Slim Jim Tucker's brother

Last year, Slim Jim Tucker would stretch across the entrance to the greenhouse and wait for a mouse just like his mother, Blackie, would do the year before. Today, as I was taking Cherry Cookie out for her daily walk, I noticed that one of the dogs had been playing with a belt... a skinny belt about four feet long!  And it started to move! Cherry Cookie and I just waited until the 'Belt' crawled out of the way.  He was beautiful-- like a checker board design on his back.  Cherry wanted me to keep him but then he wouldn't be catching any mice so I let him go. These are photos from a website since I didn't have my camera with me.

Cherry Cookie whelped three males and one female 7/6/2010

Cherry Cookie had a C-section about three o'clock this afternoon. She had three males and one female. The birthing pictures don't show much other than wet, pink snouts, and some bloody smears... You can see the umbilical clamps.  Originally the only way to quickly tie off the umbilical cord was an awkward hemostat.  We tried bobby pins, thread, hair twists, and then Dr. Frank found some "human" umbilical clamps and that's what we've been using since. The tall vet tech is Justin (it's his birthday!)

Farrah - English bulldog puppy - weaning!

Farrah is weaned! Her mother (Dixie Pie) decided to cut Farrah's feedings short which left the puppy without enough nourishment.  Since the puppy's eyes had been open for a couple of days, and she can move around without flipping on her back (like a turtle) I made up a "solid food" supplement:  Two tablespoons of Purina Puppy Chow, two tablespoons of hot water, and three tablespoons of half and half.  Let the kibbles soak for thirty minutes and let the blender mush it into a slurry.  The first few days, I've been feeding her with a syringe sans needle.  I let her nurse on a finger tip and slide the syringe tip into her cheek and SLOWLY empty the syringe into her mouth.  She sucks it naturally.  Next step is letting her find the food in a bottle top or small saucer.  She should be able to lap it up.

Adopted Adult Bulldog

Recent Email:

Subject: newly adopted adult bulldog
Name: Kris


Hi,
I just adopted a friends bulldog and have been reading your site. Baxter is 3 and he suffers from chronic ear infections, yellow gunky stinky ears and allergies. I have read your remedies for both and will try both. They had him on a very expensive bulldog food for gas, it is useless. Can you please recommend what I should feed him and how, do you still wet adult food too? Yor site is a god send and I look forward to making Baxter's life a little better and mor comfortable for him..I have a mutt who is so easy I had no idea the care bullies took, but so far I have cleared up alot of his stinky issues..Thanks for the site and I hope to hear from you.
Kris

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Hi Kris!  

All of our bulldogs (and the six strays that came to stay) all eat Purina Dog Chow.  The adults eat DRY  with plenty of water available.  I usually limit the older bulldogs to two or three cups per day.  But they stay chunky.  Nothing looks worse than a skinny bulldog (LOL).  Bulldog puppies need Purina Puppy Chow up to the age of two years (that's what they told me...)

The ear problem sounds like yeast infection and the cleaner is on the web site (puppygal.com) Whenever we rescue a bulldog that has ears with yeast, we keep up the treatment for three weeks after it looks all clear... get yourself a big box of Q-tips and be real careful -- a bulldogs ears and eyes are the only delicate part of a bulldog.

Have fun with your bullie!  And remember, don't laugh at him if he does something bad... they want you to be happy so they will repeat their actions if you laugh.

Follow the current events at http://thepuppygal.blogspot.com  

Bob

Cherry Cookie is Due on or about July 4th!

Here we go again!  Cherry Cookie is due on July 3 (earliest) and the next five days... She is not showing very much but she is showing!

Dixie Pie's Farrah is doing well but the smaller two did not make it. 

Dixie Pie's Puppies Are Doing Fine!

Dixie Pie's puppies that were born five days ago are doing just fine.  The three female pups are gaining weight.  Farrah is the largest and as you can see, she uses her sisters as pillows.  Kate is the one on the bottom in this picture and Jaclyn is curled up in the back.  Nursing times are every three hours now.  They all seem to be healthy -- no sneezing or coughing.  Two are so tiny and so cute!  I find myself counting toes (just checking...)

Pink noses are healthy.  That means their blood has lots of oxygen.  By the time they are 8 weeks old, their noses and lips will have turned black.  That's a sign of bulldog purity.  The grandmother (Sweet Tater Pie) is from championship lines in Tupelo and their father (Jazzman) is from the famous Dingman's Badger line.

Cherry Cookie is "showing"

Cherry Cookie is showing -- she might be pregnant!  If she is, her due date is July 3 or July 5.  The prognosis was bad when she contracted a vaginal bacterial infection while she was in heat.  But she's one happy girl now.  She just loves her puppies.

Dixie Pie's puppies are doing well.  They are gaining weight and nursing without problems.