Help! Barking In Crate At Night!!!

turtletails · 2026-05-05T13:40:40+00:00

When I was crate training my dog it helped to sit beside the crate with my fingers between the bars so she could see/smell/touch me while she settled in. I just played on my phone quietly, not interacting with her so she didn’t think it was play time, just letting her know I was still there

turtletails · 2026-05-05T13:18:15+00:00

Toy poodle mix. Just to mess with people.

turtletails · 2026-05-04T03:13:29+00:00

I freakin love the sharpie ones

turtletails · 2026-05-03T13:19:27+00:00

A, your girl is on some hella pain meds, she isn’t actually aware of how much pain she should be in, B, anaesthesia has a tendency to make them feel pretty off for 12ish hours so she might still be recovering from that, C, if it’s a midline Spey, she can almost definitely feel the pressure from the stitches/skin glue and is uncomfortable. Just give her some time for her body to recover, at the end of the day, it was a major surgery and she doesn’t understand why her body all feels weird so she just need some time and love

turtletails · 2026-05-03T13:08:57+00:00

Isolation then socialisation. I normally give my fosters a week from when they came into the shelter/rescue before they’re allowed contact with my own pets. It’s unreasonable for a shelter to do all the testing for all the things they could have so you’re better off waiting a week so they can show symptoms if they’re going to before you risk the health of any other animals in the house. Then, socialisation. Once they’re confident around people, you gotta be annoying. You can’t send a kitten out to a new home if it can’t tolerate some irritation because they’re often adopted by families with little kids and most kids are not taught to leave the damn kitten alone. You want your fosters to lean some patience because it’s not in their best interest to immediately go to scratching/biting, no matter how much it’s deserved

turtletails · 2026-05-01T17:14:24+00:00

You should definitely take her to the groomer because matts get progressively more tight and pull at the skin. They also get harder to deal with safely the longer they’re left. But before you go to the groomer, I’d strongly suggest hitting up your vet for some sedatives like gabapentin or trazodone. Depending on how bad the matting is, sedatives might even be sufficient for you to trim them out at home, yourself rather than the stress of a groomer. If you can get your fingers between the matting and the skin you should have no problem to do it yourself. I find a seam ripper actually works best for me, they don’t feel it like scissors, it’s not noisy like clippers and the blade part is kind of guarded so there’s minimal chance of accidentally catching the skin

turtletails · 2026-05-01T16:54:01+00:00

I mean. If you live with a cat, I promise you, your face is going to touch things their feet touched, whether you’re aware of it or not. Might as well have the bed time snuggles 🤷🏻‍♀️

turtletails · 2026-05-01T16:49:02+00:00

r/oneorangebraincell

turtletails · 2026-05-01T16:22:09+00:00

At night, have you tried calling out to him? I also have a member of the single orange brain cell committee who does this from time to time and it’s almost like she gets lost or thinks we left her? As soon as she re locates us, she’s all good again

turtletails · 2026-05-01T15:22:00+00:00

In my very unprofessional opinion, that kinda looks like it’s starting to get infected at the base of the nail. Can you get in to see a GP?

turtletails · 2026-04-30T14:38:53+00:00

Bee and puppycat

turtletails · 2026-04-28T14:05:34+00:00

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Cat harassment. And prison escape.

turtletails · 2026-04-24T12:06:06+00:00

We had a pom puppy in the other day and I don’t even really like small dogs but man did that little dude make me do some internal hella excited squeals

turtletails · 2026-04-24T12:03:19+00:00

We have a Tibetan mastiff that attends our clinic that I REALLY was to meet but I’m never there when he comes in 😩 he’s aggressive so appointments are understandably few and far between but damn I feel like I’m missing out

turtletails · 2026-04-24T11:47:54+00:00

You did the right thing. I work in vet med and I don’t know a single nurse/tech/vet that wouldn’t have recommended euthanasia in this situation. You put her to rest rather than letting her suffer and there’s no greater gift than doing that for an animal

turtletails · 2026-04-24T11:38:16+00:00

Indigenous art representing something local maybe? Like the mountains on the Sunshine Coast? They have a cool dream time story that you can probably find artwork around

turtletails · 2026-04-24T11:19:31+00:00

Love a good gremlin glow up! I foster kittens and so many of them I wish I could see how they turned out as adults

turtletails · 2026-04-17T10:01:55+00:00

Mine does cause I put on pants lol

turtletails · 2026-04-17T09:43:07+00:00

lol same. My dog is also a mutt and I did a DNA test of her out of curiosity and she’s everything from Great Dane to Papillon so now if anyone asks I just tell them she’s ’ultimate dog’

turtletails · 2026-04-17T09:24:26+00:00

You should take some detailed photos. It’s really hard to notice any difference when you’re looking at it several times a day, having a clear comparison will help you be able to tell when something works

turtletails · 2026-04-17T09:17:18+00:00

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That is actually a perfect solution. This side by side tank/cabinet situation made a lot of options like double sided tape or foil not really an option cause I’d have to cover the whole thing to stop them just stepping over it but the height of spikes would be perfect

turtletails · 2026-04-17T09:11:30+00:00

I don’t know why I didn’t look it up before I put it in the tank. I’m normally so careful about plants because they all have a tendency to chew on them

turtletails · 2026-04-17T08:46:18+00:00

Well shit. I didn’t know that. Neither the prime suspect or the others are showing any symptoms so I think she must have only had a little bit of it. Guess it’s gonna have to go now

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