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This post is very hard for me to make but I need advice. My mom is permanently disabled and unable to work due to a hemorrhagic stroke that happened three years ago. Before her stroke my parents had separated but my dad still chose to live with her to take care of her. My mom is now at a place where she is able to take care of herself and live alone so my parents want to part ways. This whole time they were living at a house together with my mom’s big coon hound. After my mom’s stroke, she is physically unable to walk her because of her weakness and partial blindness. I don’t live at home but I come by often to help walk her. I got accepted into a masters program far away and will be moving so I won’t be able to help anymore. My mom might have to also move into an apartment on her own which many don’t allow dogs of her size and it’s not like she’d be able to let her out into the backyard, and won’t be able to walk her outside. My dad doesn’t want to take the dog either as he has started seeing another woman who doesn’t want a dog. The dog has also been diagnosed with two mammary tumours recently that need to be surgically removed and the cost is extremely high and difficult to pay off especially since my mom is not able to work. Overall it seems like giving the dog a good quality of life is not possible given our family situation. I am trying to weight out all of the options and am feeling stuck. What do I do?

I’m looking for some outside perspective because this has turned into a pretty emotional situation with my sister.

I have two young kids 3 and 5, my sister has a dog (Rotti), and is a first time dog owner. I am NOT a dog person and have previous trauma with dogs. Over the past 2 years, the dog has been a bit rough with the kids—jumping up, cornering them, etc. We’ve tried to work through it. We’ve done walks together, visits, and even some intentional exposure to help my kids get more comfortable.

A month ago the dog bit two people. One was reportedly provoked, and the other involved resource guarding (the person went near a toy). Since then, my comfort level has changed a lot.
My sister is working with professionals and says the incidents were situational, and that the dog isn’t generally dangerous. She’s been told to manage things like toys, use a leash, supervise closely, etc. She doesn’t think full separation (like crating when we’re over) is realistic.

From my perspective, regardless of the context, the bites increased the risk. I’m not comfortable having my kids around the dog unless there is full separation right now.

This has caused tension. She feels like I’m not willing to work toward a long-term solution or “co-exist,” and has said things like “our anxiety of dogs is affecting the kids”, “work on your dog trauma”, “we need to watch them better”. I feel like I have tried, but I’m also not willing to take on managing or troubleshooting her dog.

At this point, I’ve said we either need full separation when we visit, or we don’t come over. Am I being unreasonable here? How do people normally handle situations like this with family and dogs?

So my chihuahua had her first surgery about 5-6 days ago, last thursday and she's 4/5 years old. im sorry I can't think thats why im so unsure im just stressed because my dog keeps crying!!! For the past few days she;s been wining and moving around so much and I called to ask if I should take her in and maybe the pain meds are strong enough but she said I can wait it out and see how she does or schedule an appointment next week the beginning. She would pant at random times these past few days and seem stressed. now today she's crying so so much oh my goodness and doing that shaky chihuahua cry. We dont have all the funds for her to go to the vet or ER but if we have to we will.

Does anyone know what we should do?!?! if its a situation where I should really take her then I will but if its something that's just a now problem then I maybe won't? idk just please help its stressing me the repetitive cries and scaring me too.

I have a 6-year-old male Dalmatian. He’s such a cute and good boy when it comes to his own people, but he gets very aggressive around others. Apart from 4–5 people, he treats almost everyone like an enemy and directly tries to attack them. Even with people he sees regularly, he suddenly becomes aggressive at times.
He also gets aggressive during walks whenever he sees other dogs on the street. He’s not friendly with other dogs at all.
But with us, he’s the most loving and pookie pet ever.

Need help my cat nail is bleeding a lot after I trimmed it

While I was trimming his claws I accidentally cut to far and it’s been bleeding quite a lot. I tried soap, I tried cornstarch, a warm wet rag, warm water all I could try at home. It’s still bleeding, he is rn licking and trying to clean it himself? I think that might be a good sign? What should I do should I take him to the vet (I really don’t want to do this but will if necessary) what should I be looking out for like can this cause I more serious issue?! Thank you any advice is appreciated

I’m not sure what sub this is best to ask in so if you guys have any other recommendations please let me know. For some background information, I have a friend who’s dog needs emergency surgery. The surgery is to remove a mammary tumour that ruptured in December, since then it has worsened with new open wounds. My friend is 20 years old and a very hard worker, she has been saving up for the vet costs but she’s just not getting the amount she needs quick enough. Her dog is a 4 year old, intact, cane corso mix who she loves with her whole heart and would do anything for.

I’m trying my best to help my friend in this situation and gather some information for her. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on where she can get some financial help to cover some of the cost. The last quote she got from the vet was in December when it wasn’t as bad and it was $3,800-$5000 which is a lot for a part-time young adult. She made a gofundme but we’re having a hard time getting it to reach the right audience. I donated what I could and so far she’s raised $130.

She looked into a credit card type thing for pet care but unfortunately she didn’t make enough last year to qualify for it.

All advice is welcome, I really wish I could do more but I’m unsure of any resources or anything to even recommend trying.

Edit: I’m not sure if it’s allowed to add the link for the go fund me in this sub, but if anyone is in the place to donate please pm me and I will send the link over

I want a Ball Python but my dad has a phobia against them. My grandpa says that he'll buy me the BP, tank, and some mice/rats as long as I convince my dad to get one. I've never had one before, so I need some advice as to how to handle it, feed it, etc. I would be happy to have your advice, as long as it's real & unbiased.

My grandma found an abandoned cat litter yesterday, we went to our local shelter and they can't at the moment take more animals in. So we decided to keep the 3 animals. As new cat owner, what advices would you give me, and my parents, to take the best care possible of these kittens?