u/Chemical_Canine

By this I mean the old, old adopt me when pets didn't exist and it was built off roleplay. I still like the new adopt me, but I miss the old adopt me.

I allow my dog to play bite my hands/arms when we play, but he has a command (all done) to stop, and he listens 99.9% of the time to it. He doesn't do it to anyone else unless they allow him to, and he listens if asked to stop. What are your opinions on allowing biting during play when controlled?

Hello! My service dog in training is having some trouble staying focused. When we are near grass he always sniffs and even when I correct him and bring him back to heel, whenever we pass grass or plants or something desirable he sniffs. I'm not really sure how to train this out, when he's not in a heel I'm fine with him sniffing and I allow him to. He also has some very mild excitement reactivity towards dogs. He doesn't bark but he does fixate and typically he tries to pull towards them. We've had some success in ignoring dogs, but its not consistent and I don't think he truly understands he cannot visit. When he pulls towards dogs I correct and ask for his attention, but when he is around dogs he doesn't listen very well. I was able to have a mostly successful training session at a dog park with quite a few dogs in it (this is one with multiple fenced areas connected, there was an empty one so we trained in it.) The only dogs I allow him to play with are the neighbors dogs, and he can train around them off leash and listen very well. He wants to play with every dog he sees, and I'm not quite sure how to fix it. I still need to see if the park training session helped, I haven't been able to take him out since then. Before today I have used a slip lead, but today I was finally able to pry some prongs off his prong collar so now it fits correctly. We went to the pool store and trained a bit and he did well with not sniffing stuff after a few corrections. He wanted to go for the cats, but after correction and walking him away from the cat he did pretty well. I had a tab leash on him and he stayed right at my heel the whole time and barely tried sniffing merchandise or the floor which he struggled with a lot. We went in the grass a little to let him go potty and he waited for me to drop the leash and tell him to go to start sniffing, although that may be a coincidence as we were only in the grass for a second.

Hello! My service dog in training is having some trouble staying focused. When we are near grass he always sniffs and even when I correct him and bring him back to heel, whenever we pass grass or plants or something desirable he sniffs. I'm not really sure how to train this out, when he's not in a heel I'm fine with him sniffing and I allow him to. He also has some very mild excitement reactivity towards dogs. He doesn't bark but he does fixate and typically he tries to pull towards them. We've had some success in ignoring dogs, but its not consistent and I don't think he truly understands he cannot visit. When he pulls towards dogs I correct and ask for his attention, but when he is around dogs he doesn't listen very well. I was able to have a mostly successful training session at a dog park with quite a few dogs in it (this is one with multiple fenced areas connected, there was an empty one so we trained in it.) The only dogs I allow him to play with are the neighbors dogs, and he can train around them off leash and listen very well. He wants to play with every dog he sees, and I'm not quite sure how to fix it. I still need to see if the park training session helped, I haven't been able to take him out since then.

A little over a year old
mutt (great pyrenees, heeler, pitbull, lab, boxer)
about 43 pounds
symptoms knowingly started around 30 minutes ago

Mako threw up twice, there were dead oak leaves and a couple unknown plants in his vomit. Other than that, his behavior is typical. We would call the ascpa poison control, but we cannot pay for the 110 dollar fee. We have not found a vet yet, we got him recently.