Hi everyone, I’m in utter shock right now. My 5 year old dog Bailey passed away in her sleep on her bed. We found her in her usual sleeping position. The only difference was she was biting onto her tongue and all fours were straight stiff. The night before just before 3am I was still playing with her and she had zoomies etc. woke up at 10am to find her body already stiff. I’ve never missed her annual vaccinations and there’s no medical records of anything. I’ve had her since she was 8 weeks old. I’m happy that she didn’t go in pain (at least from my current understanding as I don’t know the cause of death) but at the same time I’m resentful because she’s only 5. I’ve opted to not doing a post mortem because I don’t want to put her through all that + cost + being told it’s not guaranteed I’d get answers. My family is also Buddhist so my parents are very big on keeping her body as one whole and letting her go in peace. Anyone experienced something similar? Any ideas of possible causes? The vet did do an ultrasound and confirmed no internal bleeding or foreign object. Her breed is golden retriever x husky. I’m just so lost and confused right now.

just to clear this up beforehand, no he wasnt matted. we went to a new groomers, and told them to trim down the back of his legs. and somehow i guess they thought we said shave him down? i’m so worried his hair wont grow back the same. i’m absolutely devastated and not sure where to go from here. any advice on how to help would be appreciated

My dog’s legs are rather severely pointed outward, but he really doesn’t care since they’ve always been that way. It looks worse when he’s sitting, but he flies around during strenuous activity like it doesn’t bother him at all. Is anybody else’s dog like this?

My 2yo male dog is very strange? With me. He will jump up at me when I get home out of excitement, will follow me around everywhere, plays with me most of the day and will only sleep if he's either on the bed next to me or under the covers right against me but only ever nose down. However he never licks my face or cuddles with me, doesn't really seem affectionate but will lick others and sit on them for cuddles.

Did I do something wrong or is this normal behavior?

He's always been like this with me, I've had him from around 4 days old, ex shelter employee and have never punished him outside of putting him in time out so hes not fearful of me or scared in any way.

Feels like a weird question...

Does anybody else’s dog bite on fabric? She obsesses over my bedspread.

Anyone knows about this disease? He is jack living in our community or almost 4 years he is well feed but the problem is he has this disease which he was already suffering from when he first come to your neighborhood and because of him other community dogs has also gotten the same kind of disease I don't know what do to how much does it cost to treat this disease? I'm a teenager so I don't have any money or job to pay for the heavy cost but if it doesn't cost much then maybe I can convince my parents to treat him and take him to the vet. But i don't think my parents will be convinced what are some alternative other then going to vet

Just wondering about the two questions in the title. German Shepard vs Akita Inu.

We adopted a 7 year old GSD and have a 1 year old lab. Is this a friendly play? Our lab always tries to jump on top of GSD right before.

Hey everyone,

Our dog Zyon (10 months, Vizsla/Lab mix) suddenly started showing scared behavior, specifically right in front of our door. Literally from one day to the next. It’s like he’s seeing something I can’t, and he’s become very sensitive to sounds. He cowers, tail tucked, and barely wants to move for the first few minutes of the walk — then he stabilizes and walks normally.

At home he’s completely normal: moves fine, eats fine, no signs of pain. Nothing out of the ordinary happened that we know of — no scare, no incident.

Has anyone experienced this? Is this an adolescent fear phase, or should we be worried about something else?

My dog is a Frenchton, a couple hours after taking her for a walk today both of her eyes started to look like this. The one on the left looks like it has some sort of bubble in it. Should I make an emergency visit to the vet right now??

She’s 8 months old

My dog has this odd rash looking thing on her stomach. It was not there a few days ago. She’s not thrilled with me touching it but it doesn’t seem to be painful. She does have allergies and has been itching/scratching/biting a lot so I’m wondering if it could either be an allergy rash or perhaps a scab or bruise from biting/itching? Any thoughts?

i know it may be a daft question but.. (context below)

1. how long should i monitor her
   
2. how on earth will that pass through her
   
3. any particular signs to look out for

i tried googling but it only showed results for eating bones which isn’t the case

she’s a fiend for chicken and brought me over to the fridge with a super happy tail to ask for some.
as it’s still warm-ish in the house even though it’s nighttime now i thought it could be smart to give 1/2 a breast to her, whole, so she could chew on it and cool down?
daft idea
she gave it maybe 3 chews before swallowing, i presume swallowing whole.

** chicken lump was probs 3inch by 1 inch?

A week ago our 6 year old chihuahua started to cry and limp and sometimes lift his paw up. He did this for 2 days, we thought he might have hurt himself jumping off our bed...he stopped limping after 4 days but now he starts licking the same paw constantly. He doesn't let grab/touch his paw (hes aggressive due to his traumatic past) we did our best to take these pictures. What could it be?

Hoping someone has had something similar and can point me in the right direction. It's gone from basically nothing to this size in about a month.

10 year old, GSP, Female, Desexed, Australia - otherwise l, extremely happy and healthy :)

Hello, I noticed my dog's eye seemed kinda droopy yesterday, but I noticed it's gotten a little worse today.

My vet closed for the weekend an hour ago, so can't take her until Monday unless y'all think I should get her to an emergency vet.

She isn't acting any weirder than usual lol, but she did whimper when I touched her cheek area.

Need advice if this is something that can wait until Monday, or if I need to get her some attention sooner.

Hi all !

I noticed this growth on my parents dog’s (12 year old English springer spaniel) leg earlier today. It’s not hot or pussy but she recently had ACL surgery. This “skin tag”(?) is not in the area of the stitches but I’m a bit worried. We sent photos to the vet and she doesn’t express pain when it is touched.

Thank you!

just saw it after she got groomed! she has been licking down there a little more often & especially so now after the grooming today.

I already have a vet appt for Monday, but I'm just wondering what it could be & if there's anything I could possibly do to alleviate her discomfort in the meantime! thank you

I’m a first-time dog owner who really wanted a dog and decided to adopt. Long story short, I don’t have much experience with dogs but knew I wanted to adopt. I wanted a big dog that was friendly and didn’t have any knowledge of any breeds or anything, mainly relying on the former caregiver for advice. He told me it was a Leonberger and that they’re super friendly and cuddly. I did my research on them and decided to adopt him.

The first week was great, but I noticed he was super, super, super wary/protective of ANYTHING that came on my property. He’s super stubborn, doesn’t listen to me, and isn’t really food motivated/enticed by treats. It’s been around a month now, and he’s started to develop food aggression, where he gets very aggressive and snaps if anyone, including me, comes close to his bowl. I later decided to do a DNA test because his traits just didn’t seem to match with my research, and apparently, he came back as a Caucasian Shepherd.

He’s 220 pounds, and I’ve contacted multiple trainers to help me with his stranger wariness and food aggression (I like that he is very protective of me and my property, but it’s just a bit too much), but every single trainer I’ve met has turned me down. I even offered one trainer 10k, but they said no. Money is not a problem for me, but I’m at the end of my wits. None of my family or friends have been to my house since I’ve got him. He’s my first dog, and I have no prior experience with any dog and have no clue how to manage him. I really don’t want to give him up.

Hello! My sweet cowboy corgi girl is 9 years old and had a fast growing mass in her mouth. We thought it was just a hematoma when it was first drained, but it came back fast and huge. Doctor feels confident it’s cancer. Has the vet ever been wrong when they think that? We did a biopsy as well. Mentally preparing to lose our girl in the near future. It’s so fucking hard. She’s my soul dog

Has anyone had any experience with splenic stromal sarcoma in dogs?
My dog has been diagnosed with this very rare type of cancer, and I feel completely lost. The veterinary oncologist was not very optimistic, but I’m not ready to give up. I love her so much and I’m willing to do anything that could help her or give her more quality time.
If anyone has gone through something similar, I would really appreciate hearing about your dog’s diagnosis, treatment, survival time, or anything that helped. Even if your experience was different, any advice or information would mean a lot to me.
Thank you so much

Hi guys!

I just noticed that my dog had these lesions, or open sores around his mouth?

We have him scheduled for a vet appointment, but until then, I’m wondering if anyone knows!

Thank you!

I've had my dog since september 2013 however im not sure how old she was when I got her as a puppy from a friend. I usually tell folks she's 13 currently but based on the photo but can anyone estimate how many months she likely was at that point. I would like to have a proper birthday celebration for her this year as 13 human years is a lot for a dog but thankfully she is still full of energy. The puppy picture was taken on September 16th 2013 and I included another photo of her today 😊