I know it's the best, most responsible thing to do. And obviously I scheduled the appointment and fully intend to take him in.
But I feel terrible about it. Probably because my last dog spent a week in intense pain after he was neutered. (He threw up his painkillers, we couldn't give him anything for it.) I'm using a different, better, vet. But I still feel awful.
Luke seems to be doing a little better than Jet, my last dog, did after he was neutered. Jet basically laid on the floor for a week and couldn't be touched anywhere except his head and neck without experiencing a lot of pain.
Luke is more mobile, but had a hard time keeping his eyes focused, had a lot of balance issues, and has been sleeping a lot. He kept his meds down, which is good.
But he's still really sad and confused and I feel really guilty even though it was the right thing to do.
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I had a quick question about one of my dog's behavior. She is a almost 2 year old small daschund, she is very excitable and always runs up immediately when anyone comes home. But she also tends to cower out of no where when I lean down to pet her. She doesn't always do it.
The most recent was tonight. I went downstairs to get a drink and she heard me so she ran out of the downstairs bedroom and started wiggling and going in circles while I leaned down to pet her and she started to cower. After I got my drink and went to pet her while I was I the kitchen she did the same thing.
If I sit on the couch she will jump up and lay down or she will jump up onto my chest to try and lick my face and if I successfully dodge her there she will get onto the back of the couch and crawl onto my shoulders and continue her assault from that angle.
I don't think she is afraid of me but it bothers me that she cower like that. Any ideas on why?
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Try talking in a high voice when you go to pet. Oh and go in palm facing up and rub under her mouth first. Though Daschunds are just jumpy by nature so she'll always be a little edgy
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It's most likely just a dominance reaction. She obviously considers you above her in the pecking order and her cowering is probably just her showing that; dogs display it in several different ways, most common is rolling over and showing the belly but cowering is pretty common as well. it's not really anything to worry about.
Yeah some dogs just simply don't like seeing a hand or a body looming above them, because to them it's a dominating action regardless of your intent, so they react in different ways, often submissively.
Does she roll over at all when she cowers, or does she hide her belly?
My greyhound used to react similarly to your dog, and still sometimes does if she's caught off guard. It helps if I get on her level to pat her.
when i lay on my cat and kiss his big ol' nose he purrs and drools but that probably isn't helping at all gosh i love my puddie he is the squishiest
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Well, I typed-up a bigger post, but it's mostly echoing what others have just said. A giant overhead hand or a looming body can, at the very least, be disconcerting. If it's not in every situation, consider about how shadow and light might change as you lean over; I think you might find that there's a pattern in location or positioning when this occurs.
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She does have no problem coming up to me if I'm sitting and rolls over to get her belly rubbed. I will start crouching down when I pet her now, see if that helps.
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Question for all you experienced pet owner's.
I was spending some time with my dad yesterday and we got on the topic of the pets I had growing up. Both of my cats died of kidney failure and my dad attributes that to them drinking tap water their entire lives. Is there any legitimacy to this claim? My mom still gives her cat tap and I'd hate to see the poor thing die like that. If this is a thing I want to nip that in the bud ASAP.
I think kidney failure is just a very common natural cause of death for cats, because their kidneys just tend to go first.
A quick internet search doesn't actually seem to support that claim, so you should probably ask a vet.
Well filtered water is always going to be better no matter what. And it depends on the water itself, too, of course. We use a Pur faucet filter for 3 cats and 2 people and it's not expensive at all.
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Yeah we use filtered water for our cats, but I sincerely doubt that tap water would cause kidney failure. At worst it seems like very hard water could cause kidney stones, though. So I guess either way, might as well filter it if you can.
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Well filtered water is always going to be better no matter what. And it depends on the water itself, too, of course. We use a Pur faucet filter for 3 cats and 2 people and it's not expensive at all.
I have to wonder if this is a coincidence.
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Garak may look like a cat, but he's actually a puppy in disguise.
my family's dog has aggressive cancer. Prognosis is 2-6 months to live depending on how advanced it already is. Damn it. She's a big dog and 10 or 11 now so not that surprising, but there's always that gap between knowing on some abstract level that everyone dies someday and putting a cause and a timeline on it. Poor girl is a very good dog, most obedient and nicest dog I've ever known. Only thing we can do now is appreciate her for the time she has left and make her comfortable when her health starts to decline.
Dinner is 11 now and every year when i take him to the vet for a checkup i worry that this is the year she'll tell me his heart murmur has gotten bad.
Fortunately so far it's only been his teeth that are terrible.
Levy, on the other hand is "Perfect, but she probably already knows that."
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My cats like use both paths at maximum speed, preferably while chasing each other.
I know it's the best, most responsible thing to do. And obviously I scheduled the appointment and fully intend to take him in.
But I feel terrible about it. Probably because my last dog spent a week in intense pain after he was neutered. (He threw up his painkillers, we couldn't give him anything for it.) I'm using a different, better, vet. But I still feel awful.
Luke is more mobile, but had a hard time keeping his eyes focused, had a lot of balance issues, and has been sleeping a lot. He kept his meds down, which is good.
But he's still really sad and confused and I feel really guilty even though it was the right thing to do.
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(rolling it over across the room)
The most recent was tonight. I went downstairs to get a drink and she heard me so she ran out of the downstairs bedroom and started wiggling and going in circles while I leaned down to pet her and she started to cower. After I got my drink and went to pet her while I was I the kitchen she did the same thing.
If I sit on the couch she will jump up and lay down or she will jump up onto my chest to try and lick my face and if I successfully dodge her there she will get onto the back of the couch and crawl onto my shoulders and continue her assault from that angle.
I don't think she is afraid of me but it bothers me that she cower like that. Any ideas on why?
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No, it doesn't seem to do anything.
We've had her since she was a puppy, maybe 7 or 8 weeks old.
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she is very small
does she cower when you pet her if she climbs on your lap, or if you're kneeling down at dog level?
I squat down to pat small dogs rather than lean over them. Not sure if that will help!
Does she roll over at all when she cowers, or does she hide her belly?
My greyhound used to react similarly to your dog, and still sometimes does if she's caught off guard. It helps if I get on her level to pat her.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I think kidney failure is just a very common natural cause of death for cats, because their kidneys just tend to go first.
A quick internet search doesn't actually seem to support that claim, so you should probably ask a vet.
I have to wonder if this is a coincidence.
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Dinner is 11 now and every year when i take him to the vet for a checkup i worry that this is the year she'll tell me his heart murmur has gotten bad.
Fortunately so far it's only been his teeth that are terrible.
Levy, on the other hand is "Perfect, but she probably already knows that."
Really that dog is jacked I have never seen abs on a dog before him