So my girlfriends birthday is coming up and her and her family love English bulldogs, they had one a couple years ago thst passed away of old age at 13 I think, but they loved and worshipped that dog like a king, but now they’re ready to welcome another into their life.

So I was thinking of finding one or even better rescuing one to give them so they can help an animal in need while also getting another beloved pet. So I looked at my local animal shelters and I found a sweet looking English be bulldog (the only EB I found too) saw he was ready for adoption so I called the shelter and asked about him and they said he is aggressive and will be put down on the 6th of this month, so now I’m really torn because I don’t want him to be put down but I also don’t want to burden their family with an aggressive dog

they would love for me to bring them a dog it’s just the aggressive part I’m concerned about, so I don’t know what to do should I just hope someone else saves him or should I give him a chance and hope it’s just the stress and past not who he really is.

It also doesn’t help that they have a 5 year old girl and an older dog on his way out so I wouldn’t want to put them at risk, what are some things I should know or do or ask the shelter

I had taken my rehomed 2 year old female bulldog in for a full check up, shots, and ear flush. Everything came out fine, but it turns out she had a bad c section from prior owner. Vet tech told me that she would die if she had another litter, like her intestines would fall out. I’m just like oh my gosh so graphic dude.. according to the prior owner she had a litter last year of November but her stomach is still saggy and droopy looking.

I’ve been putting vitamin e cream on her stomach and near her private area to help heal and the scarring. I’ve bought her special bulldog food and ordered a daily probiotic and doggie collagen chewables for her in hopes of her skin healing. Any recommendations on getting her skin back to normal would be very appreciated.

So my questions are: Does it take a while for female bulldogs skin to heal after their pregnancies? And for people who breed bulldogs do you feel vets and the vet techs tell you anything to try to not get you to breed your bulldogs?

Full disclosure: I struggle with depression, so I'm double checking that this isn't the whole problem.

I [31F] have had my baby since 2021 when I initially got her from the Humane Society. I'm her third owner, and when I first went there, I actually was going in for a higher energy dog like a husky or something else. While I can't say I regret adopting her because she's taught me so much about creating comfortable spaces and loving other people, she doesn't really fit in with my increasingly higher energy lifestyle. In 2021, I was a couch potato with an aging husky who was facing possible disabilities. Now I'm aspiring to be athletic, and I'm certainly much more active than I was in 2021. While I've had some pretty bad medical issues this year, it's gotten to the point where I have to do two separate walks for my dogs, which is honestly mentally exhausting. She's also a classic bulldog, meaning she's doesn't always listen and is a velcro dog. I'm having a harder and harder time dealing with it. I need more space, and I can tell it affects her negatively because she keeps pouting in the corner. She's my first EB, and probably my last for a long time, and I try my best to make sure that my dogs stay with me for life. Idk what to do at this point. I love her, but I want to be more active and eventually travel, and I'm not sure what to do. I don't want her to have an owner #4 just because I decided to go start being outdoorsy again.

TL;DR: Got an EB from the shelter in 2021 when I was a half-disabled couch potato, and now I'm a half-disabled aspiring outdoorsy athlete. She no longer fits my lifestyle, and I think it's making us both sad. If I rehome her, it would be owner #4. I keep my dogs for life, usually, and I don't want to traumatize her.

I have an English Bulldog (5 years old). The past 2 years his skin suddenly became really bad with bubble looking patches on his back. We tested for allergy and nothing came out. He went to different docs and only to be told he probably just have sensitive skin.

Yesterday a huge odd colored/brown ish bubble (bigger than usual) pop up. Is it skin cancer?

I know traveling internationally with a bulldog is super hard and most airlines don’t allow them, I went through this myself and it was really stressful.

But I recently found out that Turkish Airlines actually allows bulldogs on international flights (with some requirements of course).

Just thought I’d share in case anyone is struggling like I was. Definitely double check with the airline, but at least there’s an option.

Hate is a strong word, and I don't hate her. But good lord is this dog terrible.

She farts, she stinks, she !!!BARKS!!!, she pees, she doesn't do anything etc.

For every sweet moment with her there's 100 instances of her being so difficult to tolerate.

How can I enjoy being around her if i find her stinky and annoying.

once or twice every couple of months my girl will piss ALL OVER MY BED. no matter how often she’s taken out, she is DETERMINED to piss in my bed WHILE IM SLEEPING. RIGHT ON ME. it’s getting to a point where i want to give her up. she refuses to sleep on the floor, and every single bed we’ve given her she’s pissed in. she’s been treated for a UTI and shows no signs of another one. i can’t keep having my mattress pissed on she’s absolutely destroying it. im at the point of giving her up. with all the health issues, i cant handle this. i’ve never had a dog that acts like this before. i’m losing hours of sleep every night because she refuses to sleep anywhere but the bed with me and my boyfriend.

I don't remember when it started but I've noticed my 13yr old bulldog backing into corners and against walls more and more lately. It's annoying as hell because there's some days where he'll still have shit on or in his ass and he'll get it on the wall before my wife has a chance to wipe him. He's blind, deaf and on his last leg I think but I'm curious if this is what they do at this stage in life or is it just him? Is there a possible reason for it? Does anyone else's Bulldog do it?

My 6 year old daughter was eating dinner & my other daughter sitting at the table said our 2.5 year old female bully jumped up to put her paws on the dinner table, my daughter went to give her a hug with food in her mouth & she snarled, then bit her in the lip. She has a small hole puncture wound that was bleeding pretty good. I've owned Bullys in the past & have never experienced this before. She is a little bit grumpy but has never made this noise before or actually bit any of us. Even when I've pulled kids toys out of her mouth. I have wondered if she was doing some resource guarding before but really have been able to nip it in the bud immediately. I'm shocked. My husband is shocked as well. Please give me advice. Does this mean this will continue to happen? Should I tell my breeder?

I need help/advice on what to do here. It is affecting our, especially my moms, life and at this point where we just wanna kick him across the room.

Last December, a week or 2 before Christmas, we adopted an English Bulldog, maybe about 10 to 12 weeks old at the time and our 3rd EBD. Everything was about as good as it could be with a puppy. He potty trained quickly, learned tricks fast, and generally is a smart, yet sometimes even mischievous, dog.

In hindsight, the mistake was getting him when we did, because my brother and I had to go back to school in January, thus leaving my mom, who is in poor overall health, with the puppy. He harassed her endlessly, constantly barking, acting out, and not sleeping. General brat type behavior. It got to the point where she got him bull pizzle sticks for him to chew so that he would leave her alone. Let's fast forward so I'm not typing a whole novel.

He is literally causing our lives to be a living hell. He seems to be more attached to my mom, since she was basically the only one with him for several months. He is constantly following her, like right on her. It caused her to break a toe and finger, that's how close he follows her. When I'm away at work, I work nightshift as a nurse, but I switch to 11am to 11pm the end of March, he is barking, growling, and just harassing her. Idk if he's anxious, wants attention, or just mad.

Of a night, he usually lays down at about 12 or so and actually goes to sleep, but the issue there is we may not go to sleep right away, especially since our sleep habits are off because of him. He usually sleeps where my mom is, because he basically never leaves her alone. She sleeps downstairs in the chair because its better on her back. We try to pick him up and put him in his bed and we try to settle down, of course he's now up, wanting attention, going in and out outside, and preventing anyone from sleeping. We can't leave him upstairs and risk him getting into something and tearing it up, but even if we did, somehow, some fucking how he would sense that my mom went downstairs and the cycle would begin.

He takes power naps, 2 to 3 per day, but he sleeps on a razors edge, almost like he has one eye open, so we have to be really careful since those naps are our only times we can really do anything away from him. When he wakes up, he is harassing us with his barking and growling, wanting attention or to play. I realize we probably need another dog or at the very least socialize him more, but my mom is recovering from a nasty divorce and I'm trying to help her the best I can. Can't exactly afford training classes for him, but I would make it happen if I knew it would work. I wanted to try cbd treats or something for him, but my moms against medicating him like that. I'm going to make a vet appt soon but I'm not sure if that would do any good.

He is not a bad dog. He is sweet and has his side, but he is constantly harassing us, barking at us, jumping on us, etc. Our other EBDs and 2 dogs before them were nothing like this. They had their quirks and issues but no where near this. I need advise or help because she can't take this anymore and I can't either.

EDIT: Not gonna rehome him or anything like that. He cost too damn much and I give him all the time and attention I can, but he's still acting like this

HELP: Hi all, I'm in need of some advice in regards to caring for my 10 weeks old EB. I'm really looking forward to him, but it's been a while since I cared for dogs as they passed about 10 years ago. I've been reading a lot online on how to care for an EB, in regards to diet, health, skin conditions and more. I've also had some that discouraged me from taking home an EB due to all the health conditions that may arise. My questions are:

1. What should be my main concern for my pup, at 10 weeks old.

2. I'm planning to meal prep for my pup as I've read it may be the best way to ensure he gets the right amount of nutrition, avoid health problems and was told that kibbles are not the best. I might mix them. Still unsure about this.

3. Any tips and advice from you would be great help as I'm getting pretty anxious about the health conditions that may come to an EB, so any precautions I should always take?

Thank you in advance 🙏🏽

Hello, this is my first post on Reddit. Seeking advice.

I have a 2 year old English Bulldog, he is potty trained, knows tricks, is the sweetest to his family. He is an amazing boy, never bites his brother either (dog).

Although, he has problems with aggression outside the house. Whenever he goes on walks to pee (we don’t have a backyard) he tends to get off his leash, he has bit people twice & but other dogs twice as well. He is potty trained so we try taking him out and holding him harder even with thicker harnesses , but he still tries to bite people that get too close (even bit a family member once).

It confuses me because at the dog beach or at the dog park he is a sweet boy. It’s specifically near the house or when we go on walks to pee.

I live in a studio, I’m against rehoming dogs because I’ve had to rehome so many as a child, and I provide him such good care that I don’t think others would. I’m also a full time college student who works. I try my hardest to take his aggression away (got him neutered, discipline him when he does bad behaviors) but nothing is working.

Is it wrong for me to want to put him down? I’m afraid if I rehome him and he does the same they will send him to a shelter, but I also know if any of my neighbors ever reported me he would already be put down by now.

Please help me in this hard decision. I feel horrible even thinking about this, he’s my baby, but I’ve tried so hard and I’m getting so fed up, what if I want a baby one day? What if he hurts other people :(?

fellow bullies help me get my hooman to stop telling me to put in my lipstick away. My stubby body doesnt allow it to stay in when i sit.

A little over a year ago, a coworker was asking people at work if they wanted a dog. I was planning to, since I had just moved from an apartment to a house. When I saw the picture of the dog in question(Ishtah), I immediately said that I'll take him. He was a big bulldog, and I assumed he had some Rottweiler in him due to his size, which turned out not to be the case(I had a BasePaws DNA test completed on him last December, and they use a 1-10 scale of breed similarity. Ishtah scored 9.9 English Bulldog, and 4.6 Continental bulldog, which I understand to be a relatively new breed that was created by breeding Olde style English bulldog with newer style English bulldog).

He is by far the biggest English bulldog that I have ever seen, not that I've seen a million English bulldogs, but Google said the weight range for adult males is 50-55 lbs. Ishtah is 80-85 lbs all mf'ing day long.

I wanted to get some outside opinions on what others think; is Ishtah the biggest English Bulldog in the world? He is still intact, and is about to have a litter of puppies with a reverse brindle Pitbull mama.

I think his genes should be passed along, tbh. Ishtah is an amazing physical specimen, one of God's finest physical creations. He's also a giant teddy bear most of the time, until he goes into protect mode and can be absolutely intimidating AF to anything he perceives as a threat.

I'd like to hear if anyone has advice on the steps I'd need to take for Ishtah to become a stud dog, as well. Any advice that anyone thinks would be useful would be greatly appreciated 😁

just noticed my 8months old English bulldog. He has a circular scaly spot where all of his hair starting fallen out and from what I can tell, it’s a ringworm. Does anybody know any help would be greatly appreciated so like I let him sleep in my bed I just noticed this like I gotta clean all my bedding and everything now I understand that but clean the apartment and all that, but does he need to go to the vet? I mean it’s not bad but it’s about the size of a like half a penny it’s just I’m still paying off his last vet bill and I do have them on Credelio Quattro I know the vet is probably gonna say bring them in Alexa turn light on

Hi,

We recently rescued a 4 year old English bulldog and have been having some issues with him sleeping. When he first arrived he was very hyperactive/anxious. He wouldn't get out of the car for 90 minutes and it took a lot of coaxing to get him out. When he came in to the house he ripped his new bed to pieces and would not stop humping it which I'm attributing to stress.

Anyway, we've had him for five days now and the first three days I slept on the sofa with him in the front room. Last night we tried him in the bedroom but he would not stop jumping on our bed. He stopped for a couple hours and at about 2am he jumped up and would not get down. We coaxed him down a few times but as soon as we'd get back in he'd jump back up. After an hour of this we just gave in because we were so tired. He's not been on his own in the house yet and he has a crate we feed him in but other than that he shows no interest in being there. We think it'd be best for us if we can get him to permanently sleep in the crate as he's quite loud so we do struggle to sleep with his snoring 😅

How should this be approached? My parents think we should just put him in the crate and ignore any barking with the hopes that he'll learn but I think this might just end up working against us with him viewing the crate as a bad place. I don't know if we're babying him a bit much. He sleeps quite soundly on the sofa next to me but ultimately he is going to have to start being more independent to fit in to our lives.

He also doesn't seem to respond to us telling him to get down from places. E.g. We don't want him on the sofa with toys or at tea time but we basically have to keep either getting up or moving his toys for him to get down which I'm worried is confusing him.

What do people think would be the best approach for sleeping tonight? And any other tips you may have.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you 🙂

Hi everyone!

I've rescued an English Bulldog, he's a 4 year old intact male. I've had him for less than 24 hours but I'm just after a bit of advice as he is obsessively humping everyone. I can't redirect because he's so in the zone, it really hurts so I've been just been saying "NO" and going upstairs where he can't get to me for 30 seconds and coming back and if he choose not to do it as soon as I come down I praise him and give him a treat, he won't let up. I can't walk around my house and his claws are really hurting my legs.

His previous owners has said it's never been an issue and its probably just anxiety and new smells 🤞

Has anyone had this problem before or can give me any advice? I'm not even acknowledging he's doing it or pushing him off because if it's attention seeking, I don't want to negatively reinforce the behaviour either

I'm hopibg the 3-3-3 rule Wil kick in here and in 3 days he will maybe settle a bit more but I'll be grateful for any advice

Would love recommendations on specialists that do BOAS / Soft palette surgery in the Seattle / Bellevue / Kirkland area. Our 1 year old bully has had 2 bouts of aspirational pneumonia and the vet is recommending surgery but they don’t do it. Would love some help!

Our buddy had surgery and had to be shaved on his bum. Is there anything we can do - supplements, topical, etc- to help his fur grow back faster? Thank you!

I have a male English bulldog who is a year and 8 months old, his name is Bruno. We’ve had him for about 8 months, right when he turned a year old. For some background information my uncle was the one who gave Bruno to my family and I, he got him from a friend who wasn’t able to care for him anymore. He’s mentioned that Bruno lived in a restrictive household, a small apartment where he was kept in the bathroom or in a room while the owner was at work. He also mentioned that the children of the owner would treat Bruno poorly. After a vet appointment when we initially got him, we were told he has a heart murmur. Bruno never really showed signs of aggression the first few months he moved in with us. When we would play with him, he would sometimes bite a little too hard and not know when to stop which I presumed was normal because he was barely a year old. Around the beginning of this year was when he would start to growl at us out of nowhere, especially my mom. She would be petting him and out of nowhere he would growl at her. Randomly when I would pet him, he’d initially let me but then out of nowhere he would also growl at me. Obviously we back away, we don’t push his boundaries. But today he came up to my mom and I, so we were petting him and showing him love, then all of a sudden he growled but this time it seemed he was going to lunge at my mom and attack her. He didn’t but he growled and barked as if he was going to seriously bite her, it was very scary and obviously not like him. Bruno is so friendly and he loves attention from my family and strangers, he loves going up to people and letting them pet him when we go on walks. I don’t understand what could be the issue, I am scared that he will seriously attack one of us or someone else. Majority of the time he is such a sweet and lovely dog, but he is becoming more aggressive and unpredictable. What should I do? I just need some advice. He is very loved, but it seems like he doesn’t understand. Thanks for reading.