I bought one on amazon that appeared to have good reviews, but it was some dropshipped garbage that barely fit together and sagged in the middle. Does anyone have a rec for one that is good for a standard poodle pup who is still actively chewing everything?
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We have a two year English show cocker who is reactive and anxious with a high prey drive – the trifecta!
We often walk her in somewhat rural areas, and I am very cautious about avoiding livestock – she is on a lead well before any fields, and if they have livestock in them, I generally walk around rather than through.
This has worked up until this weekend when we had no choice but to go through a field with not only five cows in it, but also a bull and a baby bull. I was genuinely terrified.
My partner picked our dog up in the hope of calming her down, and I fed her treats almost constantly, but as soon as we got close to the cows, she fixated and started scream barking. The cows were freaked out, and the mummy cow lowered her head as though she was going to charge my partner.
We hurried through and all was okay, but I was just wondering – is there a way to manage this better? Would it have been better to leave her on the floor? I just thought she was a more obvious little target down there, whereas in the arms of my partner, it’s perhaps somewhat of a deterrent. Also, if the cow does charge, are you really supposed to let your dog off?!
For context – the bull was the other side of this massive field and had no interest, but the cows and the baby bull were all grouped around the gate we had to go through.
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Hello all, me and my partner adopted a dog 5 months ago. For some background, she's 2.5 years old, has only ever lived in shelters and with a foster family (family friends of mine) for about 6 months prior to us adopting her. The foster family she lived with had 4 other dogs, and she had no issues with them. She is the only pet we have, we do not have kids. She's great and is generally very well behaved. However, we've noticed that when we bring her around other dogs (so far only our parents dogs) she gets a bit weird when they get "too close" to me. She does it with my partner too, but definitely to a lesser extent. Attached is a video example. She barks and growls pretty loudly, but has never bitten another dog. She only does this inside houses, when we're outside and dogs approach she doesn't care. She'll even play with this same dog, as long as it's outside. Additionally, when we have people over (admittedly not often), she doesn't like when people move in our house? If a guest gets up and walks across the room (any room), she follows them and barks until they stop moving. It's almost like she's trying to put them somewhere and make them stay there. She will also unfortunately nip at calves, not hard according to my sister, a friend, and my partners brother. We have addressed this issue with the trainer and have some strategies (leash indoors, redirecting attention, rewarding for the behavior we want, removing her from the room if she seems too overwhelmed, etc), but she still does it. We've worked with a trainer but so far only one on one, so it's been not possible to replicate the other dogs issue during our sessions (the trainer we see requires a certain number of one on ones before we do group classes, so we can't quite work on this yet with the trainer). We've sent the video to the trainer, but in the meantime, how can we address this behavior? Why are these things only seemingly an issue indoors? submitted by /u/lmc1225 |
My dog attacked another dog today. I came out of the fence and she pushed through, normally she runs out and goes back in almost immediately, but this time she saw another dog down the street and ran towards it. At this point, my second smaller dog got out when I was trying to recall the bigger one. When the smaller one reached my dog and the victims one, the fight broke out, and my dog latched onto the victims dog, near the tail.
We separated them as soon as possible and I got them secured, the owner was obviously very upset, and her dog was clearly hurt, I tried following after to exchange information and offer to cover any and all vet bills, but I was injured breaking them up and lost sight of her.
I’m really not sure what to do. I’m absolutely aware I’m the bad guy in her story, my dog ran down the street and attacked hers seemingly unprovoked. If I see her again, or they arrive at our house, I will still offer to pay the vet bills in full, but I’m unsure how to handle my own dog in the meantime.
I live with my parents and they’ve said that the dogs can no longer be taken out on walks, but I don’t think this will help. We own a muzzle for the bigger dog (due to an attack 2 years ago that was a very different situation and the fault of the other owner as much as mine), but I’m anxious to take her, or even my smaller dog as he is often the instigator, out in public.
Has anyone gone through something similar?
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I have a highly reactive American Staffy & have tried various medications on the market. Wondering if anyone has tried Cannafox or something similar?
I’m looking at their 1000mg hemp extract, but at $120 for a little bottle would like to know if anyone’s had success.
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Hello! I have a 2 year old cavapoo named Louie. Louie has a bad habit of peeing on his front paws. Louie is stinky and needs several baths a week (mostly “half baths” where we wash his legs and belly). Yes he lifts his leg up – for the most part. No he won’t squat to pee. Sometimes he barely lifts his back leg, not opening his hips. Anyone else’s dogs done this? Does it end??
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How do I teach my dog to pee or poop outside, or if indoors, in a specific area? How do I teach him to socialize? It's my first dog. Any advice? The puppy will arrive in a month or so at the most.
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My 11-week-old puppy already knows how to go to the pad, but every time I put him on the floor, he bites him in the middle and eats it almost instantly. I have tried to redirect it to toys and change the pad, but nothing works. 😓
Has anyone else been through this? How did they make him stop eating it and only use him to pee/poop?
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