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
Frenchie genetic issues
Itchy Frenchie? Is it Allergies?
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
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Belated BOAS recovery post
We meant to blog about this sooner but were really busy and then procrastination and then… It’s suddenly March? Stella’s recovery from her BOAS surgery went about as well as we could have hoped it to. So if anyone’s looking for information on post-surgery stuff here we go! The weeks after surgery As you might
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The story of Stella’s BOAS surgery
It’s been a pretty crazy week for us, because this was finally the week where Stella got admitted for her BOAS (Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome) surgery. It’s been a bit of a saga, we’ve been waiting to sort this since she was denied her spay back in September because of her condition. We wanted to
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Hey did you know? Frenchies have surprise back issues
So last week we were just lazing around the flat one evening when we noticed Stella wasn’t quite herself. She was being quiet and mopey, so we started to fuss a little and noticed that she was also bloated and a little shaky. We’d also realised she hadn’t pooped a lot on that particular day,
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Getting Stella spayed
So Stella was booked in to be spayed earlier in the week. We’d waited until after her heat cycle and were pretty eager to get it done because we’d love to be able to send her to a local doggy daycare every once in a while. Terry took her and it turns out she couldn’t