Mindy is a 15 week old English Lab we just got last week. She was born with PDA (post ductal arteriosus) and already underwent the corrective surgery to repair her heart. We think she's pretty awesome as is.

Brought Buck home today, a 14 week old English. He was crate trained by the breeder. He is a chill little guy that likes to just roam around and mind his own. I will say it was a HUGE oversight on my end getting a 40lb dog that doesn’t know how to use stairs yet when I live on the second floor of a two family LMAO, stair and obedience training starts tomorrow. He was named Buck by his breeder but already does a pretty good job recalling so Buck it is.

When I was leaving the breeder and I couldn’t find him and low and behold he was belly up in his crate so when I got home he didn’t even explore, straight to the bathroom to nap for 3 hours before going outside to sleep again hahah.

Tonight is his first night in a new crate and besides the snoring and the occasional kick of the door as he is playing with his toys I’m truly impressed with how quick this little guy is adjusting.

The face she gives you when she wants you to stop working. Show me you sweet lab faces 💗

turns out any dog can look majestic if she gets a professional photoshoot

How do I explain that the clocks have gone back in dog language?

Just adding more cuteness to the feed

When Toby was younger, it was hard to not wake him, walking past.

Now he completely zonks out. This is 745a after going out to do his business and eating a can of dog food.

Placed some bacon near his snout to see if that would bring him back. Took (5) minutes for Toby to come to and eat his treat. Lol

Rocky won’t even blink as long as you are holding his favorite toy

My office dog (aka: my baby, Cooper) doesn’t understand that I don’t want every single coworker and patient to know when I’m in the bathroom…. He is so lucky he’s perfect.

Every vet I’ve talked to talks badly about Nutrish- and recommended changing. Nova eats it fine but I want to ensure a good nutrition profile and less unnecessary additives. Looking into other brands I’ve heard mixed things on Hills Science, Purina, Royal Canin, etc. Would love to hear what you’re feeding your best friend and any recommendations

Vet is coming to us at home this afternoon to help us say goodbye to Konrad 💔

I hate that I'm posting this, but my emotions are staring to make me question my logic, and I just need to write this out, maybe get a couple opinions... I know the answer to my question, I'm just having a hard time accepting it at the moment.

This is Loki, and these pictures are from 10-25-2026. Loki is now 14 years old, and having medical issues.

About 3 years ago, he was diagnosed with the onset of laryngeal paralysis, nothing too bad yet, but it's progressing. Almost 1 year ago, he started having seizures. The cause of the seizures is a mass in his brain. We've been treating the seizures, but there is nothing we could do about the underlying cause. The Vet said we can treat the seizures, and the meds will help until they don't. Luckily he's been seizure free for almost 9 months now... However, I know it's only time until the meds stop working. Over the last couple months, I've carefully watched him, and overall he hasn't been doing horrible, he has been fading. his mobility is decreasing, his pain has been increasing, his breathing is getting worse, but in general he seems like he's still interested in life. After taking the above pictures, he wanted to go on a longer walk, and we took an almost 1/4 mile walk, and if he had his way, it would have been longer.

However, the Sunday before last, this bottomless pit of food disposal, nearly stopped eating entirely. He was down to less than 20% his normal food consumption. I also had a very hard time getting him to take his meds. Anti-Seizure meds are also something you can't miss, as it can trigger a seizure. I tried everything I could think of to get him to eat. It wasn't that he wasn't hungry, he just wouldn't eat. I'd make him some rice and turkey, he'd eat it the first time, but not the next day... On Wednesday, I called the vet, and they were able to move his appointment up and see him the next day. We got some Hill's Prescription diet food, and some other things, and he's now eating again....

But there was some really bad news as well. The Xray revealed a sizable spleenic tumor. The Vet is unsure if Loki's appetite issues is a direct result of the tumor, or if it was just a stomach bug and we found the tumor because of it.

Here's my question/point of contention... The Vet implied that surgery to remove it might still be an option... I know this tumor is a ticking time bomb that could go off in hours or months, but when it does, it'll be game over. However, I just don't see this as a good option. He's 14. would he even survive the surgery? would he ever recover? with his underlying medical condition would it even be reasonable to consider? I said no at the time, as I don't want to put him through that just because I want him to live longer. But now he's bounced back from the not eating, I'm beginning to doubt myself, as if the Vet thinks it's an option... Am I just being stupid for even second guessing that decision? Yeah, typing it out does make it a bit more clear that I am making the right call, but I would love to hear your thoughts.