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I’ve had my 8 week puppy with us for 5 days now and I am worried I am giving him separation anxiety. He is a mini dachshund and when he came home with us, he was really scared and sad because we had just basically kidnapped him. We held him and cuddled him and never left his sight… and have kept...

She could probably pass the STAR puppy exam during the angel hours but she makes me want to die in the mornings and evenings.

Tomorrow we are surrendering the puppy we adopted from a rescue two months ago, and it is devastating. We have always been dog people and I never thought I would ever be in this position. In fact, I’ve always had strong opinions about people who give up on puppies. We adopted this “lab mix”...

So…I will probably delete this because I am so ashamed of myself…I have the sweetest little pup and I am totally losing momentum. I’m crawling out of a significant depressive episode and the love from my girl has helped immensely, but now that she is fully vaccinated, I’m not doing the things I...

I have an approx 2.5 y/o border collie mix (rescued from a shelter but per Embark, she is mixed with cattle dog and Aussie) who has severe separation anxiety (SA). Before us, it seems like she was on the streets for a while (potentially a bred farm/working dog that ran away or got lost?) as she...

My brother is getting g married out of state. Cannot find anything else that I half way trust to watch my 15wk puppy. Decided a boarding facility is safest/best. I can't stop thinking she is gonna be SO SAD I F#;&*ING ABANDONED HER. Worried she is gonna be traumatized. ughhhhhh ill be back...

I literally just can't. I can't force em to poop fast or just right away but it annoys the hell out of me when my 6 month old poopy-faced cloud just keeps wandering around then almost does her poop squat... GETS DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER PERSON/DOG walking by, and it's a hard reset... and you...

I get so incredibly frustrated on a daily basis by people. That's just a period there, not even x,y,z people. Why won't people listen? I spend 3/4 of my day trying to explain why this dog isn't the right fit, how about this one? You want the 8 month old, untrained cattle heeler pit mix in a...

People and their dogs just stand in one spot and stare at you while your dog is reacting and you’re trying to get away. Like, GO AWAY. Or even worse, they try to follow you. Had a surprise run-in with a person and 2 dogs coming out of their apartment (at 5:30am, which I thought was safe for us...

$900 for 1 visit. Additionally $125 extra for a virtual 60 minute medical assistant appointment prior to the vet visit so that the vet has our history. Off the bat, almost $1K. Any follow ups are additional. If we want to train with one their behaviorists, $375 an hour. Who can afford this?! And...

Back in late December I got a puppy ( 9 week old Aussie x German Shepherd) as a gift from my cousin, who I live with. Very quickly I realized just how much it is to take care of a pup of her kind & especially comparing to the lifestyle I had before, which consisted of gaming and hanging w...

Oh thanks dad, my dogs are fixed. I just need to calm down and let them run loose around a party full of dogs, toddlers, and babies. Nothing bad could happen with four 80 lb pit bulls running around as I calmly watch on. He says this all the time, and it pisses me off every time. Especially...

Repost from r/dogs - was told my a fellow redditor to come to you guys! So here we go: Hey Reddit Family! I ask that you guys approach my post with kindness as I’m feeling very frustrated, sad, and helpless. I have 2 dogs 11M and 6F. Both are adopted. The 11 year old male gives me no problems...

My dog, he’s about 4-5 the shelter was unsure of his age exactly, was moved shelter from shelter plus survived parvo & Lyme. Which means he had to be isolated for at least 3 weeks in the shelter for the parvo, I gave him antibiotics for the Lyme due to the shelter “missing it.” So basically when...

I’ve had my 7 month old for about 3 months now, I took her from a family member who was not caring for her as she should’ve. She came to us with 0 training, not even house training and extremely malnourished. Since then we’ve brought her back up to health and she seems to have no form of...

I got my second covid vaccine yesterday and I feel like I was hit by a dump truck. I have NO energy and my everything hurts. I called off work. This is the first time since I adopted her in August that I have been “sick” enough to knock me down. A few major headaches or stomach woes here and...

Hi guys, Apparently my 5 mo corgi puppy has been diagnosed with OCD definitely. We're reporting everything to the breeder. Our vet gave her one last week of toradol to see if it's pain that no screening has been able to detect, so yes, it's just one last desperate chance. Otherwise, she...

My girl (spoo) turned 10 months on the 12th! I love her to pieces, she never attacked my furniture, and was potty trained a few days after bringing her home! Problems started after her first heat cycle. I know it’s the hormones being released into her body and being different, but the walks...

Hi Everyone, Like the title says...I have a 13-month-old goldendoodle who has NEVER been chill since the day I picked her up at 10 weeks old. We've never found her off button. Been through lots of vet appointments, trainers (private and group), daily scheduled training, physical exercise...

Hi guys. So I have a neighbor that keeps accusing me of leaving dog poop on her lawn. It started about a month ago when I was walking my dog and he squatted to pee on her lawn when she yelled “Are you gonna pick that up?” in a snooty tone. I replied saying “He didn’t poop, he was peeing.” It was...