Arabians Horse, 1908 Chena Landings Loop, Fairbanks, AK (2025)

12/05/2025

Behaviour question.
This is Mama. She was a rez (Indian reservation) dog. We've had her for a year and a half. As you can see, she's absolutely fine coming in our house, loves our dogs, tolerates our cats, comes up on our bed, eats treats (very gently) from our hands. She will not let us touch her. Tony, pictured with her on slide 2, tries to have her socialize with us by grabbing her by the scruff and pulling her over to us. He's special. Any ideas on what to try? She's just nervous about people. And no, we're not sure what her past was like.

12/05/2025

what to expect when a dog passes and leaves another behind
Hey chat, My wonderful sweet Tippy is crossing the rainbow bridge today. Her health started declining quickly in the last couple weeks and she’s leaving us suddenly. My boyfriend and I are completely heartbroken. Her sister Zip has been acting completely normal, we don’t think she knows what’s coming. Any advice on what to expect in the coming weeks? Tippy- Tan/white Zip- Black/white.

12/05/2025

Not sure this is the right fit.
My last dog was very reactive. He was a silent assassin, and would fight any dog he got close enough to. He would pull on walks to get at dogs and I learned to walk him with a lot of avoidance for any other dogs. With age he was pretty manageable and I just crossed the street. I loved him, but I swore I did not want to deal with this kind of dog agression again in my next dog. I waited 3 years before thinking of adopting again. Then I fell for my new girl, and it seems I'm dealing with it all over again. I rescued a lab mix about 3 weeks ago. She's so sweet with people and rolls over for belly rubs to anyone who greets her. She won me over instantly. They said she's about 1, and supposedly was ok when she was first taken to the dog rescue but had become a bit fixated on other dogs since being there. I thought with some socialization and structure it could be overcome. Instead it's only getting worse. 3 weeks later and she completely fixates on any dog we cross, will try to get at them and SCREAMS when I try to redirect her to go the other way. She's strong and I have to pull her for a block before she stops trying to turn around. I spend every walk avoiding any dog, which can become very difficult as I live in a very crowded area with many dogs. It's really stressfull because I'm in an apartment and I need to take her out multiple times a day. It's only been about 3 weeks, but I worry Im signing myself up for a life of frustration I swore I didn't want. I don't want to resent her but I also feel like it's a big decision to give her back to the rescue if it's not the right fit :( I also don't want to invest hundreds in training if I may decide to return her later on. I wonder if maybe she'd be happier with a family who has a yard- somewhere she can run without other dogs to worry about and lots of people to pet her

12/05/2025

Likelihood of finding a dog like this again?
Edit: She was a stray and the woman who found her wanted to keep her, but she was aggressive to her dogs. She's been aggressive to other dogs since being in the shelter as well. :(

I met this dog today at a shelter and am OBSESSED with her, but she is unfortunately aggressive with other dogs. We have a medium sized senior dog, so we cannot adopt her. I'm crushed because she is just beautiful, so sweet, and exactly what I'm looking for in a dog apart from the aggression. I'm looking up pictures of other Anatolian Shepherds but not finding ones like her. What are the odds of finding a dog similar to her in the future?

12/05/2025

Chronic skin lesions spreading on my dog vets can’t diagnose, all tests normal. Any advice?
Hi everyone, I really need some help understanding what is happening to my dog.

He has been developing these strange skin lesions all over his body for the past few months. I’ve attached photos. The patches start as a small swelling under the skin (almost like an internal injury), then it becomes a raised bump filled with fluid and finally the hair falls out leaving these raw, red, circular wounds.

We have done: • Full blood panel • Fungal culture • Skin scrape for mites • Liver and kidney tests

Everything keeps coming back normal, but the condition is still spreading.

Vets haven’t been able to figure out the cause yet. They said possibilities include allergies, autoimmune issues, endocrine problems, unusual bacterial infections, or a rare metabolic disorder but nothing fits perfectly so far.

My questions: 1. Has anyone seen similar lesions like these on their dog? 2. Could this be something like autoimmune skin disease, deep pyoderma, vasculitis, zinc-responsive dermatosis, hepatocutaneous syndrome, or something else rare? 3. Is it safe to wash the wounds with salt water? (I don’t want to irritate the skin). 4. Could trauma-type bumps evolving into open circular lesions point toward a specific condition?

12/05/2025

My dog ate chocolate
Unfortunately my dog ate a medium size banana chocolate chip muffin I’ll attach a photo of the wrapper with ingredients. She is a 26 pound cavalier and she’s showing no symptoms and it’s been about over 2 hrs. Should I take her to the emergency vet?

12/05/2025

Cancer and kidney failure
It is with tears in my eyes and a heavy heart that we got our dog's [Leo, 12.5 year old German Shepherd] blood results back. A month ago it didn't show, but now he has cancer on his lungs and kidneys. His kidneys are failing. We went back to the vet and they gave us meds to get him through the weekend, and Monday he will cross rhe rainbow bridge.

It's breaking my heart.

Please hit me with all of the things that you would do with your dog on their final days. We have food and a couple of outings planned. We wish we lived near a beach, but we don't anymore. He loved the beach.

He can't walk by himself, but he's still happy to be pet and played with. He's obviously tired. I know it's time.

It doesn't make it any easier.

Thank you for the advice the last month or so. This would have been harder without a sounding board of people who have empathy.

Thank you.

12/05/2025

How to make THE decision?
My senior doggy had an unfortunate vet appointment today. We found out his back legs are slowly losing feeling, and he’s in an extreme amount of pain according to the Vet since his spine is rounding and the loss of feeling in his hind legs.

I want to say “well, obviously he’s suffering, so we need to do the right thing ,” but it’s like he has so much spark left? He’s still decently active for his age, he eats and drinks, can go up and down stairs, and has no issues with bowel movements/p*eing. I’m just not sure how to accept this. 😭🙏

any advice on how long I should wait? It seems like it’ll be inevitable someday, I’m just not sure how soon.

12/05/2025

Need advice about my senior diabetic dog, I’m torn about what to do
My dog is 12, turning 13 soon, and he’s been diabetic for about three years. Lately his diabetes has become really hard to regulate. His numbers keep fluctuating, even on days when everything stays consistent. He’s been growing more lethargic, sleeping more, and overall just doesn’t seem like himself.

I’m starting to wonder if I’m reaching the point where I need to consider putting him down, but I feel completely conflicted. Some days he still has energy and wants to eat, and other days he crashes and just seems tired. I don’t want him to suffer, but I also don’t want to make the decision too early.

For anyone who has been through this with a diabetic senior dog: How did you know it was time? What signs did you look for? Did you try anything before making that decision?

I’m struggling with, confusion, and fear of making the wrong choice. Any guidance or personal experiences would mean a lot.

(He loves sleeping in the cold).

12/05/2025

Humane society adopt.
Got my boy vinnie boloney from the humane society like 3 days ago he still hasn’t ate anything but kinda drinks water, he p*e but when he poops it’s diarrhea but not in very big amounts. Should I be worried and take him to the vet or just wait the rest of the week and see if he starts eating

For further context he’s a awesome super chill dog that just sleeps a lot and wants pets like my perfect dream dog in a nutshell but I’m just trying to be anxious and want to know if this is something that I should be concerned with

12/05/2025

Had foster dog for 2.5 hours, already resource guarding my boyfriend. Need help because typical advice isn’t applicable because we don’t even know this dog. Pic for attention.
Like the title suggests. Great Pyrenees mix. 64lbs. 2 years and 8 months old. Been in a few homes. Known resource guarding issues with food. Here’s what happened:

We were both sitting on the couch, dog was between us. I reached over to touch my bf on the hand and the dog flipped my hand away and gave me whale eyes. I got him off the couch and made him sit and be invited back onto the other side of the couch away from my bf. He fought me on that and gave me a woof and went to touch my hand with his mouth (I wouldn’t call it a bite because I didn’t feel teeth. Felt like a fake out/warning/temper tantrum move). What do I do? I know this falls on my bf being more dominant and possibly not being as affectionate (so far he’s been all over the dog and letting the dog be all over him). I don’t wanna send him back to the shelter after the 2 weeks because he’s been getting depressed after every return.

12/05/2025

16 year old - need advice
I’m crying right now so apologies if some of this sounds sporadic or terrible.

My sweet girl is 16.5 years old. I’ve had her since day 1. I’ll be 30 this year and I literally got her before I went into 7th grade, just to put it into perspective. Through college, a marriage/divorce, a move across the country, she’s my everything.

I’m currently staying in an in-law type of place on the bottomed level of my boyfriends parents split level home. My sweet girl has arthritis in her hips especially and is at a point where she can’t get up the stairs. So there’s been accidents at the bottom of the stairs and I’m just so afraid she’s sad because she can’t move around like she used to. The times she tries to go up the stairs, she takes a tumble. She hasn’t hurt herself yet (at least not externally) but of course I’m terrified she’ll break her neck or leg or hit her head enough to die or something. She can’t see very well at all and wobbles a ton when she walks. I can tell she’s a bit senile. And almost deranged sometimes? I think that’s the wrong word, but I catch her wandering aimlessly, staring at walls, stuff like that.

BUT. She still gets so freaking excited to see me, others (she’s a people loving dog), go outside even though she can’t really go on walks anymore, she loves to smell around and she still runs a bit when she’s excited. She even gets into playing fits and it’s just so funny and sweet. She’s drinking and eating just fine. She has typical “old lady bumps” I cal them, but the vet isn’t concerned about any of them. In fact, the vet always says “she’s really healthy for her age. I hope my dog ages like her”.

I’m at a point where I’m terrified I’m selfishly justifying and making excuses OR afraid I’ll make the decision to put her down without a good enough reason. Like, almost out of a subconscious convenience. Which I would never never never do. But I don’t want to come home to a dead dog. Or have to traumatically out her down. I want to be able to give her an amazing last day and snuggle with her while she falls asleep comfortably. I’m literally crying on my way to work this morning because I can’t stop thinking about it. I was talking to my boyfriends sister.m, who I’m close with and LOVES me dog. And she’s concerned too. But knows it’s my decision and is supportive of course.

I just need some objective advise. I’ve never had to do this before (obviously, she’s so old lol).

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