So I've posted some of our story here before recently. Had my dog 2 years from a puppy, but she's spent the last 2 years as an outside dog at my boyfriend's mom's house. Now she's back living in our apartment, and she's been here 4 days ( Read more... )

Okay, so, I have a dog. Everyone here has one.  : )

Name: Ashleigh
Age: 3
Sex: Female

Ashleigh is spayed, and see has had all her vaccinations. She is a German Shepherd. She also was mauled by another dog and seriously injured at four months. She needed surgery to repair some of her internal organs. She was mauled by a full grown chow.  : (  The only ( Read more... )

I have a 2 1/2 year old Pomeranian/Schipperke mix named Blayde. He's a very good boy most of the time - sweet, gentle, polite, friendly, good with car rides and flying, etc. He isn't around other dogs very often but politely sniffs the ones his size or smaller and shivers and hides from dogs larger than himself. He won't play with other dogs. He ( Read more... )

Hello there, my name is Cass. I am a full-time college student studying to be a Medical Assistant AND a vet tech, work part time at Goodwill, and volunteer and participate in the everyday workings of an animal rescue called Rescue Farm.  (Sounds like I have a lot of free time, huh?) Haha.
Anyways, my fiance and I have one dog, an adopted 4 year old ( Read more... )

I need some ideas ( Read more... )

Hi again all! I'm into being a pest this week, so I have another question about dogs' anxiety and how to help them (and me!) cope ( Read more... )

History, our situation, and two pics behind the cut

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Hello, I just joined this community because I am the new proud co-parent of a one-year-old Lhasa Apso named Bear. We got him from his previous owners who needed to make room for a new (human) baby. I looked through the tags and couldn't find anything that quite answered my questions, so sorry if this duplicates old posts at all ( Read more... )

I REALLY need to hear separation anxiety success stories, because I am running out of ideas. I have tried gentle methods, I have tried canine comfort zone with DAP, and Rescue Remedy, exhausting my dog, I tried ignoring my dog as much as possible and not being in the same room all the time, KONG/marrow bone, I tried the company of another dog, I ( Read more... )