They have squirrels and deer here!!

My Bella girl (1/2 weim, 1/2 pit) has always been on the anxious side. I attribute it to being a “pandemic puppy”, did not get exposed to enough sounds/other people when she was a pup.

She had TPLO surgery in March and we adjusted our schedules to monitor her and the PT. So basically she was never really alone for the past 5-6 months.

We had company in town and went out for the day and a bit was broken through. The next day we went to breakfast and she “kool aid man” style busted all the way through.

She has done this before but it’s been years and has been fine home alone before the surgery. We have a security camera on the driveway. She breaks out, does one or two laps of the driveway and then goes back in. No full on escape so that’s good.

Has anyone dealt with something like this before?

Any ideas on what to? I met with a dog trainer last week. She hasn’t gotten back to me yet with a plan.

Also, any ideas on what I could put on the fence to prevent her from physically breaking out? Like tin or something?

We lost our 13 year old Weim in July. She was the best doggo ever. We’ve been devastated every day since. Does anyone know a reputable place to get a new Weim within driving distance of Kentucky?

My girl loves her some pizza lol. Can’t leave anything close to the edge of the counter or else it’s fair game

My old man Dexter. We said goodbye about 10 days ago. I miss him every day. 13 years of unconditional love. I am lucky ❤️

Hi everyone,
I’m new to this sub after adopting a Weimaraner about 5 weeks ago. She’s spayed (around June 2026), approximately 18months old. We are still getting used to her personality and demeanor. I think the adage that they are Velcro dogs is very much true for her.
The issue I’m running into is her persistent urinating the house. She’s gone in the house maybe 8 times, twice yesterday, all on area rugs. The incident yesterday, I didn’t catch early enough and it completely soaked through the rug, pad, and the wood floor underneath, effectively ruining the floor.
She has a consistent outdoor routine. Crated when we leave the house. She has some separation anxiety and since she’s crated, only urinates in the house when we are around. Like, she’ll walk off, pee, and come back. Yesterday, we were painting a room, so we were occupied, and didn’t notice until later.
She isn’t urinating frequently when on walks, so I don’t think it’s a UTI. My old dog had frequent UTIs, so I’m familiar with the symptoms. Based on the clean up in the house, there isn’t blood or cloudiness, so less evidence for a UTI. We are trying our best to reward going outside and encourage the behavior.
Is this something that is frequent in this breed? Our prior dogs (recently passed away) rarely had accidents in the house. She’s the only dog in the house, so it isn’t marking, that I’m aware of. Anything that I’m missing or should change? Thanks

Someone is readyyyyy! 🍂 🍁

A few days ago I shared an early attempt to capture my guy Woody. Here’s my more recent attempt. I like how he turned out.

Harry and Merlí hanging out

My dogs inspired me to pick up watercolor painting. This one is the first portrait I ever tried (2 years ago), and I loved that it captured his bombastic side-eye.

This has been such a fun progression with Arlo! He just turned one last month and he is a rescue we adopted at the end of January. He had no obedience training and was a beast to walk on a leash when we first adopted him. He is now 80 lbs and walks like a gentleman on leash and does really well with all his verbal and hand signal commands. When we hit a long clear spot on the trail I have been dropping his leash and only using verbal signals like in this video. He got a little spunky at the end to tell mom she wasn’t switching directions with us. 😂

Proceeds to sleep on floor.

Most normal Weimaraner.

My boy just constantly stares at me and secretly I love it.

This morning I took my girl out for a little bike ride for the first time.

I've intoduced her to the concept of bikes, trotting next to it and stopping when I stop. For about a month now we've done short training rides of 200 to 400 m once a week.

This morning I took her out for a longer bike ride. I checked and it was 6 km. About 1 km was spent in a nice trot on leash next to me on pavement. The rest was spent however she wanted off leash. She ran, trotted, sprinted, chased, took some sniff breaks, took some swim and drink breaks. All of this mostly on grass and dirt and occasionally on some gravel paths.

We headed back when she still had plenty of energy, the way back on pavement was again done in a calm trot.

All in all we were gone for about 40 minutes. When we got home she was tired, but not exhausted.

She really loved this and I'd love to do more of this with her, but I don't want to overexert her or damage her growing body.

I was told by her breeder and my vet that for longer distances it's always better to let the dog off leash if possible, or on a longline otherwise, and let the dog set the pace.

She's fit and manages distances like this and longer with ease with me on foot when we go on walks or short hikes.

Would it be ok to take her for short rides like this morning a few times a week?

Not a fan of the camera...

My 6 year old neutered male seems to have some seasonal allergies. He is SO itchy, everywhere, and his skin seems to have some red splotchiness under the fur.

I don't think anything has changed, he's been on the same food for several years (Hills chicken and rice.) I'm pretty sure I remember him being itchy this time last fall. We're in Pennsylvania, anybody have a clue what's triggering him this time of year?

Benadryl doesn't seem to help much- I gave him the dose recommended by the vet. Any recommendations for soothing shampoo? I normally use Dr. Bronners on him, but I've read that oatmeal shampoo might be a good idea?

Thanks, all!