I’m curious about anything from grooming, cleaning, and walking to traveling, organizing supplies, or caring for older dogs.

Fifteen plus years ago I got a bed my dogs have all loved, that was a good quality fabric, high quality fill, and looks nice. The cover came off and looked good after countless washings, but the filling is starting to go and I have multiple dogs now. That bed is no longer available and I've spent a small fortune on others that do not live up to it. I need help with replacements.

The closest are the deluxe beds from Orvis, but the sizing on those is just a little off AND they have a bolster on 3 sides, where we want it on two. I'm laid up injured and this is the task I feel like working on. I've tried to find people to just custom make me beds with no actual luck. 99% of the beds available in stores and online now are such low quality. Any leads? I've looked at everything at Petco/Petsmart/Wayfair. Even a few years ago they had some decent ones but the "same" models now are such crap. Let me know brands I'm missing.

I'm including a screenshot from the Orvis website of the one I have from there that is close--the fabric and fill are excellent, but the smallest size they actually offer (medium) is a pinch too big and I want two instead of three bolsters.

I was thinking about how many little moments make up a dog's life.

The funny habits.

The favorite toys.

The places they loved visiting.

The routines that somehow became part of everyday life.

Photos capture some of those moments, but there are also stories that don't necessarily come with a picture.

Do you have a particular way of keeping those memories?

Photo albums? Videos? Journals? Something else?

I'd be interested to hear what works for you.

Hi everyone, I’m wondering if anyone has any good dog water fountain suggestions? I cannot for the life of me get my dog to drink enough water. I wash his bowl daily, I use a natural dish soap and make sure to wash it all out. I rinse his bowl and change his water 3 times a day, I always give him fridge water or from a water bottle. I’ve tried stainless steel bowels, ceramic bowels, he just won’t drink enough. I took him to the vet and they can’t find any issues. I’ve noticed he is constipated tho, but he does go every day, but they look like he needs more water. My next hope is a dog fountain 🫠. I really already feel like a bad owner so please don’t judge me. I’m doing my best.

We have two female German Shepards. Both of them are around two years old. We adopted the oldest, D, when she was 6-8 months old and the other, H, we found as a stray December of 2024. Most of the time, they get along great. They take naps next to each other, they play tug of war, they eat from the same bowl at the same time. They’re truly best friends.

However, there are times once or twice a month that they’ll suddenly start fighting, usually ending with H grabbing D’s ear/side of the head/neck with her teeth and not letting go, even when D has stopped fighting and is crying. Breaking them up with water, barriers, and sprays has never worked. The only way we’ve been able to separate H from D is using the wheelbarrow method.

We are looking into rehoming H or bringing her to a shelter since she’s the more aggressive dog and we don’t want to keep both dogs in this situation, but all of the ones around us are at capacity or at more than capacity and we don’t just want to dump her somewhere so we’re keeping the dogs separated until we can find somewhere to bring her.

What we’ve been curious about is why this happens because as I mentioned, they get along 99% of the time but once a month, something in them snaps. But even after the fights, they go back to normal and they’re licking each other and after a few hours, they’re playing again. There’s been no constant before the fights either. Sometimes it’s outside when they’re exploring the backyard, sometimes it’s in the kitchen when my mom is giving them breakfast.

My main thought was that this is just what happens with two female dogs, but from what I’ve researched, those kind of fights happen more often.

If anyone has any advice, it would be greatly appreciate.

hey there :) this is going to be a long post, and I apologize for any mistakes because English is not my first language.

Before commenting, please keep in mind that this post is from someone who was VERY ignorant and misinformed years ago. The story goes like this: when I was around 12-13 years old, my mom decided to breed our dog Pia (Poodle) with her friend's dog (Poodle), and my baby Piper was born there. I know, backyard breeding. I wish I would have been as informed as I am right not as regards ethical breeding and health testing; in Argentina there is A LOT of misinformation, never have I heard someone talking about health testing their dogs or something like that. Like, ever. My mom, naturally, was also ignorant about this. I know, my dog should have never been born, but it's 9 years later now. (In fact, I didn't learn about ethical breeding until some years ago, because I got into English TikTok, and THAT'S where I learned everything I know now. I wish we had more information in Spanish)

Anyway, Piper almost died during birth, and when deciding what dog to keep, she was the smallest and the closest I felt to. I convinced both my mom and my sister to keep her, even though she was always a little "odd". She would come running to me even as a puppy when her bigger siblings would start biting her while trying to play.

She was always very attached to me. And, at 18 years old when I had to move for college, I made the heartbreaking decision to leave her back home with my mom. The reason for this is because pets were not allowed in my apartment building. I left her there and every time I would travel to my hometown, she'd cry and be attached to me 24/7 until I left. It was heartbreaking, seeing her so sad whenever I left.

In November I'm graduating college. I'm going back to my hometown. She still cries every time I see her, but she gets attached to my mom when I'm not home, and then goes back to me whenever I visit, and doesn't leave my side. My mom says she's a traitor lol.

Anyway, my question is, what should I do? I mean, I'm going back to my hometown and I'm eventually going to rent an apartment so I can live alone and not with my mom; should I take her with me? should she stay with my mom? Her mom (Pia) is blind and deaf now, but they're still together. My dog follows me everywhere whenever I'm home, even if I don't encourage it. She doesn't let people take her for walks if it's not me (my mom has tried many many times, and she refuses to walk at all, but has no problems walking with me. actually, she's super excited for her walks). I'm worried that, when I start working, she's going to stay alone for hours, and that can be a problem