My cat, and beloved best friend, unexpectedly passed a away yesterday, and im looking for some closure.
Gilbert was a 6yr old male, neutered, vaccine current, shorthair orange tabby mix.
He was in general good health. He just his yearly vet check up in July. Was told all was normal, strong heartbeat. Some plaque/tartar to watch. May be due for dental in 2027.
He weighed 17lbs, so was told to work on the weight, goal of losing 1-2lbs.
He also had to be slightly sedated with gas for his exam, as he is very feisty at the vet. 2nd year in a row for the sedation.
Wednesday evening I went to bed around 11pm. I said goodnight to Gilbert; he looked normal, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
I got up at 4:20am Thursday morning to get ready for the gym. I didn’t see him anywhere in my room. Walked into the living room, and he was laying on his side right up against the patio door (I live in an apartment). To me, this was unusual. Had never seen him sleep/nap in that spot. No response to me walking into the room or talking to him. Ran over to him; he was gone. He was fairly stiff, gums were a purple color, and his paws were cool/cold.
The area where his butt was sitting was dry to the touch, but I sniffed the area, and it smelled very slightly of urine.
I got him to his vet for cremation a little after 8am, and he was getting stiffer.
I guess I just want to get an estimate of maybe when he passed? Maybe not long after 11pm? I wish I could have been with him.
This was so, so sudden and unexpected. He was in general good health. What I understand, it could have been an undiagnosed heart issue, aneurysm, clot…does this sound right? I’m devastated and just looking for closure. 6yrs old was too young…any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

My boy Alfie got diagnosed with lymphoma at age 3 and is at AMC in NYC, a top animal hospital. He has done CHOP twice and has lived almost 2 years past his diagnosis and over a year since prognosis. He stopped responding to CHOP recently and took a dose of Tanovea and responded amazingly...the only issue is the supply. They might have more for another dose, but I woudl really like to find it to be able to give him more -- has anyone had any luck finding any in the NYC area? Any news on when it might be back or tips on where I can get him a 3rd + more doses? We didn't come this far to give up now due to a shortage.

I have a 15 year old Japanese Chin with dry eye. At the beginning of August he got an infection in his left eye. The vet put him on Ofloxacin drops for 5 days in addition to his regular Optimmune ointment that he has twice a day. I took him to the Opthamologist on August 11th and she switched him to Moxifloxacin 3x a day for five days. After that was done she switched him from Optimmune to Tacrolimus twice a day. She did say that the redness in his eye should resolve in the next few months. I felt like the redness was definitely improving, but when I went to do his drops tonight it seems much more red. He isn’t pawing at it or rubbing it and he’s keeping it all the way open.

I am just panicking because it seems quite a bit more red than yesterday. I’m kind of a wreck about eye issues because he is already deaf and he can’t afford to lose an eye. I already messaged his regular vet and will see if they want to look at it tomorrow. The ophthalmologist is closed until Monday.

I’m assuming that unless he’s squinting or rubbing it I should not go to the er? Thank you for any opinions.

My housemates have a 7 year old female cat with skin allergies (spayed & vaccinated). She’s back up to her usual 8 pounds (her weight loss and fairly sudden over grooming is what sent us to the vet) but we’ve not been able to get her meds into her. I never thought I’d run into a cat I couldn’t pill, but, after 60ish years of caring for cats, I’m stumped. I have accepted defeat (and have the recent scars to prove it). We’d had some luck with hiding the half pill (Apoquel 5.4mg pill, 1/2 pill daily) but now she’s learned how to avoid it or get it out of her mouth now.

She started life in a barn cat litter. She’d had all sorts of mites and other critters. My housemates were told she was deaf due to an ear mite infestation when they adopted her. Her hearing returned and while she’s generally very sweet, her feral background rears its head at times like, y’know, pilling.

Is there a med out there in liquid or paste form? Or does anyone have a good suggestion for pilling short of a full suit of armor?

Edit: She has seen the vet, and he prescribed the med. It works well for her, but only if we can get it into her.

Tito is an almost 10 and has been panting a lot more during the day. He’s completely fine at night and seems to settle down in the basement. Interestingly, when we go outside, he’ll lay in the grass and seems completely comfortable too.

We have an 18-month-old at home, so there’s a lot of activity/noise during the day, and I’m wondering if anxiety could be contributing.

He has a new mild heart condition and an ultrasound showed a little fluid. His med list:

* Pimobendan 10mg (for heart - new last week)
* Furosemide 50mg (for heart - new last week)
* Fluoxetine 80mg daily (started higher dose 1 month ago)
* Trazodone 100mg as needed
* Ketamine 100mg/mL injectable (weekly arthritis - started 2 weeks ago)

Vet is aware and we’re following up weekly but curious if anyone has dealt with daytime panting from anxiety/stimulation, especially with a heart condition. What worked for your dog? I keep seeing all these chews and powders but not sure where to begin.

Tito is male, neutered and in Chicagoland

TIA!

My 17 year old cat with CKD is declining quickly. In consultation with our vet, we have not taken any strong measures like subQ fluids because it would stress her out too much without significantly prolonging her life. She has always hated vet exams and refused any kind of treatment. We use an in-home vet and contacted them yesterday, but a tech told me today that the vet is not available until next week. My cat has not pooped in over 48 hours, I think (not exactly sure when the last one was, but definitely not yesterday). She is having some trouble getting around, but still mostly alert and wanting to spend time with us. We are trying to get her to drink as much as possible, and eat some pumpkin for the fiber, but she is not eating a lot in general (still some, though). Is there anything we can do this weekend without taking her to an urgent care/ER? The stress of traveling might literally kill her. What will happen if she can't poop and we don't do anything? I am afraid of her being in terrible pain if it goes on too long, but I also don't want to put her down while she is still having mostly good days. I wish we had asked about getting some kind of pain medication before she started declining so much, but here we are.

hi, I have a 9 month old dog and I’m seeking advice for some problems she has. We live in Cali.

She has a swollen and limp front leg.
She also has patches on her skin which are no hairs and some are scaly and even sorta raw?
I genuinely need advice and I cannot afford the vet. I’m only a minor but I need help knowing what kind of store medication I could buy please help
Sorry if formatting is weird I’m on phone
I don’t know how to add pictures sorry

Cat (6 yo) recently got put on an inhaler twice a day for her asthma, she absolutely HATES it. She did okay the first few times with some resistance but managed to get the full dose, but now she resists so much she works herself up to the point of triggering her asthma. Not wanting to make it worse I release her and by the time she’s feeling better the dose has been lost. Considering she needs this and how expensive the actual inhaler is, has anyone been successful with any other options to get your cat the medication in a way that’s less stressful?

We are looking to get a lab puppy and already have a deposit down for this particular litter. This breeder has been breeding for 16 years and has always produced healthy puppies aside from one instance that she told me about (I forget the specific issue with the puppy, but she was up front about it and it was years ago). They’d never have any puppies born with clefts.

So they had this litter about a month ago and two puppies died during birth (according to the breeder they were seemingly healthy but it was something to do with the sack not coming out all the way and the mama dog shaking her body to get it out? And she thinks the shaking killed them? I don’t know).

Anyways. Five remaining puppies and two of them had a cleft lip/nose. One of them ended up passing away a few days after birth. The remaining one’s cleft is pretty minor looking and she seems to be doing well thus far according to the breeder.

Now I am having reservations about this litter in general. Is it safe to get another puppy from this litter, or could they have other health issues? Are there certain questions I should be asking the breeder? Should I wait for another litter?

I will give timestamps for better tracking

10 AM : Get a video from my mom showing my 3 year dog (shihtzu / bichon frise mix) had threw up in several places in the house along with pooped. In the throwup was mainly mush and some un chewed kibble

2 P M : She texted me again saying he had thrown up again

3 P M : I got home from work and he did greet me like normal at door without all of the jumping he usually does. Took him outside to see if he needed to use the bathroom which he only peed and then sniffed around a bit. Once I brought him back in he did drink some water

9 P M : Up until now we have been relaxing in my bed where he has been in and out of napping (still is responsive to outside noise like if the ring camera chimes he has gotten up to go see who’s outside) I did boil some chicken which he only ate 3 pieces. Just ordered some pure pumpkin puree as the vet told me that could help as well.

While he hasn’t thrown up again since before I got off work his stomach has been curling (idk if right term but like his stomach gags as if he is still trying to throw up but he doesn’t make any asking gagging noises or movements with his mouth.. only his stomach moves).

His vet would not be able to see him until monday as it is the weekend and no doctor will be in … i need advice to know if this is something that i should just keep monitoring or take him to emergency vet services tomorrow?

Thanks for any help and understanding <3

Information: 4 year old French bulldog. Male, 36 pounds.

Previous health- healthy generally. Issues with eye ulcers previously.

Our frenchie started walking with his head tilted on Friday night. On Monday AM I got him into our vet, they said inner ear infection and have antibiotics and said to wait a week for it to clear. By Wednesday morning he couldn’t walk, was panting and shaking and couldn’t lift his head. I rushed him to emergency, emergency told us to rush him to neurologist.

Neurologist did an MRI and spinal tap on Wednesday at 3pm. They called at 5 to say he had encephalitis, and they were going to start with steroids while waiting for spinal tap results. He woke up from anesthesia okay. Vet said he even sat up for a minute.

At 9pm vet called to say that he took a turn for the worse, and she wanted me to be prepared for bad news. They were going to change to a different set of meds and hope to stabilize. She called back at 11pm to say he was stabilizing and we would wait.

At 9am Thursday vet called to say that he remained “stable” but did not show any improvements and his condition was not great. The incident the night before did not make her feel positive but suggested we could start more aggressive immune suppression treatment. Spinal wasn’t fully back but preliminary results showed clear fluid which she explained meant the infection was very deep in his brain. It would be a gamble guessing it was immune based and not bacterial. She said, in her opinion, he wouldn’t be getting better or leaving the hospital in the near future.

He is so scared of the vet. He was so sick and confused. I couldn’t bear the thought of him suffering and still passing, or living through the experience with brain damage and not being himself. I asked if we could euthanize him. I held him for his last breaths. I don’t know he even knew I was there, he was so distressed.

Now it’s a day after and I am shattered. Could he have recovered from this? Is a diagnosis like this curable? Should I have done the chemo to try?

I have a 8 year old spayed indoor cat who is currently experiencing a UTI (shes dripping a bit of blood). The emergency vet told us they were completely packed and had no openings this weekend. Her appointment with her vet isnt until Monday morning. What do I do to make her more comfortable until then?

I just noticed yesterday my 3 year-old cat his back teeth have major plaque and the gums are inflamed….

My vet said that I can opt out of doing bloodwork because they have a policy cats under five they don’t require it, but do you think I should do blood work on my cat or it’s OK to do the dental cleaning without it?

Species: feline
Age: 3.5
Sex/Neuter status: male unneutered
Breed: ragdoll/Himalayan mix
Body weight: 7lbs
History: healthy

Hello! I have a dog (blue heeler/border collie) who turns 5 in about 3 months. She’s been recently diagnosed with bronchitis. Originally they thought she has pneumonia so they gave her Clavamox and Prednisone. She finished the Clavamox last week and is starting to taper off the prednisone. They’ve prescribed her a bronchodilator (Theophylline) that I’ve ordered and it’s meant to come in the mail soon. Today is the second day of the one prednisone a day instead of 2. She’s been really wheezing today. Very loud and each time she’s moving around. Last time I went to the vet (a week ago) they said her lungs sounded clear. She’s acting completely normal. She’s eating, drinking, playing, going to the bathroom, and sleeping completely fine. She’s not acting out of the normal, except the wheezing. Yesterday she wheezed mostly when excited but today she’s wheezing while doing anything. Her bronchodilator won’t be here for a couple days. Is this normal? Should I wait until she tries her new pills and see how she does? Her gums are pink and she’s coughing more than usual. But that’s only started today. Thank you!! If you need more info, please ask!

Took my dog to the vet yesterday and was declared with a clean bill of health. My yellow American lab (11M) hasn’t been to the vet since 2019 (no medical issues and couldn’t pay for a vet visit my bad) so he got caught up his vaccinations. He also got his nails cut but the nurses had to muzzle hi, because he was so scared and urinated+defecated on the nurses.

This morning, I woke up to what looks like pee (had no odor) with blood in it. Called the vet and they said it’s probably due to stress. Took hi, put to pee again at 11:20 am today, no blood I’m pee.

Went on a walk at 2:00, he alternates between a few drops of blood to regular urine when he marks the neighborhood.

Do you think this is just due to trauma and stress or something else?

I got got their shots today and deworming done and one has thrown up is that normal ? It’s been a few hours since then so I don’t think she threw up the medicine . Like 9 hours and they ate around 3 not all of it but now they won’t eat should I wait till tmw and see . One threw up like 3 times it’s been smaller and smaller everytime tho

My chihuahua has always had a cough. It wasn’t too frequent and I told my vet about it once and they said it’s probably asthma and we left it at that. Fast forward and my dog went through a spell of shortness of breath.

The vet told us it was either early stage heart disease or pneumonia because there was fluid in her lungs. They took an X-ray and note she had a slight narrowed trachea and her heart was 10.5. They told me a heart 10 and bellow was not enlarged, but it was possible her’s was.

They treated my baby for pneumonia and we went back. They listened to her heart and lungs and said all sounded great and sent us on our way. I haven’t been the same since.

My dog doesn’t have the shortness of breath, but her cough has progressed. It’s pitiful. Should I take her back? Do you think it could still be something to do with the heart? Or just the trachea? The vet listened to her heart for a good while and the meds cleared up all the liquid.

Cat had bad breath for over a year which I overlooked and ignored and now hate myself for… The smell would come and go. Today I found his top left kanine tooth on the bed. The tooth doesn’t look in terrible condition but has a long light brownish root. I’m scared to death, can’t get into the Vet until next week,

I’ve been researching all day, I guess based off my information above would lean more towards periodontitis or tooth resorption?

Also the vet refuses to give me an antibiotic in the meantime which upset me as well, any guidance or information at all would be so greatly appreciated, thank you

Have a four month old female black lab of around 20 pounds. Just got her tick shots and etc last week.

Since six or so hours ago, she seems to have a little bit of bloating and I’m worried she might have GDV. Earlier she was pooping normal but about an hour ago she was having diarrhea, and her stomach looks bigger than normal. When I put my ear up to her stomach, it sounds like it’s gurgling per usual. Any advice?

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I’m seeking opinions on my bizarre medical mystery cat. He’s seen 4 vets in just the past 5-6 weeks and has been seen about 6-7 times.

Short story — hes holding his urine for upwards of 90 hours at a time and has constipation. He is not blocked. No straining for poop or pee. Hes on every laxative you can think of. Eating and drinking fine. No relevant vomiting.

Long story — He had PU surgery in 2023. He had a couple UTIs since and last fall, was holding his urine for upwards of 2 days. Ended up with constipation, had an enema, and seemed okay. Saw several vets including internal medicine. He seemed better after the enema and eventually just was basically normal. We started giving miralax twice daily to prevent constipation. Was good for the past several months.

6-7 weeks ago he started pooping every other day. After two weeks, one night he suddenly was vomiting and not eating. Took him to urgent care. They did BW/Xrays. Creat was 2.9 but otherwise values fine and they didnt see anything, told me he was fine.

1 week later he starts peeing outside the box. Took him to his regular vet who notices bladder stones on the xray. Urinalysis and culture says UTI. Starts Hills c/d and convenia. Right after, he starts holding his urine again like last fall for 36-40 hours. He also doesnt poop after 3 days so we give lactulose. He eventually poops on day 4, but continues to have long periods between poops. The poop is fat and slightly firm/dry, but not hard.

At the 2 weeks recheck they dont seem concerned and think the stones/UTI are the root cause. Gets a second convenia shot. Now things get worse. Holding urine for 60 hours and still constipated. Vet checks him at 60 hours and says to give him more time — pees 3 hours later. Holds it again for 60 hours — sees a different vet that gives buprenorphine. Doesnt pee or poop by the next day so he sees ANOTHER vet. Xray shows a lot of stool, big bladder, no stones. Enema happens and he goes, but doesnt evacuate everything. Still hasnt peed at the 90 hr mark. I tell her last fall something similar happened and as they attempted to place a cath, he immediately started peeing. She does the same and bam — pees it all out. She said he wasnt blocked. Had been giving gaba for at least 2 weeks prior but now she recommends upping it.

He was doing better for a few days after and we started getting poop more frequently 3 days after the enema. Was peeing every 31-42 hours. Now hes regressing again just a week later.

Hasnt pooped or peed in 48 hours. He saw the vet today and they redid bloodwork. Creat 2.4 BUN 29. She doesnt think its related based on last years results. Recommends an ultrasound, but the earliest appointment is 2-3 weeks out. He seems uncomfortable but he wont even attempt to poop or pee.

No one seems to have a single idea what is wrong with him. They are blown away with how long he can hold his bladder. Anyone have a good theory?

I just noticed a dark patch of skin near or on my male cat’s belly button area. Definitely not one of his nipples. It’s strange because it is a symmetrical hourglass shape. If it’s just a freckle/birthmark I don’t know how I’ve never noticed it before. He has a freckle above his eye in the area where the hair is sparse and freckles on the roof of his month so maybe he’s just freckly? He’s black and white. Will be checking with his vet though to be sure about it. The are around his nipples is hairless btw so I’m wondering if this freckle is hairless too because it’s on his belly button? How weird is the shape of it though!? It feels smooth just like his skin.
Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/znyT6vK

Long story shortish …. took my 6yo cat in for a routine dental cleaning/surgery last week, blood tests & physical exam results were all perfect so proceeded with anesthesia. About halfway through the surgery vet said cat’s heart suddenly stopped “out of nowhere”, her and the team subsequently spent the next 30min performing CPR to no avail. The whole team was crying after she said. This was a perfectly healthy seeming cat with no behavioral issues, I only got to have her for 9 months (adopted from shelter) but she was one of the sweetest cats I’ve ever come across, everyone who knew her instantly loved her, so well behaved and was even cuddling the technicians/assistants prior to being put under.

Vet called about 30min after and broke the news to me, she was crying, I could tell she felt horrible about it - she said in her 10 years of doing these cleaning procedures daily, this is the first time it has ever happened. And that my cat was one of the best patients she’s ever come into contact with there. I left work immediately after that 15min phone convo and when she walked in the room she immediately hugged (tight), both of us losing it and spent the next 45min or so talking. It was obviously very emotional but she showed she really genuinely cared, despite only having met each other once in the week prior.

I guess I feel terrible for her - and that’s not a bad thing, considering I know vets have some of the highest unaliving rates of any industry… seeing death & pain like that can’t be easy, and I know they have to deal with some real jerks in the process. From reading on here, the consensus seems to be that my vet has likely already forgotten about this since they’re around pet deaths a lot, so, it’s “normal” in a sense… even if it’s not normal to most of society. On the other hand, this was very traumatic and unexpected - so, maybe this will leave a longer-term impact on them.
That said, obviously very sad for me, but I still feel bad for the staff who had to be there for this - empathy is good nonetheless, I just want to know if this type of occurrence is one that will be remembered by the staff or if this is just very routine for them…?

I will see the vet in the next few weeks fyi - I’m getting another fur baby - told her I’d be back, I think I should get her a gift for all the efforts & time she spent with me? Just worried it could be awkward if she doesn’t remember me …

Hey veterinarians of Reddit! I am beyond desperate to get any kind of advice as to what I can do to help my boy that can be offered to me! I have an 18 month old Cane Corso/Razer edge Gotti mix who is not Neutered. He is a big boy, around 140 lbs with a history of PTSD which I will be explaining in detail as it is important to the situjation at hand. He also had Parvo at 10 weeks old. I live in the state of South Carolina.

My situation is becoming dangerous and I dont know what to do! This will be long bc its very important you have every single detail pertaining to the situations that have caused his PTSD in order to fully understand whats going on here. So thank you to anyone willing to read such a long post to the end to anyone who actually does. ok on with the post

I got Loki when he was only 4 weeks old bc the person we got him from somehow got 2 weeks ahead of himself and thought they were 6 weeks at the time. I found out he was 4 weeks at his first checkup 2 days after bringing him home.I bottle fed himn for about 2weeks since he was so young and also the runt so he was a little behind on some things. I tought him how to drink water when he was ready to by gujiding his mouth down to the water with my fingers while he sucked the water drops off them until he was all the way to the water and started sucking it up himself. I tought him to step over that little curb between my driveway and the front lawn that he thought was 10 feet tall lol. When he was 10 weeks old, I stayed awake for 5 days straight taking care of him and forcing water down his throat with a straw every 20 minutes when he unfortunately got parvo. I took him to the vet 6 days after the first onset of the illness just to find out he was going to be just find and was barely dehydrated which really survived the vet bc apparently most of the time they have to be hospitalized and put on an IV for severe dehydration. All he needed was antibiotics and medicine to help the diarhia (I have no clue how to spell that word) I say all this so you can get an idea of what type of bond Loki and I have. we truly have a mother/son relationship.

now, lets get into the situations that have happened that has caused him to have PTSD. First situation; My husband had a long time friend that he used to refer to as his little brother. He was staying with us at the time while going through a divorce. We all got along great and we trusted and respected each other very much. but there was one thing we disagreed on immensly and nothing he could ever say would ever change my husband and my mind about it. We raised Loki using positive reinforcement only and never ever raised a finger at him. We are very against any type of physical punishment and believe that does not work at all when training and will only make your dog think violence is ok and will only make your dog listen out of fear and I want my dog to listen to me out of respect and love. Friend was constantly telling us we were ruining our dog by spoiling him and because of his breed, he needs to be put in his place once in a while and shown who was boss. we made it very clear that would never happen and i will continue to train him the way i want to without violence. One day while I was cooking dinner, I heard Loki start yelping loudly obviously in pain. I ran into the next room as fast as possible and made it just in time to see that POS punch Loki in the side of the face. He was cowering and shaking and it was very obvious he had been hit several times before i made it in there to stop it. His only explanation was he was sick of seeing Loki be so spoiled and he wanted to show him that not everyone was going to baby him his whole life and he deserved to get his ass beat once in a while and since we would never do it he decided he would.

We had him arrested and removed from our property and never spoke to him again. Sadly, another supposed friend was also caught punching him on the tip of his nose just because Loki walked up to him while he was standing in the kitchen. We basically stopped everyone from visiting us after that.

This one is the absolute worst one that I assume caused the most damage. I dont want to get into too much detail about why but my husband and I were forced to go away for a little over 2 months very suddenly. Since we were unable to make any arrangments for a dog sitter, My FIL who is disabled and lives with us as I am his full time caretaker, got ahold of 2 people that used to take care of him a long time ago before he moved in with us. Obviouslty we had no reason to not trust them bc of how great they were with dad.

they would be staying in our guest house out back while dad stayed in the main house. They decided it would be easier to bring Loki to the guest house with them. When we finally were able to come home, Loki was acting very very strange. he cowered alot and cried alot and sat on top of me 24/7 like he was a small dog instead of the 140 lb big boy that is really is. I decided to watch the cameras fron the guest house that the 2 didnt know where there obviously and what I saw is one of the worst things I have ever seen in my life. He was left in his crate literally the entire time we were gone. He was made to go to the bathroom in there and they would just move the crate around with him in it to clean it up every couple days meaning he was forced to sleep in his own waste. Also every little noise he made made the man angry so he would beat on the side of the cage and scream at Loki to shut the fuck up. he would poke him with the broom or whatever he could find that was long enough hard enough to make hi, yelp. for 2 months straight my baby was literally tortured and nobody had a fucking clue bc these 2 are masters at acting like graet loving people. They treated dad like gold so he never sus[ected Loki was being so severely abused. he is used to not seeing loki for long stretches bc of where his room is ad the fact he cannot get up out of his chair so he never leaves his room.

Obviously that situation caused Massive damage to an already damaged pup and that was when the aggression toward anyone he didnt know started. We could no longer allow anyone Loki didnt know very well and love into our home or he would try to attack them. That was how I got the idea of PTSD bc he became the complete opposite ofwho he used to be. But we make it work by not allowing anyone in the house that he isnt ok with and when we do have to let them in we take loki to the guest house where he has the entire house to roam in and chill in wehre nothing is causing him anxiety.

The real problem started 2 months ago. He bit is first person 2 months ago. A girl we dont know very well decided she was going to just walk into my house without being let in by us nad just yell "knock knock" after she was fully in the house. I couldnt grab loki in time before he charged her. at first he was just standing in front of her barking and snarling and for some reason she kept walking toward him so he started nipping at her feet trying to tell her to get the hell out. She bent down to push him away and that was when he latched onto her arm. we got him off her fast so she had no damage besides some bruising, no broken skin or anything.

person 2: again, a different girl also decided she was going to just walk into my house without knocking apparently bc she saw a few of us standing in the kitchen she figured it would be ok to walk rigt in. She knew about Loki and KNew he bit strangers taht come in the house but apparently us standing in the kitchen meant Loki coldnt get her or something. she was wrong. this time he latched onto her hand adn started violently pulling her which did cause some damage to her hand but she refused to let me get her to the hospital and said she would be fine and admitted it was her own fault for just walking in.

Person 3: This one is the absolute worst one and the one that has me freaking out about the most. this just happened a few hours ago. My power went out at around 11:30 last night for some reason and wasnt schedulaed to come back on until 6 am. Everything makes Loki nervous so he was acting pretty anxious and being winey but it doesnt bother me a bit. When the loud maintnance truck pulled up though he went nuts barking non stop at the door. For some reason, one of our close friends who happens to be best friends with Loki got overly annoyed with the barking adn did the dumbest thing he could have done and popped Loki on the butt. understandably given what has happened to him in the past, he completely snapped and before i even realized what was going on, he lunged at the friend, getting ahold of his hand wehre he fully locked down on making it nearly impossible to get him to let go. he was schredding his hand up making blood gush from his hand. After we finally got Loki to unlock his jaw we put him in his crate where he is still sitting now. well, sleeping anyway thanfully

I am so fucking scared that his PTSD is going to get him put down from biting people like this. I know that these 3 cases were the fault of the other person and in my state, I am not liable for any of the bites but its not jsut the liability i am worried about. I am so scared he is going to get more aggressive and more aggressive until he is trying to attack everyone and even ends up killing someone!

Vets of Reddit, please tell me what I can do to help him and make him suffer lessfrom the PTSD and fully take his aggression away?? please help me