My dog, who is freshly 9 months old has been with me for 6 months and in that time he has learned to love going on walks with me and has had a long streak of not having accidents in the house. After a week at my home, we are both back at my apartment for school and suddenly he is deathly afraid of his leash and any time I pick it up he runs straight to his crate and cowers in fear. When I know I need to take him out or else he will have an accident I will coax him out with a treat, close the cage and then he will just run to a corner and pee himself. I feel like this is totally out of nowhere and don't know what to do. Has anyone else experienced this?
TL;DR: My dog is 8-9 yo, puking, panting a lot, sleeping, shaking and drinking a lot of water.
Hi, I don't know if this is correct subreddit, but I hope it is. My dog is 8-9 years old and has been acting differently past few weeks, we just thought that she was getting old and didn't really want to be with others. Just a few days ago we found stuff in our backyard that looked like some time of food, we didn't know what it was and our 2nd dog had it. (he had some bites on his mouth because of the ants but it got fixed in a matter of days) Instead of doing the smart thing that I really wish we did do, throwing it away, we just hid it and hoped that they wouldn't find it. It looks like only She found it because he is fine. So on to what's happening now. She is shaking all the time, panting after moving at all, drinking a lot, sleeping a lot, and puking daily.
If you are reading this whole thing instead of just the TL;DR thank you, and I hope that if you have a dog as well, you won't make stupid decisions like I did. I would really like to know what is happening.
Hello everyone! I was doing some research on pet travel because I'm moving to Thailand in the beginning of the year. I have two dogs, a pointer/beagle mix (30 lbs) and a pit/terrier mix. (23 lbs) They are certified as emotional support animal and they behave very well on public. They are fairly small, I feel that they can fit under the seat and lay on a blanket or pillow (of course I'm talking with my vet about shots needed and something to keep them calm on the plane if needed) I'm concerned about my pit mix, because she is a pit partially, but she small and not aggressive at all. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it even possible to do? I'm starting to worry!
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Hi, I know what you're thinking, how dare I want to euthanize a beloved animal, friend, family member.. Here comes the but... But my dog has been a terrorist and unsafe to have around other people and it's ruining my life.
I got him when he was 6 weeks old, not nearly long enough time spent with his dog mother to teach him the wrongs and rights of dog hood. He was a fun puppy, cute, fuzzy, a regular Alaskan malamute. But everything changed when he had a eating disorder and nothing he ate would stay down. He was always hungry, he ate maybe 10 cups of food a day growing up and he was not getting fat. He's not overweight at all. He is underweight since the last time I brought him to the vet. Needless to say, he developed food aggression. I've since fixed, through many a medication and bills, his stomach issue and he no longer has explosive diarrhea. Although food aggression is still there. He is like any dog and wants human food and will steal things off the stove and sink etc and eat it. He will bite anyone who tries to take it away. If he thinks someone has food he will guard them and if you try to touch them he will growl and bite you. He is cautious around strangers and if he doesn't like you, he will try to bite you. My family can't visit me because they're scared shitless of him. Which only makes him more upset because he senses the fear. He's bitten me multiple times for no reason at all, just me walking by while he's sleeping etc, because he doesn't want to move. No way have I let this dog control me, I've disciplined him and shown him who the alpha is, but anyone he thinks is not above him he will try to be the alpha of. He can't play with other male dogs. He can't be around new people, he can't be around my family. And he can't be around children. And he can't be around food that's not his own. This dog has been ruining my life and I've been at a point where I struggle with giving him up. Humane societies and dog shelters won't take him because he is this way. I've tried behaviour correctional therapists who have all told me he won't get better. My only options are to abandon him and someone will take him and probably put him down or to do it myself or to suck it up and have no social life, never have family visit, never have children of my own, no girlfriend either.... his name is Skye... and I can't have him anymore and it kills me.
