older dog

my dog is 13 @ getting a little clumsy etc. sometimes she wakes [email protected] night panting & im pretty sure its because of pain. i give her buffered asprin but i dont think its enough any more. is it too late to start her on the joint meds? i hear conflicting advice,but if you have some you think would...

I have a 12 year old bichon frise. He has always been affectionate, but lately he has been following me everywhere I go, including the bathroom, a place he has previously hated, because it is where the bathtub is. Yesterday he was also panting excessively and shaking. IT made me nervous, and...

my parents live on a farm, my dog lives there as i got him when i lived there and he was best friends with my moms dog and is high energy and loves being free to run anywhere he wants (we have over 100 acres) Well my dad raises sheep and over the years my moms dog is getting old he has...

We are thinking of getting a second dog. We have a GSD/Chow mix right now. My husband wants to get a Pit or Rott. I was wondering if it would be better to get a female or a male? We are going to get this second dog as a puppy so that hopefully it will be easier for my dog to accept the...

Has anyone else ever had problems with a dog "forgetting" their house training after a pregnancy? Emily is a 2+ year old mother of 7 puppies (Australian Shepherd). She gave birth 3 weeks ago and about a week ago started having accidents every single night (always pees, sometimes poops). We...

Hello everyone. I am new here, and I sure hope I can find some good information to help me with introducing my new puppy to other dogs in my home. I have 2 female golden retreive/lab mixed dogs.Both of them are older dogs. One is 12 yrs. the other is 10 yrs. old. About 2 1/2 months ago, we...

Bambi has a vet appointment on Thursday night to check her out.For those of you who do not know,she has an enlarged heart and is on meds. The vet is going to check her over and see how the meds are working and then if she is doing better,she may be spayed. Wish the girly some luck!

Some new pics. Since i work too much and get out too little...I don't get a lot of opportunities to play with my camera, but the animals are mostly willing subjects! lol Can't wait for my next zoo trip. I got some awesome pics with my old camera and this one has an aquarium setting. I'm so...

This will probably sound like a rant so beware! :ranton: I'm down visiting my parents for the weekend and we decided to take their 2 dachshunds on a walk. Harvey just got his shots today so he will get to start taking walks in a couple of days! :D Anyhow, we were like a block away from the...

Do your dogs know when your talking to them, or another dog or pet? Tanner is such a good dog, and he catches on to most things really quick. But Like when we tell allie 'No' or 'Stop' tanner stops whatever hes doing. and if we call allie over, like to get her to lay in her bed or something...

Unfortunately I had to sell my house recently and move into an apartment complex I've been in before. They do allow dogs but under 30lbs. My dog is 60 and looking at her you can see she is part Pit. In all the years before living in this complex and seeing others with Large breeds, NO ONE...

PT'ers...I got this email below from a friend on a bird forum this evening and thought I would let all you here see it too...its such a bad idea :( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This email was sent to me and I thought I would send it to some of my animal lover friends. Please do what they...

Recently, since my dog is very old now (hes 17) my dad decided to slowly put him onto a special food that was more "healty" for him. After introducing it slowly, and having him on this food for about a week, we found that the dog may actually be allergic to it. His fur became extremely oily, as...

I had to share some pics of the pups I got with my cell phone lol...we were at the store and got them Giant bones lol and man do they love them...funny to watch them try and run while carring them lol Leia loves it so much lol shes having a rough time choosing a side lol awww they are...

I'm wondering who here has "older" doggies. My Blackie will be 14 years old in 2 weeks. I see signs of his age all the time, but he's actually not too bad. His eyes are cloudy, but he can still see; he doesn't seem to have much arthritis even though his legs get shaky if he plays too hard...

I've been in several conversations that had to do with nutrition. I've noticed that ALOT of people have very different ideas about dog nutrition, I'm just wondering who feeds what?

We dropped her off this morning. Poor thing, she's so nervous around strangers when her 'people' leave. She's so tiny, I just feel really bad for her. There was some concern that because of her size, she wouldn't be able to tolerate the anesthesia but we had some optional testing done and they...

Okay, I know you guys are probably absolutly SICK of my pictures...but I had to introduce this girl. Meet Jazzy! This is my uncles' new dog, Jazzy. She's a Border Collie x Australian Cattle Dog rescued from the pound. She's a total sweetie and great at guarding the house. She's a big girl..a...

I need to get this out before I explode. We had brand new laminate flooring put into our house, as well as new carpeting in a couple of rooms (one being the baby's room). We have a door up in the baby's room, as well as gates so the dogs cannot get in there, as they like to pee on the carpet...

I work as a pet photographer at Petco stores. The store I was at today was having a huge adoption fair, it was pretty cool. The shelter had some dogs there, and there were a few other rescues there. too. I kept going out to look at the dogs, and a few dogs caught my attention, but they were all...