingering odors which I want to eliminate before family visits for the upcoming holiday.

Is there a recommended cleaner for removing both pet AND human urine odor? I was going to try Bissell Pet Stain & Odor formula, but it looks like it's formulated for just dogs and cats.

Thanks!

Hello!

I’ve been reading the wiki & working on neutralizing my 9month year old dog to other dogs on walks. He isn’t aggressive, but he’s overly excited/ “frustrated greater”.

I’m having trouble figuring out the instruction of “praise when calm”, as he sometimes will sit and lock in on another dog but not bark/cry.

During these times, he won’t respond to treats so I understand that I need to move him further away from the trigger, but does this type of looking behavior count as being calm? I’m confused on when to treat for not barking/pulling vs treating for disengaging/focusing on me.

I have a Shih Tzu who seems to only mark outside, never “fully” pee. I take him out four times a day but sometimes he will “fully” pee inside. It often happens when I’m at work but I don’t want to leave him in his crate all day (right now he’s in the crate in the morning, I come home and take him outside during lunch, and then I leave him outside of the crate). I reward him every time he pees outside, even if it’s marking – is this the wrong thing to do?? Please help!

Backround info – I'm twenty and only really had cats before, but have dogs at for my sibling. I'm also Agoraphobic w/severe Social anxiety/general anxiety, but have felt better when I'm walking a dog [planning on dogsitting my sisters dog mpre often to see how I do] and I'm not willing to live alone without a dog for protection so I've been thinking about getting a German Shepard. I have twoish cats, ones just out of kittenhood and the other is like seven years old, the other is 18 who we cat sit for my aunt.

I don't really know what I need to know to be able to care for/own a dog so if you anyone can help me out with what I should learn/what sites to use/things to know for getting a dog that would be very helpful. I'm planning on doing a bunch of research and want to keep a long tllist of everything I've looked into.

Thanks in advance!