So heartening to know others still have bulldog toilet problems! Jasper is 9 months and we have the opposite problem - pretty much toilet trained when we are around but will happy poop and pee in his pen overnight and when left alone.
We had to put a baby gate between the rooms so he was...
Jasper is a destroyer and my recommendations are either Nylabones or coffee wood branches which he really loved because he could destroy them but the tiny papery pieces that come off are safe for dogs.
I am current watching a cherry eye that was tucked at 5 months and popped back out around 8 months.
The cherry is less red this time and sort of still crescent shape like the tucked eyelid was rather than round? But it's definitely reappeared.
We were given artificial tears but to be honest...
When Jasper was tiny he loved hollow plastic balls (like ball pit balls) and tennis balls but he can destroy a tennis ball in literally 10 mins, and whatever he destroys he eats the pieces.
He loved his treat ball like this:
Minuses were its hard plastic so incredibly noisy and he soon...
My 9 month old was neutered at 5 months and it didn't stop his humping.
Puppy trainer believes (and I agree) that in his case it is excitement/dominance humping as he does not hump people/toys/furniture and he is more likely to hump male dogs than female. He just gets so excited with off-leash...
We had a spay/age related incontinence problem with our bull mastiff.
We had incurin (hormonal, tightens up the muscles in the rear end, bladder etc) which we were able to keep her on the lowest possible dose (1/2 tablet a day) for many months. It stopped the leaking entirely at the time but...
Jasper had nares and palate done at 5 months at the same time as his neuter. Apparently he had a little elongation but not a huge amount. They also x rayed and examined when he was under and he does have a very narrow larynx and slightly everted larygeal saccules but the vet notes say they felt...
I would be curious to know....but I have been pregnant the whole time we have had Jasper so I wouldn't know if his behaviour would change.
He doesn't seem to be concerned about trying to bite/jump or me or stomping on my belly though so I have had to be very strict about that.
I do know...
I used a soft webbing longe/lunge line with both my previous bull mastiffs as they couldn't be trusted off-lead. The only slight beef is you have to pay a bit of attention to feeding them out or pulling them in or else they liked to drag the lead through puddles and stuff but I would definitely...
FWIW as another England-er - I don't think you will have a problem feeding your guy the adult Wainrights. We did as we got some free when we got him at 4 months and they had run out of puppy so gave us adult. As far as I can see the only difference is the kibble size and if he is anything like...
Ok, went to the vets today (not the vet that did the repair, that was done by the rescue) and everything is basically as I thought.
Yes, the cherry has recurred and the tack at least partially failed. Only option in his opinion is to go for another repair under general anaesthetic. However, he...
It was tacked - don't know what technique was used to be honest only I know it wasn't removed.
When he was waiting for his op we had to give drops (artificial tears) every day anyway to stop it getting irritated- I don't know how vets feel about removal here in the UK as oppose to the US but...
I'm after opinions please on cherry eye, cherry eye repairs and recurrence of the prolapse after repair please!
Jasper had his cherry eye repaired when we adopted him, about 5 months max. His eye wasn't perfect and he still had a saggier eyelid and more visible pink 'membrane' (eyelid?) in that...
Quick update on this in case anyone is interested!
We got a pen like the one I posted before, big enough for his bed and a pad.
Gradual introduction went out the window since Jasper decided to eat my skirting boards the day after we got the crate so he was in at the deep end!
On the good...