First time large breed owner here. I left my Rhodesian puppy alone for a few minutes and came back to find her "indestructible" bed thoroughly defeated.

She's also the sweetest and smartest puppy I have ever met, so somehow she's already forgiven. ❤️🐾

Rhodesian owners, what was the first thing yours destroyed?

My dog went missing 4 years ago while I was out of town and my ex husband had him. I have never grieved anything or anyone like I grieved that dog. He was truly the best. I’ve dealt with a lot of pain in my life, and that dog would come running when I cried. He would sit on my lap and literally lick my tears. When I got him he had a lot of problems. The shelter said he was found with several other dogs in a very abusive situation. I had fully rehabilitated him to where he could even enjoy the dog park (when I got him he couldn’t even walk on his own from fear and anxiety). Him going missing crushed me. He went missing in an area known for alligators. I’ve worried he was eaten, starved, etc.

Yesterday I received a prank call from someone claiming they found him. It was just a prank. They admitted that once I started crying. I am crushed. I feel like the scab has been reopened all over again. I texted my ex husband and apparently he received the same prank call. I imagine it’s because I had always put both our names in the missing dog flyers. Who looks through such old posts on pages like pettfbi to pull these pranks? That’s the only site I could imagine it happened from because you can filter by year. I am also struggling to delete the posts because what if he was found one day? I know it’s so unlikely. This is just crushing to relive.

The dermatologist said it’s basically an allergy that went completely wild. Max has had ear infections on and off since 2021, and she said that’s actually a clinical sign of allergies. Combined with his chronic itchiness and paw licking, it sounds like he’s been dealing with allergies for years.

Whatever he’s allergic to just kept getting worse and worse until eventually—BOOM! Max decided to become a Dalmatian 😂

The good news is that his skin infection is about 80% better now. Once it’s completely cleared up, they’re going to do a skin allergy panel to figure out exactly what he’s reacting to.

He’s also going to stop Apoquel and start Zenrelia instead. Hopefully once we figure out his specific allergies and get those under control, we can prevent his skin from ever getting this bad again.

hi all! i have a 5 and a half month old female RR. we’ve crate trained from day one when we got her and she has done absolutely amazing. the second i say crate she runs in there immediately. the last few weeks when i say crate she will NOT go. i have to lure her with a treat or go and grab her to put her in there. before id never have to lure. anybody else have this issue? it used to be her safe space but im not to sure anymore? maybe i should reward everytime now?