Bone County Bulldogs

06/11/2024

Veda and Freya’s babies are 2 weeks old already!!!
Beautiful little potatoes !!

05/11/2024

Rawhide chews are not christmas gifts; they are unplanned ER vet visits just waiting to happen!
They are terrible for dogs but stores sell them because people keep buying them. Rawhide are harmful from processing with irritating chemicals, the small choking hazard pieces, the swallowed piece sits in the stomach and irritates your dogs stomach for months or forms a complete blockage from a big piece or several smaller pieces clumping together in the dogs intestines.

Canine intestinal blockage or foreign body surgery costs about 2-3k in this area to treat an obstruction. That $7 candy cane rawhide doesn't look so cute now, does it?

These are the most common rawhide risks:

Contamination. As with pet toys, rawhide chews can contain trace amounts of toxic chemicals. And, as with other pet (or human) foods, Salmonella or E. coli contamination is possible. Even humans can be at risk when coming into contact with these bacteria on rawhide treats.

Digestive irritation. Some dogs are simply sensitive or allergic to rawhide or other substances used in their manufacture processes. This can cause problems, including diarrhea and vomiting.

Choking or blockages. Rawhide bones and other edible chews can pose a choking and blockage risk. In fact, this is a much bigger risk than contamination or digestive irritation. If your dog swallows large pieces of rawhide, the rawhide can get stuck in the esophagus or other parts of the digestive tract. Depending on its size and where it is located, a local vet may be able to remove these pieces fairly easily through the throat. But sometimes, abdominal surgery is needed to remove them from the stomach or intestines. If it isn’t resolved, a blockage can lead to death.

It doesn't take much. Similar to the way small pieces of hair clog a drain, the small pieces of rawhide can clump and block your dog similar to the various items pictured in the first photo below. This is usually a hard thing to diagnose because rawhide is skin. Xrays don't show skin very well so usually a contrast study with barium is needed. Typically a barium study runs $500-900 in this area. Once the blockage is found then the surgery or endoscopic retrieval can be done. The best case scenario is your dog is puking and pooping out the pieces and this can be painful it there's a pointed piece that injures the tissues on its way out.

Please save your dog some pain and yourself hours waiting at an emergency clinic and thousands of dollars.

Don't buy rawhide!!!!!!

31/10/2024

21/10/2024

Freya is over being pregnant!
Tomorrow is the day! 🩵🩵🩵

20/10/2024

Puppies will arrive Tuesday!!
Freya and Odin’s puppies will be AKC registered… Can’t wait to see their babies!!
🩵🩷🩷🩵

08/10/2024

Odin sporting his new sweatshirt.. he’s so sick of my sh*t lmaoooo 😂
Love my big beefcake! 🩵

04/10/2024

CAN and CAN’T have foods for your dog for Thanksgiving 🦃🍎🫐🐶

28/09/2024

Yeah they have it rough….
My little free loaders 🩵

23/09/2024

Congratulations Erika Christine on your first Frenchie!!! Paisley was meant to heal your broken heart!!!! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
She knew what her job was the minute she met you!

06/09/2024

My Frenchie skeletons!!
These are the best!!
🎃👻💀🐶

28/08/2024

These two sisters are still looking for their forever homes… they have had a lot of inquiries and I can’t believe they are still available!! They are ready to go and doing great with potty training…. 15 weeks old
French Bulldog puppies

17/08/2024

Mmmmm YEAHHH 😂

13/08/2024

Well Pinky’s eye surgery went great and she also found her forever Mommy!! Congratulations Kenidi on your new sweet baby girl!! You will be an amazing Frenchie mama!! 🩷🩷🩷