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Sorry I'm a little loopy right now, but I was wondering if my dog is able to understand that me tucking her in is trying to make her comfortable. Or does she think that I'm burying her in blanket randomly?

Much love to yall 🙂

Hey everyone! 🐾 I’m hoping to get some real opinions about the Effect Koolie kennel and their Australian Koolie puppies.

Two years ago I lost my sweet girl Lili, and life just hasn’t felt the same without a dog. ❤️ I’ve been looking around for a new puppy for a while now, and I’ve totally fallen in love with the Australian Koolie breed.

I know Effect Koolie has a new litter right now and honestly — everything looks great. The breeder seems really solid and the puppies are ridiculously cute. 😅 I don’t know the kennel personally, but their Instagram is dangerous for the heart… I watch their reels every single day and love seeing how the little ones grow.

But before I make any decisions, I wanted to ask here: Does anyone have experience with Effect Koolie? Know the breeder? Seen their dogs in person? Anything I should know before I take the plunge?

Any info would mean a lot. ❤️🐶

P.S. I’m adding some photos the breeder sent me!

I have a 13 week old border collie that I've had for a month. He is making really good progress in potty training, we are crate training. Yesterday he started peeing a few drops in the house and then licking them up. This is after going outside only 10 minutes earlier. This has happened 3 times now. He is not showing any signs of distress like a UTI or anything. Any advice on how to deal with this?

As the title says. I’m looking into crates and im gonna need a big one, but it needs to have a partitioner for when he’s a puppy. I can’t find any info on Amazon and that’s the only page I can find (their website takes me straight to Amazon)

It’s the only brand where I can find a 54” crate.

If not, what can be used as a partitioner?

We recently (1.5 months ago) rescued a lab mix (4 y.o.). She voluntarily would go into her (soft) crate during the day to nap and at night to sleep. She also napped on the two dog beds we have. We have never used the crate as punishment, but did occasionally put her in with good treats if we were going out for a few hours.

Starting about 5 days ago, she avoids going in her crate (she will go in to eat if I put something in there) and won’t lie on her beds. She’s been lying on the floor in the corners of rooms.

We can’t figure out what her deal is – is it something to do with settling in to the family? Is it the change in seasons (we now have the heat on)? We’d like her to be in the crate so she doesn’t raid any garbage cans for snot rags, etc, or sleep on the couch.

(She’s also gotten bolder and table surfed some of my son’s unfinished food!)

Does anyone know of a good Rottweiler breeder in NJ/NY? Looking for a female pup to join my family. I’ve looked through a bunch of other Reddit posts and they say it’s best to try locally before going on website like GoodDog.

hi!

we have a 2 year old, 60+ lb, shepard shar pei rescue mix, full of separation anxiety and energy. just got him a few months ago, so going through a lot of training.

we’re trying to find a durable puzzle/toy/chew stick (that is safe and that he won’t be able to destroy) to help distract his working-dog brain. he destroys “indestructible” toys instantaneously.

he’s too smart and figured out a puzzle toy in minutes. it was advertised to keep them busy for a loooong time.

we have a black heavy duty kong that we fill daily, but again, he figures it out so fast, even with packing it skillfully and making it super difficult. it has survived his super strong jaws tho!

he loves being outside, but we can’t afford a cover/situation for the backyard yet, and it’s super cold and rainy here, so we’re trying to stimulate him while indoors.

it also seems like a lot of reviews for dog toys are people writing positive reviews for getting the product for free, so figured i’d give it the ol’ reddit try.

also, been looking at a few… anyone have any success with the himalayan cheese dog sticks? or the pupsicle thingies?

thanks in advance! 🐾🖤🐾

My husband and I are getting a lab puppy in the couple weeks. I will admit that I really jumped the gun with this puppy before really doing research on the breeder. This is their first litter, they took over their parents breeding business. They want us to bring the puppy home at 8 weeks on the dot. After lots of research I’ve found that the 11 to 12 weeks is the ideal time to bring a puppy home. I asked them if they would be willing to keep the puppy any longer and they stated that since the rest of the litter will be leaving that day there wouldn’t be any point in our puppy staying longer. So I am looking for any advice on how to make those first weeks easier and help our puppy adjust. I have basically set no expectations because I know that it’s unrealistic as he is literally a baby.