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- I just moved into a new apartment on Monday

- My dOg is 8 months old, and spayed.

- she has never lived in the city before, or in an apartment building.

- it often seems as though she has a nervous / paranoid disposition most of the time

- she has a sister who doesn't share any of her emotional / behavioural problems, so I know it's not from lack of exercise they get plenty. It's also definitely not from boredom.

It seems like she has territorial issues.

I can't have strangers coming into the apartment or she goes CRAZY like she is possessed and will bite people on their legs. She's a 13 lb chi mix, so it's not that powerful but it is still dangerous aggression.

I don't know what to do about it because she barks so loud she doesn't hear my verbal corrections. Physically implanting myself in her space only makes her lash out at me. She won't calm down and only gets more and more distressed until the person leaves.

Yesterday my friend was kind enough to try to work with the dog and made careful pains not to disturb her by not moving or looking at her and eventually feeding her treats. Eventually he started kissing him but as soon as he made any sudden movement she would freak out again

She even barks when she hears noises in the house like doors opening or voices outside the property.

It's so uncontrollable and terrible, and I'm afraid there will be repercussions since she is causing a disturbance as well as posing a threat to anyone coming into the house.

What can I do?

Serious & educated answers only please. I know some Of you think you're pretty awesome on the Internet but your generic answers about exercise / cliche don't give affection / just regular random trolling may give you two points but definitely won't get 10 so why bother being annoying?

Thanks to those who can help.

I am a first time dog owner and I recently got my dogs spayed.

As with most potentially life-threatening procedures, I think us dog owners can never really know TOO much... So please share?

My experience:

We had an appointment scheduled before they went into heat but the night before one of my dogs was fed food too late (they have to have an empty stomach). We had to reschedule and in that time one of them went into heat.

One of my dogs was in heat (swollen vulva, discharge), and we were going to wait until she was finished due to the variety of info we read on dogs in heat bleeding too much on the operating table.

We weren't sure if the other dog was going into heat until the day of we thought her vulva looked bigger than usual. When we got to the vet we mentioned that just that day she may have started first heat. The vet came out and told us that she has done thousands of spats and feels comfortable operating when they are in heat.

We trusted her advice and left the dogs there till the afternoon.

When we returned, both were fine, but very groggy from the anasthesia. It's been two days.

The one that was in heat is recovering fine, a scar about an inch long. It has stitches under the skin and the skin is glued to prevent infection.

The one that was not in heat (or was perhaps at the very beginning) had a difficult surgery, the scar is about 4 inches long because she began to bleed a lot, and the doctor had to make a larger incision so that she could tie up the open vessel.

The first day my dog could barely stand. Now her behavior is very odd, she seems depressed.

My other pup has been recovering very well and is even more affectionate than usual. I'm worried for my other dog.

As in, I want to be sure that if the locks are broken that a property manager will fix them within a day, or I will be free to leave without paying a fee... or if there is a bug infestation that the property manager will take care of it in a timely fashion or I will be allowed to leave without paying a fee.

If this isn't in the contract, how can I politely get it to be on the contract?

I got food poisoning and he's acting like I'm exaggerating when I have never exaggerated an illness before - plus if you know what food poisoning is it actually DOEs really suck a lot and today for example I could barely walk from abdominal cramps and he's like throwing stuff on me and acting like I'm faking it. I even tried to get him to understand that I haven't been able to eat anything in 24 hours and I had a hard time puking up the gross food i ate (he saw me puke it up first thing in the morning) and I slept all day long feeling like ultimate crap and he's just rude and inconsiderate and mean.

I have a 5 month old 11lb chi mix puppy.

Originally she had a collar but was so small it was hard to get her to walk properly on it so for a couple weeks we tried a harness but realized that it wasn't teaching her anything about walking close to us, we just ended up having to work more to keep her close. So we bought regular buckle collars.

For a couple weeks the change was noticeable, she was resisting less and responding more. But now, about a month later she's just crazy on a leash, she only walks when she wants to, otherwise she will bolt and tug and pull and will NOT stop even if she's panting and choking.

It used to happen toward the end of the walks when we were going home. But now it's even starting in the beginning of the walk. It's like she has NO idea that the reason she is so uncomfortable on the leash is because she is pulling.

Now for training:

I've tried luring her, and it works she's very obedient. The moment I bring out a treat, she sits down politely. I walk holding the treat at a reasonable pace for a few steps, then give her the treat. As soon as the treat is gone she's back to bolting. She'll try to run so hard her forelegs won't even touch the ground they just get all splayed out like she's swimming.

I've also tried walking a few steps, making her sit, walking a few steps, etc. doesn't work.

I've tried turning in a circle, keeping the leash short, walking in the opposite direction -- it just doesn't work.

If too many leash corrections happen she very staunchly refuses to walk any further and plants her feet down and lowers her head, she wants to go home and that's it. I can't force her to go any further.

Also, by the way she already knows that I'm pack leader. She will even wait for me to go out the door first, she obeys every command I give even without treats. It's really just the walk that is the problem. It's not a problem 100% of the time, it's usually only a problem around 75% of the time, but still it makes what would be enjoyable walks very not fun because I don't like to see her distressed.

I've heard of the gentle leader... what other collars will be good to help associate the leash with the pace she has to keep? I don't want her to hurt herself. She's pretty high energy.

Also, I let her off leash in our garden for around 15-20 mins before the walk. and 15-20 mins after the walk too... Other than the playtime in the garden with her sister, the daily walks are the only source of exercise she gets (which really would be quite a lot if only she would walk 100% of the time!) I've started running sometimes since she seems to only want to run. But I can't run all the time because she's not leash trained and it becomes dangerous after a minute or two as she tries to cut in front of me or fight with her sister or sniff a leash...

Let's say you own a million dollar lemonade stand. It's not doing so well, but your big brother has his hands in money, so the lemonade stand survives (even though most people around don't want lemonade they want pineapple juice)

Business is slow but there are so many people out there who are just not having lemonade yet, and you want to sell it to them for a very high price. So you hire a DJ to create a great musical atmosphere for your stand. You make $8,000 (before paying 10 employees, and rent) and pay your super hip DJ $150 in ONe night.

Should your dj get a few free lemonades?

Okay so I have done a bit of research on dog body language. I have an enormous book with lots of pictures, and descriptions on what each body motion means, as well as an explanation of "Stress Signals" and "Calming Signals" etc...

But I'm still puzzled by my puppy's behavior!

My puppy is 4.5 months old. Everytime she meets a dog (in our puppy kindergarten class, as well as neighbors dogs) she shows (what I think are) extreme forms of submission:

A twisted play bow (Front twisted up)

Some Facial Tension sometimes

Ears Back

Tail tucked but wagging

Rolling Over on her Back

Trying to Roll Over Underneath the Dog

Lying Flat Splayed out on her Belly & army Crawling towards the dog

Whale Eyes

Sometimes Pacing around the dog

SO...

Yesterday was the first time we had her around another dog (adult) completely off leash, in his territory, outside and in a house.

I wasn't sure how to handle the situation because she was giving (what I think are) mixed signals.

She would exhibit those forms of submission, and then when the dog would sniff her and trot away, she would run after him tail held high and wagging, ears relaxed and then she would circle around him and stop in front of him even if he was in mid walk and give her submission display.

He was not aggressive at all, and really was minding his own business by walking away, and was very careful not to step on her. But she wouldn't give up this sycophant behavior.

I considered removing her from the situation at first when I saw how submissive she was being, but she wasn't shaking or trying to jump up on me (which is what she does when she is frightened of big trucks), she seemed to not be concerned with the people around at all, except to maybe "hide" from the bigger dog, only to run after him again when he left her alone and be super submissive.

Even when he was just laying down, she would lie down on her belly and army crawl up towards him and try to do a twisted play bow underneath his head. He'd just get up and walk away.

Seemed like she wanted some attention but every time he would come toward her she would only interact by submission.

After some time the submissiveness kind of subsided and she would still sit on command and was responsive to me, but I'm just not sure why she was behaving like that, I don't want her to be stressed about meeting other dogs, but at the same time she is still a puppy and maybe this is why she is acting so awkwardly?

She is a small breed chihuahua feist mix, approximately 9 lbs, will grow to be around 20.

So one of my puppes basically barks really loudly and incessantly at small kids, she's NOT aggressive she's only 4 months old and her barking is just trying to get attention, her tails wags out of control and her ears lie flat back and her tongue lolls out totally relaxed, she just gets really excited. She does this around dogs and bigger humans too but we manage to control it enough to tell her to sit and soon after she's just kissing and rolling over totally submissive.

But since she barks like crazy to kids, they get scared and their parents get protective (understandble)

But she barks so loud and crazy that she can't hear me when I give her commands and she won't respond to leash corrections.

For me to expect my boyfriend to walk our two puppies up the block when I have an injured toe?

My puppies are 4 months old, they have had all of their vaccinations - even rabies.

They're in good health, but need some more experiences with other dogs. They go to a puppy kindergarten class every week, but this week they have to miss it because my boyfriend has work, my sister ditched me, and I have an injured toe! I'd like to take them out somewhere safe this week (tomorrow) to catch up on their social skills.

I was thinking... the pet store...? But people don't necessarily want other pets meeting their pets -- or do they?

I don't want to take them to a dog park because being outside on a walk is pretty stressful enough, and they don't have great manners just yet. They know how to butt sniff and generally their response is automatic submission to every dog, but I don't want them to be traumatized by all the sights and sounds and smells of a dog park (not to mention potentially aggro dogs).

They are small dog puppies, at this point only around 7-8 pounds maybe a little more.

Studies show that dogs do like listening to music, and that it can have a relaxing effect.

I'm looking for music that they will feel good listening to.

I like electronic music, so I put on Pandora and made a station for an artist named Salva. It's pretty mellow and upbeat without a lot of glitchy stuff.

Looking forward to hearing other music they might like! What do you play?

So far I know of:

Irish wolfhound

Russian wolfhound

Hairless Chinese crested

Peruvian inca orchid

Bull terrier

Saluki

Pharaoh dog

American hairless terrier

Bedlington terrier

Stabbyhoun

What are some more rare and uncommon dog breeds?

And how much do you pay?

I'm interested in buying a health insurance plan but I don't want to spend more than $100 a month.

I think I may have broken it around 3 years ago. I opened a brass door too fast and it slammed head on into my big toe. The nail eventually came off, and it was pretty jammed though nothing too crazy looking. I never went to the doc but ive been having aches with it occasionally, I can deal with that but just a few days ago it's been hurting so bad

Feels like there's something caught in the joint of the tarsal. And metatarsal., I can't fully stretch it up and down without serious pain. The area around has always been weird but especially around the outer joint where people usually get bunions it's super super tender, weakest point on my body. The tip of my toe is tingly and the right side of my toe nail has no feeling.

Help?

I had (and now my puppy is having) a terrible experience with our vet and the rabies vaccine.

First my vet barely spent any time prepping us for the possible side effects of the rabies vaccine (I know, our fault for not being prepared, but we literally had no idea, no one has ever mentioned to us that the vaccine could be so dangerous for puppies, plus this is my first time owning a puppy) we spent almost $400 today at the vet getting distemper and rabies shots for our two dogs, as well as some other stuff... Anyway the visit was maybe around 20 mins or so.

At the end she just mentioned "watch out for any facial swelling or vomiting" then she was politely shooing us away.

We went to work and my sister watched the dogs. When we returned they looked a little pitiful. Our more robust puppy was fine, more or less with mild whining when we touched the injection site.

Our lanky hyper puppy was abnormally lethargic, whined loudly to touch, and cowered, shivering on each inhale. My sister said she had not been like that all day but overall they'd just been a little lethargic and not quite themselves. That's what we expected but to see our normally fiery energy pup acting like this has been so frightening.

I was so worried about her shaky breathing, but it has since subsided. I think her eye lids may be swollen, and her lips possibly. Her gums are pink though, and she's asleep now (usual bedtime) so its hard to know what to do. I know the easy answer (won't get you the 10 points btw) is "take her to the vet" but it's 3:00 am and the only vet close by will cost me $126 just for an exam. They would do two shots, one to counteract the vaccine and a shot of Benadryl for the allergic symptoms.

She is clearly not going into anaphalytic shock because she's breathing at a normal uninterrupted pace in her sleep.

Though her face is a little swollen she has not vomited.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

I now hate my vet for not telling us that this vaccine could be dangerous. Though she mentioned the facial swelling and vomiting she said nothing on why that would happen or what we should do about it. Nor did she mention the whole slew of other symptoms, nor did she refer any emergency vet. Ugh there's a whole list of crappy things I could add but I won't.

Any words of advice?

I am just planning on watching her through the night and going to the regular vet in the morning if anything happens.

The first two days of my cycle are really painful for me. No ordinary pain reliever works, only narcotic like percocet (which I am not really able to get)

I've had an abortion when I was 18 and I also was on birth control (cant remember which kind) for about a year. This has only recently been an issue for a couple years (I'm 26)

I know why the cramps are happening but I don't know what could be the reason why they are super painful (I've had to call out of work and leave work early before

What was the experience like? How old & big were they and did you fly them in cargo? How did that work out? What country did you go to & what was the quarantine process? What about the country was it dog friendly?

One of my puppies needs bite inhibition training. From an early age (around 10 weeks) I noticed that while her sister responded well to the Yelping sound we made, she didn't seem to care. I assumed she was just not fooled. As the weeks go by I notice how freely she nips and sometimes straight up bites (and doesn't let go) she's drawn blood from as young as 10 weeks up till now (3 months)

She's never drawn blood from me, because I don't allow her to bite me - I snatch my hand away and say "no!" then I wait until she calms down and I present my hand for her to smell. If she nipped while "in the moment" (playing with toys or her sister) she will smell my hand and lick, but sometimes she remains agitated and will repeatedly try to bite, when I hand her a toy instead she bites it viciously.

So I think she needs bite inhibition training, and I don't know how to go about this.

She gets plenty of exercise I take them on walks at least twice a day (around 15-20 mins max) they go outside every couple hours to their outdoor playpen and they play together and chase each other endlessly.

Also, we are already enrolled in puppy kindergarten but it does not cover biting. Plus I'm not a fan of our trainer.

I'd rather have one-on-one consultation, is there a way to go about this that is cost efficient?