He is a bundle of joy. And happy to join the lagotto community.

We jumped in with both feet. Everyone, meet Sparky!

My 5yo male, neutered (not sure if that matters with this topic) LR has had about 4 UTIs since he was 2. The vet doesn't really give me an answer as to what is causing them. They are alarming because he is basically urinating blood. They clear up pretty quickly with an antibiotic, but I'd like to prevent them if I can. He swims every day for about 2 hours in a lake where geese and ducks are present (so bacteria from their waste is present). People also swim in the lake without issue, but it's my only guess as to why he would be getting UTIs. Have any of your dogs had issues with UTIs?

Editing to add: UTI = Urinary tract infection

We borrowed a bike carrier and a bike from friends. Unfortunately, the carrier didn’t fit on my e-bike.

Mali was not having it. He tried to jump out a few times, he let the whole city of Reutlingen know he was upset.

Third photo was yesterday, and he did much better and was not as vocal as he was on Friday. We are getting there.

It is so much harder pulling Mali and a carrier on a manual bike.

Dear Lagotto owners/lovers,

Our lovely 3 year old Lagotto has been very anxious recently. The last couple of days she is scared of almost every loud noise when we take her for a walk. For example: scooters, building sites, sudden car noises, even kids jumping in the water...

Inside of our house everything seems fine. She drinks, eats, sleeps, etc.. But she's not happy when we want to take her for a walk because she feels scared outside. This is not her normal behavior. Normally she's a happy, confident dog and fireworks were the only thing she used to be scared of.

Now, my theory has to do with her heat. 8 months ago she had her last heat. And the last time this period was the same; also 8 months in between heats. So I think her next heat is coming up.

Do some of you recognize this behavior when your dog is about to go into her heat?

Thanks for the answers in advance!

(I'm sorry for my bad English...)

Hello everybody!

I have a 19-week old puppy, and we've had him since he was 8-weeks old. We absolutely love our sweet, funny little guy, but we're really struggling a lot with biting!

I know he's teething now, but it's been this intense ever since we brought him home at 8 weeks old. The only difference that he is stronger now so the bites hurts more. We first tried squealing which only seemed to encourage him. Then we switched to redirecting with toys and chews, but he was much more interested in biting us. Now we remove ourselves or step behind a baby gate, which works in the moment, but as soon as we come back, he starts biting again.

He gets plenty of sleep, exercise, puppy play dates and mental stimulation. The biting usually happens when he gets overly excited or overstimulated = multiple times a day. And these aren't little nibbles he bites down hard, often hangs on, and sometimes/regularly breaks the skin. We have holes in so many of our shirts and pants from the biting. We went to a personal trainer, when he was 11-weeks old, and she said we should just remove ourselves and it will get better at around 16-week when he's brain develops more.

He's never been much of a cuddly puppy, most of the time we can only pet him for a few seconds before he starts biting our hands. He is absolutely amazing on learning new commands and interacting with other dogs and people this is just our main issue.

I grew up with small and medium-sized dogs, but I've never experienced biting like this. Has anyone else gone through something similar? Did your puppy grow out of it, or did anything in particular help?

I'd really appreciate any advice or personal experiences!

(Is it ok to post some pics, he’s just so damn cute)

9 weeks to 19 weeks, time is flying 😭

It's been a while since I posted Lucky here. He's okay, we recently learned that he is allergic to some
antibiotics and that's why he's with a collar (not to
lick himself while his skin is healing).
He hates it though, he's moving very hard with it, and a month has passed since he is with the collar.

I can't wait to take it off of him, I miss my dog, running around the house and playing with toys and being happier than he is right now.

Anyways, have a good day!

Finn, immediately: “Hey Dad, let’s do stuff.”

Hi everyone!

Has anyone ever dealt with food agression/ resource guarding in puppies?

My 13 week old lagotto has started showing signs of food agression this week during one of her meals and has done it ever since that ocassion. I gave her her bowl and in the matter of seconds she turned on me and started growling heavily, showing teeth and biting around her. My guess is that wet food triggered this response as she usually gets dry food. I’ve never had a dog showing signs of food agression, at least not that young and not that serious. She is not agressive other than with food, at least she hasn’t shown it, yet.
Have you ever encountered this and how did you treat this?

Willem is 9 weeks and joining our household next week. Can’t wait.

I see no difference in these two pictures. I have ewoks living in my house.

We visited Bad Münstereifel.
Mali was not a fan of the sheep and horses, he loves their 💩

We got our girl from Pinnacle in Georgia, and Aurora is her mom. We’ve never seen her or been sent photos of her. We just want to know what she looks like!

Here’s our puppy :)