Hi! I was the one who asked about my dog staying outside at night. Just wanted to thank you and everyone who replied for their advice. And sorry for the rude anons who bothered you about your answer. If anyone wants to continue the conversation, my dogs a beagle mix with short hair, we live in the suburbs with a fenced in backyard, we don’t really get any wild animals back there, and she lives outside year round. If we open the door for her to come in when its cold, she’ll just stare at us funny

Thanks for the update anon!

When it gets really cold at night my dad makes our dog come inside to sleep. He says he knows better than her, but our dog always scratches at the door of the room we put her in and always wants to go back outside so I don’t think the cold bothers her. Should I try and convince my dad to let her stay outside?

Listen, I’m all for letting pets make their own choices within reason. I will let my dogs choose to engage with me, choose which toys to play with, or which chews to get as a snack. But the thing is,…

Please answer if you can! So I have a pitbull/boxer mix and hes shy and kinda scared of other people and I recently bought him a muzzle because he has to get his shots and I’m nervous he isn’t gonna keep it on or freak out. He has gotten neutered and was fine but it’ll be with me so I feel like he’ll be more comfortable so he’ll freak out more.

Hello! Great job with realizing your dog might react badly and taking steps to keep everyone safe! There are lots of muzzle training resources out there. I would recommend looking at the Muzzle Up Project. I’ve seen your ask answered…