betterxthanxnew
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- Apr 21, 2015
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Effie (EB), Oliver (FB) & Annabel (FB)
Well, it's been a while since I've been on here. I've found myself gravitating back to the site lately so I thought I'd do an update post 
Effie turned 2 in January. She is an absolute joy. I couldn't possibly love her more. She had a vet appointment last week, and we learned that she now weighs nearly 70lbs. Vet thinks she needs to lose some weight (although the hubby & I think she's perfect). We are going to try our best to stop giving her people food scraps **crosses fingers** She doesn't seem to be having any weight related issues, but since she had that leg injury as a puppy we want to do our best to avoid issues in the future as she ages. Although to be honest, she's pretty tall for an EB & we don't think she necessarily looks overweight. I'll try to attach some pics on here, maybe you all can let me know what you think :D
In other news- I got an email from my Aunt (who lives in Roanoke, VA- about 5 hours from us here in VA Beach) towards the end of Feb, about a 2 year old EB being re-homed (she found the ad on Craigslist). The story goes like this -a man found an EB tied to a tree outside of his apartment building. She was there for 2 days, before he brought her in. He left a note in case the owner came looking & he filed a found dog report with Roanoke animal control. He kept the dog for about 2 weeks & received no response, so he decided it was time to find her a home. I was concerned because the ad was a "free to a good home" which is just never a good idea, especially not with bulldogs. I emailed the guy to plead our case & asked to set up a time to come meet her. Several days went by without a response. I finally got a call from him & he informed me that he had gotten hundreds of emails & he had no clue that bulldogs were so popular! He thought we sounded like the best fit & the dog's best opportunity for a good life. Several days later we headed to Roanoke to meet her. When we got there she seemed very skinny, but EXTREMELY friendly, energetic & very happy to meet us & Effie. We took her home. The man thought she was about 2 years old, based on her teeth. We thought my god, she's so small to be that old (or maybe we're just used to Effie & her big rumpus
LOL). After taking her to our vet for a quick initial exam & rabies shot, we learned that she is more like 1 year old, so we don't feel quite as concerned. She weighs in at 45lbs right now. We've named her Josie 
I'm still sort of in shock that it worked out. We've been watching her stool & everything seems normal. No sign of worms or fleas. Eyes & ears look good. We had the vet scan her for a microchip & she actually did have one. So we sent out a Found Dog alert through the microchip company. Our vet told us to wait a week to see if a response was received. Our vet got a response yesterday from a guy in Roanoke stating that he has been getting phone calls from a microchip company stating that they have his dog...except he doesn't own a dog 
so he wants the calls to stop. During this time I also scoured the internet looking at lost dog reports for that area- but no luck. So...vet says we can now claim legal ownership. The whole situation is truly mind boggling to me 
, but we are certainly happy to have her & will make sure that she does have a good life.
Effie loves her new sister- my house is presently in full on circus mode. They play-play-play-play-play. It's sort of insane. They play pretty rough. They've both gotten a couple of battle wounds already. We are continuously breaking them up. Anyone have any experience with this? We are doing our best to make sure Effie doesn't get jealous- and she doesn't seem to be. We feed them in separate rooms (because Josie will down hers & then go for Effie's too!) We buy 2 of the same toy, but they always seem to want the same 1, and will steal it back and forth from one another. Effie seems very happy when playing this game. The only time I ever hear Effie growl is when she's trying to sleep & Josie is walking all over her (usually at night). This is my first go around with 2 dogs, and I just wanted to make sure that the rough play was normal. From everything I've read, that does seem to be the case.
The only other issue to note is that Josie does not seem to be fully housebroken. She does good for the most part, but we can't seem to make it through a full day without her urinating at least once in the house. Effie was really easy to house break, but she was 8 weeks when we got her. We just took her out frequently & consistently. So for now that is what we are trying to do with Josie. Other than that, she goes back to the vet next Wed 3/15, for a full comprehensive exam, blood work, stool sample, de-worming, and vaccines, Wish us luck!!! We welcome any advice Glad to be back on here!
Effie turned 2 in January. She is an absolute joy. I couldn't possibly love her more. She had a vet appointment last week, and we learned that she now weighs nearly 70lbs. Vet thinks she needs to lose some weight (although the hubby & I think she's perfect). We are going to try our best to stop giving her people food scraps **crosses fingers** She doesn't seem to be having any weight related issues, but since she had that leg injury as a puppy we want to do our best to avoid issues in the future as she ages. Although to be honest, she's pretty tall for an EB & we don't think she necessarily looks overweight. I'll try to attach some pics on here, maybe you all can let me know what you think :D
In other news- I got an email from my Aunt (who lives in Roanoke, VA- about 5 hours from us here in VA Beach) towards the end of Feb, about a 2 year old EB being re-homed (she found the ad on Craigslist). The story goes like this -a man found an EB tied to a tree outside of his apartment building. She was there for 2 days, before he brought her in. He left a note in case the owner came looking & he filed a found dog report with Roanoke animal control. He kept the dog for about 2 weeks & received no response, so he decided it was time to find her a home. I was concerned because the ad was a "free to a good home" which is just never a good idea, especially not with bulldogs. I emailed the guy to plead our case & asked to set up a time to come meet her. Several days went by without a response. I finally got a call from him & he informed me that he had gotten hundreds of emails & he had no clue that bulldogs were so popular! He thought we sounded like the best fit & the dog's best opportunity for a good life. Several days later we headed to Roanoke to meet her. When we got there she seemed very skinny, but EXTREMELY friendly, energetic & very happy to meet us & Effie. We took her home. The man thought she was about 2 years old, based on her teeth. We thought my god, she's so small to be that old (or maybe we're just used to Effie & her big rumpus
LOL). After taking her to our vet for a quick initial exam & rabies shot, we learned that she is more like 1 year old, so we don't feel quite as concerned. She weighs in at 45lbs right now. We've named her Josie I'm still sort of in shock that it worked out. We've been watching her stool & everything seems normal. No sign of worms or fleas. Eyes & ears look good. We had the vet scan her for a microchip & she actually did have one. So we sent out a Found Dog alert through the microchip company. Our vet told us to wait a week to see if a response was received. Our vet got a response yesterday from a guy in Roanoke stating that he has been getting phone calls from a microchip company stating that they have his dog...except he doesn't own a dog so he wants the calls to stop. During this time I also scoured the internet looking at lost dog reports for that area- but no luck. So...vet says we can now claim legal ownership. The whole situation is truly mind boggling to me , but we are certainly happy to have her & will make sure that she does have a good life.Effie loves her new sister- my house is presently in full on circus mode. They play-play-play-play-play. It's sort of insane. They play pretty rough. They've both gotten a couple of battle wounds already. We are continuously breaking them up. Anyone have any experience with this? We are doing our best to make sure Effie doesn't get jealous- and she doesn't seem to be. We feed them in separate rooms (because Josie will down hers & then go for Effie's too!) We buy 2 of the same toy, but they always seem to want the same 1, and will steal it back and forth from one another. Effie seems very happy when playing this game. The only time I ever hear Effie growl is when she's trying to sleep & Josie is walking all over her (usually at night). This is my first go around with 2 dogs, and I just wanted to make sure that the rough play was normal. From everything I've read, that does seem to be the case.
The only other issue to note is that Josie does not seem to be fully housebroken. She does good for the most part, but we can't seem to make it through a full day without her urinating at least once in the house. Effie was really easy to house break, but she was 8 weeks when we got her. We just took her out frequently & consistently. So for now that is what we are trying to do with Josie. Other than that, she goes back to the vet next Wed 3/15, for a full comprehensive exam, blood work, stool sample, de-worming, and vaccines, Wish us luck!!! We welcome any advice
Glad to be back on here! 
. Silly things. And I do think you're right, the accident almost always happens after they've been playing hard- we need to pay much closer attention. We've gotten too lazy with Effie because she's so well trained. She has her certain "set in stone" times that we take her out (which is usually twice in the morning before work- once right when we wake up & then again before we leave for work, another midday potty break on my husband's lunch-break, and then about 3 times in the evening- when we get home, about an hour after she eats dinner, and before we head to bed). For now we are trying to take Josie out as often as possible & praising her like crazy for peeing outside. Definitely need to pay closer attention so we can ensure a potty break after playtime 
!!! Especially knowing how expensive they are (we certainly didn't get Effie for free!). She seems pretty darn healthy & happy, but her official vet exam is next week. Hopefully all goes well, or we may have an answer as to why someone left her in that condition. Either way- we're in it for the long haul, so whatever ailments little girl has will get taken of care to the best of our abilities! 
My hustand mentioned maybe starting a Go Fund me account to get up the extra $1000 that we would need. But I just don't see anyone actually donating to the cause 
it seems like we have no choices. The lawyer I spoke to said that she could very easily take us to small claims court if we make it too hard for her to get the dog back....and again, the longer we keep her the worse it's going to feel when we lose 
