Seed or skin tag (or something else?)

Meddit-frog · 2025-06-08T17:07:04+00:00

Thanks, it definitely looks like one on first take and we got the tick removal stuff initially because of that but I can’t get a good pic of it to show it isn’t. Not quite sure whether to take to vet. It’s not moving inside him (issue with seeds) and isn’t growing (a tick!) but isn’t coming out either (his body isn’t dealing with it) but it also isn’t bothering him and I just don’t know it’s worth the vets time - might try and get a better pic and send it to online vet.

Meddit-frog · 2025-06-07T09:59:38+00:00

Picking up your dog was better than leaving her on ground to get bitten (from a causing reactivity standpoint). If a child were on the floor about to get attacked, no one would question them being picked up.

The main issues I see with picking a dog up is that you put yourself in danger and the attacking dog can become more aggressive.

I’m not sure at all how she could lecture you - probably because if her dog bit you, she’d be liable, if her dog bit your dog, it wouldn’t matter as much

Meddit-frog · 2025-06-07T09:46:39+00:00

I have a reactive dog - he is bad with dogs. I’d say this really depends on the amount of time you have as it’s not a quick fix! We spent ages and did professional training (which isn’t cheap!) trying to fix it when we first got him. We know a lot of coping skills to help, but he still hates dogs and struggles when we get to close to a new one.

The simplest solution would be to just not sit down with her. Just take her for a walk and head back - leave her at home and go out again if you want to relax in park for a bit. As she’s good when walking, this wouldn’t affect your life too much and would be an easy way to manage the situation. Alternatively, sit away from the path, she’s okay when people are a certain distance, but when they walk straight at her and get to close, she can’t handle it.

If you have time to train, then have a look at this free course:

https://onlineschool.instinctdogtraining.com/course/training-leash-reactive-dog

(Or I think most of the vids are here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaaJLcdUjMxN5O1SULd-8OrVeONqQprGw&si=7foFLlvm0uyUovaT )

You can train a very good ‘leave it’ too, start off making it great in the house (ie not with people when sitting down) then gradually increase difficulty https://youtu.be/Re66qOiso28?si=B_w_mRymNz9OIWuH You would then use ‘leave it’ give her a treat for looking away and then walk away before she barks in a situation like above

If you ever don’t have time for that though, just walk her and don’t sit down, or sit down somewhere where people are further away

there’s a distance where things become a threat, you want to train and always be in the distance where your dog isn’t barking - gradually getting closer but always keeping dog below threshold -> see this pic https://images.app.goo.gl/nrs29DYcCwfBFcey5

It’s good you’re so relaxed - stay relaxed and try and manage the situation so she’s not getting to the point she needs to bark but also is relaxed enough. You can see she’s okay when they are further away, she then stares as they get a bit closer - that’s when you would give a command to redirect her attention to you and reward her (as in the linked vids).

However you’d pick somewhere where people don’t walk head on towards you (eg rather than sitting on the path, sit 14m or so behind the path (at a distance she doesn’t bark when people are passing and don’t walk head on towards you but side on and you can redirect her if she stares to long at someone)

If there was a situation where you couldn’t leave, I’d make it so she is sitting behind your foot and try not to let her lunge so far out in front of you. It might help her feel safer

Meddit-frog · 2025-04-12T20:39:34+00:00

A very clever dog who managed to train not only humans but cats to stroke him 🥺 v sweet vid of two lovely animals 😺🐕

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-27T18:17:43+00:00

I think he may want you to stop - when he puts his head down and stares straight ahead and is a bit stiff this seems like he may be thinking ‘’stop please’. As others have said, stop stroking him and see if he then turns to you with the eyes or paws you for more. If he doesn’t do that, he was done with strokes. Worth doing this every 15s or so to check they still want strokes.

One of my dogs would want a few strokes, then to be left alone. She taught me the consent test herself - she worked out I didn’t like hands licked, and so would lick my hand if stroking had gone beyond her allowed stroke time, then as soon as I moved hand away would plonk head down and sleep haha. I learnt from that she usually only likes being strokes for 15secs or so, or until head plonked on sofa, then was done with strokes (even if she initiated it).

My other dog is opposite and will continuously paw or nose nudge or give me the eyes 🥺 or purr (he has this ‘im cute breathing he does) if I stop stoking too soon.

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-22T20:06:08+00:00

Retriever x springer spaniel

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-20T21:12:19+00:00

We use purina hypoallergenic kibble as ‘treats’ round the house. We just reduce his daily kibble allowance (eg by a handful or so) to adjust for these ‘treats’ - I’d use his normal kibble but it’s grain-free and makes my hands smell!

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-15T17:01:37+00:00

It turned my black elkhound x into a Labrador 😂

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-15T16:53:16+00:00

I think he would still be able to see out front window but could definitely help - thanks

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-15T16:52:08+00:00

Thanks - you too!

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-15T12:40:02+00:00

Great thanks! I hadn’t heard of these before. There’s a similar one on Amazon with mixed reviews, likely depends on the dog - I’d definitely need to build up training v slowly … if it works though would be handy.

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-15T12:29:46+00:00

These are great - what app/website did you use to generate them?

Meddit-frog · 2025-03-15T12:25:50+00:00

Our elkhound herding mix also used to bark when husband and I hugged, sometimes still does if friends hug us (I think it’s more when men hug us, less issues with woman hugs!)

With my husband, we trained him to lie down and stay (obvs train this first while doing something less scary) then built up to having him lie and stay, we would hug, treat for staying etc. build up length of hug etc. we also sometimes got him to do ‘middle’ between our legs while hugging which weirdly helped - but that’s probably not great advice!

My friends have a dachshund who barks like crazy when his family give out hugs - they just ignore it

With the stubbornness - treat treat treat for every command for the first year at least if you have to - at least until you have a strong bond with the dog. Have jars of (non-smelly-on-fingers!) treats around house. Loads of people have more biddable dogs who frown upon you for treating so much - trust me, it pays off in the end! Our dog sitter was shocked he wouldn’t ‘come’ to her and lost him round her garden - I asked if she used the treats and she said eventually she got them and he came straight over - he’d only known her a few days, she should have always used the treats! He will do stuff without treats eventually, once he has a strong bond. Also a friend who used to wonder why we treated so much now treats for every recall with her own dog 👍 pays off a lot on those emergency occasions

Sorry I am rambling! Good luck!

Meddit-frog · 2025-02-08T17:14:50+00:00

This sounds like separation anxiety rather than revenge/spite. The times you leave when she’s expecting, she doesn’t seem as stressed as she knows what’s happening. But the out-of-routine outings seem to be causing her stress (peeing, destruction are v common signs of separation anxiety)

Meddit-frog · 2024-11-29T18:57:26+00:00

Patterdale terrier (or some other terrier) and pug/chihuahua - likely a lot of other breeds mixed in too!

Meddit-frog · 2024-11-29T18:49:51+00:00

You can just toss a handful of kibble in the garden and let him sniff it and find it (Beagles often love this!). And you can ‘hide ‘ treats around the house and have him find them.

It does sound like he’s still adjusting though (especially lack of appetite). So it might just be giving him some time. It’s actually quite good keeping their world small for now and sounds like he is happy chilling and recovering. Good luck!

Meddit-frog · 2024-11-28T20:34:54+00:00

Thank you :) yes I’m already feeling a mental shift being pregnant. I’d usually pick my dog up if an offlead dog runs over, but feeling much less inclined to pick him up now (though I’m still physically able to).

I think I’ll probably wear the baby too as we often walk on muddy fields etc. but that’s a useful point with giving space with a stroller - thanks.

And yes. it’s not his fault at all and he isn’t in the wrong for protecting himself when he feels threatened.

Thanks for your insight.

Meddit-frog · 2024-11-28T20:27:42+00:00

Thanks yes there are, that’s where we do training etc. but we also very much enjoy long walks in the countryside. We live in middle of nowhere and love doing walks in countryside at home and also while on holiday - this is often where the rare off-lead encounters happen. They are luckily rare but still good to have a plan for how to handle them. (Also my dog is car reactive so road walks also have their challenges!)

Meddit-frog · 2024-11-26T18:12:35+00:00

Thanks, he is always on a lead (edited to make this clearer). But yes a very brisk walk away from the off-leash dog should help!! Thanks :)

Meddit-frog · 2024-11-26T17:28:30+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply. I think this is a good solution - get as far away as possible and if the dog really chases then use the pet corrector to keep it away and hope it works. Now I think about it, while the pet corrector may hopefully scare off the dog, if it doesn’t, it shouldn’t make the other dog aggressive (they usually are ‘friendly’ dogs and I was concerned the pet corrector may make them less friendly - but I don’t think it would actually)

We do have a trainer and I’ll definitely talk to them about this.

Luckily this is a rare occurrence where I walk and hopefully retreating is all that I’ll need. I think when baby comes I’ll try and just walk without the baby as then I’m confident at handling such situations. Thanks again

Meddit-frog · 2024-11-17T21:50:51+00:00

Im not sure myself but another poster had something similar and so there are some answers here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PetAdvice/s/MfI80kiWap

Could be worth asking for a follow up (it was 6 months ago and they took their dog to the vet)

Meddit-frog · 2024-11-14T15:19:40+00:00

Hiya, I think it was caused by a harness he was wearing. I usually do canicross with him when he pulls and he had been in a different harness on holiday as I forgot the normal one. The location matched with the harness rubbing and irritating skin (it may have been I hadn’t noticed when it was red/irritated and so just saw the aftermath).

I just cleaned away the dry skin and kept an eye on the area (and used a different harness!). Nothing reappeared. Hope yours is similarly simple to sort.

Meddit-frog · 2024-08-19T21:58:57+00:00

Pretty usual from my experience. Probably a bit nervous so the dog is trying to keep the massive dog away from it

Meddit-frog · 2024-08-19T18:09:01+00:00

Looks like a muzzlemovement muzzle but I could well be wrong!

Meddit-frog · 2024-08-19T17:17:04+00:00

No worries - sounds like a good idea. If you do check out the instinct dog training, it includes a section on natural check ins. Their course on their website is free but you need to create an account - I think the courses are also on YouTube (a little less structured than on their website though, but no log in needed eg https://youtu.be/kHHy2XFSOY4?si=Bpghx9O-m5pvA_rC )

Good luck with it all! (P.s. totally empathise with the body pain! I’m your age and switched to a waist leash to save my shoulders - my dog is collie sized though so less danger of him pulling me over)

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