My dog has access to 3 different bath scrunchies and yet she only takes mine, I’ve also switched my bath soaps multiple times and yet she only ever takes mine. I’m not upset with her at all just curious why she’s doing it. She will rub on it so much that it ends up down the hallway, is this normal? Why is she doing it?
My dog (an 11 year old Boxer) keeps pawing at her face. She will paw at it a few times and then go on her back and wiggle her back and head around on the carpet. I’ve noticed she does it more at night time. I can tell something is bothering her but I’m just trying to pinpoint what it is exactly based on her behavior. Last time I took her to the vet (not related to the face-pawing) the vet said that she has allergies so maybe that could be it? She also has had an abcess in her mouth (which was removed) as well as an ulcer in her eye (which has healed and scarred over). Does anyone else have any ideas?
Look what my cat did 😭😭...should I go to doctor ...it was yesterday and will it scar
Now that we are spending time outside, my 11 mo old cavachon has been digging holes in the yard. She is fast and furious. Any thoughts on how to curb it? If we aren’t entertaining her every second she will start to dig. Thanks
So I have a 21 month old American bully that I adopted in April. I love him so frikkin much y’all! He has the best personality and goofy smile and I absolutely adore his tiny little bottom lip hahahaha….
BUT the boy will not softly play for crap!!! Bully’s are notoriously stubborn and he very much is. So how can I get him to stop the hard playing?? When I tell you I’m all bruised and scratched up from his play biting and clumsy toddler energy. I do redirect to toys/beef bone and I always give a stern verbal command but he just looks at me like the meme of the little girl in the yellow raincoat running with a popsicle and keeps going. I will prompt 3x’s and then verbally tell him he’s going to time out and he stops all bad behavior and within minutes he’s back to beating me up- then he does actually go to time out… but what else can I do?!?! Any techniques I should try with him?? And when I say stubborn I mean he will dead stop in the middle of the street if I don’t take him to walk in the direction he chooses. All of that to ask for as much help as possible.
**Pic of the stubborn toddler in question**
She is an 11 year old poodle. Usually she follows me like a shadow and sleeps next to me on the couch during the day. I take care of her months at a time while my mom works and she’s been my best friend for 11 years. Now, she just comes when I call I cuddle her and she just goes straight to bed. Shes normal during walks though. Humps and licks her pillow quite a lot as well.
My pit he is great with other people and he loves meeting new people. When he 11 year old cousin comes in my room to pet him or play with him. He would growl at him and dont want him to touch him. I tell my cousin to stop cause he is uncomfortable but my cousin is the only one he growls at put of everyone he meets. My dog is amazing with my nieces and nephews but donest like my 11 year old cousin for some reason. My cousin never did anything to my dog its always when he comes into my room my dog does this. He would sit in front of me and growl when he trys to pet him. Is there anything I could do to get my dog to stop growling when my cousin is in my bedroom just wanting to pet him?
Then she be like, hey I don’t care im just a cat!
TL:DR My traumatized angel baby cat likes to harass the elderly and it's getting out of hand.
Last October, I (27F) left an abusive relationship, but I couldn't take my cat. After a month and a half and a whole legal process, I was able to get my baby girl Glen (2F) back, but she's had a hard time getting along with my parent's cats (Melody and River, both 14F).
My ex (26F) and I adopted Glen (three-quarters persian tortie) when she was 8 weeks old. We already had two other cats (a middle-aged persian and a 1 year old shelter mutt) and we lived in a one-bedroom apartment. A beagle puppy got thrown into the mix and, after the persian died unexpectedly, we almost immediately got two persian kittens. This was all in a one-bedroom apartment. I know that it was basically a hoarding situation. The reason I left the relationship was that she was going to get another puppy. There were way too many animals in that apartment.
My ex was verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive. There would be shouting matches at least twice a week, which would often escalate into violence. My ex was also mentally ill and untreated, so there was that chaos as well. Glen is my cat, she has always been bonded to me, and we had agreed that if we split up, I would take her. When the break up actually happened, though, my ex hid Glen and filed a restraining order against me. I got her back a month and a half later.
I don't know what happened during that month and a half. I think she was moved to my ex's mom's house, locked in a room (her mom has an antisocial cat) and ignored the entire time. I think she only had her siblings for comfort. Glen has historically been a prosocial cat. She was particularly close to her older sister and one of the kittens. My sister thinks that Glen was physically abused at some point because she now flinches around rapid movements. When I got her back, she was matted (I'll include a photo of her deshedding) and incredibly clingy. Whenever I'm home, Glen is nearby. If I don't come home on time, she gets upset. For a few months after she came home she would come when called by name with perfect recall.
My parents cats don't even like each other that much and they're bonded sisters. They're also definately getting older. Both of them HATE Glen. During introductions, Glen would try to play with them and they would rebuff her every time. We tried distracting them, playing with them, giving extra attention, and feeding special treats while in proximity of each other. Nothing improved. One cat hid for days on end and the other ended up breaking out into hives. Eventually, we decided to keep them separated.
Glen now regularly growls at and charges the doors to rooms the other cats are in. There's now been one proper fight when Glen bolted through an open door and another very close call. She seems to be escalating.
I think that Glen is anxious, frustrated, and bored. She has all the toys a cat could want (I work at PetSmart, I would know), regular human attention, a room with her own food and water, multiple scratching posts and beds, and a cat tree. She's also harness trained and I've taken her outside. I think another part of the problem may be that my parents cats are indoor-outdoor and Glen can see them outside (Glen will be an outdoor cat over my bleeding corpse).
My only idea at this point would be to get Glen a kitten so she has something to do besides torment the elderly all day, but I know that also comes with a new bucket of potential problems. We're at our wit's end and things just can't stay like this. Someone's gonna get hurt. Thank you for reading my small novel and I welcome any and all advice people may have.
My dog, a 9 year old border terrier, doesn’t want to walk during our walks. It’s not that she absolutely refuses to move. She either moves extremely slow with stops or she just sits down and does nothing. Which leads to me pulling on her leash or luring her to me with a piece of dog food. (I don’t give her the piece to avoid her thinking she’s being rewarded.) This behaviour mostly occurs during the start and mid of the walk but during the end, she’s ahead of me.
However, when I take her to somewhere else for a walk like next to farmland or a pasture; She seems to have no problems and is walking even ahead of me.
Does anyone have advice on how to change this? Or maybe why she does this?