i posted recently about the devastating loss of my little lucy girl after 15 years together. i still grieve her every single day but i realized i was making the hole in my heart bigger by sitting in my quiet house alone so i opened my heart a bit and welcomed this sweet boy into my life.

there are moments where i hold him and ache for her to be the one in my lap but i remind myself that she wouldn’t want me as miserable as i was. i’m so happy he’s here, even though i wish she was too. he’s already loved so deeply and has established that i’m his person.

the switch from declining senior dog to 10 week old puppy is so hard to adjust to. i feel like im constantly surveying the little guy for potential ailments and he looks at me like “i’m just a baby!” he’s such a little angel boy. i’m so grateful that i didn’t close off my heart to being loved as deeply as my sweet soul girl did for half of my life. 🐾🩷

My partner in crime.

She growled at this statue of a dog for legitimately 2 minutes before I was like ok let’s move on 😂 oh then she growled at a big decorative skeleton

It amazes me, at 6 months old, the skills he shows that just come naturally. He covers the entire yard to the weed lines every time he goes out. Sidenote; he always gets just behind those weeds to go potty, don't know if that's a marking thing, or a clean yard thing to him. Maybe he's just shy 😂.

Today is my beautiful babies 3rd birthday!!

WHAT BREED IS HE?! RAT TERRIER MIX? CHIHUAHUA? JACK RUSSELL? ALL OF THE ABOVE? He is SO high energy and loves everything and everyone, but still loves to snuggle. (Why his legs so god dang long?)

I have to take Trazadone before I get my nails done. It just kicked in 😂😂😂

10months, 14lbs. Mini rat terrier mix. The tan boy is his 4yr old brother Freddy. Hes a Pomchi

No idea now she even got into the first position, she kinda looks like jimothy 🦝

Our 10 yr old had a bug bite on his back leg near his paw, but he licked and licked it until it’s now irritated and raw. We put a cone on him, but because it’s his back leg he can still reach it. Everytime it starts healing he licks it over night and we start again. The cone from the vet is shorter than the one we have. I have tried looking for an extender that makes the cone longer but apparently this isn’t a thing, although it really should be! What has worked for everyone?

I’m looking for bed recommendations to put in my dogs crate. She’s a rough chewer and recently started destroying her bed, like having way too much fun in her crate ripping apart her bed.

For those who might think “just don’t put a bed in there” I have reason not to follow this route, explained below!!

I adopted her in January and her bed has been in her crate since then. She has not touched it until the past couple of weeks. She is on full rest per vet’s orders, so I think the combo of not feeling herself and her exercise needs not being met is really upsetting her lil terrier brain. I really want to keep her comfortable. Also, not having her needs met makes it incredibly hard for her to settle outside of her crate. She only sleeps in her crate.

If there’s a rougher bed that might survive better than the one we have now, I’d love to hear it. Even anything that isn’t necessarily marketed as a dog bed - if it’s worked for you please share!

Hi r/ratterriers - please meet Quimby and Quill. We adopted them as a bonded pair. We were told/believe they're rat-a-paps. (The shelter said "papillon mix"). They're between 2-4 years of age. Quimby has the feathers and he's maybe Quill's puppy. We don't know. They are loves.

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I am just trying to see if there is anything I am missing with treating Peter’s allergies and his affected paws. They are really bad this season and I am not sure what else to try. If anyone has had luck with any treatments I haven’t tried, I would greatly appreciate it.

What we are doing or have done:

- Doubled his daily dose of Apoquel (doctor approved)
- Cytopoint injection (done about a month ago)
- Chlorohexidine wipes if we walk through fields or if he plays in the backyard for an extended period of time
- Duoxo Chlorohexidine foam (doctor said to apply every other day which we started just over a week ago)

His paws seem to get better but then they get worse again.

I am almost certain this is not food related. This only happens in late summer and early fall. With that being said he has never been tested for food allergies. It also only affects his paws.

His last vet visit for this issue was about a month ago - followed by two different phone calls where we sent pictures and discussed available options.

This is my one year old, her name is Princess. I just got her back in June and she's a buddle of joy and energy.

My 5 year old female rat terrier mix has a torn ACL/CCL. The vet is recommending TPLO (Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy) surgery. He says she will not recover without it. I’m concerned because she’s so young and my last rat terrier lost the use of her back legs at 16 and we had to put her down. I don’t want to speed up the process.

Has anyone done ACL surgery on a small dog like this? How did it go?

My old man. My companion. My one constant. Unconditional love forever and always my little hair monster.

Klaus says thank you for all the birthday wishes. He truly feels the love 🐾💙

My little Jimmie is having her first heat. She isn’t a fan on the doggie diaper. One of the reasons is I believe that my husband got the wrong size. But have any owners had any success with trying to keep little dots of blood off of everything?

This is my sweet Maja. Hello all!