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12/22/2025

Two 8-weeks old puppies as a divorced dad at Christmas…what have I done

I kept telling my daughters we’d get puppies after winter because it would be easier to house train them. Then a Facebook friend posted about a litter with puppies available now. The rest is history. I’m not necesssrily new to dachshunds as my ex wife and I had a longhair for the entirety of our marriage, but 2 at once is definitely a learning experience. I’ve had them for about 48 hours so far. I currently live in a condo luckily on the ground floor with a patio door so that makes things a little easier.

Anyway, meet Dipper and Mabel! Gravity Falls, anyone?

12/22/2025

When does the madness end and calm begin?

Our pup is 1 year and 1 month old.

His energy feels as fresh, if not worse than before he crossed 5 months. My husband and I love him, but we are really looking forward to when he can be in public without barking at every single thing.

When he’s just chill (if that’s possible). We’ve been told by other owners this happens around age 2, but I’m not holding my breath.

It’s been such a hard journey (at least for me, because I’m more introverted of us) and some days I feel like I’m pouring from an empty cup.

Does it truly get better?

12/22/2025

Is my corgi too skinny

I have a 2yr old neutered corgi, and he currently weighs 22 lbs. i feed him 1/2 a cup twice a day and plenty of treats in between meals. Hes always been on the slimmer small size but now im worried i may be under feeding him. You cant see his ribs but you can see the outline of it sorta. Is this normal? Could he have flared ribs? Is that a thing??? Idk im a worried dog mom. Im not sure if these photos are good enough to describe what im seeing but i hope. Let me know what yall think, and give out any advice or suggestions if you think i may need to add to his diet.

12/22/2025

Mystery pup - is she a Pom?

My son brought this puppy home today. A woman with a cardboard sign was selling him cheaply and he didn’t feel right letting her go home to just anyone. My brother-in-law is a vet and we plan to take her to see him tomorrow, and make sure that she’s healthy etc. I’m mostly just wondering if y’all think she’s a Pomeranian! She’s so dang tiny! Just a few pounds. Woman said birthday was mid October and she’s had two rounds of shots. My son said she seemed to care a lot for the puppy so I’m not sure what the story was there, but she may have been in dire straits? Or maybe she was a puppy mill type who bamboozled him? Anyway, she seems calm but curious, wagged her tails fiercely when she saw my big dogs (they are safely separated tonight, don’t worry). We’ve got her tucked in for the night with food and water and puppy pads and a little cloth carrier/crate and a bed, blankie, soft stuffie. Please let us know if there’s anything we need to know right away! Thank you!

12/22/2025

Is this normal for a pup?

Sorry in advance for the graphic worm picture

Me and my husband just adopted this little pup and brought him home with us today. He is less than 8 weeks old. Shelter said they vaccinated him + dewormed him (would like to say it was done today but not sure). He still has to be neutered so we can’t officially adopt him, therefore i do not have all his medical records. He has pooped twice since we got him. First time had a worm or two (roundworm) but the second time, literally SO many worms came out.

Is this normal for a puppy that has just been dewormed? Do i need to take him back to the shelter and get him checked out, or do i take him to the vet?

So sorry if this is a dumb question, this is my first time having a pup this young.

12/22/2025

Tick problem

My dog had ticks on her recently so when i got her groomed i requested the groomer to do an anti tick treatment on her. After grooming I asked why theres still some on her and the groomer assured me that they are dead and that they are tick bites and these will fall off naturally.

This is the first time my dog had an issue with ticks so im not really informative about situations like this. Do i leave this be or do i remove them myself?

12/22/2025

We had to say goodbye to my beautiful boy last night.

I am a mess. Cody was such a beautiful soul. He developed pretty bad neurological issues about a year ago, causing unpredictable aggression. We managed it for a while with medications and adjusting our lifestyle. But after sedation earlier this week, he went downhill. He could no longer hold his bowels, he was struggling to breathe, and he attacked me badly when I tried to help him. We had to make the extremely difficult decision to put him down at the emergency vet last night. We gave him lots of treats, we gave him lots of pets, and lots of love. He had to be sedated, but we sat with him and kissed him, loved him, told him how good he was and that he would be okay. He could finally relax and rest. I have never felt so heartbroken before. Thank you to everyone who helped me with him in this sub, and who celebrated him whenever I posted him here.

12/22/2025

Cat got the dog, is this viable for the night?

The dog "cornered" (was trying to sniff) the cat while cat was in his safe space under the bed (we had to take the shelves he usually perches on down because the command hooks we were using aren't sturdy and one fell while he was on it and our apartment doesn't allow us to drill into walls). Cat lashed out and got his ear.

He keeps reopening it after we get it to stop bleeding when he shakes his head. The setup is one plastic bag over the affected ear secured with another plastic bag as a rope. We don't have a cone or any medical supplies that stick on fur (I've tried a bandaid) and the nearest open emergency vet is about an hour away. On a road where I can only assume all the people who never passed driver's Ed or payed attention at all drive across and the car poses its own challenges as he refuses to sit in the car. Leading to anytime I may have to suddenly brake (pretty often on this particular road, since no one knows what a blind spot is apparently) to end with him getting slid into the dashboard.

So until it scabs over and I can get him into a closer vet, would this work? Am I endangering him at all with this setup? He can breathe (made sure) and the loose bag is secured to him via tucking it under his collar. Its stayed after 3 shakes, only shifting a bit.

12/22/2025

My dog is sick and I honestly dont know what to do

TDLR: Vet (2 different ones) suspect bladder cancer or another form. Tumor on lung (gas filled), lumps popping up everywhere, and heart murmur. Peeing while sleeping and in a diaper now. Going to vet today to see what options we have. I dont have money for treatment or actual testing. Already spent around 2500

So as thr TDLR says my dog probably has cancer. He also has a UTI FROM E COLI that will not go away. We have done so many rounds of meds. It just doesnt leave. This is killing me. He is my soul dog for the last 13 years. I love EVERYTHING about him. Ive never had to train him and he just loves me so much. I found him on the road a mess. The vet back then said he looked abused but didnt have a microchip and our adventure began. This is breaking me and I honestly dont know what to do for him.

He doesnt "seem" to be in pain but he also chewed a bone a few years ago CRACKED his tooth in half and KEPT chewing. Not even a whimper.

Any advice on actions or experience anyone else had would be helpful because I feel lost and im so emotional I dont think I can figure out a plan at this point.

He is wheezing in certain positions. It just sucks.

12/22/2025

Fostering malnourished pup

Hello everyone! Please excuse the book I’ve written below. I wanted to give the one week update on the beautiful pup that I am fostering. I know quite a few people were following the post but it won’t let me update with photos. I wanted to show everyone how well she is doing!! Her prelims came back and are showing her kidney and liver values look good. We are still waiting on the valley fever test to come back, but we started her on Doxycycline on top of the Fluconazole. We have about 2 more (ish) days of the Fluconazole left but we’re going to be stopping for once it’s all out and focusing primarily on the Doxy until the valley fever tests come back. I started her on the Doxy this morning and I can tell she’s ALREADY feeling wayyyy better. I’m writing this as she’s snoring with train smoke coming out of her nostrils and farts filling the air. She has the LOUDEST snore in the house. You can hear her from across the house lol. She was constantly sneezing, drippy eyes, drippy nose and just overall not feeling the best, which is why I sort of suspected kennel cough. My pup had it once when we adopted him but it wasn’t this serious and it went away in a couple of days with Doxy. Her gums have turned nice and pink. They are no longer pale pink. Her belly is filling out like crazy. She’s a hog with food but has actually shown restraint the last couple of days when eating and not completely inhaling haha. I did add an extra cup of food on her schedule bring her to 4 cups dry kibble and 3 pouches of wet food split between three meals and that seems to actually be helping way better with her hunger urges. Surprisingly the bony part on her front portion pelvis is already starting to gain some meat. They are a little less accentuated but the back right in her butt is still a little accentuated. It may just be me noticing the little weight gain here and there because I’ve been watching her like a hawk haha but even the shelter staff said they could see her gaining weight already!!! She is doing so absolutely wonderful. She loves the carpet so we rolled out some extra carpet we had on the tile in her little area (just in case she makes any messes we’ve been keeping her on the tile) she’s only had one p*e accident in the house, and that was MY fault because I was trying to figure out how to put up the baby gate and she was pacing, so my silly self thought she was stressed because I was changing things. (Idk what was going on through my head but it was completely my fault for not noticing she needed to go p*e and not that she was annoyed that I was in her space). She’s currently on her back snoring like a freight train with her feet up the air. We went on a pretty decent walk today. She had SO much pep in her step. She was pulling me all over the place trying to get all of her sniffs in. We went around probably 2 residential blocks and right towards the end of the second block she slowed down significantly and actually stood in one spot and wouldn’t follow lol. Definitely her signaling she was done. I’ve attached some photos for everyone to see as well as side by side comparisons to see how much meat she’s gained!!! Now my BIGGEST worry has been her itchiness. It’s not an all day everyday type of thing, but she has had some flare ups of redness on her tummy and arms, and I’m not sure what could be causing it. I also attached a photo for that. I thought maybe an allergy to one of the food packets I put in her food, but she hasn’t had a reaction to any of them at all specifically. She gets extra red after a full belly, so I’m not sure what it could be.

Nonetheless!!! Hope everyone enjoys the awesome update on this girl!

12/21/2025

Rescue Chi unexpectedly gave birth

Here's a pupdate on my Chi and her unexpected puppies.

Mum & pups are all doing well. The puppies are gaining weight every day. The larger two are gaining 20g per day. The little one is gaining at least 10g per day. The rescue are sending out some formula for us to give the little one, to ensure he's getting enough milk.

Recap - 6 weeks ago I adopted a young Chihuahua rescued (by RSPCA) from a hoarding situation. She was thought to be too young to have had her first season so was adopted out without being spayed (but with her future spay already paid for by the shelter). Although this is unusual, they are a reputable shelter and one of the largest in the UK. I have previously fostered for them, so that may have been why they were comfortable allowing me to adopt her unspayed.

We had 2 days notice that she was pregnant - the vet said she was due within a week. We were in discussions with the shelter for them to take her back in while she had the pups until they were adopted out - she had other ideas and went into labour on Saturday.

The shelter is paying for all vet fees, vaccinations and spaying of the puppies.

12/21/2025

My dog is suddenly blind

He had a keratectomy a few weeks ago to remove a corneal ulcer, was given the green light a week ago, and this week has had some vision loss, today he seems to not be able to see anything. We’re booked in with his specialist next week, and the ER vet was all but useless saying he didn’t think it was a crisis and gave us some drops and anti inflammatories to help until we can see the ophthalmologist (and charged us through the nose for it).

My question is - people with blind dogs, how did you manage the early days? He’s being incredibly cautious and hesitant to leave his bed, even for food and water. I brought his breakfast and water to him this morning. He’s now just lying there staring at nothing (obviously) and panting with his ears up, it’s pretty clear to me he’s quite distressed (so am I).

Is there anything we can do to make him a bit happier before seeing his specialist?

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