Recent content by Sharon Mitchel

Great idea! Since today is a holiday, he has been snuggled with me on the couch with socks on his paws. These look like a better solution. Thanks! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Pharmacies here no longer carry icthamol. One had PRID, a homeopathic drawing salve. It’s brownish! Using it now. Thanks for heading me in the right direction! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

In the words of the very wise CFO where I work...”it never matters till it matters! “ Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks so much! Yes, I will always be inspecting Charley’s paws now and encourage others to do so too! Like I said, this is a first for us in our many years of Bulldogs! I check him for the rare tick and do check his paws periodically for yeast, interdigital cysts, etc. Never a problem! But...

That’s a good idea! Not sure if pet store in our rural area will have icthamol, but another store that sells large animal feed might. I’ll call around at 9. I’m concerned about the Black getting on carpet. Charley is no longer used to crate for confinement. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks so much! The vet really wasn’t very helpful! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I ran across this last night. Are there drawing salves that aren’t black and tar like? How do I wrap his paws in a way he won’t be able to get the bandages off? Sorry if this is a dumb question. We’ve just never had paw issues like this before. I also thought about using a pore cleaner like...

It is a grass for sure, though not foxtail. We live in a rural area with grassy ditches, many grassy fields and tall grasses adjacent walking paths through our forested green belts. Even in our housing development there are no sidewalks. My error is not inspecting his paws. In our 33 years of...

Friday evening Charley’s paw hurt. In looking carefully we found these little grass seeds (not foxtails) sticking in the pads of his two front feet. I got the ones not fully embedded out, but I can see lots more little black dots, so they are in too deep to pull with tweezers. The vet had me...

Charley had this and it had gone into a serious staph infection. Took multiple rounds of antibiotics! Topical remedies were not sufficient. Best wishes! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I agree with others that switching to a higher quality food would be a good idea. He does look a bit underweight to me. Have you looked at food ratings on Dog Food Reviews and Ratings | Dog Food Advisor ? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Charley got more of a waist when he exercised a lot! Now he's not exercising so much and thickening up again, though not fat. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Our girl Leiah, kept getting bladder infections. Ultimately we found she had bladder "gravel", tiny sones. The surgery was tough, but she recovered and lived several more years! And yes, she did have a "weak bladder" so couldn't be left alone all day uncrated while we were at work. Sent from...

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Back in the 90's, our Vickie had soft palate surgery. She slept a lot and if I recall they had me give her her regular kibble softened with water. She did recover well. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk