r/Dogowners

This is such a frustrating situation. My girlfriend's cousin puts their dog in daycare during the day and it's not a good place. I noticed their dog had some new bruises when I picked them up at the daycare as a favor one time. I asked a worker about the bruises and they gave a really suspicious answer. I looked into the daycare and it has horrible reviews. I talked to another owner who used to take their dog there, and they said that a puppy even lost their life while in their care! Her cousin doesn't care to do anything about it though, which is just so messed up. I did talk to a old family friend of my neice about it. I knew they worked in law enforcement but I thought they were just a regular officer. Turns out they are actually a chief. They work out of town but they have a lot of connections thankfully. I didn't name names or anything but they did advise me on what needed to be done so if the is mistreated the law would be able to step in quickly. Still, I don't understand why her cousin doesn't care about putting their own family member in harms way. I tried to talk to her other cousin about it but they just turned around and blamed me! Which is crazy!! They won't confront who is actually putting them in harms way, but they think it's okay to put the blame on me! It's so gross that people care about saving money more than keeping those in their care safe. Maybe my girlfriend can do something about it.

Hi! I have a 3 year old small bread mix (chihuahua, pomernian, yorkie, and many other terrier breads). Since she was a puppy her skin was pinkish. But from December I noticed she started having very red paws and ears, it seems to flare up when she's outside and doing physical activity (like running or playing). It also seems to flare up when her paws are wet. I live in England, the ground and grass is almost always wet during autumn/winter/spring.

I spoke with the vet, they first recommended to wash and dry her paws after every walk but that seemed to make it worse so I stopped.

I'm giving her salmon oil, probiotics and enzymes once a day. I also spray her paws with an antiseptic spray for itch & immunity (from Bugalugs) once or twice per day depending on how red are her paws.

I visited the vet again yesterday and he said that this is most likely an allergy and that we should do an allergy blood test, and if it comes out positive he will start giving her anti allergy shots each month. I'm considering it but it's going to be an expensive ordeal and I recently lost my job so I want to see if there's anything else I can do.

She also had a bacterial/yeast infection inside one of her ear last month and the vet gave her anti-itch pills for that. It helped with the ear infection but didn't make any difference for the paws. The vet said this infection was most likely because of allergies but it also could have been a random infection.

I basically wanted to ask if anyone had a similar experience with their dogs and if there's anything you can recommend?

NOTE: she doesn't lick her paws or scratch her ears excessively, she's acting as usual aka always up for playing, eating normally, etc. I don't think the redness bothers her, it just doesn't look right to me and makes me anxious.

I saw a post about a realtor willingly giving her dog a nicotine pouch (a velo) on her business page. I reported the video but its still up.

I will never understand the posts that Instagram allows when it comes to animals.

Interestingly, I also recently saw a dog groomer posted a video about a dog with long eyelashes and how the dog owner requests to keep them long. The comments are acting like the pup is being abused. 🙃 Not really a fair comparison but something I found interesting.

We are on the 1st steps of of our (maybe) Allergy journey. with our 8 pound 5.5 yr old Bichon Frise. We've visited the vet. and they are suggesting a switch from Iams small breed chicken and rice to a Salmon as protein food. (if this does not work we will be going down the path of prescription hydrolyzed diet) theyd like to save my wallet and i would too. Anyone have suggestions as to one we should try 1st? I honestly have been reading the past 3 days and havent come up with anything but pro plan. I am certain i havent read it all and welcome the help.

Any advice? Should we, or should we not?