Otis is a 4yo standard poodle, intact male, 52 pounds, otherwise totally healthy. starting around last september his stool went from picture perfect to soft and inconsistent, sometimes pudding...
Juno is a 2yo aussie mix we adopted at 8 months from a rural shelter. she came with bite history listed but no other details, was returned to the shelter twice before us. on leash from day one she has...
Jasper is a 6yo aussie shepherd mix, 42 pounds, in genuinely excellent shape for a dog his age. weve done day hikes together since he was 2, probably 800 trail miles by now including a few 14 mile...
Wickham is an 11yo yellow lab and has been our only dog since we got him at 10 weeks. he is the calm low key kind of lab, sleeps 18 hours a day, never destructive, would happily live alone with one...
Ozzy is a 4yo mini aussie, we got him in march 2022 when i was already a year into being fully remote. for the first four years of his life i was home essentially every day. i worked from the couch,...
Background. Mosby is our 7yo cavalier king charles, we have had him since 9 weeks, he has been a patient at the same family practice his whole life. our previous vet retired in march and her practice...
Background. Wally is an 8 year old yellow lab, 78 lbs, lean for a lab (his vet has called him "appropriately weighted" for years), generally healthy, no other ortho history. Tuesday afternoon i was...
Mira is our third golden retriever, she turned 12 in march, we have had her since 9 weeks. Two years ago at her annual our vet sat us down and said she was entering the phase where the things we...
Background. Pickle is a 7 month old standard poodle, my first poodle ever, and i had no idea what i was signing up for coat-wise. I have been brushing him daily since 12 weeks (mostly) and i thought i...
Marbles is a 3 year old french bulldog, BOAS corrected at 18 months (stenotic nares plus elongated soft palate), generally a healthy frenchie by frenchie standards. Last june we took her on what we...
Background. I had a dog growing up and one in my twenties, both puppies i raised, both lived their full lives with my family. I am 41 now and finally in a stable enough place to have a dog again. I...
Lottie is a 3yo aussie who was fine with sounds until last july 4th when a neighbor set off mortars at 11pm. She went from normal to panting, trembling, hiding in the bathtub, refusing food for 18...
Rosco is a 3yo german shepherd mix we adopted at 7 months. He was leash reactive on day one and we did not understand what we were looking at for the first six months. We thought we had a "stubborn"...
Pesto is a 2yo lab and i am a 39 year old engineer who has never done anything athletic in my life. I signed us up for agility because he is high energy and i wanted a structured thing to do with him...
I need real help, not the "use higher value treats" advice, because i have done all of that. Hugo is a 2yo intact male vizsla, neutered six weeks ago (vet recommended waiting until 2 for growth...
Background. We had Bodie, a 7yo lab who is the worlds easiest dog. In may 2024 we adopted Pickles, a 3yo corgi mix surrender, because Bodie was clearly bored and we had the space and the time. Six...
Need to lean on the people who have actually done this. I am 33, fully remote, and im moving from a small house with a fenced yard to a midsize city apartment in three months because the rent on this...
Louie is 7. She is a beagle. She has been a beagle her whole life, which means the food obsession is genetic and not because we are bad parents, but for years i let myself believe the food obsession...
Penny is 5, golden retriever, been with us since she was 9 weeks old, no major health issues other than the standard golden ear infections every spring. She went in for her annual last tuesday and the...
For anyone who finds this two years from now in a panic at 1am like i did, i want to tell you that the puppy you are crying about is in here somewhere. I posted in this group at 14 weeks asking if i...