My 18 month old lab Tucker is... a lot. He's not aggressive or mean at all, he's just completely convinced that the rules don't apply to him. Sits when there's a treat in my hand. Otherwise? Good...
When we adopted Biscuit from the shelter last October, the staff warned us he had "a few behavioral quirks." That was definitely an understatement. The dog shook constantly, barked at literally...
My lab-mix Chester is 14. For most of his life I fed him whatever mid-range kibble was on sale at the grocery store. Not proud of it but that was reality. About two months ago my vet said his kidney...
My 3-year-old mixed breed Rosie has been doing this thing for the past week where she scratches her face constantly and rubs her muzzle along the couch, carpet, basically any surface she can find. Her...
We brought home Ziggy on Saturday and I love him so much but honestly I did not fully prepare for the night crying. He sleeps in a crate next to our bed and he's doing okay during the day but at night...
So I noticed a red patchy area on Maple's belly this morning when I was scratching her. She's a 3 year old golden. No crustiness, doesn't seem to bother her when I touch it, but she's been licking at...
I'll be honest. When my friend suggested i look at senior dogs at the shelter, i said "maybe" and meant "definitely not." i wanted the full experience. Puppy energy, watching them grow up, all of...
Luna is 2 years old and has been reactive to bikes since she was about 8 months. At first it was manageable - just a bark and a lunge, i could redirect her. In the last 3 months it's gotten...
Ok so nobody told me that when corgis blow their puppy coat it looks like a small sheep exploded in your living room. Biscuit is 6 months old and over the past two weeks our entire apartment has...
I want to preface this by saying I was skeptical. Like deeply skeptical. My corgi Pretzel had been on a mid-range kibble for four years and I thought she was fine. Slightly itchy, kinda smelly,...
So we brought home our lab puppy Biscuit about three weeks ago and honestly life is chaos in the best way. He's adorable but this week he discovered the mulch in our front garden and I literally...
I want to share this because when I was in the thick of it i was reading posts like this desperately looking for hope, so here's mine. Luna is a 3 year old rescue mix we adopted last spring. The first...
We adopted Duke in September from a county shelter. He was listed as a 3-year-old pit mix, had been there 8 months, and his photos made him look terrified. My husband thought i was crazy. I filled out...
Okay so Maple has been perfectly fine all summer. She's 8 years old, female golden, and we do a 45 minute walk every morning through the neighborhood. Yesterday she seemed a little stiff getting up...
OK so this is kind of a long one but hopefully useful to other beagle or floppy-eared dog people. Biscuit had his 5th ear infection in 8 months and i was basically resigned to just living at the vet....
So Cooper has always been pretty good on the leash, or at least i thought he was. Then about three weeks ago something switched and now every single walk turns into a full upper body workout for me....
We adopted Juniper back in September. She came from a hoarding situation, had basically zero socialization, and was scared of EVERYTHING when we brought her home. The first two months she wouldn't...
We adopted Juniper back in September. She came from a hoarding situation, had basically zero socialization, and was scared of EVERYTHING when we brought her home. The first two months she wouldn't...
We brought home our golden retriever puppy Biscuit six days ago and I swear this dog sleeps constantly. Like I'll take him outside to potty, he does his business, plays for maybe 15-20 minutes and...
We brought home our golden retriever puppy Biscuit six days ago and I swear this dog sleeps constantly. Like I'll take him outside to potty, he does his business, plays for maybe 15-20 minutes and...