r/DogHealth

So my puppy still has left overs from the umbilical cord or is a hernia can someone explain to me what should I do about it she is about 50 days old

i made a post about my dog last night and almost all of the replies i got were so insanely rude. in my post i said how im barely 18 which i thought made it obvious that none of this is in my control but no. i was called a selfish, bad dog owner, that i should never have had an animal in the first place, my family not being able to afford the vet when she first got sick is somehow my fault for not caring enough, and that its horrible of me to talk about putting her down without her going to the vet first.

obviously i dont just want to put my dog down, shes everything to me but i dont want her suffering. it is very obvious if you saw her now that shes slowly passing and atp there really isnt anything we can do besides let her rest. with that being said, yes we didnt take her to the vet but i personally and my mom have done everything we can to help her. she stopped eating so we found the special homemade food she would eat, she for some reason wouldnt eat out of the bowl so i would sit there hand feeding her each piece, and that alone made a huge difference, they thought she was gunna die months ago but we kept doing what we could and she got better but a while.

and for everyone who thinks its okay to shame someone for not being able to afford it, i have a single mother who usually works so so hard to provide for us. she had to take family leave because my brother has stage 3 brain cancer which btw is very expensive to take care of. u have no right to judge and insult someone when u have no idea whats going on.

i replied to a commented saying how almost everytime we've taken a pet to the vet they told us the best thing would be to put them down which is my MY FAMILY NOT ME decided not to take her. i wanted to take her, even if that was the result i wanted to know what was wrong and help her but it is not up to me.

i made a post for advice on the best thing i can do for my dog because she is my best friend and i love her more than life itself and 99% of the replies were so horrible and inconsiderate.

Any idea what this is?

There are no vets nearby

These are indie dogs

They have this swelling for like past 1 week

He’s a 12 year old beagle and recently today he’s been nibbling that area

idk if this is something that could be related to his health, sorry if this is a dumb question 😓

Update: at the vet now. They are going to give him a steroid shot, steroids home, clean his paw up and send home a spray. They said we caught it early so that is what helped him.
I’m going to be one of those people and ask if I should take our beagle to the vet. He’s been licking his front paw and now in between two toes he’s licked it red. I went ahead and put pet safe neosporen and attempted to wrap it(he had it on for about 30 minutes before figuring out how to get it off). I feel like a horrible dog mom for not noticing it. My gut says to take him in just for confirmation there’s nothing stuck or infected but also I’m like what if my pregnant mind is going crazy.

my dog is slowly dying. she lost a fuckton of weight a couple months ago from Lyme disease and apparently they dont gain it back after that so she is like skin and bones, shes eating and drinking well, but she either cant go to the bathroom at all or both pee and poop are just blood clots. shes weak and unable to jump in and out of my bed now. she'll be 9 on june 9th, idk what to do. one day i think shes not gunna wake up the next and then she does and acts perfectly fine like playing a little and just being herself but its less often but i dont wanna put her down if she still has some good life but i also dont want her suffering. i got her when i was 9, im 18 now and ik this sounds dumb but shes my best friend. she genuinely saved my life and i hate that i cant do the same for her. what do i do? i love her more than anything but i dont want her in pain but i cant imagine my life without her

We cant afford vet right now, just wanting to know if ever anyone experience this on their dog.

the dawg has suddenly developed this swelling in his lower eyelid, and the bottom of his other eye has also become slightly red.

Any advice on what it is or what I can currently do? We’ve applied a tiny bit of chlorosig and we’re gonna visit the vet tomorrow once they open.

EDIT: She is not that big!! This picture was taken ages ago I have posted a more recent in the comments

Thank you everyone for your suggestions and comments.
Last night I used an anti fungal antiseptic medicated shampoo I found at the store. This morning she is not itching which is a huge improvement. She is chewing on her feet but only a little bit. I think it might be fungal or a yeast problem.
I’m going to look for a dog dermatologist for n the area as well.

My 13 year old dog has been dealing with nonstop itching/scratching ever since we moved from Colorado to Florida about 5 years ago. The vet says it’s allergies and originally allergy shots helped a lot — at first she only needed them once a year in spring, then every few months, and now we’re at once a month.

She’s on Advantix flea prevention, none of the other pets in the house have symptoms, and we’ve never seen signs of fleas in the house. I’ve tried multiple shampoos and regular baths help temporarily, but usually only for 12–24 hours before the scratching starts again.

She used to take allergy pills, but after years of trying to hide them in food, she completely refuses them now. At 13, I hate seeing her uncomfortable all the time, but I also don’t love the idea of weekly allergy shots — especially financially.

Has anyone dealt with this after moving to Florida or another humid climate? Did you find anything that actually helped long term? Diet change, medicated shampoo, cytopoint, apoquel alternatives, environmental triggers, anything? I’m honestly at a loss at this point and just want her comfortable. lol

He is a 15yr old terrier mix who got bit by something we didn’t see two days ago. We thought he stepped on a wasp so thought he was fine, but he was in a lot of pain so we took him to the er vet about an hour later to make sure it wasn’t a snake. Vet gave him methadone to calm down and confirmed it wasn’t a snake. She gave him antibiotics, gabapentin for pain and carprofen for anti inflammatory.

Next morning, I go downstairs and sit next to where he was laying on the couch. As I do, he gets up and is very wobbly and falls back down. Laying back down his head is still wobbling back and forth. I am worried so I go to my parents room and tell my dad. My dog then walks in and is stumbling and unstable. My dad goes to call my mom at work and I go sit with the dog. Less than 5 mins later he is walking fine again, but my mom still calls the vet who tells her to monitor him and bring him in if it keeps happening.

The rest of the day he is fine until he throws up around 3pm, which is not super unusual for him when he’s not sick/injured and we thought it might have been the meds, though he had only take the antibiotics at around 7am that morning as the swelling/redness had gone down and he wasn’t showing any more signs of pain. Less than an hour later, he threw up again and then two more times within an hour so we took him back to the er. They say it might be the meds and do a blood panel to check liver and kidneys which both look good. They give him an anti nausea injection that lasts 24hrs and then send us home with maropitant for nausea after the injection wears off.

Next day he is fine, takes his antibiotics in the morning and is fine all day until 3pm when he jumps up on me and is wobbly again. I get him to walk and he is wobbly walking. I call my dad and he says he’s not sure what we can do and tells me to film it if it happens again. I think he has gone back to normal at this point. Then I go to let the dogs out and go out with them and he is wobbly and unstable again, which I film this time. When we come in my dad gets home and see him and the video. The dog lays on the couch and still hasn’t wanted to get up for about an hour now.

I want to take him back to the er vet but my parents aren’t sure what they will be able to do. My mom is trying to schedule an appointment with our regular vet.

What could be causing this? Could it be related to the bite? All of his other symptoms are gone except for this, so I’m not sure if it’s related or if it has to do with his age or what. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you!

UPDATE: after going to our regular vet yesterday they told us he has old dog vestibular syndrome. This is what was causing the nausea and wobbling and it is unrelated to the bite. Luckily, it should go away in about 2-3 weeks. He is on meds to manage symptoms. Thank you!

My mini goldendoodle is 8 months old and she developed a rare disease called IMHA. Her symptoms started manifesting about seven days after her surgery. Took her to the same vet that did her surgery and they performed a blood test and said she had a low red blood cell count and a high white blood cell count. They sent her home with antibiotics and a regenerative anemia diagnosis. Took her to the ER the next day and she was hospitalized for three days after they diagnosed her with IMHA.

I am very skeptical about her surgery and not a big believer in coincidences. I don’t know if that was the trigger but what does everyone think? Should I switch my primary vet?