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Hi everybully!   I'd love and appreciate any info/ advice, etc. for two issues!  

MEATY---He USED to have horrrrible interdigital cysts and HORRIBLE, chronic ear infections.....We would soak his sweet paws

in warm water & Epsom salts, which is great----but he HATES IT----Hubbs & I try EVERYTHING to hold him at LEAST ten minutes

each soak, but honestly----his max is about 5 minutes---but at LEAST it's something .   Since we changed his (and Sophie's) kibble & treats

to fish-based, grain-free, his paws have been GREAT, and his ears, too!  We also started using Ketoconzole-EDTA-Tris  Flush once a week, and that  stuff is a MIRACLE!!!  Poor baby hasn't had one of his yeasty, painful ear infections in a lonnnng time!!!  (Even tho our OTHER vet says "the ears need

to be DRY....no liquids!!!)....,,,but since our new vet Rx'd the KET flush, he's great!...

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....I wanted to give background on his allergy problems, but now he has a NEW one....Licking ONE of his pads sooo incessantly, the

the connective tissue is showing each tiny fiber....We of course are concerned that one paw pad might be damaged permanently, so off

to the vet we went. Seasonal allergy---most likely, andnnnd just as in the past with his ears, as soon as Fall hits, he gets better! I also read POLLEN is probably the culprit!  ANYWAYYYY,  the vet did a culture and luckily, no infection!  I asked if we should get a collar, but the vet said no, with this oral cortisone, the licking would stop.  Sadly, it hasn't!!!  The TOP of his paw is now getting a bit raw because of the way he holds his paw to lick the bottom..... So after all THAT, anybully have any experience/ tips?  He has GOT to be miserable!!   We're doing the Epsom salt soaks for this, too....

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Now onto our precious foster Daphne.....She's awaiting ACL surgery, so she's on crate rest and leash walking for potty. She LOVESSS to

run around the yard and chase squirrels when she potties----obviousy, that CAN'T happen anymore!   What's really distressing is that there

are days she doesn't urinate for wayyyy longer than is healthy---!!! I've talked to my rescue peeps about it, especially the day she went SEVENTEEN HOURS without urinating, even tho her water intake is good!!!  I needed to know at what point do I take her to the vet, etc!!   My rescue peeps who know wayyyy more about this than I do said that it's NORMAL for them to "rebel" by not pottying on leash....some said it's that typical bulldog stubborness...."I can't chase squirrels, so I'm NOT gonna potty!"   ....WhatEVER the reason, I need more tips, because I don't want her having kidney/ bladder issues on TOP of her ACL pain (poor baby!!!)  ...

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Andddd, I hafta be honest....there are times we DO let her off leash because wellllll......17 hours is wayyyy too long for her to hold her urine. I feel like we are terrible parents---When we let her off leash, she happily chases the squirrels and/or RUNS to the far part of the yard to her fave poo location, and I know it's making the ACL worse....

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Anybully with tips on this----please share!!!!  Once she finally has the surgery, I know we can NOT let her run or walk far to potty....I'm so

worried she'll have kidney / bladder/ bowel issues if she's unwilling to go.....THANK YOU!!!!  ((( HUGS )))