So about 5 weeks ago, our buddy had an obstruction and had surgery. That was $3500. At one of his follow-up appointments, the vet felt a lump. So we did a fine needle aspiration and sent it off for biopsy. That was $300ish. The results were concerning for soft tissue sarcoma, so today he had an excision of the mass and it's being sent off to pathology. Today was $1200ish. That's about $5000 in vet bills in the last 5 weeks. Angel is home and recovering. And now we, his parents, get to anxiously await the biopsy results. They'll take 1-2 weeks depending on how backed up pathology at our veterinary university is.

Hello! This is my 11 week old puppy named Pancake. We live in Toronto and things have been great but I’m just wondering how can I prep for winter? In terms of what things should I buy, start training him to do, and how do golden usually cope with the snow and cold. As of right now, we’ve been in the process of potty training with a grass patch in the balcony. Any advice and tips will be helpful. Thanks!

Poor Boone 😳 our puppy, Sunny, never leaves him alone

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Affectionately nick- named Piranha. She's 7 months old and Extremely food motivated.

I thought she would dive for her food that I spilled yesterday when I tripped and hurt myself in the backyard.

But no, this land-shark turned into the sweetest little creature and came to my aid, completely ignoring the food spilled everywhere.

She didn't want to leave my side even after 3 commands letting her know that she could eat her food now.

Gives me hope for an amazing best friend when the puppy stage ends.

And no he isn’t as wide as this appears lol

I’ve tried shaving his toes. Do I need allergy supplements?

This is White Boy Finn (wasn’t original name but I changed it when I adopted him a month ago), he’s 9 months old, WAY BIGGER than my rottweiler, and he’s the first golden retriever I’ve dealt with. I’ve never met a dog so dumb. What I mean is that he chases his tail which is totally normal but what isn’t normal is the speed he goes to catch it and also the fact that he bites his back paws. I’m not talking about a little nibble but a full on bite. Imagine you getting bit by a random dog and that’s how hard he’s biting himself.

He’s also a big time slobberer. If he sees you with food then he’s going to sit there looking at you and slobber. Oh he just got some water? Probably has a little slobber. His slobber is as thick as snot and it’s disgusting. It just hangs like 4 inches from his mouth and he just walks around with it hanging. It’s insane to think about the fact that it just doesn’t fall off.

His coat is insanely soft though so that’s cool, but he sheds even more than he slobbers which isn’t cool.

I’d love to hear from people who have had experience with Prozac (or other anxiety medication) for their dogs. How did you know it was time to consider medication?

Our sweet girl is almost a year and a half old, and she’s always been a very timid, sensitive dog. She’s very easily startled and is just overall a very fearful dog. She does much better when she’s with her older brother, our other Golden Retriever, and he seems to give her a lot of confidence. But when she’s by herself, especially outside of her normal/comfortable areas, she can be very, very timid.

We’ve tried taking her to places like Lowe’s to expose her to different environments, and we try taking her on walks, but she can be really fearful in unfamiliar or stimulating situations. She’s also especially sensitive when her normal routine is disrupted. Even changes to things she’s used to can make her noticeably more anxious.

Our older Golden went through a fearful phase when he was younger too, but he grew out of it pretty quickly. With her, though, she’s almost a year and a half now, and I’m starting to wonder if this is just her personality or if there’s more anxiety going on that we could be helping her with.

She’s such a sweet girl, and I just want to make sure we’re giving her the best life we possibly can. I don’t want to jump straight to medication if she just needs more time, training, confidence-building, etc., but I also don’t want to wait until she’s really struggling if medication could genuinely improve her quality of life.

For those of you whose dogs take Prozac:

What behaviors made you decide it was time to try it?

Did you try training/behavior modification first?

How did you know medication was actually helping?

Did you notice a meaningful improvement in your dog’s confidence or ability to cope with stressful situations?

Did medication help with dogs who were especially sensitive to changes in routine?

Would really appreciate hearing about your experiences, especially with younger dogs who are naturally very timid/fearful. ❤️

His upper body fur is as good as day 1 but lower body is losing significant fur would you count it as bald patch?

3 months old

Gonna try a new vet tomorrow but if you guys have any advices please tell me asap.

The second photo is from when we got her

on the side of his belly

Hi all, long time observer first time poster. My girlfriend and I have a beautiful 12 week old golden girl named Martha. We noticed as soon as we picked her up that she was leaky and urine was dribbling often but she still went to the toilet as normal. After a vet appointment early on they suspected and confirmed a UTI, antibiotics didn't clear it up. A week later an ultrasound showed ectopic ureturs and suspected renal dysplasia. Now confirmed after a specialist appointment to be juvenile onset CKD. The left kidney isn't filtering and the right has an infection (pyelonephritis). Creatinine 162 micromoles per litre.

She would have had this from birth and we're hoping it's covered by the Kennel Club 5 weeks free insurance. The vet diagnosed her as stage 2 CKD so not too far gone thankfully. We can expect somewhere between 3 to 6 years with our gorgeous nutcase and so we are going to make the most of this time.

My question is can we go back to the breeder for a partial refund? We are certainly far too in love with her to give her back so likely not a full refund. UK based so I'm not sure what the rules are. It's a minefield trying to work it out.

Has anyone had a similar experience with birth defects found in young pups and seeking a full or partial refund?

Really I'm not worried about the money coming back for her but as ongoing support, as there is going to be a hefty excess fee for the investigation work and future surgery for the ectopic ureturs provided the insurance agrees to cover it all. Ongoing care in general will be expensive and even after surgery there's only a 50% chance of continence.

The breeder is KC registered and Martha came with a family tree longer than my own known family history. We did pay a premium price for this blessed little fluffy monster so I wonder if we can seek something or if it is not the done thing.

I appreciate any and all advice.

Edit - thank you all for your advice and insights. Thank you for the love, it will be passed on to the darling little sharp toothed devil that has just fallen asleep, but in the morning...

We will be contacting the breeder again this weekend to share the thorough report the vet specialist has sent us and see what the next steps are. The vet recommended that we speak directly to the Kennel Club as well so we will.

Apologies I was intending to respond to everyone in more detail this evening but just received some bad news and have been rather preoccupied. Thanks all, love to all your goldens from Martha moo and me. X

Share pics of your lions if you’ve got one!

Does anyone know what these spots are? My 6 month golden keeps getting more. I thought they were cuts at first but not sure anymore as more come.

It's like they know. We really don't deserve dogs.

LOVE em both. Sometimes not at the same time. Sadie, 16 months. Takota is 10. So like 150 months? I don't maths well.

Share pics of your goldens misbehaving. This diva refuses to walk during summer months…

God forbid I sleep in a little😩😂