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Please welcome Thelma to our rescue family! She comes to us after a recent local puppy mill bust that involved the seizure of 132 animals. Thelma is 3 years old and only weighs 28 lbs. She is a mess health-wise, but everyone in the shelter loved her personality and came out to bid her adieu...

Like so many before him, Vinny was found roaming the streets of a big city, was captured, and taken to the shelter. There he waited for a special someone to come and take him home. But no one came! Vinny is not very good looking right now. He is missing half of his hair because of infections...

Oo la la! My name is Paris and I am a beautiful six year old girl. I have heard of people surrendering their dogs because the dogs became old and ill. But this is not my story. In fact it is the opposite. I was bought as a puppy by a loving family. But over the years my mom has become disabled...

Please welcome Tank to Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue! He writes: Well, here I am in Bulldog rescue. Not exactly where I thought I would end up. But so far, it has been a big improvement. My old family said I was too old and slow, that I couldn’t see or hear very well anymore, and that my hips...

Please welcome Rachel to Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue. This poor, sweet girl was found wandering the city and picked up by animal control who contacted our group. We think Rachel is about 2 years old. She needs entropion surgery on both eyes. Her left eye was not too bad and it cleaned up...

Welcome 6 year old Knox to Rescue. Knox is the Bulldog you have always dreamed about. He should be one of those college mascots! He has always lived in a home where he was loved and well cared for. But due to some circumstances beyond his control, he was tearfully surrendered to us today. He has...

“Hello, my name is Trudy. Some people call me “Trainwreck” Trudy. You will know why shortly. Do I have a story to tell! I have been passed from person-to-person so many times over the last few years, I have lost count of how many owners I’ve had. You would think that someone would have kept me...

Unfortunately things did not work out for Winston in his new home so he has returned to rescue for further evaluation. The Winston Churchill joined Lone Star Bulldog Club Rescue today. And he does have a little weight to throw around! His owner is moving to the Northeast to start medical school...

Buddha is one of our newest intakes! He was found running stray through Lafourche. We think he's only a year old because he definitely has some goofy silly puppy ways. He is in that stage where he is learning to use his paws and it's the cutest thing ever. He's a tiny English Bulldog weighing in...

Achilles is a very sweet and goofy boy, he is house broken, loves to ride in cars and is very playful. He had luxating patella in both knee caps and has had surgery to fix this as best as possible. He walks a little funny but who cares!! Achilles is great with kids as long as he's introduced to...

Category: Available Age: 2 Description: UPDATE 10/15: Charlie is now medically cleared! We have avoided doing the second ACL...

Intake Date: 8/8/2017 Last Update: 10/12/17 Date Available: 10/12/2017 Age: unknown, 9+ years DOB: unknown Gender: Female Weight: 40 pounds Energy Level: Low to Medium Color & Markings: White with a couple of black spots Good with other Dogs: No. I have shown aggression towards other dogs in my...

Hello, my name is Truffle! I am an energetic, sweet, loving girl who loves belly rubs, snacks, and bath time (no really, I do!!) ...and I’m barely 10 months old! I am a survivor and deserve the best home ever! Look at my sweet face!! I am still young and will need someone with patience to help...

Last week I lost Summer. She was 16ish, had several chronic issues, including dementia and vestibular disease. I had been evaluating her quality of life monthly for about a year. I often wondered if I would be able to make a rational decision. Tuesday the 17th of Oct. forced my decision...

Hey guys! I've been MIA for a while...work, life...and Sgt! This is going to be a long one... So, my poor Sergeant had surgery on Thursday. A few months ago, we were out for a walk and his breathing really started to concern us. We essentially carried him home and took him to the vet the next...

She's like what? I need my belly rubbed. Use your right arm! Lol This spot looks comfy I'll just lay right her for a minute. It's all about her!

Hey guys. Just joined to see if anyone else has experienced this. I have a new pup who at times will have a very raspy and deep cough. There's never a rhyme or reason as to why. Plays & eats normal. There's no lethargy & no coughing when he's out running or in the heat. My vet & a vet at Blue...

Hi all - Decided to finally get the Palate surgery for Baxter as he has pretty bad sleep apnea, and his throat closed up one day when we were playing outside. Im wondering if its normal for him to be vomiting and gagging on phlegm like crazy a couple weeks after the surgery. He tends to...

Hi all! I am new to the site but would like some opinions/help. My bully is 6 years old. She had entropion eye surgery on wednesday 8/16 on both eyes. She had an ulcer on her cornea from continual scratching of the eyelashes, hence why we went ahead with the surgery. We saw a specialized vet...

Hi all! I am new to the site but would like some opinions/help. My bully is 6 years old. She had entropion eye surgery on wednesday 8/16 on both eyes. She had an ulcer on her cornea from continual scratching of the eyelashes, hence why we went ahead with the surgery. We saw a specialized vet...

I'm sincerely hoping for some advice! We adopted our first English bulldog when she was 2 1/2, she is now 10 yrs old. We have now adopted a male, he is 10 months old now and are having issues with him that we never had before with our other bulldog. The biggest issue is that he has cherry eye...

I'm the proud mama of Tiberius, my 9 year old male English Bulldog...and Lola, my 2 year old female English Bulldog. Tiberius (Ti) had always been such a healthy boy from the day we brought him home with us at 9 weeks old. It wasn't until 2015 when he developed a torn CCL and had his first...

Hello to all. I'm new here and kind of looking for some answers and some support from those who have experience. My male recently underwent corrective surgery for his elongated soft-palate, closed nares, and removal of little 'sack like things' in the airway. He was suffering from some...

Hi! My name is Hannah. I'm new to this forum and I have a 9 month English bulldog named Wrangler. He has a cherry eye that just appeared randomly one day. It began turning black, and now it's taken over his entire eye. I'm making him a vet appointment tomorrow. But he can barely open his eye and...

Hello I have been feeding Fromm Pork and Peas for the last two years. Red still gets yeast infections and has tear stains. It isn't the looks of the stains it is he scratches and rubs his eyes on the carpet. I recently tried Zignature limited ingredient pork. Open Farms pork and root...

Hi all! So i have an almost 3 year old OEB named Easten. I love him rediculously! The past 8 months or so he started oit of nowhere becoming aggressive. He bite my neighbor , mailman, vet, now my son! Its weird because he can be around 30 plus people at times and never bite anyone. It seems to...

I took Monty to the vets this morning and had to leave him there. As the antibiotics have not knocked this out, they recommend surgery to follow the course of the infection to try and find the actual infection site in his body and remove it. This is the last course of action they can take and...

Hello, My Bully has been diagnosed with Laryngeal collapse a few weeks ago. He is really struggling and each breath is an effort. As a result, I brought him in to the emergency vet a couple weeks ago. They performed an endoscopy to see what is going on. At this point, he was diagnosed with...

Hello,My 13 week old female puppy has an umbilical hernia! is very small but is there, does she has to have surgery? Thanks

Hey all. Haven't posted in awhile, but last Friday Lincoln had bilateral distichiasis surgery. It all started about a month ago. He was referred to an eye specialist and he knew it right off the bat that he needed surgery. We got him in the next day and he is doing great now. All I can say is...

Hello! I'm very worried it's time to put down my 8 year old boy. He hasn't had a full meal in a very long time. He'll eat he odd cookie, sometimes have some tuna, but that's it....and because he's lost so much weight he's having a hard time walking. He has a lump in his throat, but the vet said...

She is constantly on the move and never stops go-go-going. We think she was running through the garden and ran eye-first into a Rose bush cane. There is a large hole in her cornea. It's deep, very close to perforation. Please keep her in your thoughts today..hoping she will only need a...

Hey guys, my name is jake. Just recently joined the forum And just recently brought home my English bulldog Chuck! The day before picking him up he had cherry eye surgery. The breeder has been around English bulldogs for over 20 years and is a big time show breeder. She gave me this ointment...

Cricket's scheduled for a vulvoplasty, entropion surgery, and extraction of 2 loose teeth (front lower incisors- she doesn't use these) all at once. (I do not want to put Cricket under general anesthesia any more times than what's absolutely necessary.. she does have a bulldog specialist working...

Hey all, The past few weeks Reggie has had very itchy eyes, which he is always rubbing. He has seen the vet twice, the first time he got antibiotic eye drops and the itching went away for a short while, then came back. The second time they put a yellow dye in his eyes to check for ulcers, and...

Hi all, I wanted to see if anyone else has had a similar experience with cherry eyes as us. We adopted our puppy Romeo, a bulldog/basset hound mix, who came to us with cherry eyes in both of his eyes and got him the surgery immediately to tuck them back in as massaging those suckers back in...

1/19/17: Please welcome Sweet Pea! She joins us from Cherokee County Animal Shelter. Her owners dropped her off there because she was not getting along with the smaller dogs in the house. She has been breed multiple times and is overweight! She is now up to date on her vaccinations and will...

3/24/17: Please welcome Snow! Her family moved away and left her behind. A neighbor took her in and helped her find her way to us. She will be vaccinated, spayed, have a small removed and have her teeth cleaned as soon as her skin infection clears up. She has been diagnosed with dry and...

3/27/17: Please welcome Storm! Storm has made her way to the local shelter a few times over the past few months and has always made her way back home. During her last visit to the local shelter, we contacted her owner and offered to bring her into rescue. The owner refused us, instead she...

4/4/17: Please welcome Georgie! Georgie’s family abandoned her but lucky for her she found her way to us! She appears to had a skin infection and a very severe ear infection. We believe she will need total ear ablation surgery in the near future. She needs to be spayed, have her teeth...