Baz+Rome

What a gorgeous boy. I am so sorry for your loss. ;)

;)

I have been asked if I can recommend a good puppy preschool in the Gold Coast region and I don't know of any.

Does anybody here have any recommendations please? They must be bull breed friendly.

Cheers.

Poor baby just look at his skin. Well done for getting this guy the help he needs. Hopefully he finds a wonderful forever home.

Thanks Puggy...yeh I will always take a dog to the vet if its life threatening or serious but he is healthy and happy besides his skin and needing a bit of fattening up.

No he isnt sterilised yet but will be done before he goes to his new home... I wont be rehoming him a for a few weeks anyways as I want him to be in better condition and I only just got him yesterday. Dont know any vets in Perth that will sterilise under 4 months esp unhealthy ones. He is registered.

I will get his vaccination done when hes goes to the vet.

Hes only 14 to 16 weeks old and from my understanding in Perth the risk of a dog under 6 months old having heart worm is almost non existant. He has been in a very clean modern indoor pound. I usually tell new owners to get the heart worm done as an injection as it slowly kills any heart worm they may have off and doesnt dislodge in large amounts which can kill and I tell them to get this done with the second booster which is done a month after the first..recommended by vets. I tell people to speak to their own vets about this as some will recommend the spot ons with heart worm in them but I dont flea treat every month unless its needed.

Yeh I have the frontline spray so will use that... it wont sting or irratate his skin will it?

I will ask the vets when I see them what the best way is to treat what ever he has. Im sure half of the stuff Ive got is what they will prescribe anyways to treat it just not sure which ones yet and how often.

ATM I will keep to the ilium neocort as found a thread that said its good stuff unless someone else suggest different before I take him to the vets.

I have nappy rash creams ect but I think they are similar to the neocort? Would the episooth have a similar effect?Is the malaseb and pyohex washes soothing at all?

I havent had many dogs with skin conditions besides some dry flakey skinned ones which was from bad diet and flea allergy and some pups who the vet couldnt confirm but thought had ring worm which was treated with the malaseb wash and none have been this severe.

You've just contradicted yourself there, either he's healthy and happy or he's not.

A consult is a consult and it will cost the same now as it would in two weeks time. It's just the dog that has the potential to suffer in the mean time with an obvious complaint.

Cut the self diagnosis and the attempted cost cutting and take the bloody dog to the vet.

If you can't afford a vet consult and treatment when you rescue a dog from a pound, then don't pull it in the first place.

This is no different to the other bigger rescue groups getting on the Forum and asking similar questions. The OP has stated that she IS getting the dog to the vet but wanted help to ease dogs irritation before he goes. Give her a break, she rescues many dogs that wouldn't have a chance.

And Bomabec, no other rescues wouldn't be told the same thing because DOl rescue has one rule for some and another rule for others.

Don't you have 2 other dogs? How does the Staffy get along with them?

Thanks all for the beautiful comments about my gorgeous boy. I could never have imagined that losing him would be this painful.

Jimmy has been unwell for a long time and I hope that he is now at peace and running free at the bridge.

My Jimmy was one in a million and I was so lucky to have him in my life.

Thank you so much to Tybrax and Choppachop for your support and kind words when I needed them.

:D Take care my darling boy. Words cannot describe how much I miss you. ;)

I am so proud to say you were mine. The ache I feel in my heart right now is horriffic.

Run free at the bridge without a care in the world.

:D CC what an awful day for you and your family, take care. ;)

RIP Choppa Dog and take care at the bridge.

I feel so terribly sad reading this thread.

RIP all the doggies that will be sent to the bridge over this very hectic period

Bullies wont starve themselves, not in my experience. I have a harder approach i wont buy or make special meals for a fussy dog, they get what the others get, if they dont eat then too bad.

I will usually feed dogs the same, but this boy is a very special case as he has suffered some terrible treatment. He isn't really a fussy dog as such, more a terribly scared dog. He is also very skinny so I did not feel that the approach of "if you don't eat then too bad" was such a clever idea. I too had never met a bully that didn't like their food until Brutus came along. Fear overode the feeling of hunger that's for sure.

Update on Brutus is that with the help I recieved in this thread, he is well underway to starting to feed better. Still slow but has gained small amount of weight. He has a new home now with very kind people who have the time to invest in him.

thanks again guys for all your help.

Thanks so much for your help guys. He had been vet checked and nothing abnormal in mouth was detected.

He obviously associates meal times with something very negative and he is very nervous although seems to feel comforted if I am standing near. I have managed to get him to eat a few chicken necks tonight which is good.

Thanks for the ideas, I am going to note them all down and with some trial and error I hope he will be feeding well like he should be.

Hi guys, I have got a bull terrier male I am fostering at the moment. I am having a lot of trouble getting him to eat food. He is a bit lean already so I was hoping to feed him up before he goes to a new home. The problem is he just will not eat. He has obviously been abused and is so very cautious with everything that he does and I can see that he is hungry but won't attempt to eat. The amount of food he has consumed is just not enough.

I would love to hear what other people have tried feeding fussy eaters. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I have followed the story of Cleo here on DOL and am so sorry that this has happened.

Hope that Ellie is ok.

gorgeous dog, looks like he is having so much fun. ;)

Such a beautiful boy, so sorry for you.

Beejay RIP