Ok - now my vet at the time suggested having his tongue cropped or getting him false teeth.
I defiantly wasn’t having his tongue cut and I couldn’t get him false teeth.
His tongue doesn’t bother him but I still hear from a few people that I should have had it cut when he was young.

I was wondering what everyone thought about this?

I do brush her teeth at least once a week. Anyone else have other techniques they use to help reduce bad breath or remove tartar build up? She will only allow me to brush her teeth, clip her nails, etc. She pretty much hates everyone else in the world if they try to restrain her in any way. She isn’t mean just to be petted or such, but if you try to pick her up, she loses it. She tries to eat the vet every time I take her in for vaccinations. He has to muzzle her and she still almost gets him every time.

Yes, she’s a bit insane, but I love her. LOL

Lori

Now that he is just eating Canidea again and Daddy’s home, he is back to normal.

That’s the good news.

The bad news is Lila is now sick. She has had diarrhea and been throwing up for the last couple of days now. A few accidents to clean up but she has mostly been going to the door if she needs to go out. I was up with her all night and I am ready to collapse today. I got up to go to the bathroom and when I came out she was pacing like she wanted to go out. I started heading for the door and saw on the carpet a large spot of blood. Only blood; no diarrhea. I let her outside and saw her back end was all bloody.

She won’t eat at all today after throwing up numerous times yesterday. She is laying down again but she actually smells sick. Her symptoms remind me of parvo, but she is an eight year old dog who never goes anywhere. I’m wondering if the previous owners had a dog with parvo? Anyhow, I know she needs to go to a vet but I am broke until payday. I may call and see what they suggest. I haven’t seen a vet since we moved here so they aren’t likely to work with someone they don’t know.

I’m getting a little panicked. Do you think it could actually be parvo at her age? I’m feeling sick still myself and all this is just getting to be more than I can handle. And I still have work to finish. I’d sure appreciate any ideas that I may not have thought of.

I just read a piece about the new dog flu that’s going around (H3N8) and I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about this new flu or if their vet’s have told them anything about it. There’s a piece in the New York Times about it, as well as an Q&A section.

Do you think this is anything to worry about? Should we consider a vaccine? I’m curious to hear what everyone thinks/feels about this.

My Dogue de Bordeaux has issues. One of them is that I don’t think her nails have ever been trimmed. The people who had her before just had no clue what to do with a dog. I’d tell you the condition she was in when she was surrendered, but I’ll just say that I’m thankful she was surrendered or she probably would be dead.

Anyhow, I had been taking her to the vet to trim her nails because I always worry that I’m hurting her. I’m thinking I may just get a Dremmel to do it myself and save some money. Even with the vet doing it, they are really long.

If I do it regularly, will I be able to get her nails to the length they should be eventually? How often could I trim them safely? I know it has to hurt her feet to walk so I really want to get them short like they should be, but I realize it will take some time to get to that point.

If we could walk her, that would help. She won’t walk outside. Our patio is her “potty” and we just keep it cleaned up. I daily walk would be a huge help in keeping her nails trimmed.

We use Front line but we are out. What kind do you use? where do you get it and how can I get some (just for the next couple of months until they go back to the vet). I was going to ask the vet tech on here but maybe this will answer my question.