sstewart2010
New member
I am a first time Bulldog owner and I have some concerns as far as my puppy's health & the food he's been eating. Just to give you guys some background:
-From the first day we brought him home (at 8 weeks) and for about 2 weeks after that he was on Purina Puppy chow, it was the food the breeders gave to him.
-Then, me thinking this would be a good idea, I switched him to one of the Iams foods. Yup, I fell for "Chicken is the first ingredient". Within about a month of him being completely switched he had a bad bout of diarreha. and the vet gave me some prescription food and meds for him.
-Based upon the vet's recommendation, after the diarreha cleared up, I switched him to Royal Canin medium breed puppy for easy digestion. I would say he's been eating this for about 2 months now. Since I have been reading this forum and hearing about other people's experiences with their bully and allergies I feel like my Leroy has some of the same symptoms as well.
1. He has big tear stains and lots of eye boogies.
2. After eating (but this also happens when he gets worked up playing too) his face gets very red and flushed. His eyes also seem to appear more bloodshot.\
3. He itches alot after eating, scratching his face, and I noticed some scabs the other day above his eye.
I may just be overreacting, and I don't have any pics right now of what he looks like after eating. If anybody has any advice that would be great.
If I switch foods I may have to wait until after the holidays, we are going to visit my family and they live about 4 hours away & I don't want to put too much stress on his digestive system.
Sorry this is so long, thanks in advance!
-From the first day we brought him home (at 8 weeks) and for about 2 weeks after that he was on Purina Puppy chow, it was the food the breeders gave to him.
-Then, me thinking this would be a good idea, I switched him to one of the Iams foods. Yup, I fell for "Chicken is the first ingredient". Within about a month of him being completely switched he had a bad bout of diarreha. and the vet gave me some prescription food and meds for him.
-Based upon the vet's recommendation, after the diarreha cleared up, I switched him to Royal Canin medium breed puppy for easy digestion. I would say he's been eating this for about 2 months now. Since I have been reading this forum and hearing about other people's experiences with their bully and allergies I feel like my Leroy has some of the same symptoms as well.
1. He has big tear stains and lots of eye boogies.
2. After eating (but this also happens when he gets worked up playing too) his face gets very red and flushed. His eyes also seem to appear more bloodshot.\
3. He itches alot after eating, scratching his face, and I noticed some scabs the other day above his eye.
I may just be overreacting, and I don't have any pics right now of what he looks like after eating. If anybody has any advice that would be great.
If I switch foods I may have to wait until after the holidays, we are going to visit my family and they live about 4 hours away & I don't want to put too much stress on his digestive system.
Sorry this is so long, thanks in advance!