Hi there,
I have a 6 month old english bulldog/afgahn mix that has recently started chewing the base boards and door frames in our house. She has plenty of toys/rawhides/hooves to chew on. This behavior has just started in the past 3 weeks and I don't know what to do about it. Can you help?
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I have just adopted a terrier which is very frightened of cars,small dogs,and I think women. He seems to be more at ease with men. I am making him do things he doesn't want to(like ride in cars) and talking to him all along Is this the best way to get him over his fright?
Hello,
We just took in two small dogs recently (a cairn terrier and bichon frise). They are both 2+ yrs old and close companions. They were crated in their last home, but have not been in our new home over the past 5-6 wks. Over time, we noticed that they started pooping/peeing more and more around the house. We've been traveling a little more than usual as well, and after leaving them with friends on a few occasions they just started marking their territory and pooping all over the place (and just did the same in our house last night). They seem to be acting out and possibly having dietary issues as well (since we started giving them a little bit of new food recently). The terrier threw up while at our friends and there was some grass evidently in his stomach. We noticed that he had eaten a little grass when we took him outside, but did not think that it was enough to get him sick. We always told him to stop as soon as we noticed him eating grass.
We also started feeding them once a day, vs twice a day, since we're gone all day and have not had someone to let them out in the middle of the day.
Do you have any recommendations? We are taking them to a vet for shots and a general look over this week and will ask some more questions then as well. We want to assure that we're doing the right thing for our pooches and not neglecting them in any way.
Finally, do you have any advice on crating?
Thanks for your time!
Jennifer
I just moved to a new apartment and my little 4 month old pit-mix is crying again like she did when we were at the old place. She did eventually stop there but started again. Is there anything I can do to help make the move earier on her too?
Thanks
My dog is 4 yrs., old and a Aussie Shepard/American Bull Dog. His name is Zero. He's lived with us for 4 yrs., and is afraid of my father. My father is 74 and extremely kind and loving to our dog and we can't figure out why, after all this time, he continues to be this way towards him. When I'm home Zero will growl and run from my dad but when I'm out, Zero will go in my sons room, get on his bed but will allow my dad to hug and kiss him without growling. We don't know what to do. Can you help?
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