In the midst of mourning our beautiful boy, my husband and I saw a craigslist add for an Olde English needing a new home.
He explained she was 100% house trained, good with small dogs and kids, and UTD on everything.
We drove 2 hours south to meet her and saw she was skinny and anxious. She...
Thank you, everybody!
It was a rough first week, but we survived.
Like fate, we saw a craigslist add of somebody wanting to get rid of their 2.5-3y/o Olde English a few days ago. They'd gotten a new puppy and were bored with the 'old' dog. She is certainly helping us not dwell on the sadness...
It's been 2 days and it still feels surreal. I have never experienced such shock and pain in my life.
Gus was only 7 and had only just started getting senior side effects. He started getting seizures last year, but I was able to help him and he hadn't had once in 9 months. Friday morning he...
Yes - Only when home. We currently have the net patio door (bug door?) with a dog door and have to have the sliding door wide open for them to use it - and our AC is through the room (South California!) We looked at the patio doors but sadly, it will make our door entrance too narrow. Do you...
I can not, for the life of me, figure out the correct dog door size!! The ones at petsmart state a 9in width for a large...Everybody said it'd work, but Gus is 12/13in wide! We have an XL patio door currently and he has around 3in clearance on the sides! We also have a Boxer, but she is very...
Totally unrelated so I MIGHT start a new thread... But can bulldogs just randomly develop hip dysplasia?! Gus has shown symptoms now for 2 days, limping has turned into him just dragging his back right leg around...And last night he didn't jump at my husband! (Normally as soon as he gets home...
I was thinking it was a cyst, but a lot of friends kept saying it looked like a foxtail and he needed a vet ASAP!
Well $200 later, it's diagnosed as allergies, they shaved his paw and cut the spot open (they said it MIGHT have been infected, it smells dreadful!) and my bright husband declined a...
I think my boy just likes to keep us on our toes!
Gus normally gets allergies in the summer (we have always lived in places with 4 seasons, and now we are in California lol!) and since changing his dog food, his paws stopped being red.
I noticed the past week or 2 he was licking them again, and...
So we think this is the problem! It's his food. He has actually started starving himself. I am having to mix his favorite food in the food to get him to eat (cheese, cucumber, chicken ect)
We just ordered Natures Variety Instinct. Going to pick up a small bag whilst we wait for the giant bag in...
His breathing is unchanged, and his paws and chin have always slightly bothered him, he has acne on his chin but that seems to come and go every so often and he licks his paws randomly too, but they aren't red. I just tried the scrambled eggs and he ate the entire bowl. So it could be the food...
I don't think they checked his ears, I will have to ask my husband as he did the vet visit. He said they were pretty quick to go everything. His eyes are gunky again today and again, has refused breakfast. I even put some banana in there for him! He seemed okay again yesterday, was eating just...
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I really don't post much!
Today has me a little worried about our dog though. He loves food. Always has. Usually chows down within minutes and looks for any spilled food. Last week, he started getting cherry eye in his right eye and it was all red and bloodshot, so we have been giving...
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I haven't posted in a while. Last I was on here, I mentioned Gus had throat and nose surgery and was getting ready for the flight from Japan to California. He arrived here on Friday night, the flight went amazingly well and he has been cheerful as ever. However, the day he landed, we...
So since having a small breakfast and finally getting a potty break (the vet said to keep him indoors, but I figured going in the yard for toilet time was ok?) he seems pretty much back to himself already! I expect the scratchy sounding breathing will last atleast a handful of days, but it's...