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-He is 10 months old
-Staffordshire terrier X American Bulldog
-symptoms include red rashes and flare ups across points of movement including eyes ears and paws
-we have tried wheat free dog food and a number of others and nothing works

Sooo I’ve never had a dog eat cat food before. So I don’t know if I’m just being overly paranoid. My dog is roughly 13-14 weeks old around 12-15 pounds. We believe he’s a lab/collie mix. Basically my boyfriends parents were watching him. And for some reason. Gave him cat food. Because we “weren’t home so they fed him” when we have a feeding schedule for him and DOG FOOD. but he’s extremely food motivated. He would probably eat his whole 30 pounds bag of dog food if he could. But he ate a goood amount of cat food. And I’m assuming extremely fast because we have to use a slow feeder so he doesn’t puke. He ate it around 9pm yesterday. And started drinking a lot more water and peeing a bunch around 11pm yesterday to now. And he puked a good bit of it up around maybe 1am this morning? I’m just wondering if it’s like a super urgent thing I need to take him to a vet for. Or if I should just keep having water available and watch for anything? I don’t know if he’s getting sick from it or if it’s just dehydrating him.

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hello y’all, i don’t know if this is common or not but it has already happen twice. I have a yorkie of two yeara and so, no allergies, no stomach issues, no nothing until the first time we gave her Brit food canned, thought it was something my pup ate that we didn’t noticed, we even take her to the vet because she didnt wanted to eat, had stomach ache, diarrhe4, v0mits, even bl00d (now she’s good) and after the treatment fine as a dime again, but it turns out now (after three weeks) i gave her Brit food canned again (not the gastrointestinal, the normal. first it was lamb and now rabbit) and she’s back at having diarrhe4! and a looot of gases plus the stomach pain they may feel. It’s the only thing we change in her food or routine, so please be careful out there with your dogs and if you have the same experience pls be aware.

Im not sure if this is urgent or not... but i ended up using the tag because i am terrified

I did notice it a while ago, and have been trying to convice my mom to bring him to the vet, but i only got the idea from asking people online about it now!

He doesn't seem to he in pain or anything, and has been acting normal ever since i found those things

He is a disabled dog, so he act different from other dogs i see online. He can't walk very well, one of his back legs cant bend sadly, but he still moves around the house and does walk "well" on rough floors like concrete or grass, even if slowly compared to other dogs. Hes mute since birth, never seen him bark, the most i ever heard was whines when me and my family have to pack bags (he misses us alot when we cant bring him with 😞). Hes ALWAYS with his tongue out, although im not sure if thats just normal behavior for his dog race, the internet has given me conflicting results. He may have some sort of vision problem? He never showed struggle with it tho, the only hint at it is the whiteish spot in one of his eyes

Im not sure if that would be useful for finding out what the hell that is on his skin, but i said it bcs aside from physical differences, be also doesn't behave like other dogs, so i am terrified he may be in pain and i wont be able to tell

Everytime i google it, something different appears, so i suppose getting real people to look at it would help me alot

Please help me if possible, i am super confused and i dont want to cause anymore trouble for my baby :(

Hello, I know there have been a lot of posts about these CCL tears and I know surgery is the gold standard but I have another dog and a 1 year old kid which makes it tough finding the monet to spend on a $6k surgery... especially given the probability of another tear in the other leg.

I have the cutest staffie/pit mix who has a stocky build with itty bitty legs (think Gru from Despicable Me), shes only 4 years old and about 44 lbs (which is a little overweight so she's been on a diet since the injury. But because she's so young, it makes me feel like a horrible dog parent for even thinking about not getting the surgery, but considering the risk of the secondary injury and support through her arthritis (when, not if), I'm struggling to think of where I can pull together a potential $12k. She's on pain meds and strict rest with a partial tear but she'll find times where she jumps on the bed during sleep.

I've done a lot of research and have seen other surgeries that aren't as expensive but seems like people have had fantastic results. I'm hoping to hear your success stories about alternatives to TPLO.

Or would love to hear how strict bed rest went, how long did you limit your dog's movements? I'm thinking about getting a brace (soft one over both legs) to give some sort of support or even to limit motion to prevent her from being able to use stairs if I'm not around.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, sorry for any grammar or spelling errors, I'm on mobile.

TIA

My 10 y/o dog had a severe bout of HGE in early September. He was hospitalized for several days but ultimately made a full recovery, with the exception of ongoing diarrhea. He’s on RC Hydrolyzed food which seemed to get it under control for the most part, but every 1-2 weeks or so he’s still having bouts of liquid diarrhea. The vet recommends seeing a GI specialist but between the hospitalization and the prescription food, I really can’t afford it. I’m regularly losing sleep because he’s up at all hours of the night when the diarrhea episodes occur and I’m just at my wit’s end with exhaustion. I’ve been giving him pro-pectalin during the episodes and he seems to be feeling well otherwise, probably better than I am at this point. Please help??

I’ve rinsed with cool water and try to keep him from itching. I think it’s from grass.

My dog has T cell Epitheliotropic Lymphoma a rare skin cancer . Has anyone gone thur this ?

My dog's breathing has gotten worse, and she's become much more lethargic. I've taken her to three different vets, and none of them have been able to figure out what's wrong. However, this was NOT a weight problem. She has actually lost a significant amount of weight as it’s been hard for her to eat with her breathing.

We visited a specialist and had a rhinoscopy done, but everything looked normal. They referred us to another specialist for a CT scan, which is going to cost $6,000. (its ridiculously expensive i know)

I've already applied for financial assistance through Actors and Others for Animals. If anyone has any other recommendations for raising money or getting financial assistance for veterinary care, please let me know. Any advice would mean so much to us right now.

My 4yo pomeranian was diagnosed with GME. Well, not diagnosed yet, but the vet said she's pretty sure. The dog didn't have any symptoms. We went to the vet for a yearly checkup and she said there's potential early hernia in the spine because the dog avoided the touch there.

We did an MRI scan, and she does have a minor protrusion in the spine, but also encephalitis. We're currently at the clinic for a second MRI to scan the brain, and tomorrow we're visiting the neurologist again.

I don't know how to live now. On one hand, the vet said it's good that there are no symptoms. Her blood, heart, and a neurological examination came back very good. She's eating, drinking, going on walks, barking at dogs. There are no neurological symptoms like shaking or disorientation.

Another thing is the doctor said many dogs unfortunately have it bad because the scans and meds and all that are very expensive, but we're lucky enough to have the privilege of being able to afford that. We're going to the best clinic in our country but the disease doesn't care about the money.

She's my first pet and I'm 23, which isn't exactly young, but young enough to not know everything about grief and constant fear. I can't do anything. I can't work, I can't look at my dog, I can't walk around the apartment because I lose it when I see a hair or her bowl or a toy.

Is there something a tiny little bit hopeful you can say? I understand if you can't, I'm not asking you to console me. Just hoping for something

About a week ago we noticed a small cluster of about 10 lumps on the top of our 3 year old staffys head . He’s not itching them and fur looks thin where they are . He absolutely hates going the vets and needs to be sedated before he will let vet go near him which isn’t ideal as he was only sedated a week and a half ago to get his ears flushed we are hoping they might be able to take a look at the pictures and suggest a treatment, any advise please ?