growth

  1. Vabulldog

    There are 2 ways to project adult weight. What are your thoughts?

    You can double 4 month weight. My pup just hit 20 weeks and he's 23lbs. So, that'd put him right around 46lbs. Of you can Take his current weight and divide it by current # of weeks and multiply by 52. So, 23/20 = 1.15 x 52 = 59.8lbs. Which scenario seems more likely from your experience? My vet...
  2. K

    Bulldog with small head, will it grow?

    This is chubbs, sheā€™s a 1 year old English bulldog. Attached are what she looks like as a puppy when we got her and her now. Her head is slim, and sheā€™s very lean. We were just wondering if anyone else experienced a bully with a small head and did it grow? At what age? Or will she have a skinny...
  3. T

    New to the forum

    Iā€™m new here but not so new to the EB life. Our family welcomed our first EB Oscar into our family 9 years ago and thatā€™s when our lifeā€™s would never be the same. He filled our life with so much joy, laughter, snoring, and of course the farts! He lived a healthy life with very little issues...
  4. AceRN

    Help! When to neuter my puppy....

    I have an 11 month old English bulldog, that I would like to have neutered. I read that his growth plates were not completely formed and it was better to wait to neuter him. How old should he be? My gut instinct is telling to do this soon. He is showing signs of slightly aggressive behavior. I...
  5. MamaAndi

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Peppa~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Michigan

    Peppa was dumped at a shelter with a large growth in her abdomen. She had surgery to remove the growth and is feeling much better now. The picture posted was her on her freedom ride - no question about how happy she was to be spung! We are still evaluating her and how she is with other...
  6. MamaAndi

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Della~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Illinois

    "Darling Della is an owner surrender from the Whitley, Indiana Humane Society. Della is 6 years old and a French/English Bulldog mix. She is very overweight at 44 lbs. She is small and needs to lose 8 to 10 lbs to be at a healthy weight. Della was badly neglected. In fact, she was surrendered...
  7. MamaAndi

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Maisy Grace~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Florida

    Maisy Grace was surrendered to us without much medical care in her past. She will need to be spayed and is quite overweight. Her ears were dirty, her eyes were gunky and she has a large growth in her mouth. Our vet will be closely examining her and determining a treatment plan. Despite a lack of...
  8. Amy89

    Diarrhoea

    Hi all, help or advice is much appreciated We have been to the vets today as Bruce has had an upset tummy for 5 days now. He is drinking and seems normal in himself just quite bad diarrhoea. The vet has advised we keep him on a diet of chicken, rice, eggs and potatoes for the next 5 days...
  9. J

    Help Needed! Recurring edema in paw

    Hello all! I'm new to this forum but am reaching out in the hopes that someone may be able to provide some recommendations that may help. I apologize in advance for this long post. Our male EB, Gumbo, is turning 11 years old soon. He's generally always been in pretty good health and we've...
  10. MamaAndi

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~HollyBaby~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Florida

    Note: Not yet medically cleared. Holly Baby is 6-7 years old and came out of MDAS. She was used as a breeder dog and had extremely abnormal mammary growth. She has been spayed and had one abnormal mammary gland removed (the largest). Pathology reports is not cancer but recommended that clean...
  11. J

    Hercules New Weigh In and Growth Spur!

    Just thought Iā€™d let people know our baby Hercules just weighed in at a little over 45 lbs today! Heā€™s still got some growing to do but I think he will be a big boy! Hope everyone has a blessed day!
  12. Jlambe

    Help Needed! Hair not growing back after surgery

    So Mack had TPLO surgery back in January and he is doing great but the patch of hair they shaved on his back is not growing back. He does have Alopecia from time to time where his hair does thin out but this patch has no new hair growth. I am looking for any type of suggestions and I can take a...
  13. J

    Cosmetic Surgery

    Poor Mack the Bulldog has to go in for removal of a growth on his eyelid. Entropion is being discussed but I donā€™t see any. Maybe some Botox too?
  14. izstigspunks

    Surgery tomorrow. Anaesthesia question.

    Hi everyone. Stiggy is getting neutered tomorrow for a suspected growth. Heā€™s acting well thankfully. My husband noticed it and went to the vet right away. i was hoping that someone can provide me with insight on the most up to date safest method of anaesthesia on bulldogs. I know last time...
  15. Cbrugs

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Bette~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Texas

    Age: 4 Yrs. Old Gender: Female Special Needs: No Tolerant of children Tolerant of dogs Tolerant of cats Bette Covered in fleas and ticks Bette needed a rescue along time before she joined ours. Even though Bette was dark brindle it was easy to see the ticks crawling and the fleas jumping off...
  16. MamaAndi

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Ruby Girl~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Texas

    Welcome Ruby Girl to rescue! She was surrendered to a local shelter when her elderly owner fell ill. Ruby has been sick for a while and has been having some discharge, so the owner had been putting a diaper on her. But they had neglected to keep her as clean as they should so an infection has...
  17. MamaAndi

    AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! ~Phyllis~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Texas

    We just pulled sweet Phyllis from a local shelter. Weā€™ll have the massive mass on her left front leg addressed as soon as possible. Please keep her in your thoughts.1/10/18 Update: I her initial exam we discovered she has a large growth on her elbow that will need to be removed. She also has...
  18. M

    Lord Sigmund Bernard, Earl of Girls (AKA Sig)

    This is Sig and he turned 13 wks yesterday! We picked him up 3 weeks ago today and he has been both a dream as well as a canine terrorist! He is doing really well with potty and crate training.....the other training is hit or miss as we have 2 other dogs that can pose some serious distraction...
  19. M

    Puppy Food: Large Breed vs. Regular

    We just purchased Fromm Gold Puppy food and the store owner suggested we use the large breed puppy formula due to the English Bulldog breed issues with hips and joints. He feels that slowing the growth a bit may help. Thoughts?
  20. B

    HELP!!!

    I just purchased my English Bulldog who is 12 weeks old, and all of sudden this popped up on his face. I think it is a histiocytoma. I'm worried about it near his eye, does anyone have any advice or suggestions
  21. Vikinggirl

    HEMP FOR DOGS: SHOULD YOU USE IT?

    HEMP FOR DOGS: SHOULD YOU USE IT? Hemp For Dogs / By Dana Scott 9.7k 9.5k201 Is your dog missing out on a great superfood? You might be thinking, ā€œHemp is a variety of cannabis, Iā€™m not giving that to my dog!ā€ If you are, it would be too bad because hemp has many health promoting...
  22. Momma2Bullies

    Help Needed! BIZARRE GROWTH!

    Ok guys - here is something weird!!! Has anyone seen anything like this? What is it!!!!! Right now we're treating it topically with cortisone cream, I'm reluctant to have any kind of surgery since Wilbur has so much going on already....
  23. MamaAndi

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Mae~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Texas

    Please welcome Senior Saint Mae to the Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue family. Many thanks to our volunteer Mary who picked up Mae from a local shelter today. Mary says Mae has lost many of her teeth. Her eyes are cloudy and it appears sheā€™s had several litters. She weighs only about 30 pounds...
  24. MamaAndi

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~George Strait~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Texas

    I bet you thought I would have a guitar and a cowboy hat, but nope, not today! And really, I am more like a rock ā€˜nā€™ roll kind of fella anyway. But, let me tell you all about myself. I am a youngster ~ 9 months old! Yep, I grew big and thick and beautiful in 9 short months. My life has been...
  25. Laura M Velazquez

    Growth under Chin

    Asking for a friend that is part of SABR, San Antonio, TX. Her bully has a liquid filled growth under chin. Any ideas or experience with this? Sheā€™s taking to vet tomorrow. Thanks....
  26. G

    HELP!!! Bone/nail found on bulldog

    I just found what looks like a nail or bone growth on my bulldogs tail! It initially looked like a worm but it's really hard and when I tried to pull off it stated to bleed a little. She's 5 and never had anything like this before. Should I take her to emergency doggy vet or can it wait until...
  27. Steve Armstrong

    Identify this growth on rear leg?

    I am going to the vet tomorrow but wanted to see if the experts here can ID this growth (wart?) on the hind leg of my 7 month old pup. Looks like a crusty growth of some kind, drying and flaking but gross. Any ideas for what it is, cause, and treatment? Thanks.
  28. 1Chumly

    Deep Infection part 2

    We finally got Monty's results of his culture test last night. He has E.Coli, MRSP (abundant growths) and Enterococcus Species (low growth). He is now on the 136 mg Baytril, double what he was on before, for 3 weeks and Bactrim. Fingers crossed this will finally knock this out once and for all.
  29. ChrisRN

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~~Piper~~English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Oklahoma

    Status: Available Age: 5 Gender: Female Location: Oklahoma City, OK Reason given up for adoption: Stray Temperament: Great Health Condition: Good Placement Limitations: None Special Needs: No Comments: Piper came to us as a stray out of Wichita Falls, TX. She came into rescue with...
  30. Andy T

    Pebbles Spay Visit to the Vet

    Yesterday Pebbles was spayed & I had the doc check a popping noise coming from her elbow. He said the Xray showed that one of the 2 bones that run sort of parallel in her front arm had one bone growing faster than the other which was sort of cocking the joint.... Both bones still showed the...
  31. M

    Food inhailation

    Hi, I'm pretty new to the world of Bulldogs. We have a ten week old male. For the last two weeks he's had a cough. This turned into discharge from the nose. He's on antibiotics for a suspected upper respiratory infections. He's generally good in himself in that he plays when coaxed, eats like...
  32. R

    When to switch....

    Hey everyone!! When we got Reggie he was on Fish 4 Dogs white fish puppy food. We continued this until 2 weeks ago when Reggie started getting an upset tummy. He didn't quite have the runs but it wasn't far off. It continued for a few days so we took him to the vet and she said, based on the...
  33. Old School Dropout

    What other animal does your EBD remind you of sometimes?

    I've thought of several at different stages of growth and depending on what my boy was doing. I'll just name one to get started - Bear, mostly cubs when playing or sleeping. https://assets.rbl.ms/210703/980x.jpg
  34. TooTooMommy

    Small eyelid cyst on 13-year-old.....difficult surgery decision

    Hi everybully....I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Hubbs and I have NO experience with eldery doggies, nor have we ever been through the heartbreak of euthanasia. Our precious guy Professor adopted us 8 months ago---we adore him sooo much (do I even need to say that? LOL!) Our rescue...
  35. Manydogs

    A snippet of a quote about Apoquel

    "Meanwhile, this new drug that stops that worrisome and at times intolerable itching, causes low white cell count, low red cell count, stunted growth ā€“ and can increase your dogā€™s risk of cancer." Apoquel was only studied for 30 days before it's release. Use with caution,and as short a time...
  36. J

    Help! Managing Weight

    Walter is currently 14 weeks old and was born 5/23/16. We feed him Fromm Puppy (Pink Bag) and give him 2 1/2 cups a day, 1 1/4 cups in the morning and 1 1/4 cups in the evening. The vet today was concerned about his weight, he currently weighs 23.5lbs but to me he doesn't look overweight. Here...
  37. AdorabullHenry

    Neutering male bully

    My Henry is now about 4.5 months old. I have heard several differing opinions regarding fixing english bulldogs early causing them to have growth problems due to the lack of hormones not letting their growth plates close properly. I have heard this from the wonderful world of the internet but my...
  38. JennieS

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Mae~ English Bulldog Available for Adoption in Texas

    Please welcome Senior Saint Mae to the Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue family. Many thanks to our volunteer Mary who picked up Mae from a local shelter today. Mary says Mae has lost many of her teeth. Her eyes are cloudy and it appears sheā€™s had several litters. She weighs only about 30...
  39. JennieS

    I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED! ~Layla~ English Bulldog Available for Adoption in St. Louis, MO

    Layla Status: Available Age: 4 Gender: Female Location: Saint Louis, MO Reason given up for adoption: Medical, she had a UTI Temperament: excellent Health Condition: excellent Placement Limitations: fence Special Needs: No Comments: Layla is a wonderful girl! She is 4 years old, her...
  40. cefe13

    Is this a histiocytoma?

    Castor has this growth under his chin (upper part of his chest). It looks like pictures I've found of histiocytomas (benign skin tumour) but I suppose we need to let a vet look at it. We noticed it two weeks ago and at first we thought it was a bite that we hadn't seen (Castor was bitten by...
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