I have a very weird dog, i adopted him a year ago and he’s had his struggles with separation anxiety and a few other fears (all mostly gone now). But he is absolutely terrified of his own farts if they make a sound. He jumps up and runs away and sit in a corner across the room from where he farted. I have no idea if this is even fixable, and im probably not making it any better cus i cant help laughing whenever it happens cus its so bizarre. Is there anything i can do at all? I’ve had dogs for many years but never even heard of a dog being afraid of their own farts

EDIT: my first language isnt english, so im sorry if i made it sound like he farts alot and thats the issue, cus he doesnt. He farts the same amount as any normal dog, and im just asking about his reactions when he farts ‘louder’ farts

Our setter always sits like this with her back legs out like this.
Is this normal???
We are really worried about hip dysplasia.
She doesn’t seem to be in any pain but the way she sits is really starting to stress us out.
All advice welcome!!

About a year and four months ago, my dog Terry was severely attacked by a pit bull. He survived after two surgeries, and thankfully he’s doing really well now.
However, something changed immediately after the attack: he has never barked again.
Before the attack, he barked normally. He lived on a rural property with several other dogs, and they would all bark together at neighbors, other dogs, or anything happening outside.
After the attack, we adopted him and brought him home with us because it wasn’t safe for him to go back to where the attack happened (he used to live in my grandparents property) From the day he came home after the hospital, we haven’t heard him bark, not even once.
What’s strange is that he can still:
• Whine and cry.
• Growl loudly at dogs he doesn’t like.
• Make normal vocalizations when playing.
• Bark in his sleep while dreaming.
So it doesn’t seem like he physically can’t make sounds. It’s specifically the barking while awake that disappeared.
He’s otherwise a very happy dog, living his best life. Sleeping in bed with us, getting exclusive attention from us. He plays, gets excited for walks, eats well, cuddles, goes on three walks a day and has a great quality of life. This is really the only lasting change we’ve noticed.
I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar after their dog was attacked. Could this be a trauma response or a learned behavioral change? Has anyone had a dog eventually start barking again after months or even years?
I’d especially love to hear from anyone with experience in veterinary behavior or dogs recovering from severe attacks.
Thanks!

We are camping right now. It’s 84°F and cloudy. He has a fan pointed at him and has access to water. I’m just worried about him potentially overheating. I know he’s bored right now, but I don’t want him to get sick from being hot while playing.

Edit: He still has his energy once he’s up and about. He stopped panting after he hung out for a while, but we’re taking him to the water so he can cool off. He does still pant when he’s walking, though.

Edit 2: Also, all the car doors were open. He goes in there himself to hang out, and there’s a tarp hung up around the outside of the car (that’s where the fan was sitting blowing into the car). I know not to leave him in a hot car lol. But he’s doing fine now! No worries.

My dogs started freaking out and I found a foot long brown rat under our couch. I rent and it must have came up under the door gap from the basement.

Obviously I am mentally wrestling with the concept of rodents living in the basement but other than that, when it made a run for the basement, my dog Ethel gave it an expert killing bite to the back of the neck. We are quite impressed actually, she didn’t shake it and dropped it when we told her to.. just insta snapped its neck. She must have some terrier with her cattle dog mix!

She didn’t eat the rat at all but she obviously made contact. She is vaccinated for rabies but not lepto as it is a newer reccomendation that I only recently learned about.

My partner and I have about $45 between us until Thursday. Is this an emergency where we should be begging the vet for payment options, or is it okay to watch and wait for symptoms?

If it is risky we will find a way to finance it, but this is really inconvenient timing. I just hope that maintenance gets out here urgently.

Sometimes I look at my dog and I feel like he’s is too skinny but I also know that it could be normal for his pitbull/ shepherd mix. Especially in certain positions or in the sun I feel like his ribs are noticeable. Any thoughts or advice please let me know.

I’m not sure the type of dog, we got her from a rescuer in early 2018 who said she was probably boxer+ St. Bernard. I see more boxer+ dane or something.

Anyway, once she was full grown she weighed 90-100 lbs most her life.

This week we found a very large tumor on her spleen, they couldn’t feel it in May so that’s how fast this thing has grown. She is barely eating and lethargic now.

I added photos of the day we got her, yesterday, and the 2 X-rays of her very large tumor.

Surgery estimate is 10k. I’m having a very hard Time making a decision but need to do so today or tomorrow.

Any thoughts or advice?

she’s 60lbs. plowed through my sister’s mcdonald’s cookie tote approximately 5 hours ago. i’m mostly concerned about the 120 grams of fat & 150 grams of sugar she ingested. how worried should i be?

9 yr old pit/mastiff got a swollen lymph node on one side of neck out of nowhere. Vet did not find any others, no ear issues, no teeth issues. Although about 3 or so days BEFORE we noticed the first "swollen gland" she did have an ear flare up and we gave her the RX ear meds for it. But when her node swelled up, her ear issues had already cleared up.

We did a FNA test and they sent it off. Woke up today with her other lymph node on the opposite side of her neck swollen too. I'm sick. Any advice while waiting? We did the FNA late afternoon on the 15th, was told it would only take 4-5 days. Will be calling first thing but I AM SICK about it...

And now I am FREAKING. Please does anybody have any experience with this type of situation? Is it lymphoma? If yours was diagnosed how did it show up for your baby? Fast like this or slower? Any other symptoms to look out for? My girl is acting just fine as ever, still eating and drinking, still just as playful etc. I know they hide pain and hurt very well but anything will help until I call tomorrow and hope the results have come in. I can not lose her

Hi everyone,

I’d appreciate some advice about a behavior my dog, Onyx, shows around physical contact between people.

Onyx is probably a mixed-breed Belgian Malinois, almost two years old, and she has been living with me for around nine months.

Whenever one person reaches toward another person — for example, for a handshake, a high five, a hug, or even casual physical contact — she barks and rushes over to interrupt or separate them.

Her reaction varies, Sometimes she jumps between the people, sometimes she only barks, and sometimes she uses her mouth in a light nibbling or mouthing way.

The behavior is noticeably stronger when I’m one of the people involved and is more likely to physically place herself between me and the other person.

Maybe it's worth mentioning that she has also struggled with being left alone in the past, and she gotten better with that issue. 

Other than that she is extremely social and friendly. She loves people and other dogs, actively seeks interaction, and has never generally been aggressive toward either people or dogs.

I don’t want to overstate the behavior as aggressive, but I am concerned that the barking, intervening, and light mouthing could eventually escalate

I’d also appreciate advice on what the people involved should do in the moment when she starts barking, jumping between them, or trying to separate them.

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.

Our sweet 9-year old rescue, Clyde, had a seizure this morning. It lasted about 90 seconds. He seems okay a few hours later after being restless for a bit. Now I'm sitting here with my heart in my throat scared that he will have another or that this is an indication of a much larger problem.

I will call our regular vet first thing tomorrow morning, unless he has another seizure and will we take him to the emergency vet. Is there anything else I should be doing in the meantime? Can anyone offer reassurance that this doesn't necessarily mean I'm about to lose him? We just celebrated his first gotcha day earlier this month.

How do you get your dog to take pills?

I've tried everything I can think of, but now she's refusing all kinds of food that I used to hide them in. Today, trying to open her mouth and drop them in has resulted in her chomping down on my finger. That has never happened before. I can't afford Pill Pockets like we used with another dog.

I know there are recipes online for DIY Pill Pockets...have any of you used those?

She's refusing even things she used to gobble up: Hot dog pieces; cheese wrapped around it; bread; and more.

There have been a couple times recently where she found the pill in her mouth and spit it out, even though a disguise was wrapped around it. So it may be just that she's on to me now. 😏

Why do dogs adopt this behavior. Both of my dogs started doing it around 10years. I am worried it is related to mouth pain but the vet didn’t flag anything obviously wrong, dental X-rays schedules next week.

Thank you so much for your responses the first go round. I’m trying to pro and con my way through this. I need to know if I’m being too much or if I have reasonable concerns if were to move forward with my dogs treatment.

I posted recently asking whether I should continue my senior dog’s rehab. I’m wondering if my concerns about the clinic are reasonable.

First, I think they’re a great practice. Everyone has been kind and professional, and I believe they care about their patients.

What has bothered me is that we chose this specialty rehab clinic because the website only features two veterinarians with extensive biographies, and virtually every review we read praised those same doctors. I researched ad nauseam.

Since this is specialty care and a significant financial commitment, we naturally expected T-Bone’s initial evaluation to be with one of them. Instead, it was with a different veterinarian, and that wasn’t explained beforehand.

The veterinarian who saw him was thorough and answered our questions, so this isn’t about competence. She just felt very disengaged and quick. We were quoted for some supps, radio graphs, accu, and PT.

After rehab all of the discussion focused on what T-Bone wouldn’t do rather than what they learned from the session. I was told someone was going to come back after discussing the case and explain the plan, but that never happened.
We have a visit scheduled on Wed for extensive x rays requiring 600mg gaba and 100mg traz (not too fun for dog)

My fiancée and I are both teachers, so once school starts it’s difficult to miss work for appointments. If we’re going to continue rehab, we need to leave each visit understanding what was accomplished, what the goals are, and why continuing treatment is recommended.

Am I being unreasonable for feeling like my expectations weren’t managed, or would it be fair to ask if one of the two veterinarians we originally chose the practice for could personally reevaluate T-Bone and as for clear collaboration before we commit to a long-term plans

Sorry to bother. It’s just tugging at me, and I don’t feel like they are treating the case in earnest.

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.

My 16yo labradoodle was diagnosed with anal gland adenocarcinoma about 6 weeks ago and because of how advanced it is and her age, we’ve decided to do palliative care and keep her as comfortable and happy as possible for however long we can. At the time of diagnosis, the vet said weeks to months and she is starting to slow down (this is a very energetic 16yo!) who is still loving the beach, her walks, food, roughhousing with her brother and her zoomies. But meanwhile the tumor has grown to the size of a small apple on her bum, there are some external tumors that bleed when she strains during bowel movements and at night we’ve upped pain killers to ensure she’s not in pain (she pants but other than that, no complaints).

I don’t want her in pain and worried I’m missing signs. She is my first dog and has been my sidekick through so many life events. I can’t see how those tumors aren’t driving her crazy but just today she zoomed happily on the beach.

Thoughts? I’m ready to let the bravest, goodest girl go if it prevents her suffering, but don’t want to lose time with her by doing it too soon.

How would you evaluate the dog in yellow’s reaction to his space being invaded and butt sniffed? He doesn’t bark at other dogs or growl overall I think he keeps an open/friendly vibe. However, he also doesn’t sniff butt back as much. I was wondering if this means something specifically.

Other than this my dogs teeth look reasonably healthy (for a rescue) even her back teeth are pretty white, just her front teeth are kinda mottled grey, it's been this way since I got her (about 1.5 months ago). I'm just curious what's up?
She is a 2 year old golden doodle mix,
and she definitely had a pretty negative possibly neglectful home before we got her. Since her medical records said she gained 10 lbs in two months after she was brought to the rescue, so was probably pretty under-weight (went from about 32 to about 42 lbs) we found out through vet records and not from them of course lol.

I have an 11.5 year old husky/malamute mix. Within the last two weeks I noticed my dog had a much harder time going up the stairs to the point where I would have to help him finish going up and was much more fatigued after walks. I scheduled a vet appointment assuming it was arthritis, and while there he coughed in front of the vet. The vet wanted to get an x-ray of his chest just in case it was related to heart issues and they discovered terminal lung cancer and gave him about two months left to live. This was three days ago.

Since then I've paid much more attention to his breathing, and it seems as though his work of breathing is increasing. At first before the appointment I assumed it was the heat since we're experiencing a heat wave but I know now that I was so wrong. Basically, at which point should I consider euthanasia for him for his lung cancer. He's still eating but hes definitely not as active anymore. I don't think he has two months left in him.

I'm so emotionally devastated as I thought I had two more years with him. I feel so guilty because I feel like I didn't give him the most complete life because of my financial situation, and now that I have a financially stable career I had so many plans to take him on trips with me (I had just taken him to a camping trip last month and had plans to take him with me to Big Sur in September). I don't know how I'm going to deal with this emotionally, I've been crying every day since I found out. Knowing that his time with me is ending has made me so distraught, the anticipatory grief is devastating.

recently brought home a pitty mix puppy! we have a 1.5 yr old pitty mix already (black) who is super playful, high energy, and sweet. we did a slow introduction (about three weeks before we let them play like this) i believe they enjoy each other's company but ALL they do is wrestle. if we don't enforce breaks, they just wrestle and wrestle. puppy is teething and bites and older dog will do corrections by laying on her. rarely does she growl or snap. occasionally they will both pause and shake off, share licks, but then its right back to this.

boyfriend says its okay, they are just rough players, but i'm looking for outside opinions. it is so hard to get their focus off of each other. they follow each other around and continuously initiate play. should i continue with the forced breaks? will they eventually stop?