r/GSP

This really hurts and everything is so quiet. How do I get through this?

Benji has had these toys since he was a puppy, just a noisy pig and a scrunchie toy. Every day he will gently pick them both up, walk around the room crying. After a few minutes he will gently place them down on the floor and then leave them... 🤷

Hope everyone is enjoying themselves today. Here's my boy!

90 minute trail run done and we still have energy to burn 😂 Happy Fourth everyone 🇺🇸🎆

Hey everyone. This is my 8 month old GSP named Odin. Just wanted to know if anybody has dealt with this kind of problem with their GSP. (I left the picture in the second slide) I am trying to self diagnose the issue before getting hit with a ridiculous vet bill (if thats what I have to do I will, just want try my own options first). My boys nose has been getting flaky for the past couple weeks but nothing major, I just thought it was a little dry nose, the flaking has progressed into this. I have also noticed him constantly licking his paws for the last couple days so im trying to figure out if this can just be a yeast infection and if any of you has dealt with this what did you use to treat it? Thanks for the help!!

Hey everyone. This is my 8 month old GSP named Odin. Just wanted to know if anybody has dealt with this kind of problem with their GSP. (I left the picture in the second slide) I am trying to self diagnose the issue before getting hit with a ridiculous vet bill (if thats what I have to do I will, just want try my own options first). My boys nose has been getting flaky for the past couple weeks but nothing major, I just thought it was a little dry nose, the flaking has progressed into this. I have also noticed him constantly licking his paws for the last couple days so im trying to figure out if this can just be a yeast infection and if any of you has dealt with this what did you use to treat it? Thanks for the help!!

I have had the pleasure to care my Heidi girl for 3 years, she is the apple of my eye, my living situation has changed to the point I can no longer give her the space or time she deserves and while it breaks my heart we need to find a new home.

She is a full liver with some ticking down the chest.

She is 3 years old and in perfect health.

Looking for a place with other GSP's or other active dogs, but will be fine if its just owners who are active enough for her needs.

She is good with smaller dogs and friendly to cats. She really is amazingly gentle and just wants to love and lick people.

We can try a week test run, and a major deal for me is if for some reason it wouldn't work out in the long run, i would want her back so I can re re home her.

Willing to drive anywhere in north or possibly central Florida

We have two German short hair pointers. Our broom is just not doing the trick.
This is the third time I went over the same area last hour and I’m still picking up this amount of dog here 😬😬😬.

What is your favorite broom to use on LVP floors for dog hair? also open to any other GSP hair cleaning tricks you have!

It’s been almost 2 months since I got my Sassy Girl and today was the first time I got a pic of her!

2 weeks ago my GSP and I started doing some nose work games, easy at first just finding liver treats in a jar with holes in the lid on an open field, sometimes behind a tree and sometimes in some taller grass.

Today we worked up to a much larger and much more bushy area. Added decoy jar, made sure he didn’t see me hide anything and took a long walk back around to get back to my boy. It’s no detective level but it was big for my goofus.

Watching him get excited to go and then to see him launch into action once I gave the command is such an amazing experience. He ran off in the direction from which I came back to him, wrong way, then he realised there was nothing there so he came back to the start and started being more careful about his search.

Nose in the air, nose to the ground, ignore the birds, he kept moving and closing up the circle. When he found the right jar he sniffed deep, looked up at me and I swear he smiled. I’m so proud of him.

Watching him in action is like watching the terminator. I am in awe of what he’s capable of with so little effort and time, I can’t imagine what he will be able to accomplish in a year. Regardless of future plans he’s my goofus and I love him.

Our girl broke out in a rash, particularly around her neck & left ear, with some spots on her head. They were slightly raised bumps but she wasn't itching or uncomfortable. After a day they hadn't gone down so we went to the vet who said they couldn't identify the cause but it wasn't fungal, no signs of ticks/fleas, and she was otherwise healthy.

We gave her a 2 week course of steroids which seemed to help it go down but now she has scarring from it on her ear and neck (hard to see on camera in photo 2 but you can feel the lumps like a scab around her neck).

She's always running through long grass and wilderness but never had this happen, nor has it happened since, and we didn't go anywhere new or change her food recently. Based in England.

Just wondering if anyone's been through this. Basically vet told me at his age 11.5 years old surgery isnt recommended as bones dont heal as well because of his age and that hes gonna need to be as immobile as possible the next for sure month but up to 3 months. Hes still pretty high energy and even after a day or 2 with no walks he gets ancy and upset. Any tips or advice aside from meds to keep him immobile would be greatly appreciated.

Getting bigger! Growing, learning, chewing, pissing, and sleeping. His front legs are like little clubs. He is 11 weeks old and has already nailed down “sit”, “wait”, “down”, and “place”. Still acts like he barely knows his name though 😅