We have an 11 year old male English Bulldog named Otis. Yesterday in the morning I thought I saw blood in his urine. When he first initially went to the bathroom, the urine was definitley red. I kept looking and the rest of the day it was yellow- looked back to normal. Today it was the same. We...
Okay so Otis is finally on the road to recovery! The surgery went well and he did great! Once he got home he started with diarrhea that just kept dripping out below the stitches from the rectum. We had to deal with it for a day. We finally got control of that. After 24 hours he was back to his...
Any advice on tail amputation surgery would be greatly appreciated! I am so nervous! Otis will be 5 at the of the month. We have had numerous tail pocket infections that we can't get rid of! He started with some aggression issues (we think due to the pain) but started seeing a behaviorist. I am...
How does it look? Obviously it needs to get done but I am really nervous about putting him under and making sure he feels better! Did you see a difference in your dog?
The behaviorist says no but the surgeon said it may be. We will see! I am willing to try anything to help the issue! He is such a large part of our family so we need to figure it out. We hold his mouth shut for the heartworm medicine every month- so annoying! I will try the ice cream and if all...
My 4 1/2 year old stubborn bulldog is too smart for his own good! He started on medication for aggression and was doing fine for 2 weeks. I have been trying cream cheese, hotdog, peanut butter, braunschweiger- you name it! He is allergic to chicken so I used to hide it in chicken nuggets but no...
Exactly us! I take him to a groomer to clean all the spots I did not know about and guess they did not clean it either! I feel so bad I did not know about the tail pocket. I have read about witch hazel on other sites. Is Fezzik's tail pocket deep? Did Fezzik ever have an infection? Did the witch...
I guess I am just opposed since I do not want to put him under for surgery. Obviously he has been part of our family and we love him dearly! I guess I feel better reading a few stories about it. I really do not know a lot about it. He is our very first dog so we are very attached- like all of...
Please help me! I have a 4 1/2 year old bulldog, Otis. He has had issues with anal glands for years. We changed his food to Orijen with fiber one cereal to help thicken up his stools. We have seemed to get that under control. I had no idea that he had a deep tail pocket! My husband googled it...
Gosh we do not clean his tail regularly. We take him for a spa bath once a month for a cleaning. They focus on it breed specific so I know his tail gets cleaned then. How often should I be cleaning it? How do you do it? What do I do it with?
They have not said anything about his tail. The vets we go to are supposed to be bulldog experts but I am thinking about getting a second opinion. I am not liking what we have dealt with so far on this issue. I will try the pumpkin and get some tomorrow. We currently go to a pet store close that...
Shouldn't I be trying to make the stool harder? He has soft stools now. I thought that making them harder helps to excrete the glands so they don't get infected. Any food help would be greatly appreciated!!
He is healthy other than the recent gland issue. We have not had any other issues.
He weighs 62 lb. He is currently eating Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul (the breeder had him on this). I never switched him because I was afraid of upsetting his stomach. The vet recommended Royal Canine? She thought a fish and potato food. I am not really sure what it means so I bought the...
We have never owned an English Bulldog before. We have an adorable 2 year old 62 lb English bulldog who started having anal gland problems about 6 months ago. The first infection was detected at our pet groomers- our dog did not show any signs (no scooting). We were put on antiobiotics and it...