Old Dogs - classic or dud

My sister's stupid, aggressive, smelly and badly behaved dog is now 17 and looks like he might last forever.

I have a young dog (3y.o.) who is simultaneously super sweet and the absolute worst. she is v. dog reactive which makes walking her a nightmare : /

Our Patterdale (or maybe he's a cairn terrier, who knows) is extremely dog-reactive when he's on the lead. He gets all puffed up and barky and shows his teeth and will not walk away, and it's awful, because he actually LOVES other dogs and just wants to be pals with everyone.

I've tried Bob Martin and Frontline spot on and tablet treatments, vacuuming up the mutt's sleeping areas and combing the mutt every morning with metal comb and executing the evil fleas on sight. And I only seem to be thinning out their numbers for a week or so and they keep coming back with a vengeance. I really hate the little bloodsucking bastards. I'm going to look up some nuclear options, that will no doubt be some dodgy poisonous shit that you sprinkle everywhere and make yourself ill in the process.

We once had to fleabomb our house because our cats had infested everything. That was a long time ago. Now we don't usually get fleas at all, even though we rarely treat for them.

I have a young dog (3y.o.) who is simultaneously super sweet and the absolute worst. she is v. dog reactive which makes walking her a nightmare : /

Same! Except male. He is insanely loving and such an embarrassment on the leash. And half German shepherd so his leash reactivity growls are frightening to ppl

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I thought you were posting figuratively with "fleabomb" but sheeit, I've only just discovered these are actually a real thing. I've ordered some that you light up and you leave them to fill the room with flea annihilating smoke for 2-3 hours and they don't leave any toxic residue. Them blood-sucking creepers are so fucked!

My boy is 13 today! We got him when he was 9 and he has only improved w age. He has no teeth, weighs 5.5 lbs, just got a sweet fresh haircut, and has more sass than many dogs half his age. Happy birthday to my Bunji!!

wishing Bun the H'iest BD of all time and hopes for many moar!!

I hope Bun had a great birthday.

He did -- thank you!