LoveMyBulldogsSoMuch
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- Jul 16, 2017
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- Usa
- Bulldog(s) Names
- Princess, Sweetie Pie, and Addie
Hi, everyone,
I'm new here and so glad to be in the company of people who know and love English bulldogs. I've loved them always and am the happy owner of three rescued English bulldogs. I do my best for them but I'm at a loss on what to do for one of them, Princess. She is 5 and I've had her three years. She has all of her shots, eats grain-free Avoderm for weight control (she weighed 82 pounds when I got her and is down to 74), is very attached to me and vice verse and has a strong but adorable personality. When I adopted her, the vet there thought she was spayed due to a scar. She was not, it turned out; she had had a hernia repaired. We realized this when she had a mammary tumor, rare in spayed dogs, I know. I took her to my vet the morning after I saw it, and she had surgery to remove it. The biopsy came back with clean margins. She never seemed to go into heat but the mammary tumor made us wonder even more. The vet opened her up and she had not been spayed and had a tumor in her uterus! It was biopsied but since the tumor was inside the removed uterus, the margins weren't determined. That was about nine months ago.
She also had a cherry eye fixed and about two years ago wasn't acting like herself for no reason I could discern. Blood work and urine tests showed some infection so she was treated for that; they took X-rays and nothing was seen. She got better and returned to her bossy, happy self.
A week ago, she was outside with me in the yard just hanging out. We live in the country and she was rolling around as usual. She ate a little grass but not much and it's not treated. It wasn't that hot out and we stayed out just a little while so she returned to the AC. The next morning, she seemed lethargic and just not herself. She ate and drank but just was too quiet. Here and there she coughed and gagged a little and had a small amount of yellowish phlegm. She stopped that but still was not herself. She seemed to be panting more even though she was in the AC. I was freaking out worrying and about bloat although she doesn't eat fast thanks to her slow feed bowls and she wasn't gulping water. Her stomach was soft and no signs of that. I took her to the vet Monday and she had a tiny elevated temperature but her heart and lungs sounded good, she was moving more, he could feel anything in her stomach, etc. He took blood and sent it out for the normal panel. He put her on Amoxicillin just in case. The blood was fine but she still acted strangely and she started being less lethargic but panting heavily especially at night. Then she seemed to have trouble getting up on the wood floors and didn't get on the sofa like she always did. I started wondering if she'd gone blind or deaf because she wasn't responding like usual. She always stretched her legs out when she slept or woke but it seemed like she might be having sleep seizures. Those went away if they even were seizures--they did not look like seizures I've seen in dogs but something is not right. I thought maybe she'd hurt her hips or back somehow so I called the vet and he prescribed Tramadol and said we'd do X-rays if it continued. She wasn't eating a lot but was drinking water so I gave her canned food. She didn't seem to want to bend down in her slow-feed bowls so I held the bowl up for her. She ate it and has eaten more since, and she has pooped that is normal, not hard or diarrhea, although it's not as much as usual. She drinks water fine. She's urinating fine. Her gums are pink. But she's pacing and panting hard, especially at night until she fell asleep. She is usually very vocal--barks to say the cats want in or out, barks to go out, barks when I'm on the phone at times, whines and whimpers to be petted, etc., but none of that since she first started this. Once she's asleep, her breathing seems normal. She's going back to the vet at 7 AM Monday for X-rays of her hips, back, neck, stomach, etc., surgery if anything is seen, and whatever else is needed.
I just have no idea what is wrong with her or what I can do for her. I would so appreciate any advice you guys have. My other two rescued bulldogs are older than she is and eat the same things, etc. They both are fine although I think we're all worried about Princess.
I'm sorry this is so long. I thought I should tell you all I could.
Thank you again.
I'm new here and so glad to be in the company of people who know and love English bulldogs. I've loved them always and am the happy owner of three rescued English bulldogs. I do my best for them but I'm at a loss on what to do for one of them, Princess. She is 5 and I've had her three years. She has all of her shots, eats grain-free Avoderm for weight control (she weighed 82 pounds when I got her and is down to 74), is very attached to me and vice verse and has a strong but adorable personality. When I adopted her, the vet there thought she was spayed due to a scar. She was not, it turned out; she had had a hernia repaired. We realized this when she had a mammary tumor, rare in spayed dogs, I know. I took her to my vet the morning after I saw it, and she had surgery to remove it. The biopsy came back with clean margins. She never seemed to go into heat but the mammary tumor made us wonder even more. The vet opened her up and she had not been spayed and had a tumor in her uterus! It was biopsied but since the tumor was inside the removed uterus, the margins weren't determined. That was about nine months ago.
She also had a cherry eye fixed and about two years ago wasn't acting like herself for no reason I could discern. Blood work and urine tests showed some infection so she was treated for that; they took X-rays and nothing was seen. She got better and returned to her bossy, happy self.
A week ago, she was outside with me in the yard just hanging out. We live in the country and she was rolling around as usual. She ate a little grass but not much and it's not treated. It wasn't that hot out and we stayed out just a little while so she returned to the AC. The next morning, she seemed lethargic and just not herself. She ate and drank but just was too quiet. Here and there she coughed and gagged a little and had a small amount of yellowish phlegm. She stopped that but still was not herself. She seemed to be panting more even though she was in the AC. I was freaking out worrying and about bloat although she doesn't eat fast thanks to her slow feed bowls and she wasn't gulping water. Her stomach was soft and no signs of that. I took her to the vet Monday and she had a tiny elevated temperature but her heart and lungs sounded good, she was moving more, he could feel anything in her stomach, etc. He took blood and sent it out for the normal panel. He put her on Amoxicillin just in case. The blood was fine but she still acted strangely and she started being less lethargic but panting heavily especially at night. Then she seemed to have trouble getting up on the wood floors and didn't get on the sofa like she always did. I started wondering if she'd gone blind or deaf because she wasn't responding like usual. She always stretched her legs out when she slept or woke but it seemed like she might be having sleep seizures. Those went away if they even were seizures--they did not look like seizures I've seen in dogs but something is not right. I thought maybe she'd hurt her hips or back somehow so I called the vet and he prescribed Tramadol and said we'd do X-rays if it continued. She wasn't eating a lot but was drinking water so I gave her canned food. She didn't seem to want to bend down in her slow-feed bowls so I held the bowl up for her. She ate it and has eaten more since, and she has pooped that is normal, not hard or diarrhea, although it's not as much as usual. She drinks water fine. She's urinating fine. Her gums are pink. But she's pacing and panting hard, especially at night until she fell asleep. She is usually very vocal--barks to say the cats want in or out, barks to go out, barks when I'm on the phone at times, whines and whimpers to be petted, etc., but none of that since she first started this. Once she's asleep, her breathing seems normal. She's going back to the vet at 7 AM Monday for X-rays of her hips, back, neck, stomach, etc., surgery if anything is seen, and whatever else is needed.
I just have no idea what is wrong with her or what I can do for her. I would so appreciate any advice you guys have. My other two rescued bulldogs are older than she is and eat the same things, etc. They both are fine although I think we're all worried about Princess.
I'm sorry this is so long. I thought I should tell you all I could.
Thank you again.
So sad to hear Princess is having a problem, but sounds like you're doing everything right to help her. My best guess is she's hurt her neck or back. 
The cat and I laid there with her and I researched about the cancer. It was not good and worst was the information on pain. She was struggling and I couldn't stand it just because I didn't want her gone. 
Thank you. I have more replies to make but please forgive me, everyone, as I'm feeling very sick to my stomach. I'll write more later and thank you all so much.
