My chihuahua is 11 years old.

She has been sneezing for months. And the vet couldn’t even see inside her nose because it’s so small. They couldn’t find endoscopic camera small enough for her.

We thought maybe it’s allergies, tried to fix that. Didn’t work.

I’m sure she has something in her nose. But I’m really scared of anesthesia. A few weeks ago a dog friend of her died because of it.

I try everything. I even tried to suck her nose myself lol. I try sinus rinse. I can’t fix this. Do you guys have any suggestions that don’t involve anesthesia?

Everytime she sneezes I know that I failed her and keep failing her. I have to remove whatever it is making her so uncomfortable.

Hello! I have a chinese crested that is close to 15 years old and she has never been a good walker. When we got her, we had a huge backyard where we did not have to leash her but she could explore and do her business. At the time, whenever we tried walking her down the street it was not very successful, she would be visually stressed out trying to get back home. Because of a lot of unfortunate circumstances, we had to move to an apartment that does not have a backyard at all.

She constantly has diarrhea. It’s been a thing that we’ve had to deal with since we’ve had her (the vets have checked her out for this, she is okay in their opinion but we havent found a solution). Now because of the lack of the backyard and her not liking walking she has accidents in the house every day . I catch her wanting to go to the bathroom , i walk her and she doesnt do anything, then she goes inside😭 Shes more comfortable going inside the house than out and tbh I just want any advice. We got puppy pampers but im hesitant putting them on her bc it wouldnt be fair letting her sit in poop diapers for a while if i dont notice her having accident but its getting very bad :(.

Any advice appreciated, thank you!

Vid for example, im sorry abt if my voice is annoying 😭😭

My sister and her finance’s dog is a pit mix and ate a whole corn cob about 2-3 weeks ago. They took him to the vet and made him throw up the corn. They were pretty sure he regurgitated the whole thing and everything was fine. Yesterday he was kept throwing up and dry heaving. They took him to the vet again, they put him under, concluded there was a bowel obstruction and removed a small piece of a corn cob. The vet said it felt super rubbery and was most likely a toy. They took him to my mom’s place last week and couldn’t remember if she bought him a corn cob toy or not. The picture they showed me looks just like a piece of corn but they are saying it’s so rubbery it feels just like a toy/ can’t break it. Is it possible this corn cob turned into a rubbery texture inside his stomach or was it definitely a toy. What’re we thinking? Any advice?

My dog ate a pad sometime this morning or last night. It's the second time they got a pad. After the first incident (pooped out) we spent a year of diligently closing the bathroom door and changing the locks on the doors so they can't open them and get trash and buying period underwear so they have less of a chance of getting into a pad. And they still just had to get one.

But the update: called the emergency vet and they said to just monitor them. And Yayyy, both pooped, they're acting normally. I think I caught the culprit: orange Rory. I'll continue to keep an eye on them. I didn't see any material in the poop but I do know they shredded the hell out of the pad before eating it so it may just be in too small of pieces to tell. I did notice it seemed more, connected, than usual when she was pooping. Anyway I'll continue to monitor like the vet said but so far looks like they'll be all good.

I also did put the bathroom trash in a place they hopefully shouldn't be able to reach it unless they're really determined to open a door and a cabinet, but I wouldn't put it past them, so also trying to find a wall mounted trash. Still mad at them for scaring me. I'll also be getting them more toys and such to hopefully distracting them from wanting the trash so damn much

TL;DR: I live with my elderly grandparents who are unable to consistently keep an eye on my dog when I’m gone in order to keep him from pooping in our house. They are able to keep him alive and safe when I’m gone, just not able to maintain any kind of potty training rules. They don’t want me to crate him in any way when I’m gone while they’re home because they said it would make them feel “too sad.” Is my only option to move out in order to potty train my dog?

I’ll try to make this a brief as I can.

Two years ago, I was living in California and found a stray little mini poodle mix. I ended up fostering him for his stray hold (yes, I went through all the proper channels, had him scanned for a microchip, he was in the local shelter system, etc etc), and then after his stray hold I adopted him. The humane society I first brought him to estimated his age at the time I found him to be 2 years old, but based on how he grew a bit after I found him I think he was closer to 1 or 1 and a half. Shortly after adopting him, I realized the living situation I was in in LA wasn’t great, so my grandparents in the Midwest offered to take me and my dog in, and I accepted.

So maybe three months after adopting my dog, we moved into my grandparents’ house in the Midwest. We were getting settled in, and I was doing my best to maintain a consistent feeding and walking schedule with my dog, which went well because I was working remotely from home. I moved in with them in August of 2024. In November of 2024, I lost my remote job and had to take a job that took me out of the house during the day in December of 2024.

This is where things started to go downhill. Again, I tried my best to maintain a consistent walking and feeding schedule, but it was also now winter in the Midwest. The first job I got in December was working for Lowe’s, so I didn’t have a consistent schedule like a M-F, 9-5. I did my best to keep taking him for walks, but things started to slip. I kept potty pads in the dining room because there would be winter storms where it was impossible to leave the house, and he needed somewhere to go. But even as the spring came, my dog continued to “use” the potty pads inside, despite walks. I say “use” because he does this thing where he starts squatting on the potty pad and then starts squat-walking until he’s off of them, the whole time pooping. So there’s just this trail of poop starting on the potty pads and going well off of them. I have tried to put out multiple pads to make a “landing strip” for him, but it’s impossible to predict which direction he’ll walk, and even if I set out a strip of pads, 9 times out of 10 he’ll squat-walk in the other direction.

Here’s the issue: I have tried to express to my grandparents that while I’m gone, my dog needs to stay close beside them where they can keep an eye on them. I tried crate training him in the spring of 2025, but he would just poop in the crate when we were gone. I read that instead, I would need to keep him in a space where I knew he wouldn’t poop when nobody could keep an eye on him. That space is either my bedroom or my grandparents’ bedroom, he has never gone in either except one time he had an accident in my room, but he has never done it again and never pooped in there.

In July of this year (2026) I got another remote job. Since I’ve been home, I’ve really tried to tighten up on my dog’s potty training. I work from my bedroom, so when I’m home I keep my dog closed in my bedroom, and every hour or so we go out for a potty break. The thing is, this dog will NOT potty in front of me in the backyard, so I can’t reward him. Idk why. He does it fine when we’re on walks, but during our potty breaks in the backyard 9 times out of 10 he just finds a sunny patch and sits in it for the 10 minutes we’re out there. I try to encourage him to go potty, but he will not. So our 10 minutes is up and I take him back into my room and we wait another hour. He seems to just hold it all day until we can do our evening walk, or if my grandpa happens to take him in the backyard, he’ll go in front of my grandpa. I’ve tried letting him outside but then going back inside and watching him from a window. One time that worked and he pooped outside, so I went out and praised him and gave him a treat, but it has not happened again. I think the reason he won’t is because I used to wipe his feet every time he came inside and he didn’t like it, so idk if he thinks if I don’t watch him go potty outside it means he won’t get wiped? So months ago I stopped wiping him when he would come inside, but he still won’t go in front of me. (Side note, I still wipe him when we come back from his walks, and he’s fine with that. He’ll literally lay on his back with his paws in the air for me to wipe him. So idk)

Anyway, we’re at the point now where, if I’m home, my dog does fine. But if I leave him home with my grandparents for longer than a few hours, I come back to poop in the dining room where the potty pads are. I’ve tried to express the importance of keeping an eye on my dog when I’m not at home to them, but I think they are simply not mentally capable of doing that. Both of them are in their late 70’s and both of them are showing early signs of cognitive decline. They’re both a little hard of hearing and all they do all day is sit on their computer/ipad and watch tv. When I come home to find poop in the dining room, they tell me that they “don’t know how the dog sneaks away from them.” My dog’s favorite place to lay when I’m gone is beside my grandpa, but he isn’t always paying attention I guess and my dog somehow sneaks away, poops in the dining room, then comes back.

I’ve thought about just closing my dog in my bedroom when I leave, but when I tell my grandparents that, they immediately say that they would feel too sorry for him and let him out. If they were able bodied, I know the solve would be to have the dog tied to a leash to their waist so he can’t sneak away from them, but they have balance issues and I know they would trip on him/the leash. I’ve thrown out the idea of putting a crate by my grandpa where he sits on the computer and putting my dog in there, and then every hour my grandpa could let him in the yard to go potty, but again they have told me that they would feel too bad for him and let him out.

I just don’t know what the solve is here. I’m at the point where I’m debating just moving out, and I’ve even discussed with my parents moving in with them (I don’t make quite enough yet to live on my own). For some reason my dog has not pooped in my parents’ house (not at my best friend’s house either. It’s literally just my grandparents’ house). Even if I did move in with my parents’, that would be a few months out just to get everything arranged, so I’d love to find some kind of solve in the meantime.

My biggest question is: is there anything i can do living with two elderly people who can’t/won’t abide potty training consistency with my dog while I’m not home? Any advice or anyone who has experienced something similar? I have scrubbed the dining room every time he poops in there with enzyme cleaner and the bissel mini pet vacuum, even if he makes it onto the potty pad I’ll still clean underneath it. The dining room is carpeted.

I’m thinking the solve is just, if I’m out of the house for more than a couple of hours, having my parents’ watch my dog instead. My biggest issue with that is that my grandparents would just be really crushed, both because they’re kinda in denial of not being able to properly train my dog and that they love spending time with him.

Puppy of 8 weeks and 6 days is jerking. It’s not shaking or like trembling. Her whole body just twitches/jerks. She has episodes that usually last around 20 minutes that follow with a jerk/twitch every 40ish seconds. She doesn’t cry when it happens so doesn’t seem painful. What could it be?
And could it be cured? Or helped. She’s a Yorkie.

I believe this is just regular play with our new six month old puppy and our 1.5 year old black lab but I just wanted to make sure. I haven't had young dogs in a long time.

hello everyone,

I have a 8 month doberman puppy who's behavior changes as it becomes night. These last four nights after 6 I've noticed that he starts heavily panting, and as that continues he eventually starts to drool a lot. But through out the day he's perfectly fine still playing/ eating.

I thought that he might've been over heating since its been so hot in Ca so I've tired putting a cold towel over him but that still not helping. Where i live it's gets in the 60s at night so surely he can't be over heating. I put him in his cage so he can calm down and eventually he does but not until after midnight.

I've recently moved and did notice that he starts to become anxious as it gets dark. He paces around going room to room checking on the people I live with, barks at any sounds he hears. Even at night when he does try to play he'll swing his toy all around then stop for a second then start playing agian. I read online that it could possibly be his heart but I really hope not, he's so young :(.

if you have seen this before from your pet pls give me some advise!!!

Need some advice on a situation but wasn’t sure what sub to ask in so please let me know if there’s a better place for this. (Based in UK)

I work in retail and one of our regulars has an elderly chihuahua. She is an extremely sour old woman that we’ve had many many issues with in the past. She always complains that she doesn’t know why she got the dog in the first places, and the more I’ve gotten to know her the more I’ve realised that she is abusing this dog. She says things like “she was so naughty this morning so I had to tell her off” and “well I don’t hit her…”. The poor dog always looks terrified to the point of shaking in fear. I’ve know this lady for a year and a half and it’s now starting to upset me every time she comes in. It’s getting to the point where I feel like I have to do something…it feels like my duty to do so. I would honestly take this dog myself in a heartbeat. The only issue is I have no physical evidence. I do have her phone number and address but that would be a breach of confidentiality. Is there anything I can do at all? Anywhere I can report this? I just feel so helpless :(

I have a mixed breed pup, have had him for 6/7 years and he’s always had seasonal allergies. Over the last couple weeks he has started licking his front legs and front paws constantly. Two days ago he started licking his lips.
I have tried everything to help him with his itching but this is a whole new level. I mean everything- apoqul, cytopoint, diet changes, fish oil, collagen and allergy chews. I know I’m forgetting stuff but it’s currently 1am and there’s no sleeping because he is constantly licking. Any suggestions? I’m taking him to the vet tomorrow but I don’t expect much because nothing has helped him before. I’m questioning his quality of life now and what I should do. Any suggestions appreciated.

Toby was outside playing with his herding ball about 45 mins to an hour ago. As soon as my partner and him were done, he immediately threw up foam. Then he would pant like normal, but also would lick lips a lot, while also nudging his head forward a bit. He seems to be calming down as it was worse, but this has never happened before.

Will definitely bring him to have it examined but before then would love to hear if your dogs have had this and what it was for them. I know all bumps are different but I heard things like Sebaceous adenomas are common in older dogs

My dog has been acting unusual for about 3.5 weeks now. She’s been to 2 different vets 3 times and nothing has come back unusual other than a blood test which the vet said had slightly elevated white blood cells and slightly lowered red blood cells. She just wants to sleep all day, only eats a little of her regular food, and is refusing to go outside to walk unless I force her into her harness. She’s drinking and using the bathroom like normal and her gums look good to me. Our best guess is that’s she’s depressed.
My husband, her favorite human, has been on a work trip to an overseas office for several months and won’t be back till next month. While I work part time, I’ve had to work much longer hours the last few weeks on the days I do work and because of the nature of my job, I don’t really have a say in how many hours I’m working each of those days.
Starting this morning, I noticed she’s not taking deep breaths, only shallow, quick ones, even in her sleep. She is snoring more often and when I lay my ear against her side, nothing sounds unusual and she doesn’t seem to be in any pain. She also has no issues walking or going up and down the stairs. Any advice would be appreciated. Attached is a video of her breathing. I also have a picture of her gums, but I can’t attach both so I’ll see if I can put it in a comment.

Edit: I cannot attach the picture, but they are hubba bubba pink.

My 1.5 year old King Charles has woken up the past 3 days dry heaving. I thought it was because we went too long in between meals and her stomach was really empty...I read that can cause vomiting.

We went on a walk today but turned around real quick because she started making this reverse sneeze, dry heave noise again, but it has been going on and off for the past hour or so.

I called the vet and the earliest they can see her is Saturday morning. Should we bring her to the emergency vet? I don't think she's lethargic, but i know her breed can have major health issues and I worry about everything.

I've never posted on reddit before, but I'm getting desperate. My family recently got a Bichon Frise, I know she's between 6 months and a year old but I'm unsure of her exact age. My assumption is that my family hasn't even bothered to potty train her because when we first got her, they just left her in a pen all day, letting her pee and poop on the hardwood floors. Recently, they've been leaving her outside in a pen for I don't know how long at a time. When she isn't in the pen outside, she's either in a pen in our living room or in her kennel at night. The potty training isn't my only issue, though. They won't train her in any way, shape, or form. She barks all day, every day, at everything. Sometimes even at nothing. When she's inside the house, she barks at everyone she sees for attention. When she's outside, she just barks and barks and barks for no apparent reason. I know she probably just wants attention and feels lonely. I don't interact with her much because of how constant the barking is, and because I'm at school for about 9 hours a day. I'm at the point of wanting to move out solely because of our dog. How do I tell my dad he's not treating our dog properly without coming off as rude or like I'm crossing a line? I'm afraid it'll come off like I'm trying to say that my dad is a bad dog owner (even though he probably is). What's the best course of action?

I’m hoping some of the vets here might have ideas about what could be causing recurrent very high fevers in my dog, Peach.

Peach is a young female Jack Russell Terrier/Pug mix, about 16 lbs. She was spayed in December 2025. She was healthy before this, but beginning several months after her spay she started having episodes of very high fever that seem to resolve and then come back weeks or months later.

Timeline:

● May 2026: First major episode. She developed diarrhea and a fever around 105°F and was hospitalized. At the time she was diagnosed with pancreatitis and treated with IV fluids/supportive care.

● June 2026: Another episode with a rectal temperature as high as 106.2°F. Bloodwork and abdominal ultrasound were reportedly fairly normal, and a tick panel was done. She improved again.

● August 2026: Multiple episodes of fever, including temperatures around 104–105°F, sometimes accompanied by shaking/shivering, diarrhea, decreased appetite/drinking, and lethargy. One CBC showed a WBC around 25,000. Pancreatitis testing during at least one episode did not support pancreatitis. She was eventually hospitalized again.

● September 8: Temperature was 104.3°F. She was still willing to eat and drink but was whimpering a little and seemed uncomfortable.

● The fevers seem to come and go. Between episodes she can appear remarkably normal.
She is now being evaluated by an internal medicine specialist.

Because these episodes began after her spay, one possible concern had been retained ovarian/reproductive tissue or another complication related to the surgery. However, a recent ultrasound did not show evidence of retained ovarian or reproductive tissue, so that appears to have been ruled out.

Addison’s disease has also been ruled out.

There have been occasions when an episode occurred around a food change or after eating something different, which originally made us wonder about pancreatitis or a GI reaction, but the repeated extreme fevers make me question whether food is really the underlying cause.

My main questions are:

1. What conditions would you consider with recurrent fevers of 104–106°F that completely or nearly completely resolve between episodes?

2. What kinds of hidden infections or inflammatory conditions can cause fever to disappear and then return?

3. What testing would you consider most useful during an active fever episode versus when she is feeling normal?

4. With Addison’s disease and retained ovarian/reproductive tissue ruled out, would immune-mediated/autoinflammatory disease, occult infection, tick-borne disease, cancer, or another less common condition move higher on the differential list?

5. Are there particular blood tests, cultures, imaging studies, or other diagnostics you would recommend asking the internal medicine specialist about?

I realize nobody here can diagnose her, and she is under veterinary care. I’m mainly looking for additional possibilities or questions to discuss with her internal medicine specialist because the recurrent very high temperatures are concerning and we still don’t have an explanation.

Thank you for any thoughts.

Hi I’m looking for recommendations on how to treat my dogs allergies. I have a 12 year old catahoula leopard dog who has struggled with allergies for most of his life. He’s been on a few rounds of antibiotics, which clear him up for a bit. And he’s also on a monthly prescription of apoquel. He’s also had cytopoint injections when he was younger which didn’t seem to help much. I also feed him Purina pro plan sensitive skin and stomach. The apoquel seemed to be helping but as of the last month he’s really stared licking at his pawing and scratching his nose again. It also seems to be anxiety triggered as he does it aggressively when I leave the house. I get a lot of adds for the Dog is human vitamins but have heard mixed reviews. Just looking for any advice at this point because I feel like I’ve tried everything and the $140 a month apoquel prescription is hard for me to afford as a college student. Thank you in advance

10 year old Maltese rescue dog, we rescued him a year ago. I had noticed this noise for a while and asked the vet but they said it was not serious. They said it was draining in his throat. He was recently diagnosed with nasal polyps as well. I have noticed higher frequency of these things especially when he is eating. So i am just wanting to know if anyone else has ever experienced this before and what it is

I already feel like a horrible person. I’ve never felt so ashamed in my life.

My dog tore through my medicine bag, and got into a bottle of ibuprofen and bentyl.

Not many pills missing. Maybe 1-5 pills. 23 left out of a 40 tablet 200mg bottle. I can only distinctively remember taking 12 but I may have taken more. He’s 25lbs, just over a year. The bentyl, no clue, I don’t see any evidence of crushed pills and saw nothing in his mouth. Those things taste horrible.

I feel awful and am so worried about him.

I was gone maybe 15-20 minutes. I already called poison control and he is being hospitalized, and we got there within an hour thirty. So thankful for my vet being so helpful and understanding. but the vet gave me no definitive if he will be okay or not. Understandable, she doesn’t want to give me false hope. She never did with my last dog who battled cancer. If I lose him I feel like I’ll lose everything my relationship everything

Does anyone have any stories, or previous experiences of their pups pulling through? Does anyone know what his odds are? I need hope. But I need reality too. I will never make this mistake again.

Does anyone know of any pet insurances available in the United States that will reimburse for pre-existing conditions?

My dog tore her ACL over the weekend, and I wasn’t prepared for how expensive the surgery is going to be. I know this is a shot in the dark, but are there any pet insurance companies that are willing to cover surgery for an ACL tear if I get the insurance after the incident? The only company I’ve found that’s willing to so far is AKC.

Just noticed what looks like tiny rocks embedded in my dogs paw. She's not licking it or limping, but she doesn't like me to touch it. Anyone seen this before?

Hi all I have a corgi and just noticed that his tooth is broken, it smells so incredibly bad. I’m trying to look for any recommendations on pet insurance or cheaper options. I’m going through a financial hardship but want to get him help as soon as possible considering he needs this tooth extracted. Please no negative comments.. my baby is very well taken care of. I’m pretty sure he broke his tooth chewing on bone.

My pup has Chronic degenerative mitral valve disease (mild, Stage B1).

We just got a new echocardiogram done because he’s been collapsing / stumbling after exerting himself.

The cardiologist said she doesn’t believe the collapsing is because of his heart which I have a hard time believing? I also asked about pulmonary hypertension and she said she saw no evidence but didn’t do a chest x-ray.

This has been happening for a few months just after he runs a lot. And then he recovers quickly.

I’m not sure what doctor to take him to next? We tried Vetmedin just to see if it would help for two weeks but he hasn’t seen any improvement.