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Older Bulldogs - need advice
Submitted by mslita on April 20, 2010 - 11:24pmHi all...it's been quite a while since I posted. Really good to be back. My Tiffy is now 8 years and almost 2 months old. I've noticed she's slowed down quite a bit, but this last week was a bit distressing. She seemed more lethargic than usual and didn't even seem interested in following "Daddy" (my husband, who she adores) around the house. She didn't want to eat breakfast on Monday, VERY unusual for a bulldog, as they mostly inhale their food, and after she went potty, she laid down on her snoozy pad and my 16 yo daughter said, "Mom, come here, she's trembling/shivering." We took her to the vet immediately, but they couldn't find anything wrong...temperature normal, no painful yelping when they pressed on her abdomen, moved her legs all around, checked her teeth, ears, etc.
So what's the deal? Is it just a part of aging? My daughter said it seems to have come on all of a sudden...Tiffy wasn't like this a couple of weeks ago. We've added warm homemade chicken broth and some breast meat to her kibble to make it more appetizing, and she is eating, albeit much slower.
Sorry this is long, but we want to keep our Boo Boo Dog healthy and happy.
Lita and Tiff
If her protein is a little high...your comment...then
you should be restricting any extra protein to avoid a pancreatitis...so limit that extra chicken you are putting on top of her dogfood.
If her protein is a little high...your comment...then
you should be restricting any extra protein to avoid a pancreatitis...so limit that extra chicken you are putting on top of her dogfood.
back to vet
I don't mean to alarm you, but sometimes when there is trembling, it is a sign that they are in pain. I would get a complete blood work up on your dog. She may have something acute going on like pancreatitus. Please do a follow up just to be sure.
back to vet
I don't mean to alarm you, but sometimes when there is trembling, it is a sign that they are in pain. I would get a complete blood work up on your dog. She may have something acute going on like pancreatitus. Please do a follow up just to be sure.
The results were inconclusive
w/respect to the thyroid, but the protein panel is a bit high. There is probably inflammation somewhere in her system, but she doesn't seem to be in any pain, and she is eating if we warm up her food and put a little moist, canned food or chicken on top of her kibble.
We are going to recheck in a couple of weeks...unless she gets worse, than obviously it's straight back to the vet sooner. As I said, some days are better than others.
Lita
The results were inconclusive
w/respect to the thyroid, but the protein panel is a bit high. There is probably inflammation somewhere in her system, but she doesn't seem to be in any pain, and she is eating if we warm up her food and put a little moist, canned food or chicken on top of her kibble.
We are going to recheck in a couple of weeks...unless she gets worse, than obviously it's straight back to the vet sooner. As I said, some days are better than others.
Lita
Good thing you took her to the vet
that way you can handle this better with that knowledge..
what did the vet suggest??
Good thing you took her to the vet
that way you can handle this better with that knowledge..
what did the vet suggest??
They did do blood work and they found
that the her thyroid function was low...that may explain the trembling as we're now starting to get into the colder weather out her in Calif.
They did do blood work and they found
that the her thyroid function was low...that may explain the trembling as we're now starting to get into the colder weather out her in Calif.
Older bulldogs (pic)
I have a bully girl (Gracee) who is also 8 yrs 2 months (born 9/15/2001). I have noticed that Gracee has slown down a bit as well especially as we are getting into winter in the north. Did they do some bloodwork on your girl ?? I did a complete profile on Gracee last year so we have something to compare to as she is getting into her "senior" years.
Gracee then (on on her side)
Gracee now (on the left with her granddaughter Eleanor in the middle on her daughter Gladys on the right)
Kym
Bullyfulbulldogs
Older bulldogs (pic)
I have a bully girl (Gracee) who is also 8 yrs 2 months (born 9/15/2001). I have noticed that Gracee has slown down a bit as well especially as we are getting into winter in the north. Did they do some bloodwork on your girl ?? I did a complete profile on Gracee last year so we have something to compare to as she is getting into her "senior" years.
Gracee then (on on her side)
Gracee now (on the left with her granddaughter Eleanor in the middle on her daughter Gladys on the right)
Kym
Bullyfulbulldogs