cheeseheads12
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He decided to make our new furniture one of his "spots"
Anybody have any experience of losing 1 of 2 dogs you got together? We got 2 male shih-tzu 14 years ago and one of them died yesterday. I'll spare details but it was pretty traumatic as all pet losses are.
The little guy that is left is somewhat confused but we are hoping depression and loneliness don't set in. Luckily my wife works from home so he won't ever be alone during the day.
Came home last night and our dog is refusing to walk. 7 yo black lab. Seemed fine when we left earlier that afternoon but I'll admit I wasn't watching for anything out of the ordinary, so maybe I missed something. Will take two-three steps then just sit in place. She's eating, but I have to bring the bowl to her. Normally she's one to attack the food bowl. When she does walk, I don't notice a limp in either of her back legs. I got her to go down the stairs (5 steps) last night to use the bathroom but she sat down as soon as she got down, then made it to the grass, sat down, then peed, sat down, then made it back up them to our bedroom. No idea what's going on here. I'm guessing maybe ACL or back injury? I've examined everything and nothing feels out of place, warm, swollen, etc.
Called two vets this morning and none deemed it life threatening, one said they could work me in with a 7:30am drop off tomorrow morning then see her at lunch.
Came home last night and our dog is refusing to walk. 7 yo black lab. Seemed fine when we left earlier that afternoon but I'll admit I wasn't watching for anything out of the ordinary, so maybe I missed something. Will take two-three steps then just sit in place. She's eating, but I have to bring the bowl to her. Normally she's one to attack the food bowl. When she does walk, I don't notice a limp in either of her back legs. I got her to go down the stairs (5 steps) last night to use the bathroom but she sat down as soon as she got down, then made it to the grass, sat down, then peed, sat down, then made it back up them to our bedroom. No idea what's going on here. I'm guessing maybe ACL or back injury? I've examined everything and nothing feels out of place, warm, swollen, etc.
Called two vets this morning and none deemed it life threatening, one said they could work me in with a 7:30am drop off tomorrow morning then see her at lunch.
Anyone else notice the rise of the dog adoption Karens? I tried to adopt a dog last but the places around Austin made it such a pain in the ass and were such Karen's I went through a breeder instead. Have had other people with similar or way worse experiences.
https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/why-adopting-a-rescue-dog-is-so-hard-right-now.html
Anyone else notice the rise of the dog adoption Karens? I tried to adopt a dog last but the places around Austin made it such a pain in the ass and were such Karen's I went through a breeder instead. Have had other people with similar or way worse experiences.
https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/why-adopting-a-rescue-dog-is-so-hard-right-now.html
Anyone else notice the rise of the dog adoption Karens? I tried to adopt a dog last but the places around Austin made it such a pain in the ass and were such Karen's I went through a breeder instead. Have had other people with similar or way worse experiences.
https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/why-adopting-a-rescue-dog-is-so-hard-right-now.html
Y’all, dog and cat rescue work in the south is so wildly stressful. We did this work (mostly my wife) in Alabama and found it was so much better to ship the dogs north than to try and find local homes.
I did community service in a kill shelter in college. I’m still messed up from it. They took the adoptable ones north and basically killed the rest. Went to school with a kid whose dad ran the shelter. Saw that fuck basically abuse the dogs while he was taking them back to be euthanized. I offered to take pics of the dogs to help them get adopted but they informed me I was there for legal reasons thus clean the cage bitch. Walked out did community service elsewhere, but damn.
In happier news, we adopted a new dog this week. He defínelo meets the cuteness adoptable standard.