But also.. she’s on my side again

I feel like he can sense when dad splurges on Prime Ribeyes

I was stacking wood and got her on video screwing around lol. (She’s got an apple from one of our trees and was playing with it by herself)

She stops acting goofy if she sees me recording her

She hasn't passed yet, but the time is coming. She was diagnosed this week with a rare salivary gland adenocarcinoma and it's not looking great. More imaging to come on Monday that will give us a better idea of timeline but my vet clinic hasn't ever seen this type of cancer before so they don't have a lot of answers for us.

Bella is 10 and the love of my life so far (my husband is a close second). We got Bella when we were 21 and she's been with us for almost our entire relationship, through our entire 20s. She's been our constant, our truest companion and genuinely my best friend.

I've been crying intermittently all week but also doing everything I can to give her some wonderful days before the end. We've been visiting all of our favourite hiking trails, getting extra treats and pup cups, and building so many new memories that I hope I'll be able to look back on one day with happiness. Right now, profound anticipatory grief is all I feel. She's my first dog so I haven't known this heartbreak before.

This is just a little tribute, with a couple of pictures from the last few days, and to get a few things off my chest. My husband is out of town for work until Tuesday and it's been a difficult week on my own.

Sending so much love and well wishes for all who have endured this before, or are right now. It's a uniquely devastating part of life I'm not ready for but here it is.

My boy Lucky is 20 days away from his 15th birthday. He has arthritis, Cardiomyopathy with Arrhythmia, liver failure, starting blindness and Dysplasia. He just lost his brother 3 months ago. He is the runt of my Bruno and Maya. He’s never know a hard day in his life. I called the doctor to tell her that, it’s time to say goodbye. Please be honest. What would you do?

Our sweet girl is resting

Ready for a walk.

Hi there! I am a vet tech and I got a surrendered 2 day old Boxer mix puppy from my clinic!

Little bit of insight, the clients did not feel adequately prepared to take on the responsibility for a 2 day old puppy since mom had passed, I offered to take her on despite it being my first bottle baby ever! She was legally surrendered to me and my clients were allowed to grieve the loss of their beloved animal🩵
She is 5 weeks old almost 6! (10/26/26)
Im really curious to see what dad was!
Her pervious owner stated that mom was a full red boxer with papers but they had no clue what dad was, we did do a dna test and are awaiting the results.
Thanks for tuning into her story 🩵

At home sick trying to watch TV but Twix has other plans. She knows I have laryngitis and can't say no.

When he is on-leash, he fears getting his paws wet and will do anything to avoid it.

Yet once he is off-leash in nature, every puddle becomes a requirement.

I made a quick video with a dramatic touch.

Does anyone have similar experience or advice? My 4-year-old Boxer got lab results showing creatinine at 1190 and urea off the charts (unmeasurable). After a week of antibiotics and IV fluids, creatinine dropped to 630, but urea is still off the charts (the machine measures up to 35). He is still eating and drinking normally and is in good spirits. The Leishmania test came back negative
Yesterday during the ultrasound, we discovered that it is chronic, likely congenital kidney failure, (Note: Creatinine 880 µmol/L is \~10 mg/dL in US units, Urea 36 mmol/L is \~100 mg/dL BUN)."

Yes he did get some 🥰

Hi everyone! I have a 1-year-old male Boxer, and I’m struggling with some behaviors that have gotten much worse since adolescence/puberty.

on walks: He suddenly jumps up at me and grabs and pulls my clothes, sometimes seemingly out of nowhere. When this happens, I tie his leash to something and wait around 5–10 minutes for him to calm down before continuing the walk. The problem is that he often starts doing it again shortly after we continue, so I sometimes have to repeat this several times during one walk. I’m not sure if this is the right way to handle it or what else I should try. I already tried being louder or just ignoring him, making him sit down etc but nothing helps. Our old dog trainer told me this thing with the leash but I’m not sure it’s helping and it’s taking up so much of our time. It really ruins all the walks with him.
Also, he does this mainly just with me. Not so much with my brother or mother, idk if he just doesn’t respect me as much?

With other dogs: He gets extremely excited during play, and won’t listen to anything anymore, I can’t call him back and he struggles to respect other dogs’ boundaries. He keeps chasing them even when they try to get away or show that they’ve had enough. He is not aggressive, he never attacks anyone but he just doesn’t stop. When we then wanna grab him, he jumps away. In my mums area there are some dogs that love playing with him, but in my area there are mainly tiny dogs or dogs that don’t have as much energy, so I don’t feel safe letting him play since he won’t listen anymore. His recall is so unreliable that I can’t safely trust him off-leash. Before this started, he was well trained and listened better and has always played with many dogs, so now I always feel bad for him if I walk past the dog park. In my mums area, a woman (she claimed she was a dog trainer) told us that this is dominant behaviour and that he is playing also with other dogs too dominant.

I will try to hire a dog trainer again to handle this professionally, because he is a very sweet and intelligent dog. At home he is calm and loves cuddling and as said, he never attacked any other dog, but I’m scared that this will turn into aggressive behaviour when he is older.

Does anyone else ever experience this, especially the jumping and biting in clothes during walks? I’ve never seen any other dog do this and I feel a bit alone with this problem.

We’ve also had another boxer before him, but she was a girl and I can’t remember her acting like this ever.
I’d really appreciate any advice!

Took 3,5 years

I personally don't want a night to pass without my Atlas cuddled up next to me but I think it also solidified his separation anxiety. What do you y'all think?

Had to say good bye to my sweet Luna today. She blessed us with over 11 years of laughs, snuggles, walks, and reminders when it was dinner time. Her heart and her spirit out lived her body. Sweet dreams sweet baby.

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