Archived Bulldog Medical Health

Today is a very special day.. it's Gi Gi's second birthday. 

Gi Gi is adored by me, Alvin, Zathrus, Brett and Chris and Linda Borden.   We love you baby.

Nelia Duarte
Seattle, WA
http://www.facebook.com/neliad

So the vet (I love my vet!) did multiple skin scrapings. Luckily, there is no sign of mange, which is what I thought and no yeast. He does have a pretty bad staph infection secondary to allergies, lots of bacteria. She gave him cephalexin and an allergy dose of pred for 2 weeks(sigh...). I would have said no to the prednisone except he is so uncomfortable I really want to get it kick started. He will go back in 2 weeks. I could not afford to do an allergy panel at this visit but she said it's better not to allergy test when they are "hot" anyway.

I am not sure what to do with Gus.
he is just not into all this glitter and things of xmas. anything that even soo much as flickers and he is off to get it..
I have a huge house that is totally decorated or at least trying to decorate..
so my thoughts are..

NO decorations and that would be sad..for me.
or wander if taking him out of the house for the day..
and then bringing him back and get it done while he is out is the way to go..

I just watched this on the weather channel and thought it was worth the post.
what they said is that if we are depressed..
dogs can really read us well and our feelings
and then show signs of depression themselves.

they Paid special attention to the english bulldog..on the story

so thought..wow did not know that..
but makes really good sense

since the bulldog is soo intune with how we feel..

a depressed dog they said
would not really want to go for a walk

Took 5yr old Lola to Dr. B's office because we thought she might have a UTI. So they took Urine and just called them and got results back. Doctor says she has no UTI,crystals and her Urine pH is fine and only found that she showed inflammation in the urine and I asked what that meant and he said that her white blood cells were high.They gave me meds and say to continue to take them and see how she feels after she finishes her meds. Anybody else ever been told about the inflammation in the urine?
Hope the meds help.

Hello. I am new to this board but not to Bullies. We have 3 rescues. Austin a hyper 7 year old male, Memphis a 6 year old Queen of the house and our Baby Belle, she is a 3 year old female.

Our issues are with Belle and her skin. She looses her fur and her skin is blotchy pink in some places but mostly black and gray. She itches at herself so bad at some times that she will bleed and have tear off her top layer of skin.

how do you handle the situation if one of your male puppies that you sold hasn't dropped his testicles when you let him go to his new home? Just sold my 4 boys, none of them had testicles dropped when they left, they will be 9 weeks tomorrow. I told all the new owners to keep me posted, but if they don't drop, what's the "right"
thanks!

Lynn, Rosie, Zach, & Makenzie

OK. You will probably think I am nuts, but Zoe is now five years old. When she was a puppy, she really, really stunk. I did not notice it nearly as much once she was through puppyhood.

However, others still think she has a dog odor, and I agree. I smell it mainly on my hands after I pet her. She is kept inside, sleeps in a nice dog bed with her pug sister, etc.

worried about my 3 year old girl! She has been taking a long time to make it up the stairs. She is usually really active. She has been on medicine for a uti but mostly cleared up. Could she be getting arthritis already!!