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Cruciate Repair: Why Ty Won’t Be Walking Much for the Next 6 Weeks

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Mr. Bighead started holding up his right rear leg again on Friday and still couldn’t walk on it last night, so we called the vet for an appointment first thing this morning. The diagnosis: Ty has officially torn the cruciate ligament in his right knee. And I don’t mean “torn” as in tiny tear that will heal in… Read more »

Pickles and Ty Go to the Lake

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We were the perfect little summer family this weekend. On Saturday afternoon, we slathered on the sunblock, packed some sandwiches and drinks in the cooler, and headed to Lake Anna with dogs in tow. We’d never been there before and neither had they, so it was quite an adventure. But when we arrived we realized that in our excitement to… Read more »

Sad, Sick Bullmastiff Baby

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Ty’s stopped the diarrhea but after he ate the first meal of special prescription bland diet for sick puppies for dinner last night, now he won’t touch his food at all. He’s just lying on the couch all pathetic and sad. I tried mixing a little warm water with about half a cup of his regular food into the bland… Read more »

Bullmastiff Joint Pain and Unpleasant NSAID Side Effects (or why my house reeks of poo)

We took Ty to the vet last week after he started limping really badly on the leg he had his surgery on before we got him, back in March. He had blown his cruciate ligament in his left rear leg and needed reconstruction, and after about 2 months of hobbling around was back to normal for weeks! But then he… Read more »