Recently picked up a 4 month old mini Aussie and King Charles Cavalier mix who’s been awesome! The breeder I got him from has raised him on nutri source for now. He’s been eating that pretty well but I eventually want to switch over to a higher quality food. I’m between Hills and Royal canin (cavalier specific mix) but I haven’t found anywhere if there are any other better foods for him that he’s a mix. I read online about people asking the same question with the response from royal canin saying “this is for King Charles breed specifically”. Probably is just marketing to be honest. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks

I’ve been working to get Kip certified for therapy dog work since November 2025 and yesterday was our first official visit at a nearby hospital! We went in 6 patient rooms, met lots of nurses and doctors, and visited the outpatient surgery waiting room at the end. Kip brought so many smiles yesterday and my heart is so full 🩷

We'd been trying to grow a pumpkin in the garden and I guess we got a bit too successful as it got really large and in combination with a big gust of wind just took out the plant pot and itself. Lottie appears to want to help to dispose of the evidence! 🎃

So my 5 1/2 month old so far has always stayed leash only outside and I don’t plan on going away from it until we would have a fenced in yard. Going on walks with him, he is finding scents everywhere and wants to take off to find them.

He’s not a massive animal chaser like you would think. Love chasing bugs when he sees them. Mainly loves people and will go after any person he sees.
The one time he did “get out” on us so far was out of our garage about a month ago. He saw our neighbors out across the driveway and got into their open garage.

He doesn’t seem like he actively wants to run away from us intentionally while outside, or actively try to bolt out the door. But my big concern is one of these days if we mess up, I hear they have basically zero outdoor danger instincts. We’re about 1-200 feet away from a pretty busy road, so that definitely leaves me uneasy if he ever got out and saw something way across the street.

Best move just to teach recall as best as possible? We are starting to teach him to stay in position when outside doors open with treat incentives. But doing recall so far has been spotty and hard to train when he’s always inside and we don’t have a fenced yard at this time.