West Highland Terrier Rescue

i have a rescue dog who’s almost 2 and is a mix breed and a 6 month old west highland terrier puppy. the oldest dog has always hand strange tendencies (licking people, sniffing the puppy’s private areas constantly) and now he’s started to casually rip out the puppy’s fur. it’s not vicious as far as i can tell but i’d still like to know why he’s doing it.

Vicious or not, protect the baby/puppy

so.. I’ve got a 2 1/2 year old male west highland terrier. We got him from a rescue centre last February and he wasn’t being fed regularly before. We have him shaved and left with a fluffy face (in case that will effect what his weight looks like). He gets fed a bowl full of dry biscuits every night. He seems a lot skinnier than the other west highland terrier’s i have seen (he doesn’t look like a foot stool LOL)
Should he still be this skinny at his age? Will he get bigger as he gets older? What should i do to help him put on weight?
Thanks in advance

You need to talk to your veterinarian about this. Every dog is different. He just may be smaller than average, or look skinnier because he’s shaved. Are bones sticking out badly?

If your dog actually is underweight, you can feed puppy food. Puppy food has a higher calorie content and can help dogs put on weight.

My dog is 14 years old, West Highland Terrier mix rescued from a puppy mill at age three. She has been coughing for a while and the vet said it was because our house was too dry. We added a humidifier and her cough didn’t improve. A year later it has gotten worse, she is pacing, coughing, panting, and unable to sleep for more than half an hour at a time. Sometimes her cough is so bad she has to lay down while doing it. We have asked the vet to put her down, her quality of life isn’t good but the vet keeps saying no and she insists it’s the dry air. After a hear of a humidifier in almost every room I highly doubt that the place isn’t humid enough for her. I know she’s old and it could just be age, but the vet isn’t helping us, the next closest vets is about two hours away and we don’t have the money to get there. What could be making my dog cough?

Serious answers only, nothing stupid please. I’m looking for serious answers of a deeply loved family pet. You post something not helpful, I will report you. Simple as that. Thank you.
Thank you all for answering. we’ve had her since she was three and she’s been up to date on all her shots. The coughing started when she hit eleven. She got blood work done, that was about it. Again, out vet isn’t good. I’ve written many times complaining about her to no avail. I never thought about taking her to a shelter to see what they could do, even if they would have a vet we could see. At 14, having lived a good life (aside from the puppy mill) I’m afraid the only option should it be heart worms or heart failure… I’m thinking it’d be best for her to be put down. I don’t like seeing her pace and not sleep, it breaks my heart. Being almost fully blind, deaf, unable to control her bowl movements… I think it’d be for the best. having posted this and your results it almost confirms my worst fears, but thank you so much for having compassion and posting here. I really do appreciate it, very much. Bless you all.

Test her for heartworms, honestly your current vet sounds like a quack who just wants your money but if that’s the only vet within reasonable distance you don’t have many options. Also have the vet check for an upper respiratory infection (he should listen to her lungs and heart with a stethoscope). Also it is very unusual for the vet to refuse to euthanize a dog, sounds like another scheme to make you keep coming back so he can make more money off of you. Regardless of what the vet says tell him to check her lungs and do a heartworm test just so your vet can’t bs you tell him to do the heartworm test in the same room you are in, it takes about 10 minutes to give a result and 2 blue dots mean heartworm possitive.

At her age unfortunately treatment would probably kill her as her symptoms sound like the advanced stages of heartworms in my opinion and the fast treatment will take cost you over $300. If she isn’t on heartworm prevention put her on it if she has heartworms, if its so advanced she will have them the rest of her life but it may give her a better quality of life and a few more years.

Right now I have 2 dogs… but when I move out in like 5 years my parents wont let me take them (I assume) so my list of dogs that I want are:

1. Great Dane
2. Chihuahua
3. West Highland Terrier or Cairn Terrier
and
4. French Bulldog or Boston terrier

Mostly a great dane… they are such amazing dogs… also Ive done alot of reasearch and they are really the perfect dog for me …
I plan on moving into the city so He would be intimidating (looking) but still super friendly (well most Ive come in contact with are like this… they look like massive guard dogs… but they were soo friendly )

So its kind of a perfect fit…also I like going on long walks… and the area I want to live in, in the City has a park right beside it… (like a trail) so I could take him through there, then go back up this long street … LOL I have this planned out.perfectly… he is a big dog but they say if you excersize them enough, and play with them enough that they dont need a big property…and that they are couch potatoes when at home… so theyre kind of like me… energetic when Im outside… but lazy when Im indoors … BUT I would get him while I still lived at home (working part time) .. that way I can train him full on for a good year, so when I move out he is trained and socialized properly,

Lol :p so which dogs would you get in the future? and why?

Lol Right now I have a chinese crested I rescued off the streets. and a Golden-mix
I love them both… and they are perfect but I think it would be nice to change it up

Right Now I Have Kimo! P

My Cute Chihuahua, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH! <3333333

In The Near Future I Would Want A Yorkshire Terrier! P

http://www.teacupyorkiedogs.com/wp-content/uploads/yorkshire_terrier_pups_03a.jpg

She’s a White West Highland Terrier. She’s around 5 years old. His dad used to breed dogs (as a BYB) and wanted to use her, but she killed her pups. I tried to take care of her during the summer (bathing her, walking her everyday, etc) but I couldn’t manage it. It’s junior year, I have a lot of classes, and I also have my own dog to take care of. She also isn’t neutered.
She’s a very, very sweet girl, absolutely loving towards my friend’s family, but they don’t realize it. She looked like a mop. I had to cut off chunks of her fur and then I took her to the groomers. She’s lively and knows how to play fetch and absolutely loves being pet. It breaks my heart because they keep her in a cage all day and the only interaction with her is feeding her and giving her water. She might have diabetes (or UTI, either one causes peeing problems). They won’t take her to the vet, won’t walk her, and they won’t even pet her.
They even let her out of the gate and see is she’d run away, but she’d come back each time. I really want her to go to a new home, she’s so loving. When I took care of her during the summer, his dad said she’s "mine now". So should I ask to see if they want to take her to the shelter or a rescue group?
Sorry it’s so lengthy.
I can’t take her in. My yard is not safe for her and no one’s at home to crate train her. My mom doesn’t want her in her house.
Oh I just notied. I meant she’s not *spayed.

Can you take her on yourself? Would your parents let you have her? If not, then yes, I think you should tell them to give her to a shelter. This poor little dog is not being treated correctly and she needs to see a vet. I would even go as far as to say you should report them if they refuse to take her to a shelter. You are really the only hope she has of finding the caring, loving home she deserves, so please don’t let her down.