- Aug 31, 2011
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- Arnold Schwarzenegger and Miss Bertha Bacon and Petey Herman (Frenchie)
Welcome to EBN!! You have to the right place for any help/advice/support you need!!
Brutus was having soft after the slow switch, he was licking his paws ALOT, the paws were red and his face started to get red as well! I spoke to some members who suggested a food switch to no grain and all stages at 8 mnths...It took about 1 mnth to see a difference from the food. It will take time for you to see a difference after the switch. We know he has some allergies but they arent bad..We were told to try and wait until at least 12 mnths before allergy test which is ok b/c he is sooo much better now! Its going to be trial and error on the food until you can find something...While you are doing the switch try to give him things that are in the food as treats...What I did was looked at the ingredients and gave him that as treats..For instance the Fromm Beef has fruit so the fruit that is listed is what he gets as treats until I know there are no allergies with food. Basically it will be easier to narrow down if you arent giving all different foods...Hope you understand my ramble...I am no expert in allergies...lol ---- As far as the ice cream I would add some canned pumpkin into his food to help with his stool...The food switch took me about 3-4 weeks to complete..I know some poeple are done in 2 weeks but I wanted to be sure I didnt upset his tummy and took longer so you can do that as well but def give the pumpkin a try!
The biting is something I think every owner went through...They will grow out of it once the baby teeth are gone..I have a 2 yr old nephew and Brutus would bullie him bad! I made my nephew part of his training and llet him walk him give him treats and taught him to correct the bad behaivor it was hard but we got through it! BRUTUS HATES CATS HATES THEM TO DEATH! Dogs he is great with but anything like squirrl, bird, cats forget it!!!!! Your kids are a little older so make them part of the training process and letting him know they are above him in the pack!
Sorry took me so long to answer back! Hope alll goes wel and please keep me posted
I think Petee is having a reaction to the new food-Wellness puppy. I'm doing a slow switch but, like I said, poop is soft to mushy and today I noticed he's very pink around eyes, paws, belly ,and been trying to lick at himself at the hind legs and seems not right. I've looked into Nature's Variety Instinct beef and lamb--protein is 37% though. Don't know if that would be bad for him. Petee has no choice but to like cats...there is three in the house and the youngest one is as big as him and doesn't take any of his barks or bites. Stormy (cat) will smack him on the face and Petee runs away. Petee will bark and growl at Stormy-not sure if he's showing aggression or talking back to him. It's funny but not funny-if you know what I mean. Thank you for your advice. Cooper is beautiful-every Bulldog on here is beautiful! I sure hope this posts right. When I tried the "Reply with quote" it told me I don't have enough posts to do so which I thought I did, so please excuse me if this comes up wrong, again.
I think Petee is having a reaction to the new food-Wellness puppy. I'm doing a slow switch but, like I said, poop is soft to mushy and today I noticed he's very pink around eyes, paws, belly ,and been trying to lick at himself at the hind legs and seems not right. I've looked into Nature's Variety Instinct beef and lamb--protein is 37% though. Don't know if that would be bad for him. Petee has no choice but to like cats...there is three in the house and the youngest one is as big as him and doesn't take any of his barks or bites. Stormy (cat) will smack him on the face and Petee runs away. Petee will bark and growl at Stormy-not sure if he's showing aggression or talking back to him. It's funny but not funny-if you know what I mean. Thank you for your advice. Cooper is beautiful-every Bulldog on here is beautiful! I sure hope this posts right. When I tried the "Reply with quote" it told me I don't have enough posts to do so which I thought I did, so please excuse me if this comes up wrong, again.