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...
We just brought home our golden retriever puppy 3 days ago and shes sleeping like 18-20 hours a day. I know puppies sleep a lot but this seems like a lot even for a puppy? She wakes up, eats, plays...
So we got our golden Biscuit about 8 months ago and she is the most velcro dog at home. Follows me room to room, always wants to be touching me, the whole deal. But the second we get to the dog park...
Posted here about a year ago when i adopted a border collie mix from a rural shelter. She was so shut down when i got her she wouldnt move, eat, or make eye contact. The rescue called her "a project...
Just got some rough news at our last vet visit. Our 9 year old shepherd mix Charlie had his annual bloodwork and his kidney values came back elevated. Nothing severe but vet wants to start him on a...
I literally cried on the sidewalk today. My german shepherd mix has been severely leash reactive for 2 years. Lunging, barking, the whole thing. Every walk was stressful. Weve been doing counter...
Theres like 50 trainers in my area and they all claim to be the best. Some use e-collars, some are purely positive, some are "balanced." I have no idea how to choose. What should I look for? Red flags...