r/MiniatureSchnauzer

Hi everyone! Macy says hello too.

My sweet girl turned nine this April, so she's now officially a senior lady. She has had this lump on her shoulder, right above the blade and where her shoulder meets her leg. It is completely covered in hair and doesn't appear to bother her at all. She runs, plays as normal and has a normal appetite, gobbling down her food as usual.

She's had the lump for at least two years now, possibly longer. I don't know when it first came about, but it has been getting steadily bigger over time. The lump moves, but only slightly, and it will give a bit if you press directly on it. That really worries me.

She technically belongs to my parents, and they don't want to take her to the vet to get it checked out, insisting she's fine, probably because she's had it so long and they don't want to deal with the cost. My mom also just had major surgery and can't really move, so its a very stressful time. They have a very old school approach to dogs, and I absolutely ***** hate it. I want to take her but I have to save up for the visit itself because the pay for my job is abysmal.

The one time the vet DID look at her (which was maybe in 2023?) and noticed the lump he said it looked fine. But it just keeps getting bigger! It's now the size of a large grape. I'm really hoping it's a fatty lipoma or mass. Our first schnauzer had a very large flat one on her chest, but nothing like this.

Has anyone's senior schnauzie ever had a lump like this that was benign and the dog was ok? I could never forgive myself if anything happened to my best friend and I knew and did nothing about it. I'll move heaven and earth with my bare hands for this girl.

I enjoyed painting these dogs. All four are looking up at their owner at once. I cleared out a stray item on the floor and smoothed the background behind them a bit. I kept the striped rug and every pose true to the photo. Keeping four sets of fur looking distinct from each other took some careful work. This was a commission painting, and I hope I did them justice.

So Chester has gone regularly to the same groomer for a little under 3 years, said groomer has been taken ill indefinitely so…… I decided it was time to do this! I know it’s not perfect but he’s cooler & happy & I’m sure with practice my ‘skills’ will improve. So how did I do? & are there other home groomers out there?

My sweet, funny, chaotic baby girl had a huge seizure on the 10th of July and had to be put down. The vet couldn’t control the seizure and she was in it for over an hour and had, had multiple doses of medication. It was the first seizure she had ever had. She was 6. I am utterly broken. She was a birthday gift from my husband for my 40th birthday and I loved her from the first time I saw the tiny ball of floof that was laid sleeping in her bed. She was my Velcro baby. Always wanting to be held. And she loved to just sit looking out of the window, sometimes peacefully, sometimes taking great offence to every man, woman, child or wind that had the nerve to be on her street. I feel empty, lost, alone. My arms feel empty and my heart is broken and I’m angry with the entire world. She was 6. A baby. I truly feel cheated.

My first mini schnauzer 🤩 we are in love with our Nola 💖

We have a golden doodle and they are getting along so well!!! Any fun facts about schnauzers??

Did this comparison make me cry? Yes, sure did.

From late June until about 1.5 weeks ago, Poppy was on R&R orders with an unknown back/joint pain. Not acting like herself, not jumping, not barking, no interest in really anything, just laying in bed and a deep sadness in her beautiful eyes. We went to the vet multiple times - bloodwork was perfectly normal. So with about 7 weeks of rest and pain management meds throughout, she’s back to herself. I didn’t know if she would bounce back or if we had a new normal… just happy to share my sweet girl is back to her spunky self and doin’ big dreamin’s in her chair beside me. 8 years old, and the love of my life. Hugs to all our schnauzey pals around the reddit world 💗 time moves way too fast.

Swim at your own risk with these two.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with him! No tummy aches, no vomiting. He was just a cow in another life I think.... I try to redirect every time he starts but one thing about Banjo is he's going to try to eat grass every time.

my girl loves to relax and sit in the sun.

This is Daisy, our first family dog. We just took her home yesterday.
She was the last remaining pup in the litter, we seen one sibling who looked about twice her size!!

Shes inquisitive and brave and could hold her own amongst her siblings...
We love her!

We brought our new puppy home yesterday. He eating and going potty, learned the steps quickly, and this morning even went to the steps at the foyer to let us know he wanted to go back outside for a second potty. He slept all night and only cried for a few minutes in his crate. He's black with a little white patch on his chest-he looks chocolate in certain lighting.

He's 10 weeks old. We still haven't decided on a name. We're trying to see what name fits him over the next couple of days and what feels natural when calling it out loud. 🥰

Just wanna share the birthday pic for my babies Peter (4) and Wendy (3) that my wife took, half because they are so adorable and half because I can’t believe we got them to sit down for a picture haha.

Peters birthday is today and a Wendy’s is on the 19th.

We celebrated with some chicken and sweet potato dog cakes that we got in our local pet shop. Japan has really good cakes for dogs.

What do you guys usually do to celebrate a dogs birthday?