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My chi puppy always smells bad. Not like just wet dog. I have tried different shampoos and nothing helps.

Hi everyone! I've got a 14 year old lab mix that is losing her faculties — she can no longer go downstairs for walks, she wakes at night (doggy dementia or pain from arthritis).

During the day, she gets excited when I take my smaller dog for a walk, I've tried to carry her (85 lbs) down, assist her going down the stairs (with the towel trick), and coax her down, but she just can't make it. She can't even get down to the yard, so we have a porch potty on the deck for her.

HOW can I keep her mentally stimulated? I feel like an aging dog is similar to an aging human. If you don't use it, you lose it and I cannot bear a rapid deterioration. She's my buddy! The other day I must have been holding my coat coat like an animal because she ran up to me, was wagging her tail, looked so excited, and started sniffing the coat!? She loves other dogs so I was thinking about getting a larger breed puppy?

She doesn't play with toys anymore, unless it's the treat hiding toys/puzzles. She tries to play bitey-face with my other dog, but he is 15lbs and gets sick of the play easily. Thoughts?? Play suggestions?? I appreciate it

I have a toy breed and I feel he has been really bored recently. Wanted to take him to a park or nursery sometime, would be interesting if someone else with a toy breed could accompany.

I live in south delhi so if anyone close by open to go once in a while, hmm.

We have two 14 week aussiedoodle/bernadoodle pups. When we got home at 8 weeks, they were litter box trained (which I didn't know was a thing with dogs) and they've done well. They have their crates inside a pen with food/water and the litter box. This Friday they get their 3rd round of shots and we want to transition from the litter box to outdoors. I've been tossing the litter/poo in the area specific to their toileting for weeks now in preparation.

What are my next steps here? Ultimately I want the litter box gone. We hung a bell on the back door and would like for them to be able to go and ring it when they need to go out. We had a lab that did it before, and these pups are smart, so I think they can do it. I just dont know what steps to take to get there.

Do I move the litter box outside to the patio and just leave them in their pen with the crates?
Do I do away with the litter box and keep them in their crates while we are away and work on training them to go to the spot I've been prepping? I dont want my ignorance to be a stumbling block to their success! Help!

Does your dog turn his head when he hears an odd noise? Does your dog bury their food with your pants? This is the thread to ask why.

Please keep this thread to non-medical issues only.

Hi everyone! My husband and I have 2 dogs currently, a male English mastiff and a female Scottish terrier. We are buying our first home within the next few months and are really wanting another mastiff, a female. We can afford the extra expenses. We have no kids. What do you guys think of the jump from owning 2 dogs to 3?