arena chick

Alright I don t want any criticism so be polite please.

Situation: My roommate just adopted a dog, Cali, who who we assume is around a year old. She s a pitbull who has a great disposition so I m not worried about aggression so much as I am disobedience.

I have a dog myself, Kenai, and took the time to train him. I m worried about my roommate not taking the time to train his new puppy, he s military and works all day so he s not around. I have experience training a dog but he was a lot less hyper than Cali.

My question is, besides talking to my roommate which I will do, what are the best ways to train pitbulls? She outgoing and hyper, but has a very short attention span even with treats. Won t stay off the bed, so she doesn t understand no and down. I can get her to sit, but she ll jump up after to get the treat, which I don t give. I m just looking for a little advice on the matter.

Please don t bash on my roommate, he s irresponsible I get it.

I m house sitting for my friend and she s got a red eared turtle. It s only been a few days and it doesn t look like she s eating. I m not a turtle expert so I don t know if they shed like crabs and have a dormant stage. She s not moving much, but she is breathing. Isn t reacting to touch like she normally does either.

Please don t be rude with your comments, I really don t know much about these creatures.

It s my roommates dog so the situation is a little fuzzy for me.

She seems to be peeing involuntarily, when she s sleeping, gets excited, or just relaxing. Since she s not my dog, taking her to the vet isn t really something I have any control over. I was thinking bladder infection and worse case scenario kidney cancer/infection.

Any ideas on what it could be or how to approach my roommate about this.

My dog is 2 years now and since he was a puppy I have been teaching him the commands and getting him ready for the open snow, so to speak. He s getting to the age where he can handle long runs and I need to know more about the equipment to use and where to buy the best beginners items. We have a harness and that s about it lol. It snows a lot up in the mountains about an hour away from me so there are places for me to go with this.

I will be getting another dog, but she will be a puppy so for now it s just my one dog.

I would love all the information I can gather on this as I do wanna start taking trips this year.