hives

Hi all! I have popped in once in awhile, but just can't find the time to spend what I would like here! Jackson is now almost 11 months old, and is just a love!! He has been very healthy and happy- until the past several days. He started 4 days ago with one episode of vomiting during the night...

I have A 7mo old female Bulldog named Lexi. I got her when she was 4mo old, the first month we had no problems. One Monday morning she started to act strange running around rubbing her face on the floor and tossing her bed around.Then she threw up bile that's when I noticed her face was...

This is my baby girl Nala 10 months old. She has had this happen 4 times in the last 2 months. The first time they thought it was a bee sting. 2nd and 3rd time, she had just gotten a bath with some special medicine shampoo, and immediately broke out, so we thought it was the shampoo. We got...

Update: Today is day three since her last hive flare up. The Benadryl and prednisone were both to be cut back. Benadryl went from every 8 hours to every 12. The prednisone went to every 24 hours. She was itchy s little last night and then more so this morning. A small flare up but it is around...

Most of you already know about Wally's pulled hammy... NOW Willow is having issues. I was on the phone w/my mom, and I noticed that Willow was pushing ALL of the dining room chairs across the room. Her face was swollen... call the vet and luckily I had the meds on hand. Her face swelled up...

Hi! My English bulldog Bella is almost 8 months old. She is my first English Bulldog. She has been on Purina Pro Plan. I recently came across this site and read about Purina not being a good choice. So I tried changing her dog food to Fromm Grain free Heartland gold. I started the transition on...

Hi guys! I haven’t been on here in forever. I have a second bully now which I’m having some problems with. He’s 10 months old. 2 weeks ago he started with watery diarrhea and vomited several times . Vet put him on metronidazole and took an x ray and didn’t see an obstruction. I was sent on...

My 9 month old bully has had hives for 4 days now. I've been giving him Benadryl twice a day which calms the swelling but they don't go away. By the morning he is covered again and itching like crazy. About a month ago he had hives for the first time and as a new bulldog owner I rushed him to...

Hello, I am new to the English Bulldog breed and looking for help. My 5 month old puppy seems to be allergic to chicken. Her food is Science Diet for Puppy. About 4 days ago she swelled up and broke out in hives all over her body. I took her to the vet and they gave her a steroid shot and said...

Hello all I have a 1.75 year old lilac tri English bulldog nmed Dora. Since she was a puppy she has had these reoccurring breakouts on her back that consist of large welts that appear overnight that turn into scaly itchy bumps. She is on a raw diet of ground beef zucchini carrots red apples and...

Hi Everyone. I took my 5 year old EB girl Rosie to an orthopedic specialist today and he said her ACL is ruptured in her left back leg and needs surgery. I am terrified of losing her in surgery, have heard of too many bulldogs not making it through. I asked him about a brace and he said that I...

I have 2 six month old bulldogs on signature limited ingredient turkey. I want to switch over to Fromms because it’s making their skin break out in hives. How old do they have to be to start them on fromms adult food? Should I just put them on the heartland gold puppy first? Hate to keep...

Looking for some advice! My girl, Mabel, has been battling a systemic yeast infection lately. In an effort to help kill off the bad bacteria naturally, I picked up Tomlyn pre & probiotic yesterday for her. I sprinkled a packet on her food at dinner and a few hours later, she had hives on her...

Lucy's first box of raw foods showed up yesterday and she had her first meal of raw foods. We had been adding some goat milk kiefer to her food over the last couple of days. Her first meal consisted of ground green tripe supreme with green tripe, muscle meat, organs, bone, gullet and trachea...

Hey, just wanted to say hello! I got my first bulldog puppy about a year and half ago. I like to think of myself as an expert now because anything that could go wrong has gone wrong! :D J/K I'm still learning. Haha! But seriously, we started with hives at about 4 months old, which turned into a...

OK first I have noticed for a for a few days chevs eyes have been watering and sometimes red and then night before last chevs poop was a little loose so I gave him a little pepto to ease his tummy then yesterday I came home from work and after his usual dance of running around me and wallering...

BENTLEY AND LILLY Bentley and Lilly are both in need of a forever home. Bentley is 11-years-old and Lilly is 9-years-old. Both are spayed/neutered. Both are chill and for the most part relaxed… very friendly bully seniors. Due to current health issues with their current foster mom, she can no...

Hi Guys My wife and I are in need of some help here. Our 8 Month old Lucy is scratching under her chin like crazy causing these red marks. We don't know what it could be Only thing that has changed was she was on Fromm's Heartland Puppy, Now she is on Fromm's 4 star Hasen Duckenpfeffer. Could...

Lily went to the vet before Christmas time for a very bag skin infection she had hives all over her body, fur was falling out, and fur was very greasy with dandruff. Lilly has always has beautiful fur. The doctor put her on antibiotics for 2 weeks, told me to bath her in antifungal shampoo...

Our poor bulldog has had a multiple of health problems in his short little life. He finally seems to be on the mend, so we are taking this opportunity to change his diet to a more natural food. While raw and even freeze dried don't fit our budget currently (paying off many vet bills). We have...

Hello, were new to this community as well as new baby owners of 5 month old Gidget. After her morning bath today she was whimpering and crying and both of her sides were filled with huge hive like welts! ive written everything shes eaten and done and the only thing new was the bath had a new...

My Henry has some small bumps all over his hind quarters. They seem to have just came and actually seem to be getting worse by the minute. He isnt itching them, and he doesnt have any other symptoms. Yesterday we took him to some apple picking farms, lots of people bring there pups and he played...

I noticed Henry's fur on his hind quarters looked a little odd, almost wavy when normally its very straight and flat. I checked it out and felt and he seems to have some small bumps under there. He doesn't seem to be itching at them at all. Yesterday we took him to Apple Hill, an apple picking...

My English Bully developed these hives about 10 days ago. See attached pic. I took him to the vet 10 days ago and the vet told me that he thought it was some kind of skin infection - like a fungal infection. He sent us off with an anti bacterial shampoo. I thought this was a bit weird, but I...

Hi guys, My Walt is 6 months old, about 30 pounds. He is having extremely loose stools when I take him out to the point where I can't even pick it up off the grass. There has been one thing added in the last three days to make this worse, which was this Salmon Oil...

Do your bulldogs stink? I feel bad, our guy gets a great bath ever 2-3 weeks depending on his skin, with DermaBens. He always smells good the first 2-3 days but then that "sour" smell comes back. His pocket is cleaned regularly as is his face. His bedding must be washed weekly (in a 2 hour cycle...

Hi all, let me start off by saying I love this website! All of the wonderful advise I have got from everyone has been a true blessing. A little back history, we live in Florida. I have a one year old EBD named Bruno ( the love of my life outside of my 2 human children and my hubby). We got...

This morning Boeboe's back broke out with hives, she weighs 65 pounds so I gave her 2 x 25 mg Benadryl that I got from Cheryl, thanks again:). I have no clue why this happened now:( I did give her some meat with her food this morning... but she's had that millions of times before... Maybe it's a...

Hi, we are new in this blog and new with the english bulldogs breed. Bruno is 3 months old, and has a big sister named Lola the beagle, and she is 3 years old. Before Bruno Lola had a sister named Frida the Akita, but she passed away about a month ago. Bruno came to our lives when we needed the...

My bully is 2 years old and yesterday we noticed signs of itching and hives. It has been progressively getting worse. We have been accustomed to these reactions and usually treat her with Benadryl 25mg tabs which usually clear it up. We took her to a pet hospital today, and they ended up...

Hi all, Totally new to the bully world and to this forum. We got our baby bully 3 months ago when he was 12 weeks old and we're totally smitten! However, pretty much since he arrived with us he has had terrible hives and red, hot itchy skin on his belly which now seems to be spreading to his...

:(So, just for a quick background - Brynnlee is allergic to potatoes and cheese, we learned that one the hard way as I was not told about any allergies when I got her. Today I left her home, as it was way to hot and humid here in Wisconsin to take her with me, with my mom and step dad - she was...

& I'm ready to pull mine out! haha I don't know if anyone remembers our story...issues w chronic UTI in last year & a half. Vet put her on Hills c/d in Feb as a last effort. No more UTI's but bad allergy issues this spring. Went to new vet in June who agreed to help w food transition. We...

Hello everyone...I have had my new puppy for a wk now.. and it has been one roller coaster ride. First we gave him wellness treats and he started to throw up...so cut those off ...then next two days of watery stools, took him to the vet and she gave him GI medicine. Then we added pumkin for...

Me again. Ha! So Bentley is kinda high right now..... If you have read about my weekend, you know he was at the ER for hives Thursday night. So Friday morning I gave him his first dose of Benadryl and again around 10 P.M. In case you are concerned (I was for a while) He is 49 pounds so he was...

Hi all, Bentley had a hives scare last night. Poor guy was bitten up by ants and I took him to the ER. He was not in any danger but I didn't want to wait and find out. So my question is, How long do you see the bumps on your dog? The vet last night said that they would go down and I barley...

My Archie woke up completely fine this morning. He went outside like normal and was laying in the living room for a bit and when he walked into our kitchen, my son said, "Aww, look at Archie! He's so sleepy he can't open his eyes!" Well, I wish that were the case but sadly, both eyes were...

We had our first out of state trip this last weekend without Boris due to the family we were visiting not allowing dogs at their cabin. My usual dog sitter was unavailable so I left him with my parents who have 2 labs and were also watching my brothers 1 year old Rottweiler. I expected Boris to...

Sorry this is going to be a long one - I want to give you all the whole back story. Since day one with Odin his belly has never been right. He had diarrhea as a puppy, had a bout at the Emergency Vet from vomiting and diarrhea at 12 weeks old - diagnosed as gastritis. As a result of that we...

Hi friends, It's been awhile since I've posted on here....and each time it's with problems! Quick back story - Penny had recurrent UTI's since last Jan (2014). We switched vets last May. She's been on antibiotic after antibiotic. Our vet tried some supplements (DL Methionine) to not mess...