acarabias
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- Sep 15, 2011
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Aldo Chocolate, Katara Fiona, Bruno Cannoli
Ok, as you may know I had Katara very very sick last Saturday. Well, I am happy to report she is doing better and wanting to get in trouble again. I have a few concerns about her health still and I am not 100% sure what happened to her. She has a follow up vet visit tomorrow with her regular vet and I really need to talk to her about it. The er vet seems to think it was related to her raw feeding and aspiration (which aspiration can happen with any food), but she also told me that the pattern in her lungs was not definitive for aspiration but more of a near choking incident. Her trachea appeared narrow on her first x ray but normal for the breed in the 2nd X-ray. I contacted Katara's breeder yesterday and we discussed the issue; she said that bulldogs have very sensitive throats and tracheas that any mild choking incident can cause them to quickly build up fluid in their lungs. She mentioned that many bulldogs have died from pulling on their collars. This conversation lighted a bulb in my head. That same day Katara went to training class and we are teaching her to heel and the collar gets popped every time she walks the wrong direction. Also, we are teaching her to not go through an open gate but wait until I allow her to continue. Every time she walked past the gate I was taught to pop her collar. I am thinking I could have clearly been too rough with her and caused trauma to her trachea and it responded by swelling and fluid overload. Does this sound right? The breeder seems to think it's very possible. She told me her bulldogs never wear collars but always harnesses.
Have any of you had any experience with this? I feel horrible that I might have been responsible for the episode, but at the same time I want answers and I can live with this because it is easily preventable.
Do you have any harnesses you like for training your bulldogs?
Now, onto my boy Aldo, a week ago he developed a hotspot on his neck. I shaved the area and it was looking wonderful, had a scab and was already starting to fall off. I had felt some other areas that were raised and tough around it but no redness or discharge. Well since Katara got released from the hospital they sent her home on a bland diet of boiled chicken and rice and guess who wanted the same... Sunday night and monday I fed Aldo boiled chicken and rice. . Last night his skin was still improving and this morning I almost wanted to cry when I saw him. He had redness and irritation and some bloody discharge from the top of his head to in between his shoulder blades. OMG! can it really be the rice? can the allergies be this severe from one day to the next? or can it be something else like Mange. He doesn't seem to be bothered much by it. I cleaned it with surgical soap and dried and it seems to be already improving. I love my dogs but I have to admit I am very overwhelmed by them. they have an appointment tomorrow at 3pm. I know this was long and I am sorry, but I just want to cry sometimes knowing that they can be suffering and I want to do what's best for them. I need a harness for both and need to see what's bugging my boy and his skin.
thank you so much,
Ana
Have any of you had any experience with this? I feel horrible that I might have been responsible for the episode, but at the same time I want answers and I can live with this because it is easily preventable.
Do you have any harnesses you like for training your bulldogs?
Now, onto my boy Aldo, a week ago he developed a hotspot on his neck. I shaved the area and it was looking wonderful, had a scab and was already starting to fall off. I had felt some other areas that were raised and tough around it but no redness or discharge. Well since Katara got released from the hospital they sent her home on a bland diet of boiled chicken and rice and guess who wanted the same... Sunday night and monday I fed Aldo boiled chicken and rice. . Last night his skin was still improving and this morning I almost wanted to cry when I saw him. He had redness and irritation and some bloody discharge from the top of his head to in between his shoulder blades. OMG! can it really be the rice? can the allergies be this severe from one day to the next? or can it be something else like Mange. He doesn't seem to be bothered much by it. I cleaned it with surgical soap and dried and it seems to be already improving. I love my dogs but I have to admit I am very overwhelmed by them. they have an appointment tomorrow at 3pm. I know this was long and I am sorry, but I just want to cry sometimes knowing that they can be suffering and I want to do what's best for them. I need a harness for both and need to see what's bugging my boy and his skin.
thank you so much,
Ana