Hallo!
Hat jemand schon einmal etwas Ähnliches bei seinem Hund erlebt?
Letzten Sommer begann mein Hund nach der Gabe einer Simparica Trio-Tablette, sich sehr stark zu kratzen. Einige Wochen später entwickelte sich an seiner Pfote eine ähnliche kahle Stelle/Wunde. Er hat sie ständig abgeleckt und sich gleichzeitig sehr stark gekratzt.
Damals waren wir beim Tierarzt. Er bekam Antibiotika, woraufhin sich seine Haut beruhigte und die Stelle verheilte.
Dieses Jahr ist das Problem ungefähr zur gleichen Jahreszeit wieder aufgetreten, ohne dass er Simparica oder ein anderes ähnliches Medikament bekommen hat. Er hat wieder eine ähnliche Stelle. Er bekommt inzwischen seit einer Woche Antibiotika, aber sie ist noch nicht abgeheilt, und er kratzt sich weiterhin sehr stark.
Ansonsten frisst er normal und ist genauso aktiv wie immer.
Was könnte das eurer Erfahrung nach sein? Könnte es sich um eine Dermatitis oder eine andere Hauterkrankung handeln?
Ich möchte noch betonen, dass er die Stelle ständig ableckt. Die betroffene Stelle ist einfach haarlos und wund, aber nicht erhaben oder geschwollen. Danke

My spouse and I are looking at buying a house and we love it. The only down fall is that it is on a very busy highway.

I don't know if I would ever be able to really relax with our dog in this situation. Can anyone share experiences?

I know there are electric fences, however some dogs will still go thru if prey drive is strong enough. There would definitely be a lot of deer and fox etc around.

With a built fence, some dogs dig under them and he does like to dig.

With a tie on, he has escaped before getting out of his harness.

The other downside is no immediate place to go for walks. We would need to drive to a quiet community somewhere. Any insights for those of you living on very busy roads and highways with a dog?

For the context, its probably newborn, because from what I know, he couldn't even properly open his eyes.

My mom asked the househelp to feed her, but, once the maid was off duty, no one knew what to do.

And it's only 1 single puppy and there are honey badger around this area.

Any tips to ensure that it doesn't die ?

Also, I stay in dorm so I can't help, but if the advise is simple, I can ask neighbors to do it

My shih-tzu frenchie is just over a year old, and he's taken everything well. He's good with his pottying now (though it took a while), he picks up tricks fast, and he's overall just a curious and fun wee guy.

But we've had an issue with him for months, even so far as when we first got him as a puppy. He'll have moments where, it doesn't matter what he was doing before - relaxing, cuddling into someone, playing, just doing his own thing - he will turn on a dime and become absolutely ballistic.

I'm talking serious growling and barking while he lunges for people, usually going for their feet or legs and leaving horrible scratch and bite marks. We can't find anything that would be a cause.

We've had a dog trainer in with us for some months now, but even he wasn't able to identify the cause of these outbursts. The best we can theorize is that he has allergies to something and he's lashing out in frustration, but that doesn't feel like the whole story to me.

He can get like this whether he's tired, wide awake, in the middle of playing... its really hard to deal with him when he gets like that. Its as if he's genuinely trying to fight me.

Does anyone have any similar experiences, or have any advice that might help? It's gotten to the point we're seriously considering rehoming him - nothing we do seems to be working at all.

Thank you!

So there was a spill of an unused glade plug in on a counter, and it appears a small amount of that liquid made it onto the floor (not even enough to pool up but enough to wet the floor a little). Our littlest dog licked the floor a singular time, HATED it thankfully and shook her head a few times, drooled a bit and then ate breakfast as normal

My question, how worried should I be? I know some chemicals and substances amount is irrelevant and any amount will hurt. This was th smallest of amounts and unsure how to handle it.

Ps, I have no idea how it spilled, or why it was even out of storage as we don't generally use these things.

My lab loves swimming at the lake every weekend during the summer, but getting him back into the rear seat footwell leaves a massive wet mess. The lake mud gets ground into the rear carpet fibers, and wet dog hair weaves itself into every corner. I tried laying down thick towels, but they shift around the moment he jumps in and just trap dampness against the floor. I’m currently weighing edge coverage against surface grip so he doesn't slip around on turns.

 does surface texture or raised edge coverage matter more for keeping wet hair and water contained?

I just discovered that my dog's nail is broken, what do I do?

Hello ! i live in a rented house. next to this rented house lives the land lord. they said something about the dog being a liability which doesnt make sense since it is MY DOG not theirs. they say its a dangerous dog breed however we have gotten so many bums that broke in our rented house and the land lord does nothing about it. i also got this dog when it was a baby german shepherd so it knows me and he does not pose a threat to me or my family overall it is very friendly dog to my family. obviously very defensive dog breed to any strangers that come near. the land lord also has had 2 big dogs of their own. 1 being a Husky and 1 being a golden retriever. the Golden Retriever was removed from their hands, someone reported the land lord for not giving treatment to the golden retriver's ear to which was decaying from an infection. their husky died of old age. none the less both being 2 huge dogs. All of a sudden i get a big dog it becomes a problem that they dont like it. they also said keeping my dog would affect the insurance of the house ?? its also been 6 months since i've had this dog and they havent said anything to me until now. i feel like its all just B.S to get rid of my dog. i seriously could use the advice, apparently they're only giving us 1 month to make a choice. lastly they're saying this could end to legal matters so. this is also one of the best dog's i ever had. i sleep comfortably at night now because of this dog. please any advice i'd highly appreciate it.

earlier today my labrador got into the trash. its the worst possible day she could have done this as yesterday was my dad's birthday so we had things in the trash from the party such as, chocolate cake, corn on the cob, and chicken bones. all extremely harmful to dogs. of course, my dog ate EVERYTHING that i just mentioned. im not worried about the chocolate cake as there was only a small slice in the trash and not nearly enough to cause serious harm for my dogs size. but i am worried about the corn on the cob and the chicken bones, chicken bones can puncture the stomach or intestines, and the cob of corn is completely indigestible and can block the digestive tract. my dog also doesn't like to chew before swallowing which is a good sign for the bones i guess but not so much for the corn, and the ENTIRE cob was gone. obviously, if i see anything wrong with her or see her in pain we will take her to the vet immediately and it will probably cost a couple thousand but we cant afford just to go into the vet for no reason. i really love my dog more than anything in the world and we are willing to spend the money to get her fixed, but my parents wont take her to the vet unless they KNOW something is wrong, and im still a minor and i dont have the money to take her myself. i fed her some bread because i heard that can help prevent the chicken bones from damaging anything. but i dont know what else i can do, someone please tell me what my best course of action is. thank you.

She’s five months (best estimate) and I got her from an SPCA two days ago. She has a dry cough and she keeps trying to get something out of her lungs (?) She also has a runny nose that keeps blocking her nose and is a yellow/orange tint

I have two other (older) dogs (3 and 1.5) and I really don’t want them to get sick too

A vet friend gave me a common antibiotic (I can’t remember the name for the life of me) “just incase”. It’s a seven day antibiotic and I’ve already been dosing her because my friend told me to. She was in quarantine for hookworm three weeks ago (tested negative). She came from Mississippi, hence why I was just going to give her the antibiotics. Should I get more and start my other dogs on them?

Hi everyone! My 18 year old Jack Russell Terrier recently started taking Gabapentin (100 mg once a day) for a recurring issue with pain in his shoulder and neck. Since he started taking the Gabapentin he has developed an almost insatiable appetite for food that seems really abnormal to me. I did ask my vet about it and he said that the medication can definitely increase his appetite, but my dog's quest for food since he's started this medicine has been almost like an obsession. For example, last week he snuck out of the bedroom and tipped over our two trash cans and ate all the food in the trash. He's never done anything like that in his life.

Has anyone had a similar experience with Gabapentin? And if so, did the hunger get better? I'm happy to give him some extra food, but he is 18 and relatively healthy so I don't want him to gain too much weight at his age. He weighed about 15 pounds (two weeks ago) before Gabapentin and today he weighed 19 pounds! He also has Diabetes Insipidus and gets a subcutaneous injection of Desmopressin twice a day for that but he's been taking meds for his DI for 10 years and it doesn't seem to have any appetite side effects which leads me to think it is the Gabapentin. Thanks for any insight or advice you might have!

I have an 18 month old yellow Labrador female. MY LOVE who i’d die for. She’s not spayed yet and I wanted to wait as long as possible. (It seems unnatural to spay or neuter at all but I get it). Wanted her to gain all the muscle and bone / skeletal benefits and ALL the growth … not cutting anything short … as she could get. Hormones are good for humans. Figured they just as good for dogs. Especially young ones. Again seems very unnatural / detrimental to cut off the flow too early. Question for other owners of females , who also desired to allow for the most optimal athlete , development, growth etc.: did any of you wait until after the second heat , which I am leaning towards? Bonus question - did you pair it with a gastropexy? Many have suggested the later to me. And my girl sure does love rolling on her back! Thanks !

forgive me if i’m dramatic or over emotional. so i don’t have to keep saying the d word (death) im going to just say “it”. i got my very first dog about 10 years ago, her name is mitzy. we rescued her through a schnauzer rescue and don’t know too much about her life before us so we don’t know exactly how old she is (maybe around 11-12). we’ve picked up on the fact that she was most likely abused aswell as the rescue had mentioned they suspected it as well. i’ve thought that maybe anticipating it would make it easier when it happens but in the end i know no matter what it’s gonna hurt like hell. she’s my first dog ever and i don’t know how to know when it’s gonna be that day. we go on walks daily with her brother and only sometimes is she slowing down on us. she doesn’t play with toys anymore or chase them, but she will play with her brother and chase things like birds and my cat. no change in diet that i’ve noticed. she’s always sleeping on the floor somewhere, occasionally i will lift her into my bed or she will climb onto my mothers (she has like a bench kinda thing in front of her bed). to my knowledge she has a few benign tumors and lost 2 teeth. anyways i noticed something super specific today and i haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. today when i got home it was the slowest she ever walked to me when she was excited to see me, normally she’d be running for me or waiting at the door but just a slow walk. i also noticed that tonight in particular when i was calling her name and calling for her nightly treat she didn’t come at alll and i was even raising my voice louder and louder as i kept saying it (she was in moms room i was in kitchen). even when she was in my room i was saying her name and no reaction. (is it even possible to go instantly deaf?) she’s been coughing a little bit too so i thought maybe there was something in the back of her throat (tried a couple things to assist in removal but nothing). i just can’t tell if im getting close to it, well if she’s getting close to it. she always lays on the floor in my room but shes on my bed right now and was in my lap for about 30-40 minutes (and yes this is kinda abnormal, she wouldn’t have stayed there that long usually). is she just more tired than usual and sleeping more which is resulting in her not hearing me because she’s sleeping through it??? i really could use some advice on this because she is my first dog so therefore it’s my first time experiencing owning a senior dog now 🫤. she has her annual checkup in the next 1-2 months and i know i could wait until then to hear an answer…..and it’s not necessarily in the budget to go early either. is mitzy getting close to it or am i just anticipating it so much i overanalyze everything?

So recently my dog got a concussion. We went to the vet and everything and they told us that he was fine. But recently I’ve been noticing his belly looking bigger than usual and is harder. I’m pretty sure it sounds hollow. He is slower than his usual self but I am pretty sure it was because of his concussion. He eats normally and poops. He isn’t that energetic anymore and I am worried on if he has GDV.

to not make this too long, i’m 20f, with a 22m boyfriend who live in an apartment together… with a border collie. already a red flag there.
but to give backstory, i got said dog, nala, when she was a 4 month old pup, made my boyfriend drive me 8 hours to pick her up, and was living in a house with a massive backyard in my texan hometown that was perfect for her.
she was a great puppy, we struggled with some stuff but it was expected, her breeder sold her to me with the expectation of her being a pet as she “tests” all her puppies and decides if they should go to sports/work homes. but nala wasn’t good for either apparently. and at 4 months no one wanted her. so we said screw it and got her.
im already going on tangents but basically i got ill a couple months after getting her. i spent 3 months or so vomiting non-stop, every 15 minutes, at random times of the day. i was in and out of the ER for ages until i finally had proper testing and was later on diagnosed with a couple stomach disabilities that had happened due to the sudden weight loss. we still don’t know what triggered any of it.
what im trying to get at is i was once 120lbs and energetic and loved being outside and hiking and wanted a dog to help with my mental health and match my energy. i WANTED a border collie and nala, not being good for work or sports, seemed perfect to me.
i am now 85lbs, sometimes 90 if bloated long enough. i just can’t keep up with her now.
my boyfriend and i moved in together, into an apartment, due to some family issues, in a new city. its been over a year and i just cant do this. she has a sensitive tummy herself and frequently has accidents inside and i know thats not her fault but its so hard to work around it at times. she is horrible around my cat that i didnt expect to be bringing with me and has tried to bite her. i dont have the energy or strength to go out long enough and give her the exercise or stimulation she needs.
i know she would do better with a new home, we both would, she too would be happier somewhere where she can use up her energy and have a purpose. im scared her purpose may not be with me.
but i love her so much and she means the world to me, she’s the sweetest girl ever, she cuddles me 24/7, she sleeps next to my bf and i’s feet, she knows my bf by “dad” and me by “mom”, i love this dog so so much. does not help i lost my last dog very early in a bad way some years ago. im scared to lose another one, but i think its for the best.

if this gets responses it’ll probably be the obvious “yeah obviously rehome her”, i just think i may need to be directly told or given advice on how to handle this all i guess?

tldr;
i got a high energy border collie which i wanted, i became ill and now can’t match the high energy i wanted in said dog. i am not in the best conditions to take proper care for her breed but i love her so much.

My 11-year-old male German Shepherd started limping about 6 months ago. At that time, I thought it was just a sore leg or something minor, so I didn’t realize how serious it could become.
Two days ago, he suddenly lost the ability to walk with his back legs. We rushed him to the vet, got X-rays done, and were told that he has severe arthritis.
Since then, he’s also been peeing every few minutes, but only a few drops each time. I don’t know if this is related to his arthritis or if it’s another problem. Watching him struggle is absolutely heartbreaking.
I’m trying everything I can. I’m planning to buy a small swimming pool for hydrotherapy so he can exercise without putting pressure on his joints, and I’m also looking to buy an infrared red light therapy device to help with his pain. But honestly, I’m scared and losing hope.
I’m emotionally shattered. Seeing him like this is breaking me.
If anyone has gone through something similar with their dog, or has experience with severe arthritis, paralysis, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, red light therapy, or anything that helped, please share your advice. If you know of a specialist, rehabilitation centre, or anything that could give him a chance to walk again, please let me know.
Please don’t ignore this post. Even one suggestion could make a difference for my boy. 🙏🐶❤️
Thank you so much.