alopecia

  1. Jlambe

    Help Needed! Hair not growing back after surgery

    So Mack had TPLO surgery back in January and he is doing great but the patch of hair they shaved on his back is not growing back. He does have Alopecia from time to time where his hair does thin out but this patch has no new hair growth. I am looking for any type of suggestions and I can take a...
  2. SMammers816

    Calling All Raw Subject Matter Experts!

    Hi Guys... Happy Thursday! As a few of you may know, we just welcomed Cooper (8 weeks) to our clan this week. WE LOVE HIM!! My 4 year old Gunner... not so much, but that is a different story for a different day. Cooper's breeder feeds all of her dogs and puppies raw. She has her own raw dog...
  3. G

    Help Needed! RUPTURED ACL

    Hi Everyone. I took my 5 year old EB girl Rosie to an orthopedic specialist today and he said her ACL is ruptured in her left back leg and needs surgery. I am terrified of losing her in surgery, have heard of too many bulldogs not making it through. I asked him about a brace and he said that I...
  4. Cbrugs

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Ambush~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Nebraska

    Status: Available Age: 8 Gender: Female Location: Omaha, NE​ Meet Ambush! Her history is a bit scattered so she'll be with us while we figure out her needs. Ambush definitely can lose a few pounds to keep her joints happy and has seasonal flank alopecia that we will address. More info to come...
  5. 2BullyMama

    Raw switch - 3.5 month status

    Sorry a little late, but work has been busier than I can ever rememebre. The boys are still doing great... annual wellness check went great! Our vet is thrilled that we switched to raw and said he can see the benefits.. We are fully on duck at this time, but thinking about trying the rabbit...
  6. MamaAndi

    AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! ~Baby~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Texas

    Some dogs come to us with the saddest stories. This is not one of those. Baby is six years old and has lived and was loved by with the same family since she was two months old. But a lot of changes have taken place in the family these past six years. They now find themselves in a position where...
  7. 1Chumly

    Post-clipping alopecia

    As many of you know, Monty had a deep infection near his tail that involved surgeries and of course, the hair being shaved in the area. It always took a long time to grow back, months. We are going through it again but this time his skin is different. Half of the area has grown in but the...
  8. 2BullyMama

    Raw switch - a month in

    The boys continue to do very well! We are off of the mackerel and on beef . Mackerel did not agree with them, Lambeau's ears became dirty and Cheli was chewing and licking his paws. We are only three days in on the beef so it will be a few days before I see any type of positive of negative...
  9. B

    Help Needed! Skin Problem

    Hello, I am new to this website, I found the site because I was searching for information on EBD skin problems. My EBD, Bella has had problems since I picked her up at 8 weeks old almost 9 years ago but regardless we love her. In early fall I noticed a few spots on her back which likely were hot...
  10. Y

    Help - Patch of Fur Missing!

    My Bulldog, Smalls, had developed what I thought was Alopecia about 9 months ago and the hair has grown back on the one side but the other side hasn't. About 2 weeks ago I noticed this raised knot on the area where the Alopecia is and didn't think much of it and then yesterday he developed a...
  11. betterxthanxnew

    Help Needed! Head Tremors

    I had hoped we weren't going to have this issue.... but it's been a long sleepless weekend. Effie has started having head tremors. I'm really shocked, because she's going to be 3 next January, and I really thought if she was going to have them, we would have seen them by now! My husband was...
  12. ddnene

    Update on the Wallygator... and Willow!!!

    My wonderful vet is NOW fully operating, so she came by today to do the annuals on the pups and take Wallygator's blood again... Walter's potassium, thyroid and electrolyte levels were perfect!!! SO now we are attributing his flank hair loss to seasonal alopecia, which I'm NOT going to treat...
  13. A

    Bald spots and scabs

    Hello, Our baby Buster has been shedding for about 6 months now. We have him on Vet3 caps similar to fish oil, but it doesn't seem to be helping his coat. In fact, recently he's developed scabs on the bald spots in his body. I've read that perhaps Melatonin might help out. Has anyone had his...
  14. PeteyButterbean

    Thinning hair on back

    Hello All, I noticed a few weeks ago that Petey had a few spots of hair gone on his back, but didn't think about it because he rolls around a lot in the backyard, but today I gave him a bath and noticed that the hair was thinning quite bad on his back and the small spots were getting bigger...
  15. ddnene

    Help Needed! Wallygator is losing hair... seasonal alopecia

    I just gave the pups a good brushing, and Lily had told me the other day that Wally had some thin spots. His entire one side is almost bald, and I guess we didn't notice it because his skin is dark and it looked like his fur. When he was out in the sun you can really see the bald areas...
  16. mcardle3

    Sherman, that once in a lifetime dog

    They say that once in a lifetime, every dog owner gets to live with, be with, love with their dog soulmate. Sherman was my dog soulmate. We lost him to cancer and Cushings disease this past October...his passing was devastating to us, although at 10, and with his illness, we knew our time...
  17. I

    Answers Needed, greatly appreciated

    My english bulldog keeps on gagging and making chocking noises as if he were about to throw up for a couple of months. He had two seizures two or three months ago, and we took him to the vet, but he hasn't had any, as far as i know, since then. He's also developed this weird balding that is very...
  18. Opie CHL

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Zena~ English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Indiana~

    Zena is Adoption Ready Intake type: Owner Surrender Intake date: 05/14/2016 Age: 2 years Gender: Female Weight: 66 lbs Energy level: Medium High Good with other dogs: Yes Good with cats: Yes Good with kids: Yes Object aggression: none Special needs: None noted Medications: none Crate trained...
  19. Pennyblossom

    Talk to me specifically about Fromms-internist has me more confused then ever.

    So Penny has been on Blue Buffalo wilderness Salmon since we rescued her but with her seasonal flank alopecia we talked to the general vet about possible food allergies and she put her on the Hills Z/D for skin issues as a food trial. We have seen no change in the 8 weeks she has been on it, but...
  20. M

    Alopecia x Survey

    I would like to know how many bulldogs in this community have Alopecia X. How many of the bulldogs that are positive to Alopecia X had mothers or fathers that were brindle, and if the sibling you possess with Alopecia X has a different color coat?
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