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My dog seems to have an upset stomach, shes been eating grass to throw up and just is not herself. She had diarrhea but that has stopped. All tests came back negative for anything( blood test, fecal, xray) The vet suggested an expensive barium x ray but I cant afford it. She still has bursts of energy and you would think she is completely fine, and then 5 minutes later goes to eat grass. She doesn't eat it as much as she was but its been 5 days now and shes still not 100%. The vet said I give her Pepcid so I have but I cant even tell if its helping her. Shes also been on a bland diet. Does anyone know what could be wrong?

First and foremost I'd like to thank you for taking the time to read this story: The street on which I live has a number of strays running around, breeding by the litters. I put out food and water everyday for them and although I truly wish I could keep them all, this little fellow who I have named 'Bonzo' was scampering around my backyard. With two other cats of my own, Tigerlily and my little fighter of a feline Scooter (who was born with an enlarged heart and asthma). I was able to bathe Bonzo, feed him, and look after him for a few days. After the 3rd day the poor little guys health was not improving. The other morning his health hit an all time low, I rushed him to the vegetarian hospital where the vet told me, that by the time he went back to check on him, he would be gone but Bonzo had another idea and that was to LIVE. They put him on oxygen, gave him cortisone shots, and a number of other antibiotics. The vet, being a business structure all in all asked what the budget was for this little guy and for the life of me I wasn't able to put a price to his question. He now has now been at the vets for the past two days. He's been in and out of a coma but he is a fighter with a fighting chance. I ask whomever is reading this to take the time to consider donating to help to continue to save his life. Not one to ask for hand outs, he has me by the heart. Any donation, nothing is too small. Any questions or concerns please feel free to ask. PLEASE HELP SAVE BONZO! He is currently at: VCA Adler Animal Hospital and Pet Resort in North Hills, CA Call and ask about Bonzo Phone: 818-893-6366 Phone: 818-891-4472 Below is the link to his fundraiser picture included: https://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/help-save-bonzo/216777 Thank you for your time. Much love to you and yours.

Hi my name is Saffron, I am a 21 year old student who has a very limited time to finish up my research paper. It is targeted at the physiological health problems that may be breed specific via Evan's Index. Evan's Index is a measurement tool to categorize certain breed easier for me. So, for example, Boxer and a Pug are classed as Brachycephalic. German Shepards as Mesaticephalic, and Grey hounds as Dolichocephalic. What I am interested in, is if there is a correlation between indices and health problems that reoccur. For example; GSD's suffer with hip dysplasia, etc. If you could participate in my questionnaire and enter your dog in, that would be brilliant. It is all confidential and I do not need to know your name, or your dogs. If you are interested, please email petersonsaffron@gmail.com and I will forward the questionnaire to you. 

I have a little hound named Jackson. He is 11 months old, 1 year on May 23rd. We adopted him, so we aren't sure what kind of dog he is, but I work at a kennel and we have an idea that he is a fox hound- coon hound mix. He has been a very good dog, but when we are on walks, he gets aggressive towards bicycles, motorcycles, and some cars. I have no idea how to train that out of him. He has a shock collar, and I have shocked him when this happens, but that makes no difference to him. My manager thinks he is trying to protect me, and maybe he is. She says to wait and he might grow out of it. I am afraid that if I wait, he will be too old to train it. Help?

my puppy is 4 mos. old. a yorkie. vet diagnosed her with pda, opening in heart. she can only live up to a year if not treated with surgery which is very costly. has anyone ever had a dog with this or has had the surgery. can they live longer with the surgery. what is the success rate

Hello. 

I am doing to just give the details, the first Discussion I typed timed out because it was too long, lol.

Greetings everyone,

I have a 4 years old cat since 2 years.

2 weeks ago I adopted a 1 year old cat.

I have followed Jackson Galaxy's method on introducing two cats. I have taken it really slow; I allowed them to see each other AFTER introducing scent, peeping through doors and sharing meal times across the door. In short, I did all my research on introducing both.

Now when I allowed both kitties in one room my problem is,

They just sit there hissing and growling at each other. None of both came forward to at least sniff one another. None of both attacked each other (Thanks Goodness) But only the hissing and growling continues whenever they face each other. The result is my older/resident cat just backs off and moves out of the room slowly as if she gets scared of the new kitty. This has been happening from 5 days. Same thing.

Is this normal?

If this running away continues how will they get closer, sniff each other and make friends?

Am I doing something wrong?

Do I have to do something else?

Sorry for the long post, Please guide me.

I am a novice, and I am unsure if the stud who is the bitch's best friend and they live together be removed after she has become pregnant, she appears to be tired and I get the impression that she needs some time to herself, also this is her and his first litter.

Hi. I have lost two cats in the past 5 months.  I know I am going to cry the whole time I write this.  :(  I have owned a cats my whole life, so this is not something I am new at or a lack of knowledge.  I rescued a cat from the humane society at 10 months old.  She lived with us for a year and 3 months.  Georgia was a dilute calico, ragdoll, and maybe some coon.  She was the most amazing cat I have ever owned.  I noticed that she never really peed a lot but didn't think too much about it because she was on the petite side.  But she really peed a fourth of amount than my other cat did.  She peed consistently, just not a huge amount.  I noticed she stopped grooming herself, had lost weight, and didn't want to eat.  She was kinda acting weird for a week, but nothing to give off that I knew she was sick per say.  I took her to the vet and they ran blood work and she was in renal failure.  Her levels were off the charts on some of the things.  She was dying and they said it was best to put her down.  Worst day ever! She died the day before Thanksgiving. I didn't understand how this could happen.  The vet mentioned something toxic and we went through the typical list and nothing made sense.  I don't have plants, no meds on the floor or for her to get access to, no antifreeze, etc.  She was an indoor only cat as well.  I know that when I look back on pictures now, I can see 3 weeks prior that her fur didn't look as nice as normal, etc.  I didn't notice anything during the time though as a red flag.  Her breath had turned to smelling bad over a few months, but didn't think too much about that because pet's breath aren't the best smelling things. 

So, I researched galore on what could have happened.  Read about how dry food diet are hard on kidney, looked up any toxin possible, read how a water fountain promotes more drinking to hydrate kidneys, etc.  I knew I wanted a ragdoll so I sought out a reparable breeder.  I didn't go to joe smoe, but someone who knew what they were doing, had lots of history, everything checked out.  We got a kitten from her.  We did get the kitten pretty fast after Georgia because my youngest son was having an extremely hard time with her loss.  Samson, the new kitten, arrived.  He stayed in my room for the first two weeks with a little supervised downstairs time.  We finally let him out during the day when we were out more.  He was so little and our house was so big, I was paranoid that he would pee somewhere on accident or get lost, so I watched him like a hawk.  Plus, he was like a dog.  He never left my side, ever! We had guest come into town, so he was babied all day long and no one let him out of their site because they wanted to be with him. He ate expensive food (dry and wet) and had a new water fountain.  I did everything to make sure this cat was not going to have a problem!  Within 2 weeks and 5 days of having him, he seemed to not feel good.  My vet friend said it was probably upset tummy from the different wet food.  I thought he was dying because I just did this and was SO paranoid!  He threw up a tiny bit two times.  The next morning was the same.  I knew something was wrong in my gut.  I took him to the vet ER.  They did an x-ray and blood work.  He did have wet gas in his belly, but his bloodwork said KIDNEY FAILURE!  I can not tell you how devastated I felt and shocked.  Vet and I went through the whole toxic thing again.  He tells me it doesn't sound like you have anything.  The kitten had been in my room and in the our living room/kitchen only.  He was always with someone too.  HOW IS THIS HAPPENING AGAIN!?!?!?!  The vet told me that my identical situation happened to his wife and him and they are both vets.  He said he thought it was really bad luck.  Samson died 3 weeks after we got him. 

I flipped my house upside down praying to find something so I can just know why!  Nothing!  Nothing is here!  I have gone through theories galore about it.  Is it the tap water, is it something in my hard wood floors, is my house poisoned somehow, etc.  I have come to a dead end on every theory.  I am so scared to get a cat and have something happen again.  I have been reassured by many that it is not going to happen and it what was it was.  Our breeder is replacing the kitten with a little older one that will be from a different mother and father eventually.  I don't know what I am looking for as far as an answer, but I just wanted to know if anyone has ever had something like this happen or ideas of what it could be.  Also, I do have a dog that has lived in our current house for 2 years.  None of my cleaning habits or products have changed either.  I did have a cat for 13 years before.  The only difference is we are in a new house that we rent. 

This is an extremely hard and sensitive thing for me to share and tell a bunch of people.  I appreciate anything you can offer me.  Thank you for taking the time to read my story.