r/DogAdvice

My boy Red is 15 and has back leg issues. Believed to be MD as he never seems to be in pain. He can walk around without his wheels however only for around 5 mins as he is wobbly so will eventually fall repeatedly.

Otherwise he’s all okay, kidneys, heart, brain, bloods etc all come back good when checked.

I have been in the process of moving to USA for a number of years and potentially gonna get my visa and 6 month travel window 2nd half of 2027. I honestly wasn’t sure when I married and planned this that Red would still be around as his siblings and parents passed around 10-13 years of age or earlier however Red is going strong.

I can’t imagine leaving him to someone random in the UK so I plan to bring him with me to LA, however I am worried about him flying cargo. He’s such a chill dog, social, loud noises don’t bother him and doesn’t startle easily. I’m just worried because of his age.

Has anyone else flown a senior dog cargo before on a long flight and can tell me how it was?

Thank you

Our dog has started drooling during walks. He never drools at home or when we play with him at home. He eats his food normally and seems comfortable and happy at home, and he also seems happy on walks and walks along at a good pace. He is 9 years old.

It doesn’t happen on every walk, but it’s happening on most walks now. However, there are still walks where he doesn’t drool at all.

Has anyone else experienced their dog suddenly starting to drool during walks?

Meet Chloe, a three year old Shepard husky mix who I am waging medical warfare on. I have to give her multiple pills a day for the time being and we have a long history of not taking our medication. I've tried many methods in the past to make her take her meds:

• pillpockets (wouldn't eat)
• pills hidden in cheese or meat (ate around pills or wouldn't eat)
• pills crushed up and hidden in food (current method. She is starting to figure out what food has been tampered with and avoid it)
• prying mouth open, shoving in pill, and massaging throat (we've had 30 min long stand offs where she pretends to swallow but doesn't actually)
• dropping pills accidently or on purpose (doesn't matter, result is an abandoned pill)

Next will be buying wet dog food and mixing crushed pills into that in a place she can't watch me open pills. After that, I think everything will have to be crushed, mixed in water, and given via syringe.

With nothing to loose I humbly ask for your best and worst medication tips, tricks, and horror stories. Schadenfreude, gloating, solidarity, and reminiscing are all welcome.

Hello! My dog blue has done this without fail every single time he eats his food since we adopted him last year. I’ve had many dogs throughout my life and not one has even done this. Why does he do this? I think it’s just the funniest thing lol

Hey all

Just looking for a bit of advice/reassurance.
This big goof is my 2 year old Corso mix. I rescued her about 4 months ago with my partner. She’s a dream girl, my Velcro dog but also very independent and is completely settled on her own. We both work full time and have never had any issues leaving her alone.

Over the weekend we have separated and he has moved out so it’s just my girl and I now. Despite her being completely fine being alone, I’m starting to feel all this guilt that she will be alone a lot more now when I’m at work. I’m a shift worker so we don’t have routine unfortunately as I’m coming and going at different times when I’m at work. When I’m not at work, I give her lots of my time and even when I do work we walk every day and I give her all the enrichment I can before I leave.

I guess I just want to hear some experiences of people who have gone from being in a relationship to owning your dog solo. How did it work out for you? I’m giving her the best life I possibly can and I know she’s better off with me than the shelter but I just can’t help but feel so guilty.

Hi everyone! Looking for some advice because we’re a little stumped.
My 8-year-old pit mix has pretty severe nasal hyperkeratosis. We’ve tried just about every remedy and nasal balm out there, with very little improvement — even antibiotics.
Recently, she stayed at my parents’ house for 4 nights, and when she came home, her nose looked almost completely healed! Obviously, we were thrilled, but it also made us realize there must be something in or around our home that’s triggering it.
Nothing changed while she was away in terms of her food, and since then we’ve been trying to eliminate anything we can think of. We’re on well water, we’ve removed air fresheners/fragrances, and we’ve been extremely mindful of anything she could possibly be getting into in our fenced-in yard.
Unfortunately, after being home for about 3 days, the severe dryness started coming back.
Has anyone experienced anything similar or discovered an environmental trigger for nasal hyperkeratosis? At this point, we’re desperately trying to figure out what could be different between our house and my parents’ house. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
As I mentioned, we’ve tried just about every topical product/nasal balm out there, so we’re especially interested in possible environmental causes or things around the home that we may be overlooking.

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to hear from other dachshund owners who’ve experienced something similar.

Our dachshund has been having coughing episodes like the one in the video for about two years now. The cough comes and goes, seems to vary with the seasons, and can be worse at night. Excitement also seems to trigger it, especially when I get home, when someone comes over, or whenever our dog gets excited.

We’ve seen several vets, and the treatment so far has mainly been corticosteroids. Sometimes they help, but other times they don’t seem to make much difference. Allergy testing suggested an allergy to mites, but we still don’t have a clear understanding of whether that explains the coughing.

It’s really upsetting to hear, especially after dealing with it for so long and still not having it consistently under control.

Has your dachshund had similar coughing fits? If so, what did the cause turn out to be? Were there any particular tests, specialist appointments, or long-term treatment plans that helped?

I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences so I can discuss the next steps with our vet. Thank you!

This is my 5 year old female American lab retriever. Ever since we adopted her at 8 months old, she’s been amazing. Great friend, wonderful animal. Learns fast. The best temperament. The only downside, we cannot get her to stop barking at people. She LOVES people but sounds like she wants to eat them. We have tried everything under the sun except shock collars which I refuse to use. I’m desperate to find a way to remedy her seemingly aggressive behavior. All our neighbors know her, and know she just wants to say hello and be pet but she scares the kids and it’s down right LOUD. Pics of the Layla Bean, last one is she loving on my pregnant tummy. (Baby loves the dog but dog could not care less about the baby.)

My boy, Fillmore, (13yo)has started sundowning in the last two months… It’s really torture to watch. Upon the advice of my vet we’ve started to give him 600 mg of gabapentin and 3 mg of melatonin at 7 PM. By 9 PM it kicks in and he had been sleeping ..well now the whole process seems to be starting earlier at about 5 PM with pacing crying and complete agitation. I don’t necessarily want to give him his medication earlier for fear that it will wear off before dawn. Has anybody experienced this? What worked? It’s so heartbreaking to watch because he is perfectly healthy and himself during the day. i’ll also add that he is an Am Staff, and 65 pounds

Suddenly my dog (year old Havanese) ONLY wants us to throw his ball. But what he does is he drops his ball really close to you and then just stares really stalker-like (it’s happening as I type this) but he’ll sit and wait until I throw the ball for however long it takes until someone throws it before repeating the process. He doesn’t even really bark at the window without the ball in his mouth or next to him and immediately goes back to lurk on someone else’s with the ball once he’s done looking out the window. I tried training him new tricks and he didn’t have very much interest in the treats because of the dang ball which is shocking since he’s a foodie. He isn’t aggressive about the fetch at all he just lingers 24/7 with the ball waiting for it to be thrown. He gets lots of love, exercise, and mental stimuli from puzzles. What is going on?

She keeps them short enough, we figure taking her to the vet for clipping or attempting it ourselves would be dangerous and also extremely traumatic for Shelby. We don't know why she hates her feet touched but as soon as we lay a hand on them she screams as if we're going to hurt her 😭

This appeared after I adopted my pup. She had one small spot while I fostered but it has spread and she is very itchy. Ears included, due to her nail lenght(now cut 😮‍💨) they were bleeding

Has anyone experienced this and have recommendations or know what led to there dogs issues