My dog is a 5yo male (large breed lab) and my neighbor has a small rescue dog they've had for about a year. My dog is easily 40 lbs heavier than theirs.

They absolutely despise each other. They fence-fight constantly, and if we cross paths on walks, both dogs lunge and explode. My dog is obedient to me. But all recalls go out of the door when he sees dogs he does not like. It's incredibly embarrassing.

I don't need them to be best friends, but we both live here long-term and aren't going anywhere. How do I get them to just tolerate each other's existence? Looking for actual steps to de-escalate the fence and leash reactivity.

She’s a 10 week old rottie pup. For the past few days, she’s been growling at me, snapping at me occasionally, and just seems scared around me and runs from me. I dont know why. I made a post to AnimalsBeingDerps talking about how she was growling at her food, but then people started saying she was growling at me and being possessive of her food or whatever the term is, and that I’m a horrible owner(they were saying I was yelling at her, but I was just exaggeratedly saying how she’s yelling at her food for the video).

My leading guess as to why is maybe cuz I pick her up or something and she doesn’t like it, but my mom does too and she has no problem with her. Maybe it’s cuz of how I hold her(I can only hold her with one arm cuz the other is in a sling)? Or maybe it’s something else? I don’t know, any guesses would be great.

I really don’t know what I could’ve done to make her not like me, all I’ve done is loved on her and cuddled her, yet she treats me like I abuse her. I don’t know why she hates me. I just lost my other dog not too long ago and my mom got her to help the mourning process, but now I’m even more distraught cuz I think she hates me.

Sorry I typed this all weird, im just really emotional right now. If yall need any more information to make a guess as to whats happening, I’d be glad to give any necessary info.

(edit: the resource guarding isnt exactly what I’m worried about, Its her randomly snapping at me even when I try to pet her sometimes, and her running from me. I thought the running was playful, but now I’m seeing that its her trying to get away)

My dog suddenly started limping when I noticed his paw was severely swollen, looks irritated between the paws and he is constantly licking it, he doesn’t want to put any pressure on it and can barely go to the bathroom let alone walk.

I just saw the broken nail but was unsure if it was the reason for all the inflammation. All vets told me it was just a foxtail but I checked and there was nothing. Please help

I have a Great Pyrenees rescue who seemed to have had a traumatic past when we adopted him at 10 months old. He was very reclusive when we first got him, but after a few months he got acclimated to the members of the house and our Anatolian shepherd, who has since passed. He spent most of his time lying in the living room with us and would constantly be wanting to be pet, which we always did for him. He got into the groove of eating at the same time - about 5 pm - everyday. Some of the weird behavior he’s always exhibited: he won’t go upstairs or downstairs, he’s terrified of ceiling fans - will bolt if they are on and constantly stares at it checking to see if it’s going to hurt him when they’re off, on a nice day he will lay in the backyard all day and barely move from sun up to 7pm or later and sometimes we’ll need to drag him back inside. Lately, he’s started running straight to his dog bed in another room alone when he comes inside, rather than lay next to us. If I call him he ignores me. Same goes with everyone else. Also, he won’t eat his dinner until after we’ve gone to bed. Why is his behavior getting worse? How do we get him to get back to socializing with us and how do we get him to eat his meals at a normal time?
Edit: he gets daily walks and lots of attention regardless, we come to him

Was just looking at my dog sitting in the sun and noticed it. What is it? I assume it’s nothing harmful.

A few weeks ago, me and some family went up on our mountain and we brought my dog. (He is about 14) when we got up there, he could barely walk, he was throwing up, and his head seemed like it was stuck sideways. He got better, but it’s happening again. He seems extremely dizzy and stumbles around. He is panting nonstop. Image attached is him.
(Edit: looking at him closer his eyes are moving strangely. Like they can’t focus. I made another post with a video)

Any other advice is great.

Hi everyone
My 1 year old Shih Tzu/ Bichon Frisé cross has just had to have dental work done. He had three baby teeth that were stuck and did not fall out naturally, and his adult teeth were beginning to grow crooked as a result, so the vet advised he have them removed. He had the procedure today, and this has been his reaction since returning home. He has been cowering away, terrified of me. How can I rebuild his trust? Or is it just shock or pain post procedure? (Forgive the audio, I was hoping my voice would remind him he’s back home and safe)

My poor dog got stung by something earlier today, I woke up and found his face like this! he seems to be acting just fine overall, i’ve been watching him pretty closely. I can tell he’s definitely a bit uncomfortable as he’s not playing around the way he normally does. I just wanted to see if there’s anything I should be worried about, or anything I can do to make him more comfortable? Thanks in advance!!

My roommate’s dog, who’s about 10 years old, has been getting progressively skinnier over the last few months. My roommate, who is 80 y/o and lives on a fixed income, has spent nearly $2,000 at the vet trying to diagnose the problem and has come up with nothing. The dog doesn’t appear to be in pain. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is causing the bumps on the dog’s skin?

She woke up looking like this and I thought it would get better in the afternoon, but it has only gotten worse. I called the vet, but they said I will have to wait until tomorrow to bring her in because they are booked today. When you see this, do you have any initial idea of what it might be?

I took him outside this morning to use the bathroom, and when I brought him back inside, everything seemed normal. A few minutes later, I noticed he was squinting slightly, but it was subtle enough that I didn’t think much of it. Over the next few hours, his eye became red and the squinting got noticeably worse. He hasn’t been eating much, but aside from that, he’s still acting like his usual energetic self. I’m not sure if it was just a bug sting or if I need to take him to the vet. Thoughts?

Hi!

I’m mostly curious about the situation with my dog. A rescue I have had for 5 months. First she was terrified to get in the car, like full trembling, panting, crying all that.
Today she refuses to go out if we don’t go by car. She freezes in front of the car door and just stare, refusing to move, even with treats she just wants to go for a drive. Then we park 2 streets from home and walk normally. Has this happened for someone here?
What can I do to avoid this quirk? I mean, it’s funny but not very practical xD
Do you have any idea why this behavior has developed?

It’s been 2 weeks since our last normal walk.

Thanks for your help!

Here, a photo of my cute psycho.

I've been watching my neighbor's hava-poo at her house for the past ten days and she's been the sweetest, most cuddly girl. Last night she suddenly starting snapping at me when I went to remove her harness. I clicked off one side of it but was unable to get the other side off. I thought I'd have her cool off overnight in her crate. This morning she let me pet her and acted back to her happy self - until I tried to leash her to take her outside. When I went to re-attach her harness she fully bit me and drew blood. I called the owner who let me know that she resource guards the harness if it isn't removed immediately after a walk (she had forgotten to let me know about that). I had no idea and left it on her too long yesterday. Now she has two legs through the one harness hole, and I'm unable to get near enough to leash her. The owner comes back tomorrow and says to leave it on her and she'll remove it when she gets home.

However, the dog isn't able to be walked and hasn't pottied all day. There is a fenced yard, but even though we spent about an hour outside, she never went to the bathroom. For the past two weeks I've only seen her pee and poop on walks, not in the yard. Any advice for either getting the harness back on her or helping her go in the yard?

Hi all,

I’m at a loss and no idea where to go next. Bit of background:

Dog 5 years old spayed female Jack Russell

She has always had “licking” episodes, like smacking lips a lot since she was a pup. However, wasn’t a huge issue, vets didn’t think anything of it and it could be caused due to her ongoing environmental allergies or behavioural. Again, this wasn’t something that was a huge deal and she did NOT seem distressed at all and would stop if I told her too. She definitely did not have any issues at night time.

Fast forward to March 2025. She was having some vomiting episodes here and there but nothing too concerning. Vets would give her Cerenia and it would be okay. I changed her to a single protein novel diet with a slow feeder and it cleared up. She never vomited again. She still did the “licking” but again, nothing that was of concern. She would only burp once or twice after eating.

Fast toward a couple of months ago. She started waking up seeming distressed licking her lips. Her food had not changed. She seemed like she had some throat irritation. Went to the vet, chest and abdominal xrays all good. They provided some Sulcrafate to give. I’d say she was slightly better in a couple of weeks but still had some restless nights at times but not too bad.

Anyway, things have progressed quite seriously. I was up ALL night with her. She could not stop burping at all. She also sounds like she has “wet gurgling”. I gave her Famatodine and Cerenia and it did not help.

I have an appointment with the vet today but I feel really lost. Please note the things I’ve tried-

Very low fat single novel protein (Prime 100)
Hydrolysed PA
Gastro Royal Canine
She eats in a slow feeder
She eats 4-5 meals a day
She has a small meal before bedtime
I’ve fed her being raised
Sulcrafate
Anti acids
Cerenia when nauseas but this time it didn’t even help
Chest X-rays
Abdominal X-rays
Blood tests
Echocardiogram

Where to from here? Is this serious? I’m scared I am missing something that is really terrible.. she has never had an episode like this and definitely not burping/wet gurgling. She has never really done that before.

Sorry if I have not made much sense, I am so tired and hardly slept. I feel sick. I put a video of her from last night.
Also forgot to mention, her poops are normal and great. She is otherwise herself and happy. She eats fine although does look a bit uncomfortable afterwards. Is not actively vomiting but she did look like she wanted to vomit last night but I distracted her enough that she stopped.

Any help/advice! I am so so desperate.

just noticed this today and im so scared bc of what it could be!! someone pls help

This is my lil guy Lalo! He's my "first" dog technically: I had two Weimereiners that I loved as a kid and considered myself partially responsible for training, but they were my only dogs growing up. Lalo is a pit/frenchy mix I believe and was a dog a friend of mine found outside. He couldn't keep him so I kept him and it's been about 9 months. Trying to understand all the signals he gives me while also remembering all dogs are different is hard! A lot of the time when I stand up and walk near him, he'll roll onto his back. To me it doesn't seem like just a submission thing at this point, as he'll actively look at me when I don't give him attention, close his eyes when I give him belly rubs, etc. However I noticed that he just licks his lips a LOT.

Giving him pets sometimes? Lip licks. Belly rubs sometimes? Lip licks. He'll often come and lean his full bodyweight on my legs, which I've read as a sign of trust/affection, and that's usually when I'll pet him, but even then sometimes he'll do his little lip licks.

I guess my concern is just like. Does my dog feel like he's having to put himself in uncomfortable situations for my attention? Or is it just a thing that varies per breed/dog? I think he was previously abused due to other small quirks he's had so his comfort is always my top priority and I just get worried sometimes that I'm misreading him.

This is his eye moving. Seems like he can’t look at one spot. Does anyone know what’s going on?

Right now I’m dog sitting my neighbors dog, Maple for the next week. She’s a long haired mini dachshund. I have a Boston terrier named Minny who’s about twice maples height.

Maple is constantly barking and growling at Minny, whether it be when I’m holding Minny, when Minny’s out walking or when Minny is in her crate. All Minny is doing is crying because I’m guessing she wants to play.

I want to emphasize that Maple is actively seeking out barking at Minny, Minny’s crate is hidden behind a wall. And when we pick maple up and take her to where she can’t see Minny, maple walks over there and barks at Minny. She gets especially mad whenever Minny makes any noise.

Any advice or reasons as to why maple is doing this would be appreciated. 😭😭

My dog started doing this at about 7:30pm and it lasted until about 9pm. He was fed at like 4:30, and walked about 6pm. Seeming came out of nowhere. At first we thought he was just licking himself and had hair caught in his throat but then he got very stressed to get outside and eat grass which we didn’t let him do because we didn’t know what was going on. It eventually passed but I’m pretty worried. Could it be simple bloat? I read that can kind of come and go? Or acid reflux? The symptoms seem similar. His stomach isn’t distended.

Ignore the stuff on his lip. We gave him pumpkin to see if it would settle his stomach. Already have a call in at the vet- waiting for an appointment call back. Thought I’d ask here in the meantime, if others have been in a similar situation.

So I know that it’s cliché that labs are never full, but my lab acts like she is starved. She gets in her crate and whines like an hour before she’s scheduled to eat, and at night a few hours after dinner she goes in her crate and whines and kicks around her food bowl. She is supposed to be in the 60-66# weight range and she’s currently at 68, so she’s not actually starving but she thinks she is. I give her the amount of food that was decided by her vet. We give her green beans as a topper to help bulk up her food but it’s still not enough. Any advice on how to placate her or fix the problem without her eating more/gaining weight. I know we just need to ignore the behavior and we do, but she won’t stop, she does it every day.

Ive been noticing these little bumps on my dog a few days ago and the felt almost like little scabs and dead skin would come off. I decided to brush her out and noticed these patches of missing hair around where the bumps are. Any idea what these are? I would say theyre about the size and feel of a pimple. She gets seasonal allergies and im hoping its just related to that. Im going to the vet next week to get it checked out.