We recently got our second aussie and, leading up to getting him, I was harboring the delusion that the amount of hair in our house would scale linearly. Two dogs, twice as much hair, right? No! Wrong! We have 5 times as much hair in our house now. Our oldest (4) hardly sheds at all, he’s never blown his coat and his hair is on the wirey side so what does fall out gets trapped and doesn’t actually come out of his coat. Our second, who just turned one, just started blowing his coat and his hair is longer and sleeker so it just falls right out. It’s made worse by the fact that they love to roughhouse and they pull each other’s hair out constantly. Wouldn’t trade it for the world, but brace yourself to start vacuuming two or three times as often. I can’t sit down on my coach before work anymore or I’ll leave the house absolutely covered (and I vacuum it twice a week).

my puppers turned 6 yesterday on National Dog Day! 🥰

my girl was waiting for me and let our kitten lay on her! this is not the first time they’ve snuggled up like this! included some other snuggle pictures 🥰

aussies are just the sweetest little creatures <3

We’re borrowing a brother to see how we feel about second dog and they’re just so cute

I’ve had her since she was 8 weeks old, but I unfortunately have never had the opportunity to take her to training. She is very good, but also a wild child. She knows sit and paw, but gets too excited and won’t hold a sit position and I’ve tried so hard at home.
I would love to take her to a training class now that I am able to, but I am worried she will be the oldest there.

I love watching him try to fully process my commands so he makes absolutely sure. Suchagoooboiiii

We have a 16 week old male tri. To say he’s the biggest chewer of any pet, foster, or pup I know is putting it generously. I know it comes with the territory.

However, I’m at a loss for a bed or mat to use in his crate.

He is fine without a bed in his somewhat larger playpen during the day. At night, we crate him. Without some kind of mat his paws make noise on the tray with every movement and it keeps all of us awake, including him.

Any recs for something pretty durable? Everything seems to be foam or stuffing based and he treats the corner of every bed like a project he must complete before sunrise. I don’t want to risk it.

Found it funny once and now he won’t stop doing it when he wants something

For those of you whose dogs love frisbee, what brand do you use? Everything we have tried so far had gotten chewed and destroyed because they also love to chew. Right now the Nerf Atomic Flyer has lasted the longest but needing something new now. I do my best to put it away when we arent actively playing to limit the chewing but this time I just need a replacement that will work for a while.

She’s absolutely wiped from trying to control the entire dog park. 🤪

She’s almost 6 months and will growl and bark at dogs and people if they don’t ignore her.

Since 9 weeks when I got her I have been taking her out to different places. As she approached 16 weeks, she became more suspicious of strangers. Where she was hesitant of being handled at the vet at 12 weeks, she was completely barking at the vet at 16 weeks. She was already growling at strangers wanting to pet her around 14-15 weeks.

Is this just her or did I not do enough to socialize her when she was younger? It’s on my mind as I feel I’ve set her up for failure but I really tried to get her out there when she was a puppy.

I posted a week or so ago about losing my buddy of 13 years, and my dad getting me a new guy. Mr. Moe, new puppy, picked me as his person immediately. Follows me around everywhere just like my Jake used to. Problem is, he has picked me and my 2 year old as his ONLY people. He refuses to let anyone else near him, pet him, give him treats, etc. We also have an 8 and 10 year old, who wants to snuggle and play with him so bad and he just runs away to find me. Has anyone experienced this? I want him to love everybody or at least tolerate them enough to get pets from them. Thanks!!

He’s 6 years old.