babybully
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Well, as [MENTION=1034]BruceP[/MENTION] mentioned, we went to the Milwaukee meet up yesterday and just loved it. I've now been to both the Chicago and Milwaukee and I'll say that I'll keep going to WI now instead as it's the same distance but much, much easier drive. Due to construction on the highway it took almost 45 minutes but I can see it only taking about 35 without. The Bark is awesome! I hope they start offering overnight care soon as I'll be looking for them to spend a weekend somewhere this summer when I fly the kids to AZ to visit with my family for a month and I've already decided to fly out of Milwaukee. Everyone was so nice and welcoming and of course, I was able to cross off meeting HRH off my bucket list
My Ava loved her [MENTION=983]LariP[/MENTION] original and thinks we should dress up Fat Cleo now. Ha! She'd be like Chris Farley in David Spades jacket in Tommy Boy, fat bully in a li-ttle coat!
But, back to the scariness Fat Cleo is a ball hog. She didn't play with anyone, she just beelined it towards the nearest toy and shoved it in her mouth. Well, as she got too excited after awhile, she started panting more and more. She wanted to lay under the table with her "precious" (think my best Smeegle impersonation) but would get up and scurry off every time another bully would come near her. I took her out and sat down with her to cool her off but it didn't seem to work and she was panting pretty bad. [MENTION=1034]BruceP[/MENTION] squirted some lemon juice in her mouth but her tongue was already a purply-blue so I took her right outside where she plopped her fat butt in the melted slush. It scared the crap out of me, I was terrified she would be keeling over but the icy slush seemed to do the trick. I hear it gets pretty warm here in the summer so I think I'll have to come prepared to summer meet ups with an ice chest full of ice to plop her in if need be. I'll be searching the thrift shops now for a nice sized one just for her or any other bullies that seem to need it in emergencies like this.
So, the moral of this story is to please please watch your bully for over heating signs, she wasn't even playing but with that darn ball in her mouth the whole time she just wasn't getting enough air in. It also probably doesn't help that she's a fat hog who's never missed a meal but that's another thread altogether. Mac did fine though, he's very athletic and has a great airway (per the vet) and hardly ever pants at all. We didn't have to open his nose up like we did Cleo's when she was spayed.
My Ava loved her [MENTION=983]LariP[/MENTION] original and thinks we should dress up Fat Cleo now. Ha! She'd be like Chris Farley in David Spades jacket in Tommy Boy, fat bully in a li-ttle coat! But, back to the scariness Fat Cleo is a ball hog. She didn't play with anyone, she just beelined it towards the nearest toy and shoved it in her mouth. Well, as she got too excited after awhile, she started panting more and more. She wanted to lay under the table with her "precious" (think my best Smeegle impersonation) but would get up and scurry off every time another bully would come near her. I took her out and sat down with her to cool her off but it didn't seem to work and she was panting pretty bad. [MENTION=1034]BruceP[/MENTION] squirted some lemon juice in her mouth but her tongue was already a purply-blue so I took her right outside where she plopped her fat butt in the melted slush. It scared the crap out of me, I was terrified she would be keeling over but the icy slush seemed to do the trick. I hear it gets pretty warm here in the summer so I think I'll have to come prepared to summer meet ups with an ice chest full of ice to plop her in if need be. I'll be searching the thrift shops now for a nice sized one just for her or any other bullies that seem to need it in emergencies like this.
So, the moral of this story is to please please watch your bully for over heating signs, she wasn't even playing but with that darn ball in her mouth the whole time she just wasn't getting enough air in. It also probably doesn't help that she's a fat hog who's never missed a meal but that's another thread altogether. Mac did fine though, he's very athletic and has a great airway (per the vet) and hardly ever pants at all. We didn't have to open his nose up like we did Cleo's when she was spayed.
We don't like them skinny pooches around here as my hubby says whenever someone says "gee, she's kinda round isn't she?" Hubby probably sounds like a chubby chaser, he's always telling me not to let her "waste away" so feed the poor girl!
