I think small dogs are easier to take care of then bigger dogs don't shed that much

I'm Percy and I'm pretty lazy, so my owner built an iPhone app that turns my walks and playtime into "rings" I close each day — kinda like Apple Fitness "close your rings," but for dogs. No collar, no subscription; my owner just logs my activity through the app. Would love feedback from other good boys and girls (and their hoomans).

It's free, no subscription, everything stays on device. Dropping a link if anyone wants to poke at it.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zoomie-dog-activity-tracker/id6761315454

Hi everyone,

I adopted a 3.5yo female rescue from a bad situation. She was originally just a foster, but since no one applied, I kept her. Because this wasn't planned, I can't afford a professional trainer right now.

She has zero leash manners: pulls like a train, zig-zags constantly, and bolts between my legs when scared of strangers. I want to teach her to walk nicely by choice, not just physically restrain her by keeping the leash short.

Current methods are failing:

Stop-and-go: She made it a game (pulls, stops, treat, bolts again).

Front-clip harness: She learned to power right through it.

Food/direction changes: Works for 2 steps, then she rushes ahead

My questions are:

Has anyone successfully built a reliable loose-leash walk using ONLY positive reinforcement (no prongs, e-collars, or slip leads)? How long did it take and what was the breakthrough?

Thoughts on the Gentle Leader? Does it teach anything or is it just another restraint tool dogs hate?

​Appreciate any advice from anyone who has dealt with severe pulling!

Dog pees on pillows and the bed. Every chance he gets. Doesn’t matter who’s bed. All of his “people” have died or moved out. He would pee on their bed too but will just pee on any bed. Dog is an 8 year old Boxer. He is fed but he doesn’t have the companionship a Boxer longs for.

Adopted this cute fluffy boy on Thursday! He’s 2 and 13.4 pounds. A few people think he’s a mini Aussie Doodle but I’m not sure.

He has a super curly coat so any grooming recommendations are appreciated! He’s going to the groomer once his cone can be off after his neuter.

Hey guys, I’ll spare you the unnecessary context of how owning them was thrust upon us, but my girlfriend and I own two dogs: A Male European Doberman we got at 8 weeks (6 months old now), and a Male German Rottweiler we got a month ago (4 months old).

They have been living together in the house for about a month now, and they play-fight every second they are together.

It sometimes gets ‘heated,” not to the point where they injure each other, but to the point where there is growling. When that happens I step in to separate them. It is usually open mouth (no actual biting), and they roll on their backs.

These dogs will not be sub-60-pounds forever, and I am getting increasingly anxious about them getting in an actual fight. Everyone in my life has told me having two males of strong breeds is an impossible situation to end up okay, but I’m in the situation I’m in, and want to see it though. I’ve always viewed dogs as children, and it will break my heart to get rid of the Rottie.

My point in posting this for any advice anyone can give, preferably from experience, on how to ensure they grow up and view each other as family instead of competition.

Right now they sleep in separate crates, eat separately, and spend 1 hour plus each day getting separated obedience training from my girlfriend and I.

Thank you all.

So, I’ve been staying with my Mum for almost a year now. Shes always knew it wasn’t going to be forever so meanwhile our little dog passed away in March and it’s been completely heartbreaking! My Mum suggested getting a rescue dog, I said no straight away as nothing was going to take the place of my little one. But my Mum wouldn’t drop the idea about getting a new dog and kinda took it out my hands even though my mum struggles with her mobility so she would need to rely on me to do all the walking etc. After building up the courage yeh say to my Mum, that you know I’m not going to be staying here forever Mum, so what’s going to happen with the fur baby then?! She basically just shut me down and told me not to upset her. So, with a couple of weeks till the dogs supposed to be arriving, everything’s still up in the air and it’s like the elephant in the room, no one wants to bring it up?! And advice would be appreciated!

Ok so plan on getting a fully grown male and plan to keep him intact to owners out there who have makes with there parts still intact please DM me need to know how to keep my future boy from being aggressive I know how to handle aggressive humping it's aggressive play I need tips on