Dry Air and my bulldog

[BullyOpie]

During the winters here in the northeast my house gets very dry and if my mouth dries out at night i am sure Opies is as well. Does anyone here run a humidifier for their bully?

 

[cowsmom]

yes i have 2 in my home running constantly when i am here. i turn them off when i leave of course but when im home they are on. i take one into the bedroom at night when we sleep as its very dry in there for some reason. make a difference i can tell sarah breathes better and my other 2 do not scratch as much. i have one that i run at my house for my cats and it helps them to.

 

[LariP]

We have so many fishtanks here at home that we don't need a humidifier, but if we didn't have them we would run humidifiers for sure. I keep a small warming pot at work with water and lavender oil to help humidify my office. I have to fill it daily.

 

[Saalwi]

Absolutely ... Can tell right away when the humidifier runs out ... Too much static electricity and crusty noses all around... Anyone have a brand of humidifier that doesn't need to have it's filter changed? As its one of my least favorite chores. Thanks

 

[cowsmom]

[MENTION=3991]Saalwi[/MENTION] i believe ultrasonic ones dont have a filter and i have a very cheap sunbeam that does not have one. just put in water and go but it does not have any controls or anything fancy on it.

 

[2BullyMama]

We were lucky -- our house came with a bultin humidifier attched to the A/C unit..... works very well.

 

[kazzy220]

We don't use a humidifier but upstairs in the bedroom we always have at least one window open a crack! Maggie seems to be the only one who suffers from a dry and crusty nose so I put aquaphor on her nose at least once a day in summer and winter. That stuff REALLY works!!

 

[LisaMarie]

Good topic!! I was thinking about that too. I have to go get one for the bedroom because I think Mocha needs it.

 

[MamaAndi]

Vics makes a humidifier without a filter. I don't know if anyone shops on Etsy.com (I'm big on giving business to small business owners and I looove etsy) but there is a shop called Theblissfuldog and they make a product called nose butter. The lady makes it herself with all sorts of good stuff for dry pooch noses. It's pricey but I'd like to try it sometime.

 

[Tiffany B]

We burn wood, so we have 3 humidifiers. We have a hunter one, from Lowes. You never have to change the filter. And a kenmore one and you do have to change filters & use bactostat in it. And if Rollie gets stuffy, I will use the Vicks one in our bedroom, and use the liquid menthol stuff in it.. It works wonders for him, I read online somewhere to do that. And asked the vet and he also recommended it for him. He loves it, sometimes I have to move his bed away from it, he likes sleeping close to it.