Nori is our 4 year old mixed breed (looks like a sheltie / spaniel cross, embark says about 30% american staffordshire, who knows), 42lb, adopted from a city rescue at roughly 18 months old, with us...
Echo is our 5 year old australian shepherd, 48lb, generally healthy, no diagnosed allergies, no GI surgical history, just a dog who for the last two years had what i would describe as 70th percentile...
Quick context. Otis is 4, neutered, 36lb on the nose at his last vet weigh-in two weeks ago, standard poodle / cocker spaniel mix per the embark, mellow temperament, has been on car trips with us up...
Juno is our border collie, 14 months now, from a working bred litter out of montana, ours since 8 weeks. i had done the reading. i was prepared for the puppy phase. i had a crate plan, a socialization...
Quick context. Cooper is our 7 year old black lab, 72lb, no joint issues on his last orthopedic check in march, generally fit, walks 3 to 5 miles every day rain or shine, and we do 6 to 9 mile day...
Apollo is a 4 year old pit bull mix, 58lb, came home with us last june from a county rescue that had pulled him from a hoarding situation as a 7 month old puppy. by the time we adopted him he had been...
Mochi is 12 years and 4 months, shih tzu, 14lbs, generally pretty healthy for his age, but at his last wellness exam in march his vet picked up what she described as a grade 3 of 6 heart murmur that...
Otto is our blue heeler / cattle dog mix, 3 years old when we adopted him from a regional cattle dog rescue in january, intact when surrendered, neutered at the rescue before placement. our resident...
Murphy is our 6 year old black lab, 78lb, otherwise extremely healthy, who tore his left CCL three weeks ago jumping off the back of my husbands truck the way he has jumped off the back of that truck...
Riley was a 62lb golden retriever / golden mix we adopted from our county shelter at age 4 in 2016. she made it almost ten years with us and she died at home in her bed on june 9 at age 14 and three...
Hattie is a 28lb beagle mix we adopted from a county shelter at six months old, shes now just shy of four and a half and she has lived with us in the same kitchen for the entire time. for the first...
Cooper is a 76lb yellow lab who turned nine in march. when we started this project last november he was 95lb, and he had been somewhere between 88 and 96 for the previous four years which is a long...
Beans is a 60lb staffy mix we adopted at 11 months from a regional rescue, shes now almost 3.5 and the leash work has been the slow grinding project of our entire dog ownership life. we did pat miller...
Walter is a 55lb apricot standard poodle who turned 7 last month and has been in continental clip his whole life. for the first two years we did the salon every six weeks at $120 a visit plus a $20...
this is mostly a vent but im also genuinely asking. our dog is Pepper, 4 year old shepherd mix, about 45lbs, and we have lived in this third floor unit for two years and three months. the entire time...
some background, our yellow lab Murphy is 3.5 years old and has been chewing his front paws raw on and off for about a year. he gets ear infections every 6 to 8 weeks no matter what we do, weve done...
Pickle is 18 months, standard wirehaired dachshund, currently about 19lbs and our vet says ideal weight for her frame is closer to 17. she has been completely normal, no symptoms ever, until tuesday...
Some background since pyrenees ownership shows up here occasionally and the breed gets recommended to a lot of people who probably should not have one. We have about 14 acres in the upper midwest,...
our beagle mix Penny is 2 and mostly well behaved but she has decided my 6 year old daughters stuffed animals are the best things on earth. she doesnt destroy them, she just collects them. we find...
Brunhilde is a seven and a half year old spayed female bernese mountain dog, ninety two pounds, who came to us at ten weeks old from a careful breeder in the upper midwest whose lines have been health...