My dog has been snorting the last few days. Kinda like hyperventilating. He also sneezes the entire time we are going for his walks. He’s never had this problem before. Is the snorting/breathing an allergy symptom? What other symptoms could be signs of allergies?
You should let the vet diagnose your pet. It does sound like allergies. Dogs can be allergic to things just like us.
Hello, I have a Great Dane. He’s quite protective of our property but it’s becoming an issue when someone comes to the door. I’ve tried making him sit, blocking, he’s just so darn big and he ends up lunging at people… he’s never bit anyone I’m just afraid that if we don’t get this under control NOW that we could have a problem. No one is wants a very large growling, snarling, barking dog coming at them.
Thanks for any ideas!
The sit-stay command must take place when the dog is in "safe" distance from the door.
When he gets too close, it’s harder for him to remain calm.
All it takes is practice and persistence.
He started vomiting early this morning. Mostly yellow bile but some food is also coming up. He is very mopy and sad like, he wont eat anything but he is drinking more water than normal. I may know what is causing the vomiting, We accidentally left a bowl full of chocolates out on the table and he ate about 35 pieces, wrappers and all!, But that was like 2 days ago, so Im not 100 percent positive its the cause. Please help me if you can, Thanks in advance.
Well take him to the docter imediently he is probaly dehydrated. Call a vetenarian or go see one fast.
We have a now 11 week old beagle puppy. We got him when he was 6 weeks old from what i presume is a backyard breeder. He had contacted the SPCA to get rid of the puppys but the SPCA was full and where we had just applied looking for a puppy to the SPCA they told us about this guy. We drove 1.5 hours to get him and when we got there discovered 3 puppys living in a basement that we couldn’t go to and both parents onsite living in a fenced in kennel outdoors. The parents were used as hunters, mom was tatooed and registered the father was not. Anyway I know 6 weeks is to early to take them from their mothers but no matter what happened they wernt in good health there so we took one. I took him to the vet 2 days later as he was having diharea. The vet checked said he probably had worms gave me a de wormer and a antibiotic Metronidazole. I started him on the antibiotics everything looked great he went back to normal poops etc. i then gave him the dewormer about a week later and that night he was throwing up and having sever diahrea and very lathargic so i rushed him to the vet the next AM where I was told he was so dehydrated he could die so we hospitalized him for 2 days for treatment and fluids, in the meantime they tested for parvo, and did poop swabs and everything came back negative including parasites as far as they could tell and ruled it some type of "bacterial overgrowth" and sent him home with more of the same antibiotics for a longer period. He went back to being fine great with the antibiotics, as soon as we stopped those here comes the diharea again! so I bring him back in YET AGAIN and said okay do not send me home with this crap this time its clearly not working. So they said his coats shiny, hes in good spirits hes been acting like himself totally fine this entire time lets get a poop sample and send it to our national office, so they did in the meantime back on the antibiotics, those results just came back negative and they told me to stop the antibiotics, so i did 3 days ago.. guess whats happening now? also for the past week-week and a half he seems to vomit up white foam once or twice ever odd night but it ONLY happens overnight while were asleep.. the vet said it is because his tummy is just upset because hes hungry and the acid is causing it.. or because he ingested some grass.
Does anyone have ANY ideas as we have spent thousands and have no idea what this is and our vets are idiots apariently. We just want our poor baby to feel better soon, we have lived these past 5 weeks on needles waiting for the next thing to happen.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
*Hes been on a diet of canned puppy food called Gastro from the vet since this happened, he does not get treats or anything else unless he sneaks it.
*He eats everything he can find of course, including grass and little pebbles he finds outside which we try to monitor as much as we can! and stop it. hes now learning "Leave it"
*Whenever hes on the Metronidazole antibiotic he seems totally fine and healthy its just when he goes off it he gets sick!
* hes only had his 6 weeks needle as my vet refuses to give him his 10 week one due to his health.
* He bites his feet and i have started to notice a lady bug sized amount of hair missing off one of his feet, no scabs.. he itches a lot to ( treated him for fleas a few weeks ago and check him regularly) and now i found a little pimple filled with yellow fluid on his belly by his nipples? could he have mange? what could this yellow bump be?
*Hes happy and active and totally normal, other then this chronic diareah and sometimes vomitting.
*hes been to the vets 5 times for this and still no answer,.
Anyone with ANY ideas PLEASE help us help our pooor baby boy!! as hes now being limited to his life as we cant start obedience and socialization classes and him meeting many other dogs due to not being vacinated because of his health.
Thank You 
I forgot to add, he weighed about 5.8 pounds when we got him 5 weeks ago and now he only weighs 6.7 pounds so hes really only gained a pound since, due to this illness.. hes very skinny and you can tell by looking at him hes bony and such. I feel so bad for him ive started feeding him a bit more to try to help him gain weight! but I dont want to give him to much that his stomach gets upset and starts the diahrea cycle all over again
These symptoms sound way to familiar. My daughter just went through the exact same circumstances with a Scottish Fold kitten. What a very sharp vet found were deer ticks deep inside the kittens ears (the one place mom can’t keep clean)
What I’m trying to point out is that vets have a very tough job. When we go to a doctor we say "it hurts right here", our pets can’t do that and just as often as not the problem will be some off the wall thing (like the ticks) that would be the last thing to ever expect.
What I have found over the years is that a fresh set of eyes will spot a problem right off that the old set of eyes will overlook time after time.
My dog is in the middle of having pups and she has only had 1 at the moment and that was 17:55 (uk time) and where still waiting for her to have more because one was nearly out before. How much longer should we wait before taking her the vet? PLEASE HELP!!!
So instead of asking your vet you decide to ask strangers on the internet ask your vet for gods sake i am ashamed to live in the UK
My dog has gotten ill and its concerned me greatly, although i cannot find a clue as to what it may be. He has a red "rash like" discoloration around his genitle area, he has most all of his lymph nodes swollen, and a fever. He is a Shih – Tzu, and part Lahpsa Ahpsa. He has recently been to the groomers if that helps in any way. Please feel free to ask for any other required details. Your help and time is greatly appreciated, thank you.
You may want to take him to the vet and get a professional evaluation instead of guessing what could be wrong. All the symptoms sound serious enough that it could be something serious so the vet is the best source of information.
Hi there – make sure your dog is wormed regularly in accordance with the worm medication instructions – usually every month.
Obviously you should clear up any waste matter from your dog outside where your baby might play. It might be an idea to fence off a little of the garden exclusively for your dog to do his business – It took about a month to train my dog that is the place to "go" now. Dog’s faeces can carry lots of bacteria as well as cats faeces too – the most dangerous is toxoplasmosis which can cause permanent blindness.
There is a risk from flea bites to not only babies but also adults, so protect your dog from fleas – here in the UK, I found that Frontline is the best (a little costly though).
My little one climbs all over my dog – but I’m happy knowing that my dog is clean, de-flea’d and wormed regularly.
Try not to let your dog lick your babies face or pick up any of baby’s toys, soothers, bottles etc.
Good luck!
she is a one year-old bichonapoo.(bichon mixed with a puddle) she is a very energetic dog, but today she is very lathargic, shy, jumpy, eyes are droopy, not playful at all. she got into some oranges. but i dont think it has a relation. some one help i am very worried.
keep an eye on her for a while. if she’s vomiting, or having loose stools, withold food for 24 hours, only allow water. if she still has these symptoms for more than 24 hours, then consult a vet. she just might not be feeling very well. the oranges might have given her heart burn if she ate enough of them. we all have off days, even our pets. just make her relax, try to keep her from running around for a little while.
And I’m getting a little tired of his separating the kibbles from the bits, too.
Star if you think I should have him see my cat’s shrink.
Y!A sez: Health > Alternative Medicine. Already tried that. He bit the acupuncturist…
My cat Noodles is the same way. She always needs her paws purelled up.
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