The new life of an adopted French Bulldog in Manchester
It’s been almost three years since Stella’s BOAS surgery. So I guess this will serve as an update on that and where things are at with her now. Perks of the BOAS surgery Since having her surgery in 2019 Stella was doing really well, we were able to take her on walks and adventures with
This is more of a ranty article about some of the weird questions we get asked about Stella on the street, with dog theft being pretty high at the moment it baffles me why some people feel the need to ask questions about her. For reference, here’s some of the shiz you should never ask
Because of Stella’s Frenchie face we really struggle with the regular brushing of her teeth. Her short snout and big tongue don’t leave much room for a toothbrush, and even when we manage to get the toothbrush in her mouth it tends to get blocked by skin and her fighting back. We’ve almost completely given
A common issue with french bulldogs is their big ears, they are prone to dirt, mites and it’s usually where Stella’s allergies first manifest. She will scratch them like crazy if she’s having an allergy attack. It’s a recurrent issue and I just wanted to talk about some of the products we use and how
When covid rolled in, Terry and I moved to a working primarily from home situation, that hasn’t really changed after everything opened back up. We tend to do a day or two if the office, but more often than not one of us will be in the flat for the full day now. Stella has
When we first got Stella obviously one of the first things we really needed was per insurance. There was no question on whether we should get it or not. With her being a problematic breed we went through a whole bunch of options, and I just wanted to do a quick post about why I
Last month we took Stella to Bardsea, it was her first outing since the IVDD incident earlier in the year, so we were a little on edge about putting her up to a proper trip with a fair bit of walking. It all went really well and we had a great time though! Here’s what
It feels like we’re only blogging medical stuff here, so I’m going to fix that up soon because I swear we have a lot of happy memories too. But here’s a blog post about our nightmare earlier in the year with Stella. What happened now? So, we moved house in April and during the move
For a while we had a problem with Stella scratching uncontrollably. It tended to be worse of a morning or just before bed time. She always had a bit of an issue with her ears being very waxy but we got her some Pro Pooch drops and thought that was it. But she was mostly