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Hi i dont know if you could be of help i have an 8 month old british bulldog female and she seems to be losing little bit of hair on her back i have been to two different vets now and they cant seem to diagnose it any thoughts would be appreciated.

Hi,
Welcome to PF; I don't know anything about bulldogs specifically, and I'm sure the vets have already asked, but have you by any chance changed her collar recently; or the brand of flea drops? Is she be excessively scratching at it causing the hair loss? That would usually mean allergy, but that was probably the 1st thing the vets ruled out...
Are there any other dogs in your home that could be licking her too much? My 1st dog (tinker) used to lick our little pup like a momma would to clean it- only she licked too much, not to the point of hair loss, but the hair thinned a bit before we realised what was happening...
Just some thought I hope you can get her sorted- does it seem uncomfortable?

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'You know, I've given the matter some thought, and I think I would be willing to be a house pet to a race of super intelligent aliens; the learning opportunities would be abundant. Additionally, I like having my belly scratched.' Dr Sheldon cooper. *

Bulldogs are notorious for having skin and fur problems. Sometimes, a good supplement like a one from Dorwest herbs can help -

Skin & Coat - Dorwest

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Hi, is she losing any on her sides, is the skin black underneath, if so this could be hormonal, I have a bitch that loses when due in, what are you feeding her on because it could be allergy also.

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Hello to all, I'm new here and bought my first British Bulldog a couple of days before Christmas after wanting one for around 15 years, his name is Rupert and has just turned 8 months old and we absolutely adore him.

After buying him from the breeder I took him to our local vets to get him checked over to which they gave him a clean bill of health, however a few days into January he started become quite lame on his one rear leg after sleeping and was dragging himself around before he stands up, he couldn't seem to put much weight through the leg at all. Another trip to the vets found nothing untoward as my boy wasn't giving anything away to the vet when he was examained apart from some swelling to the knee area and metacam was prescribed and cured the problem until this was finished and the problem resurfaced.

He finished his last bottle on Wednesday and seems fine now, climbing up and down stairs, climbing onto furnature and even trying his luck with our bed!! Lol! But I have noticed that the leg he's had the problem with is pointing out from his hip area causing him to walk slightly sideways at certain speeds, does anyone know what this is?? I've read about hip dysplasia but it doesn't tell me what to look for??
X rays will be the next thing to get done to find out exactly whats going on any knowledgeable thoughts would be much appreciated.

Many thanks
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ok , this maybe a long one but i could do with a bit of help from british bulldog people , i had a modern tyme british bulldog called ella , she was 3 years old and she was my life , she got ill in october , she started losing weight fast and became very tired and ate more then she would normally and had loose fat(which later on we where told it was the proteen in her blood droping into pouches because its not making it way through the blood because of the diarraa , she went from 25kg to 19kg inside month , it was like water coming out of her rear end , she was in and out of vets for 3 months , the vet (who had a poor reputation anyway) said she may have a worm , but she was always up to day with worming so she was given treatment for dogs with worms, she was given rice and chicken , then november we wher told after £600 in vet fees that she may have e_coli (hope i spelt that right)poisioning. she was given very strong antibiotics one monday and on the weds she was that bad we thought we might lose her but by 10pm that night she changed and started becoming herself again and the vet said it was the treatment working, end of november she was then put on royal canin gastro food (which at the time id just lost my job and i was £70 a bag but my last penny would have gone on her) then she started going right back to herself again , energy came back and she went back up to 24kg < then on 20dec i started her on royal canin bulldog food and then it started with the watery diarria again , so xmas eve she went back vets and i got told off for changing her food so quickly. from that day she never got better and on the 2nd jan she stopped eatting her hair was falling out and she couldnt sleep , her belly was bloated and was shaking and her jaw was shaking so she had to stay for 2 nights in vet, they said she needed a line of calsum and proteen because she was very weak. this cost £490 for the 2 night stay , they phoned me up on the thurs morn at 9oclock to say her body is rejecting the treatment and she is to go to vet hospital asap , we collected her and took her , we where then told that there was a possible 3 things rong , one which was the worst cancer in the stomach, the vet hospital said that my vet should have sent her straight to them 2 days earllier instead of staying there for 2 nights ,, but vet hospital said she needed a bi-opsi fri morning but she may be to weak and not come through it , she didnt survive till then , she passed away on friday early morning , i was devistated. now this is where i need help , the vet hospital phoned friday night to say she has only seen it once before in a dog and that dog died , she said the other dog had cancer and ella would proberly had the same,PROBERLY????? she said she problerly cancer and the antibiotics she had in november prob give her a boost for few weeks , im sorry but if she had cancer like i was told , would antibiotic clear cancer for 2 months? then to my disgust i got a statement from my pet insurance to say they had paid vet hospital £1100 for treatment of parvo, now ive read about parvo and i takes 3 days to kill and not 3 months , so i was told it was e-coli poisioning , then worms , then cancer in the gut , then parvo , sorry to rant on but can anybody tell me if they know what she had from any experances? because if feel i cant move on not knowing and should i report my vets to rspca? we got another brittish bulldog last week called betty , a pure white one , we where planing on getting her anyway as a sister to ella, havent missed the toilet training, haha please help

hi , i went vet with my 9 week bulldog and she said 190 of food which is amg fall a day , she is 4kg at moment, so looked on back of her food bag it says 330gms for 7-8kg dogs between 12weeks and 4 1/2 months , so i think u got it spot on