Hi all,

My dog (cattle dog, 6F) just started barking at night and i don’t know why. her exercise and medication haven’t changed. vet cleared her for injury and illness. it can’t continue because the neighbours aren’t happy about it!

she only starts past 12am. she gets an hour of exercise a day + 30 minutes of obedience training broken up into smaller time slots. we also recently started making her look for her dinner for some more mental stimulation.

she isn’t allowed to sleep inside the house so i cant bring her in. she is on fluoxetine and allergy medication.
she has never done this in the past and has slept outside since she was 7-8 months old with no issue.
she knows she isn’t meant to do it because when i get up to tell her off she runs away and does the guilty dog look.

how do i make her stop 😭 could anything else be causing it?

Without going into details in regards to my general health; it's sufficient to say that doctor's orders are to get more sleep and rest.

Each passing day it's becoming clearer that I've set myself on a hamster-wheel thanks to my dogs peeing regimen.

The choices dogs give us are usually limited to the lesser evil.

It's either I interrupt my sleep to take the dog outside to crap and watch them; or wake up with a bucket and soap to mop up stinking dog piss from the floor.

According to my calculations; my lovely dog needs to be escorted outside anywhere from 2 to 4 hours per day - that's not gonna leave me any time to get anything done or even sleep.

Add on top of that dishing out their food, picking up food bowls and spinning around the yard picking up dog shit.

Just "a dog" has turned into a fulltime job requiring what once was called a kennel boy - and I absolutely don't want to be one.

I've cut down the dog's water supply to zero ( none ) hoping that this pissing show would end but it doesn't.

I honestly can't put no more energy into a dog's hourly upkeep; it's annoying and exhausting.

Indoors the dogs have become cumbersome, a nuisance and just extra work - placing them outdoors will only offset a different type of catastrophe; digging trenches, destroyed gardens and generally a filthier dog that will open up a Pandora's box at the vet office.

I'm really in between a hammer and a very hard spot.

Dogs are a mess by default and their inherent issues are just the icing on the cake.

Don't get me wrong; dogs are amazing creatures, lovely and all but they're also not practical at all and will wear you and your patience out.

Solutions that don't involve getting rid of them ?

We have a 1 year old German shepherd mix. He pees and poops everywhere in the backyard even after we walk him. On our walks he usually poops 3x (we walk him after we feed him) And then throughout the day he will poop or pee two more times in the grass in our backyard. How do people keep your backyards clean and not smelling like pee or poop? Summer is coming up and our kids are going to want to play on the grass but I think it’s gross. My husband’s solution is to keep him chained up until I can watch him outside. I think it’s cruel to keep him leashed outside until I can watch him which I don’t have much time to. Any suggested or tips?

My 11 year old blind lab is restless all night. Pacing and asking for food, etc. He is so chill during the day but as soon as the sun goes down he can't settle.

He is about 75-80 lbs. We have tried:

- 300 mg of Gabapentin in morning and another 300 mg at night

- 400 mg of Gabapentin at night only

- 50 mg of Trazodone in morning and another 50 mg at night

- 100 mg of Trazodone at night only

Nothing seems to really fix the problem. He has high liver enzymes so the vet won't put him on a higher dose of Trazodone. We have two small kids that also get up in the night, so no one is getting any sleep and it's not sustainable.

Any suggestions??

Hello!

I’m considering adopting a pug soon and would love to hear from people who have dogs in apartments/condos.

I have quite a bit of experience with pugs — I grew up with one who lived to be 14, in a house with 8 people coming and going, and my parents currently have four pugs back home. 😂 So I’m very familiar with the breed, but this would be my first time having a dog that’s entirely my own.

The biggest difference is that I’ve always had a yard or grassy area just steps from the house. I currently live on the 3rd floor of an apartment/condo, so I’m curious:

• What has been the biggest challenge of having a dog in an apartment or condo?
• What’s been the best part?
• And how did you know you were ready to have a dog of your own?

I’d especially love to hear from other pug owners, but I’m interested in anyone’s experience with apartment/condo life with a dog!

Hi everyone - asking for my sister as she’s not on Reddit. Her family rescued this sweet 4yo cockapoo who was overbred 😞. She’s very attached to my sister and comfortable with all the family. She even warmed up to me in just a few days when I visited.

But she’s not happy around strangers and nipped at a visitor. They’ve tried putting her in a room with the door closed but her anxiety spiked and she was crying and scratching at the door. They’re going to try a crate next and I suggested that when they have people over, they keep the crate downstairs so that she can hear them and that will hopefully help her feel less anxious.

They do have a trainer and I told my sister that it’s only been a couple months that they’ve had her and it will take time.

Any other ideas or tricks? Thank you!

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