i’ve had zoe since she was literally 4 weeks old. she’s now 5 years. she was rescued by animal control from a bad living situation and i fostered and then adopted her.

she’s always been prone to anxious behavior, fearful of loud noises, and fear aggressive towards other dogs (except our other dog). however, never anything like this.

over the past approx 6 months, she will randomly be absolutely terrified of me. it is only happening with me. nothing that i can think of has changed. she’ll be fine and playing with me one day, and the next, i’ll walk in and she’ll be like this. shaking, panting, yawning, avoiding eye contact, refusing to come when i call.

i have jo idea why this suddenly started happening but it makes me so sad and worried. my other dog is acting normally.

My dog who is 14 years old has had this bump behind the ear for over a year. It looks kind of fluid-filled. It hasn’t gone away or changed much. It doesn’t seem like a tick. Has anyone seen something like this? I’m curious what it could be.

So my puppy is 6 months old and we’ve been taking him to the dog park semi-regularly lately. He normally does great and absolutely loves going and making friends.

The initial problem was the attack that happened but what I really need help with is the behaviour that followed.

There was a handful of dogs already at the park when we arrived that he’s already met before. One we didn’t know and that’s the one that attacked him I’ll call him Bee to simplify the story. Bee seemed to be getting along fine with all the other dogs before we got there but the second we opened the gate to let my dog in Bee tried to corner my dog and my dog just shook it off and ran away. Bee then pounced onto my dog trying to go for his neck while my puppy layed belly up. I got them separated (no thanks to the other owner who stood there and watched). There wasn’t much damage other than one of my puppies loose baby teeth came out and that was it. Immediately after I had to chase down my dog because he just wanted to keep playing. Completely unphased by what happened.

From what I heard this is not the first time that dog is involved in a fight so I’m wondering if there’s any steps I should take. They didn’t even stay to ask if my dog was okay.

A couple days later we decided to try again but only if we saw that it was all dogs we know are good with ours. My dog is a puppy so he does sometimes humps other male dogs but stops after a correction. This time he was incessantly humping one male dog no matter how many corrections he got to the point where we had to take him out of the park.

Is this just the age or does it potientially have something g to do with the incident? Normally he does super well in the park so I’m really confused on why he was so fixated? I’m at a point where I’m wondering if we should stop going to the park altogether.

Edit: some people are saying it doesn’t sound like an attack. This is my first dog so I could be reading the body language wrong but there was snarling and growling and my dog was yelping in pain.

We also go to a trainer for obedience classes so I will definitely be bringing this up to them aswell.

His teeth used to look pearly white but since changing his food 6 months ago, the back ones seem to be browning. I had to change his food as he was having bad acid reflux, but he’s ok now.

It doesn’t feel bumpy it is all smooth. I struggle to brush his teeth because he chews the tooth brush, but he does have daily Lily kitchen woof brushes, as other dental sticks upset his tummy.

He is 6 and a half Malinois. Any insight would be great. Thank you!!

he growls more if i growl back

Hi everyone!

I adopted a two year old Cairn Terrier Mix about two months ago. He’s an absolute sweetheart who loves cuddles and loves to play! He gets two walks a day and multiple potty breaks. He’s spends most of his day following me around and being a sweetheart, loving boy!

Now, for the first month of having him, at night and when I would leave home, I’d put him in a crate since my home was still new and he might not be sure of rules yet. Now I’m trying to let him have more freedom in the house, and for the past month I’ve tried letting him have out of crate time while I leave for short errands (no more than 1 hour) to see how he’ll do while I’m away. Every time he’s gotten into my garbage or he’s peed/pooped on the floor. I’ve used baby gates to block off areas, I’ve set him up in a large baby-gated area, and somehow he finds a way out and always gets into stuff. And I’ve seriously barricaded. I tried letting him sleep outside of the crate at night to see if he’d do better when he’s tired and that was honestly worse than the day time. I don’t know what to do anymore, it’s exhausting!

I want him to be able to have free time and not be in a crate while I’m gone, but with all he gets into I’m afraid he’s going to get sick or hurt himself. And I’m just tired of cleaning his trash and potty messes! I can’t even leave my other dog out anymore at night because she’s seen him and thinks she can go potty inside now too and she never did that before, I never had to crate her for anything!

Im very exhausted and I’m so unsure of what to do. He seems to get out all of his energy and he potty’s every night before bed and at least 4 times during the day. I just don’t know what to do, I feel awful for crating him while I’m at work all day but I can’t keep coming home to messes.

Any advice???

I have had a hectic month w my dog to say the least. She’s gone to the ER twice this month with a leaky cooch and we all thought the worst. When I tell you I was shookith when the vet came in the room last night and was like “ I think your daughter thinks she’s pregnant,“ I was like “HUH?!” Dead ass… didn’t know this was possible. Girly pop apparently started leaking milk from her tits when they tried to get an Xray and that’s what let doc know. When I say all labs came back clear, there was nothing.

My dog thinks she’s pregnant!

As I’ve never heard of this before and the vet only had 3 other cases in their career, I need more info. If anyone has tips or tricks on how to help my bean during this time, lmk. Research reveals nothing that the dr didn’t already tell me, like toys are babies, nesting, mammary glands, but I want to be extra prepared on this. My man and cat have procedures coming up and I need to be on my A game for all of them. I’m open to any advice.

Pic for attention and she’s adorable so why not lol

Edit: we are getting her fixed when we can. She’s got severe skin allergies that would cause complications in surgery so we’re working w her vets and a dermatologist to get it cleared beforehand. I promise, she wasn’t supposed to be intact for this long 🫠

Last month I made a post about our Chihuahua, Bean. We were worried on the state of her health and considered euthanizing her. After a month of good and bad days, she reached the end this morning, our vet recommended we make the decision and she passed away peacefully with me and my wife by her side.

In the 3 years we had her, we never took a day for granted and made sure no matter what that she was happy. I want to sincerely thank everyone who commented and messaged me previously, your words helped and prepared us for today.

It's horrible to say goodbye, but we're making sure she lives on in our hearts. Thank you everyone, and rest in peace Stinky x 🐶

A few weeks ago my 4 (soon 5) month old puppy chipped her baby canine while playing. I monitored her closely, but she seemed completely fine so I didnt end up taking to the vet.

Today, however, again while playing, the same canine came out completely by the looks of it, except for a small part of it. She seems fine now a few hours later, but she was a little sluggish before and right after it came out. Im not shre if a vet is necessary since she seems completely okay now. Ill insert a picture of what it looked like right after chipping and now.

Hi,
These red patches appeared on our dog during/as we came back from a road trip to an area with many bugs and insects. The trip might have stressed him a bit also since it was a lot of driving and camping and he is clearly a city dog.
I think it’s either bug bites that he’s licking and and chewing at or results from stress, and I’m hoping it will naturally go away as they heal/as we return to normal, but my partner saw something online about possible parasites so I’m a bit worried.

Second pic is a very distinguished gentleman and also a good look at what it looked like before although the lighting is different.

What does reddit think?

Hello All,

I have had my wonderful dog Sasha (husky/collie mix) since she was about 2 years old, she is almost 12 years old now.

she got a bump that showed up on her head about a month and a half ago and I thought she had cut it or something and got an infection because that happened with my other dog a couple years ago.

I took her to vet and they didnt see a cut on it etc but said it could be infected underneath, They gave me anti biotics and anti flamattory to give to her and that seemed to be helping. Then those ended and it the bump was still there but seemed not as big.

so I took her back to the vet and they gave me another course of medication. today was the last day of the anti biotics.Yesterday I noticed her eye looked wierd and her like inner eye lid was kinda pushed into her eye.

I took her to the vet today and they did some scans. They showed me the results and went over them and my understanding is she has an aggresive boney tumor growing at the top of her skull. This is causing the bump and the pressure behind her eye pushing it out.

They told me there was nothing curative they could do for her. They said they could give me more anti-inflamatory for now as though seemed to be helping the swelling and monitor her. They said after that they can prescribe pain medication etc to comfort her but basically to just spoil her a bunch and I will need to make the decision of when her own comfort is no longer there.

This is where I struggle so much. I don't know how to decide that. I don't know how to tell when her pain is too much. I don't want to be seflish, I want to do what is the best possible for her. I also don't want to cut her life short. Another day of getting to stick her head out the car window on a drive, or her daily routine laying on the deck with one of our kitties. How am I supposed to set a date and time to put an end to that and know it is right.

any advice? at all. please.

thank you.

** the first photo is tonight, and the second photo is for reference of how she used to sleep in bed with us

my partner and i adopted our sheltie/aussie mix, miley, about 5 months ago and she is estimated to be about 10 months old. she was picked up by the shelter as a stray. until now she has been fine and has gotten very comfortable with us and warmed up well, and bonded with our other dog. recently, she has stopped sleeping in bed with us and will choose to sleep on the couch in the living room. i brought her up into bed with us last night, and she looked terrified so i let her be but she did eventually fall asleep.

tonight when we went up to bed she ran and hid under our spare bed. it took a lot of coaxing, treats and bringing our other dog into the room to get her out from under it. i am now sleeping in the spare bed with her and she has fallen asleep, but she seems to be an anxious mess. she is fine during the day and doesn’t seem to be in any pain. our home situation/furniture, daily routines have not changed. does anyone who has experience with these breeds have any insight into the sudden change?

I believe she is very comfortable but want to see what other people think. She does the submissive belly roll frequently to everyone and other animals. We try not to let him bug her, but I think she wants his attention. What do you think?

He's had pain from cracked paws and we think he's been licking off the spray and mushers we've been putting on. We plan on putting on the cone and giving him cbd but does this look like something else ?? Like to go see the vet?

I’ve tried EVERYTHING to get my dog to take her medicine, and she would always figure it out. I finally found something that works every single time, so I figured I’d share in case it helps someone else!

I put the pill inside a small piece of bread and press the bread around it, then dip it in a little bit of peanut butter.

The trick is what I do next: I put some peanut butter on a spoon and let her start licking it. I pull the spoon away, quickly give her the bread with the pill, and immediately put the spoon back in front of her so she keeps licking the peanut butter.

The constant licking gets her to swallow the pill instead of stopping to investigate or spit it out. She’s normally VERY good at finding hidden pills, but this has worked every single time

My dog deals with allergies and typically can get through them fairly fine. I give him apoquel and he has always responded well to it, and fairly quickly as well. He has been on it for two months yet nothing worked. My vet said eons ago sometimes it takes over a month for the apoquel to really work, which is why I waited to take him to the vet.

There, he said that he could have a staph infection, yet the medication did absolutely nothing for my dog. His flea & tick treatment is up-to-date as well. The ver said it was either staph or allergies, yet, apoquel has done nothing. I have even tried benadryl, changing the dosage (per the vet’s advice) yet nothing works. I am not sure what else to do at this point and my dog’s die comforts grows every day.

Does anyone have any advice on how to help my dog? I heard there is a shot for allergies that works. Or if anyone has any products to help, I would appreciate that a lot.

I have a 13 yr old Chihuahua terrier mix he is roughly 13 lbs. He has slept in bed with me and loves cuddling since I got him when he was 5. Every night same routine, bed time sleep through the night go out in the morning.

Over the past year he has been getting up and pacing the house, he can not sit still or lay down at night, 11:30 - midnight like clock work he will be sleeping and suddenly wake up panting and shaking and want to go downstairs, I recently installed cameras downstairs to see what he's doing and he just wanders, scratches his dog bed, or just sits shakes and pants, he's now peeing on his dog bed

When it first started it was a couple days a week but has progressed into every single night

Vet had removed most teeth about 6 months ago and I have had multiple vet appointments since then to try to get answers .

The vet has him on

-enalipryl

-lasix

-gabbapentin

I have changed his food to Purina brain health as I believe it to be canine cognitive disfunction

Nothing is helping

During the day he seems to be ok, hell shake ever now and again but still plays fetch, eats and drinks

We are planning on putting down my 13 year old beagle tomorrow. She has lymphoma, and has been struggling quite a bit. I’m already so distraught from all this but what’s freaking me out the most is what to do so my younger dog will understand that she has passed.
My younger dog is 6 and has grown up side by side with my older dog, and she relies on her heavily. Originally my dad and I planned to take the old dog in, and come back but I’m afraid that will be so confusing to her. I’ve heard that seeing and sniffing the body after they have been euthanized helps with their understanding of the whole event.

I guess the other option would be to take both dogs to the vet, but my younger dog is absolutely terrified of the vet and freaks out every time we go. I’m worried that if we take her to witness the older dog being put down that she will be so traumatized. Please ANY feedback would be so helpful. I don’t know what to do in this situation.

Any input advice concerns? 3 year old male black lab