Baxter Tiberius
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- Apr 16, 2015
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I know english bulldogs have allergies. I don't know if this is from that though. He didn't do this when we lived in Miami where the air was very moist. Now we're in southern california and its very dry. The outside of his nose is always bone dry.
When you're in a very dry environment, your body overcompensates by producing more moisture. I don't know if that's what's happening here. Maybe it's just allergies, but I'm not going to dose him with Benadryl daily for the rest of his life either..
Baxter pretty much SNOTS out of his nose every 3 minutes. Someone leans down to pet him, he snots all over their face. Its a quick exhale through his nose, blowing out the snot. He has done it so many times that people wont go near him or cuddle him anymore.
I've trained him a little bit - every time he covers my face in snot-spray I will do the same thing back to him immediately. Seems mean but it works. Now I see him catch himself sometimes and turn his head before he does it.
I was just wondering if anyone else here has this issue? Ive never seen a bulldog do it, and I would like to fix it. Drying him up more (with an anti-histhamine) doesn't seem to be the solution (he's already bone dry and devours water like crazy here).
Is it possible this is somehow tied to having the nostril problem? Like if we have them opened (Nares) will symptoms like this subside maybe? His arent too crazy squished together, but they're not great either.
EDIT: maybe it is allergies. As a kid I had allergy shots because I was suffering from allergies so bad. They worked amazingly well. I wonder if there are allergy shots for dogs. The goal is to inject small amounts weekly until the over-sensitization is reduced.
When you're in a very dry environment, your body overcompensates by producing more moisture. I don't know if that's what's happening here. Maybe it's just allergies, but I'm not going to dose him with Benadryl daily for the rest of his life either..
Baxter pretty much SNOTS out of his nose every 3 minutes. Someone leans down to pet him, he snots all over their face. Its a quick exhale through his nose, blowing out the snot. He has done it so many times that people wont go near him or cuddle him anymore.
I've trained him a little bit - every time he covers my face in snot-spray I will do the same thing back to him immediately. Seems mean but it works. Now I see him catch himself sometimes and turn his head before he does it.
I was just wondering if anyone else here has this issue? Ive never seen a bulldog do it, and I would like to fix it. Drying him up more (with an anti-histhamine) doesn't seem to be the solution (he's already bone dry and devours water like crazy here).
Is it possible this is somehow tied to having the nostril problem? Like if we have them opened (Nares) will symptoms like this subside maybe? His arent too crazy squished together, but they're not great either.
EDIT: maybe it is allergies. As a kid I had allergy shots because I was suffering from allergies so bad. They worked amazingly well. I wonder if there are allergy shots for dogs. The goal is to inject small amounts weekly until the over-sensitization is reduced.