Blog

My dog is a mixed labrador and Bernese mountain dog – he looks like a BIG labrador (he is 8 and may be fat). The problem is that he always stinks no matter what we do, plus he is always kinda greasy? Like when we pet him our hands end up smelling like wet dog every time even if we barely touch him, and we can feel a small layer of grease on him. Everything he lays on smell afterward, and the air around him too. I never noticed that with any other dogs but didn’t met any dog like him. I love him very much but petting him is a bit annoying considering we start stinking just after. Has anyone ever encountered this problem and if so do you have a solution? Thanks!!

I have a healthy 12yr old chihuahua who recently has began to eat weeds. Not like dandelions or something cute, no – the spiky ones you step on in the yard. The hell? Looked it up and they aren’t toxic, I dug a bunch up today to stop her but she’s feral for these weeds. Any advice as to why she is doing this? I thought she might have been snackin’ on a turd or two which I would honestly prefer because wtf why the spiky weeds?!? 6 weeks ago she got most of her teeth removed and is in great shape otherwise; nothing abnormal with the bloodwork or anything. This has been happening for about 10 days now. Yesterday after I caught her again she tried dragging her butt on the patio and was not pleased with the result so she came inside to drag her butt on the carpet instead.

I'm looking for a dog sitter in my new town, and recently met up with a very nice person who has a couple of sweet dogs and a nice house. I like them, my dog likes them.

The only problem is that their dogs pee and poop in the house fairly often. I understand that some dogs, especially small dogs, can be really difficult to house train. But my dog is fully housetrained. He has never peed indoors and only pooped inside once when he was sick. I'm concerned that spending time with these dogs might mess up his training?

Have any of you been in a situation where a housetrained dog became less housetrained after hanging out with unhousetrained dogs?

Okay on mobile so please forgive my grammar. I had 9 year corgi that passed away. he was very close to my other 6 year corgi. my farther bought a 13 week puppy home and the 6 year old doesn't like it. she a covid dog so very antisocial. im just wondering how long till she just tolerate him.

My dog keeps getting wonky

I'm not concerned or anything. I just wanted to find a dog related subreddit and put the question out there: Does your dog spin in circles? And if so, is it only ever in one direction?

I've tried getting my dog to spin in the opposite direction for treats, and he flops around and gives up pretty fast. But yeah, clockwise? Fastest spinning pomeranian you've ever seen.

Can anyone recommend a professional dog photographer? I need to have some professional photos? I have two dogs.

I particularly need a terrier mix that won't shed much…. looking for a young dog not a puppy .

need it little bigger than Norfolk and tshih tzu.

shelters occasionally get them but they're gone soon!…

I'm in sePA. … Philly suburbs.

My dog is a little bit atypical. I don't know what the start of his life was like, but I think it wasn't good (he's a rescue). We've had him for a long time now and he's an old man. I thought he would start to get more affectionate and stuff when he got older, but that doesn't really seem to be the case– he is chill and seems to like us (he has separation anxiety and gets excited when we come home) but he isn't affectionate with anyone. Sometimes he will lick you and he likes to be pet on his back, kind of by his tail but unless he's in a rare mood he just kinda likes to do his own thing and be off by himself. I'm just wondering if I'm missing something here? Is there a better way to bond with him? He doesn't really play, and he is CRAZY for food but I can't just be feeding him constantly. I want to pet him but I really can't tell if he likes it and I don't want to be annoying him

We live in a rural orchard area, and a sweet male Pyrenees mix stray found his way onto our porch a few months ago—maybe about 8 mos-1 year old. We took him to the vet and he was healthy (no chip, etc). He initially got along relatively well with our first dog (also 1 year old, Bernese mix) except that our dog was dominant to him at first/ pinning him frequently, etc, and the Pyr would immediately submit and roll over. Once our dog was neutered, his behaviors went away and they seemed to get along fine for a few months (unless food/treats were involved— we learned quickly to feed the separately).

After about 3-4 months, the Pyr mix has started to show more resource and territory guarding— maybe related to his maturing and feeling more at home with us. He has started growling at our Berner mix whenever he goes onto the porch (where the Pyr sleeps— his “space”) and even when our Berner mix is near us. Initially we could intervene and the Pyr would stop (we’d tell him to sit / redirect, etc) but yesterday he full on attacked our Berner and bit his lip, drawing blood. My husband and I were right there fortunately and it took all our might to pull him off of him. So going forward, we are keeping them completely separate, and planning to neuter the Pyr asap (we had held off for his joint growth and also he isn’t quite house trained yet).

Besides getting a professional trainer involved, what advice do you have? The Pyr has never been aggressive to us or other people — this really is a new behavior but I’m worried it’ll extend to other dogs besides our Berner mix and that they will never get along again like they used to as pups. Thanks for the help.