To start with, I am a HUGE worry wart! I am a diagnosed hypochondriac, so that makes things hard. My puppy is 6 months old and such a happy go-lucky little guy. Unfortunately, he has had several (minor) infections in his short life. He goes to daycare (and has been going since 12 weeks old). We...

Last year when our dog was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma, I came on here to find as much information as I could. I wanted to know other people’s experience and decisions. I learned a lot and wanted to add our experience. This is our story of our beloved Koa. The dates are below, but the vet...

Our 10 year old baby, Whiskey, was recently diagnosed with diabetes. Due to his weight loss and not eating we took him to a specialist. He is at this moment at the vet getting his diabetes under control, in an effort to make sure there were no underlying causes they did an ultrasound and found...

My 10 year old Chance is having a tumor removed on Tuesday. He's prone to cysts and he also has 2 lipomas. It's a routine check we see the vet for quite often. Unfortunately, this newest one on his upper chest has to come out. Our primary care vet recommended the surgery be done at the...

I signed up for this forum more than 12 years ago when Liam was just a puppy. . .Last week, I rushed Liam to the ER after noticing unusual symptoms. Thank god I did - Once they stabilized him they found fluid in his abdomen along with a mass on his spleen. I wanted to share our story if there is...

HI, I copying my comments from another location, as I am not sure where the best place to post this information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello everyone. I have searched this forum over the past few years and found it be helpful, enlightening and amusing. I have finally taken the step to join today. I...

Hello everyone. I have searched this forum over the past few years and found it be helpful, enlightening and amusing. I have finally taken the step to join today. I am an adult learner full time college student and single parent. Two 12 year old Golden Retrievers and two house cats. I...

Hello, I'm glad to have found this website for insight and direction, and I just joined today. My sweet 8-yo golden has had allergy symptoms for years. After many different food changes, she is on a good, grain-free, salmon dog food. About a month ago, we noticed a large, raised, pink, hairless...

Abby is 9 years old and has always been in good health. Until this weekend. Sunday morning she would not eat anything. As the day went on, we noticed she was breathing differently. She was not panting, coughing or gasping, but we could see that her breathing was rapid and shallow. That...

Hi everybody! My family has a 12 year old golden named Hobie. He was just recently diagnosed with nasal cancer. I am 2 hours away from home at college, so I'm only able to provide information that my mom has relayed to me. It was only about 1 month ago when we noticed Hobie was breathing...

Hello, Mom to Kobe, 10 years old on May 6th. Going through a roller coaster and I needed to be among "friends". Friday during a relatively light session of play he scampered away from me with his tail between his legs. Saturday he progressed to severe weakness in his back legs. Sunday to...

Hello everyone! This is my first time posting here. I wanted to share something that's going on with my dog right now in the hopes that someone else might stumble upon this post when looking facing a similar issue and be relieved to find some information. My golden, Apollo, started acting...