The Balerow Aussie Bull-Blog

The GI tract may be inhabited by many species of parasites. Their cycles may be direct, in which eggs and larvae are passed in the feces and stadial development occurs to the infective stage, which is then ingested by the final host.

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We thought we’d put up an article detailing the in’s and out’s of artificial insemination or AI, for those Aussie Bulldog owners and breeders interested. This technique is regularly used in Australian Bulldogs, we find it very helpful and successful.Today, many dog breeders and veterinarians have found artificial insemination (AI) to be an invaluable tool. Many of them see it as a way to increase the quality

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What is the Diet About?

Feeding dogs the diet they evolved to eat over millions of years of genetic adaptation. Other terms for the diet include evolutionary diet, natural diet and species appropriate diet.

Philosophy

If our bulldogs are to reach their genetic potential in terms of health, longevity, physical activity and reproduction, their modern day diet must mimic as closely as possible their evolutionary diet.

The further an animal’s diet departs from its evolutionary diet, the more health problems that animal is likely to develop. That is why modern grain based pet foods, no matter how well researched, cause many health problems. It is impossible for them to match the health enhancing attributes of the evolutionary diet.

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In regards to management practices feeding is one of the most important practices of the pet owner. Vet’s believe that feeding is an integral part of both preventative health care and many treatment protocols for medical and surgical patients. The simplest method of meeting the nutritional requirements of dogs is to feed a fixed formula, complete and balanced commercial diet designed and appropriately tested for dogs. For more information on such commercial products visit this link, on this page we have listed some helpful websites, with information on products we recommend. However, having said that we and many other breeders and dog owners have shown that dogs can thrive well eating a variety of commercial and home foods, which may include vegetables and synthetic supplements, take the BARF diet for example.

Our Blue Eyed Beauty Freda, 3 months old

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Pyometra is a hormonally triggered condition, in which the lining of the uterus is found to be abnormal and associated with a secondary bacterial infection.

We felt compelled to write up a brief article on this condition as recently one of our girls was diagnosed with this terrible condition, thankfully her owners, gave her the best veterinary care available, she was desexed and is now well on her way to recovery. It is definitely something to look out for in your females, particularly in the later stages of their season, and particularly but not always in their second season.

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The medical term for ‘cherry eye’ is nictitans gland prolapse, or prolapse of the gland of the third eyelid. Unlike people, dogs have a ‘third eyelid’ that contains a tear gland and is located in the corner of each eye. Under normal circumstances, this gland is not visible and aids in the production of tears. For some reason, which is not completely understood, the gland of the third eyelid prolapses or comes out of its normal position and swells creating the condition known as cherry eye.

What dogs are likely to get cherry eye?

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