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So my 3.5 yo Rhodesian ridgeback is giving what looks like whale eyes while im giver her pets after she asks for them, im confused because I thought whale eyes were a sign of distress and a warning to back off but when I stop petting her she gets mad at me until I pet her again, genuinely so confused by this. Any help is greatly appreciated. TIA

Me two years old rescue dog is scared during walks. I have had her for 4 days now. I take her on 4 walks every day, at roughly the same time. Same route every time I give her treats during the walk and talk to her and give her pets. I also keep her on a short leash. The walks are about 10 minutes tops.

Noises make her nervous but she’s really spooked by strange dogs. I will pick her up and carry her to safety and continue our walk. I try to finish the walks because I hope the successful walks will help grow her confidence. When she’s too scared she can’t go to the toilet and sometimes she keeps it up for over 24 hours and does in the house. She looks miserable and guilty whenever she does

When she does I immediately say “no” and pick her up and take her outside and continue her business, which she does and I praise her heavily for it. I never punish her. She’s comfy and happy inside the house.

She grows more confident after going potty or having a good walk, but every time something goes wrong (seeing a scary dog) she seems to regress. Patience is not the issue here, but I really want to know if I’m on the right path. I don’t have a yard I can take her in. What if she grows more miserable with me, I don’t want to rehome her but I don’t want to make her unhappy either. I’m terrified of accidentally traumatizing her, honestly literally crying as I’m writing this.

I love her so much already. Sorry for blabbering on here I just don’t know what to do.

Advice is much appreciated.

There are one or two days each week where we don't have much choice other than leaving our little fella at home by himself for 8 hours or so and he doesn't like it. He's gotten a bit better with training and maturing a little but still tends to chew stuff and try to escape a bit. He is very social and loves playing with other dogs, so I'm wondering if he had a mate if this would help any. I'm sure this is a bad idea though right?

I thought that my dog is lazy even though he loves going outside and exploring. But the issue im having with him is that he (2yo, mixed breed) doesnt do or barely does anything at home when hes not outside.

Hes not interested in toys, any kind, treat related toys, lick mats (havent tried meat patee tho), only likes pig ears to chew. Believe me i bought and tried maybe a dozen different toys. So because his interests are so limited he only sleeps after a morning walk/dog park until its time to go outside again. Even in dog parks he only moves if i move so i have to throw around treats.

The only things i find he likes are walks, dog parks, other dogs, treats, sniff matts (because of food), pig ears.

Is this normal? What should i do to make him more active and interested in toys/chews/etc.?

My 5 year old German Shepherd/Husky male dog usually sleeps inside. He has a bed in the corner of my room and usually just gets in his bed and plays with his toys or watches TV while I sleep. He goes potty outside before I go to bed and might wake me up once if he has to go potty. My issue is that it's storming (driving rain and wind, in the low 40s) tonight and he doesn't want to stay inside. He has a covered dog house outside with a bed inside of it. It's supposed to drop into the high 30s. I've let him out 3 times now. The first 2 times I thought he just needed to go potty. The 3rd and 4th times, he went into his dog house. I couldn't sleep knowing he was out in a storm, so I just brought him inside again. Has anyone experienced this? If so, what did you do? At this point, it's almost as if he's playing a game.

Hi all,

My dog is getting older and I'm wondering if there's any products you bought for older dogs that absolutely helped your dog or you feel like their quality of life improved?

From dog beds to different chews or whatever comes to mind.

firstly, i didn't know where to go, sorry if this the wrong place.

I am not a dog owner, but i do need help of a soul who know about dogs.

First off all i am writing a fatasy work and i am creating my creature, but i have a creatured thats a mix of Samoyed/English Mastiff/Azawakh.

The animal is called a lunathor, it has the long skinny legs of a Azawakh.

but the body of the mastiff. and the tail of the Samoyed

What i need to know is; is there a specific body length (without the length of the legs counting). if their are no specific lengt, Perhaps a esteamtion.

my dog’s anxiety is starting to run our schedule, barking at sounds, pacing, clinging, the whole thing. i’ve tried the basic stuff (more exercise, routines, enrichment) and it helps a little, but not enough. what treatment options worked for you?

I have a 17 year old treeing feist mix female. There are no other animals in the home (other dog died just over a year ago). She was spayed at 6 months old. She frequently urinates in front of her food bowl.

It FEELS like she does it when she doesn’t like the food she is given or something. But I really have no idea. How can I stop her from doing this? She never used to do this, but now it’s ALL THE TIME. Basically since our other dog (younger boy) died it seems like! And yes we take her out before eating etc but she will still do it anyway.