Our 12 YO / 24 lb. Beagle / Terrier mix likes to lay in our laundry - often clean and simply make herself comfortable. I don’t get it. Not warm, out of the dryer, or necessarily about to be washed. If she sees clothes somewhere- she’ll make it her blanket. Cute, maybe? But weird - any insights?

Why isn’t the younger dog getting the “back off” warnings from the older dog? I understand submissive licking, but it seems like it’s really just become obsessive at this point. I do step in to separate them when she’s annoyed, but the minute I turn my back the puppy is back at it. She is an older dog with some health problems; should I be concerned that they can smell something on her that is concerning?

I’m looking for some outside perspectives because my husband and I are facing an incredibly difficult decision about our young male dog.
He is just over a year old and is a small breed. We also have an older female dog (same breed), who we have had for 10 years without any behavioral or aggression issues at all, so we are not first-time dog owners.

Our younger dog can be sweet, affectionate and playful. He loves being petted and playing with us and our children (2 and 6 years old), and the vast majority of the time he is a lovely family dog. Our 6-year-old daughter in particular absolutely adores him and is extremely attached to him.

Unfortunately, we have also had a growing number of concerning incidents. He has issues with urinating (marking his territory) every time a new object is placed in the house, or objects are moved to new placed. Happens a couple of times each week and is very frustrating in itself.

His biggest issue however seems to be resource guarding, particularly around food. He has had countless conflicts with our older female dog over food, always initiated by him. Most of the time they get along and will even play together from time to time, including with toys, but food will completely change the situation.
He has also occasionally growled/snapped when he has stolen something and hidden underneath the sofa with it.
Some time ago, he bit our 6-year-old daughter in a situation involving food. I wasn't present when it happened, but she apparently tried to move/push him away from her plate of food (he tried to jump on the table to grab her food) and he bit her hard enough to break the skin.

He has also bitten my husband once when my husband was trying to move him into another room, and there has been numerous incidents where he bit our older dog during conflict.

Today something happened that has really shaken me. He was lying underneath our dining table while. My 2-year-old crawled over to him and gently petted him. After about a minute, our dog suddenly gave a loud, angry bark and snapped at him. One tooth scraped his arm and caused a very small superficial abrasion.
At first I was terrified because it seemed like he had suddenly bitten a toddler simply for petting him while he was resting. Afterwards, however, I realized that the dining table is already a known problem area. This is also where he frequently gets angry with our other dog when food is present. So I now wonder whether today's incident was another case of resource guarding rather than aggression related to being touched while resting.
He has never otherwise shown aggression when being petted, woken up or disturbed while resting. He actively enjoys affection from both adults and children. He has never shown aggression towards visitors or strangers, and he doesn't lunge at people on walks. He can be reactive towards other male dogs.

We haven't ignored these issues. We have attended dog training, spoken to our vet repeatedly and followed the advice we have been given. We have also had him chemically castrated, partly because of other behavioral issues, and have tried the different management/training strategies recommended to us. Despite this, we are now at a point where I am genuinely worried about having him around two small children.

Obviously, from now on he will never be allowed underneath the dining table when food is present, and he will not have access to the children without active adult supervision. But I also know that management is never 100% perfect. A 2-year-old will drop food, crawl somewhere they shouldn't, pick something up from the floor, etc. I don't want our children's safety to depend on us never making a mistake.

At the same time, the thought of euthanizing him is devastating. He is so young, and outside these specific situations he is a happy, loving dog. Our daughter considers him her best friend and would be absolutely heartbroken.
So we are also considering rehoming him. I wonder whether he might actually do very well in an experienced, child-free home, preferably as the only dog, where many of his main triggers simply wouldn't occur. Of course, any potential new owner would be told his complete bite and resource-guarding history. I would never want to simply pass a dangerous situation on to someone else.
We are planning to seek professional behavioral advice before making a final decision.
I would especially appreciate hearing from people with experience of resource guarding or dogs who have bitten family members:
Would you consider keeping and managing a dog like this in a home with a 2- and 6-year-old?
Does this sound like a dog who could reasonably and ethically be rehomed to an experienced, child-free, single-dog household?
Or do you think the fact that he has now used his teeth against children means behavioral euthanasia needs to be seriously considered?
I'm struggling enormously with separating my love for this dog — and my daughter's love for him — from what is actually the responsible decision for both our children and the dog.

I was scrolling through my camera roll and realized an embarrassing amount of it is just my dog lol.
Sleeping, eating, staring at me, doing absolutely nothing… apparently all of these moments needed 10 photos each.
And somehow I still can’t delete any of them.
Do you guys actually do anything with all your pet photos, or do they just live on your phone forever? 😂

Olive has never really had an issue with the TV. She’s watched Cesar Millan, movies, our desensitising sound videos, and she’ll even happily sit and watch *Bridgerton* with us 😂.

But the other day she was watching TV when an advert came on with a human doing a cartwheel. The second she saw it, she ran straight into her crate and wouldn’t come back out. 😭

Now whenever we watch TV she’s completely fine, but every now and then I catch her watching the screen very cautiously, almost like she’s thinking, *“Just making sure nobody starts doing that weird thing again…”* 😂

Have I somehow created a little bit of trauma/fear around people doing cartwheels? Or is this just a normal puppy reaction to something strange/unfamiliar?And how would you desensitise her to it?

I was thinking of putting an Olympic gymnastics video on the TV and letting her see lots of people jumping, flipping and moving around, starting with the volume low and maybe very briefly, then gradually increasing it while giving her treats so she associates it with something positive.

Would that be a good approach, or would that be too much too soon?

Would love to hear if anyone else’s dog has developed a completely random fear of something on TV!

My English bulldog has been gnawing on his paw for about a good week now and whenever I touch it he gets super pissed off however I watched this documentary on rabies and it really freaked me out and now whenever I see my dog I constantly think oh no that could be rabies even though I know he doesn’t it’s terrifying does anyone have this issue of thinking things like th

I am writing this with a completely broken heart and looking for some perspective, support, or insight from anyone who has been through something similar.
Ten days after our Vizsla was castrated, a devastating incident occurred. Up until this point, he had never shown a single ounce of aggression. He was my first baby and got me through some of the hardest times in my life. Following his procedure, we were very careful to keep him rested and separated from our toddler. Our vet even checked him out and said he was healing perfectly.
One evening, my husband and I were cleaning up after dinner in our somewhat cramped kitchen area. Our toddler was hanging out near us. Suddenly, we heard our son cry out. I turned around and saw blood—his chin had been bitten. Our dog immediately ran to his own designated space. We didn't even realize the dog had walked into the kitchen behind us, and we don't know if our son accidentally stepped on him, startled him, or triggered him in some way.
We called emergency services, and my son had to get stitches under anesthesia by a surgeon. It was a severe bite and an absolute nightmare.
Because of the severity, we had to follow local protocols. Our dog was sent to a professional behavior campus for a two-week evaluation. Interestingly, the staff there tried to trigger him, but he was completely non-reactive. They couldn't give us a definitive answer as to why it happened, but the woman running the campus strongly advised that he needs to be in a home without children.
My husband insisted on rehoming him for our son's safety, and we found a wonderful home with people who love the breed and have owned Vizslas before.
Even though he is in a safe place, I am struggling to cope. I want my boy back so badly. I keep wondering if the sudden hormonal shift from the castration caused this, or if he was in pain (he has a history of ear infections, though he wasn't showing obvious signs).
Has anyone experienced a sudden, severe behavioral change post-neuter? How do you cope with the guilt and heartbreak of rehoming a dog you love so deeply to protect your child?

I found a black mouth cur puppy who was less than a year old. We already have two small dogs snd a Beagle. They rough house play all the time and love one another but this week she's attacked the smallest one and the Beagle. The Beagle attack was the worst. Happened last night and I had to pry her mouth apart and off the Beagle's neck. So we're both bleeding. I put her in her crate and she slept separately with my roommate instead of with me and the Beagle. They usually share the bed with me every night. I monitored everything this morning and she jumped on my bed and it happened again. This time I caught it early and back to the crate she went. My roommate thinks I'm overreacting and is not taking this seriously. Because of this, he's not trying to keep them apart. Advice?

I have a German shepherd, she’s 7 years old, 9 in a couple months. She’s always been really good about sleeping through the night- with the occasional emergency midnight bathroom break- but lately she’s been consistently waking me up 2-3 times per night, wanting to go outside, or just wanting me to follow her to her bed. If i refuse to get up, she’ll go to my sister’s room and wake her up instead.
One night, I stayed on the sofa near her bed rather than my room to see if it was anxiety maybe and she did not wake me up at all.
It’s really strange and out of character for her, she never does this for so many nights in a row.
Could it really just be anxiety or could it be something else?
Any theories/questions are welcome as i try to figure this out, since it’s really messing with my family’s sleep schedules.

Yes my dog literally will get a eat rocks. in his mouth

And just as you say, you better drop that and come close to him, he swallows it. (Gulp). I literally get close to him and

as you're near him Gulp!

One of my dogs always makes me laugh when I'm doing yard work. Not the slightest bit afraid of the lawnmower..... actively tries to attack the weed eater and blower......

Yet he was absolutely scared to death of the small watering can I was holding as I walked up to him. It might as well have been a sword from GOT called "dog silencer" or something....

Bonjour à tous

Jkai aujourd'hui adopté un petit furet de presque quatre mois. Sa propriétaire m’avait dit qu’il était habitué à la vie de famille ne mordait presque jamais sauf pendant le jeu et que même si espiègle était très calin.

Or, avant même que je ne parte de chez elle le furet a déjà commencé à nous mordre mon copain et moi (mon copain a été mordu jusqu'au sang).

Depuis que je suis rentrée chez moi il ne me laisse pas l’approcher, le caresser ni même le porter ou l'attraper sans essayer de me mordre et méchamment pas seulement mordiller. Et il fait très mal. La propriétaire avait dit qu’il comprenait le non ferme, qunil fallait l'attraper par la peau du cou et lui souffler dessus. Rien de tout ça ne marche. Je suis donc très inquiète que cet animal ne soit violent et ne pas parvenir à l'éduquer lui étant déjà grand.

Avez vous le moindre conseil ou astuce??

How can a dog drag a cage across a floor if there is a bottom pan/ tray to the cage? I feel like the people upstairs are leaving their dog in a cage without a pan, allowing the dog to move and drag the cage across the floor while they are in it. I am debating with someone and they are trying to convince me that it’s possible with a pan being there and that my theory is off. I really feel like this person just enjoys disagreeing with me, but I need some additional opinions.

The cage isn’t just moving/ budging and banging against the floor as a possible result of the dog throwing their body against the cage… It is full blown dragging across the floor. Sounding as if it is being pulled by someone.

For 1 week straight my male dog has been loitering around my female spayed cat but she has some parts left from the spay attached to the kidney they couldn’t remove she is not in ” breeding mode “

he Follows her excessively all day long not taking many breaks and seems to ask her to play but he keeps licking her bottom ALL DAY she is not in Heat

he seems to want to mount her but doesn’t do anything else he uses his paws to push on her and poke her all day i make every attempt to separate them she is tired of it i took her to a vet and I need to get a blood test but she was given antibiotics

she seemed slow and limp it was extremely hot we assumed she was dehydrated and she recovered from that doesn’t seem to be in pain vets don’t know yet what is wrong is he displaying dominance now ? Or is he genuinely worried for her conditin and maybe smells her being unwell from the inside ?

he is 2 years old in November and she is 1 years old

he does chase And monitor Her a little when she displays heat but for the most part leaves her alone he doesn’t even play with toys maybe it’s the heat my ac broke