Queen Maeby

I can't believe that people have had Huntsman's crawl on them while sleeping!

I had to look. Do they bite? eta Sorry, just saw the last post. They bite.

So gorgeous. What beautiful babies :)

Damn, I can't open the link... My connection is too slow. eta It's okay, it's working now. Oh, I thought he ate something.

Thanks for your help! Im keeping in touch with French Bulldog rescue Melbourne...just wanted to put the word out everywhere! Oh, good idea! I wish you all the best with it! :)

Oh sorry, I should have said... Mature French Bulldogs are still quite expensive. I would talk to the people in the Frenchie thread because they will be able to tell you about health problems as well (which can also be quite expensive). Take care :)

There is also a French Bulldog breed thread... http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/106362-french-bulldog-thread/page__st__15960 Maybe somebody might be able to point you in the right direction?

I would contact the French Bulldog breeders who are advertised on the main Dogzonline website... And ask them if they are willing to sell you a mature (older) dog. https://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/community/french-bulldog.asp I would also contact the French Bulldog Clubs of Victoria, NSW and SA (if they have them). Sending you positive, healing thoughts for your diagnosis :)

Oh, dear Hamlet, what a funny old sausage :)

Where is the photo of Ess and Don sitting down nicely? I can't find it.

Amazing!

Oh, he's lovely :)

I'm sorry, I don't know what to say. I trust my vet completely

I'm going to the shops now, I'm getting some alcohol and chocolate. I need it! :laugh:

Yes, my vet told me to clean his stitches/wounds with warm saltwater and some cotton buds. She has always told me to do this. We just went for another walk, maybe about 10 mins, and he banged into me the whole time with his cone! He's only been wearing it for 24 hours and I'm sick of it already! Plus he is refusing to walk on grass! I had to carry him over all the grass! :laugh:

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Yes, he has stitches.

I took my Puggie for a 10 minute walk, just a little one down to the corner and back. That was all he could handle, he is still very slow and out of it. I might take him again later tonight if he's feeling up to it. Just having his harness and lead on lifted his spirits and he is asleep on the couch now. I have bathed his wounds with warm saltwater and put Neocort on his ears (where he scratched them).

That is absolutely beautiful. One of the best photos I've ever seen :)

Thank you very much for your kind words :) Yes, I am feeling *heaps* better! My Pug just accidentally wee'ed on my bed, and all over himself, and I'm still in a good mood! :laugh:

He's home and I feel so much better. I think I was feeling a bit down because a couple of people had lectured me about spending so much money on his cancer (no one here)... But I've realised that taking care of him makes me happy and it's my money so stuff them LOL. He had three MCT's removed and the rest were hives (which have mostly gone down now). And my vet gave me some extra prednisolone in case he ever has another histamine reaction. I've been very busy, and I had a cold recently, and I let everything get on top of me... But I'm feeling positive and clear-headed again now. I'm just waiting for the biopsy results now.

I have one Pug and would like to have four. But because his cancer treatment is so expensive, I'm just going to stick with one for now. I have other things I'm saving for.

No worries :)

Thanks MM :) He's had over 20 lumps now. More than half of them have been MCT's and you never know what they're gonna be until they are removed. It's scary.

Chemo is the same - it doesn't cure them, it buys you time.. It will put them in remission and depending on the dog, the doses it has received and the spread and hold the MCT has.. Remissions can be short, medium or long term - with MCT it is so hard to tell.. We used a combination of conventional medicine, holistic medicine and finger crossing.. Ol had chemo for 6 months, was treated with improvements to diet and holistic supplements. High doses of Vitamin C, fish oil, a daily polarmine tablet and loads of what he wanted to do. He still wanted to go walking every day - so we did.. My oncologists don't think chemo will be useful in his case because he has multiple (frequent) MCT's, but they said they would consider trying a c-kit/tyrosinase inhibitor, like Masitinib or Palladia, which will turn off the c-kit oncogene temporarily (while he's taking the drug). This is because they suspect he has the c-kit oncogene. I can get them to do a DNA test to see. I'm doing pretty much the same as you in terms of treatment.