Hugs to you for being so diligent and caring for your boy Morris. I wonder if you have tried a vegan diet. Our last English bulldog was allergic to all meats with associated very itchy skin and recurrent yeast and bacterial infections both skin and ear. I couldn't stand to watch her scratch...
We lost our girl Bacon on Thursday 3/28/19. Like you, we are gutted. Thank you for loving and caring so well for your sweet Bacon. Hugs to you from a fellow grieving bulldog mama.
Our vet is supportive of the vegan diet especially after she saw the improvements in Buttercup's health (dramatically improved allergies and skin and no more seizures). A vet named Dr. Ernie Ward feeds his dog a vegan diet with part kibble and part home-cooked food. I wish he would share his...
How did Dozer end up progressing? I am curious b/c Buttercup is still eating V-dog or Nature's Balance vegan kibble but I find she does even better (eyes are white instead of a little red) when I give her home cooked food. And she just loves it. I grind it in a blender because she does not chew...
Thanks for sharing your experience! I see the same thing with staring. We got Winston neutered a few weeks ago and he seems to back down more easily. Buttercup got spayed last week. Guess we'll see if these make a difference.
I've actually thought about you and Banks a lot lately because I remember how much you miss her. And your statement about knowing her triggers and keeping her in a command is really on point for us. As long as we don't let either of them up on our laps or give anyone special attention we are...
Hope you are able to find and correct a medical cause. I'm no expert on dog behavior but we have two bulldogs who fight. We are going to try spay and neuter but if that doesn't work we will have to re-home one of them. It has been a roller coaster for us. Their jaws are very, very strong and...
So new update -- we decided to try spay and neuter then keep mostly apart for a couple of months while their hormones decline and re-evaluate. We keep one of them with each of us much of the time and have them in the same room only in a controlled situation (e.g., both of us present with them on...
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Thanks to all of you for your kind words. I sometimes catch myself thinking maybe we won't have to rehome but then Buttercup growls and I realize it's for the best as you say.
Now I understand all those adoption posts that say "She needs to be the only dog...
So since we started our efforts Buttercup's jealousy and fight-picking have only worsened. They had two particularly bad fights this weekend and we had to visit the vet to treat a bite abscess. Now they are unable to even be in the same room without Buttercup starting her stiffen-up-and-growl...
That's a great point. She did fume the one time we tried it. Right now maybe we just need to keep them in a relative truce. I think they're ok in all areas where humans are not involved so it seems prudent to try it that way for a while. They actually do very well living in tandem with each...
Thanks for this. I think you are right! They both sleep in crates now (no bed). No more lap time for them or floor time for us.
Our trainer thought Buttercup should get used to us petting Winston so she can learn that she doesn't own us and that she can't control our relationship with him. She...
9 year training session...oh my goodness I do not look forward to that! And she was spayed, wasn't she? How did you guys handle that?!
I don't think I'm getting tense, but maybe she is being protective. I sort of wonder if she's labeling me as "MINE!" I want to convey to her that I have a...
We adopted 5-year old Winston about a month ago. 4-year old Buttercup has never been good with other dogs, but Winston needed a home and we hoped things would be different with an EB. We were wrong. We've worked with a trainer and are doing Nothing in Life is Free mostly with good results. They...