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Nemo – New Frenchie Foster Dog

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Nemo is now officially available for adoption.

His bio, from the Eastern Canada French Bulldog Rescue website:

Nemo- French Bulldog/Boston Terrier Cross

Nemo is the perfect dog for someone who has always wanted a Frenchie, but would also like a more “athletic” dog. At six and a half years old, Nemo is 25 lbs of solid muscle, with perfect breathing and the ability to run like the wind and jump like a gazelle!

He’s a total lap dog, who loves cuddling up and watching television, and he’d love to sleep next to you at night. He gets along with people of all ages, including children, and listens to commands including “sit”, “down” and “stay”. He has had basic obedience training, but could use a refresher course. What Nemo needs most of all is energetic play, and more attention. He would benefit from at least two to three good walks or runs a day, and would be the perfect partner for someone who walks or jogs (or even bike rides).

Nemo gets along well with female dogs, but he is not suitable for homes with other male dogs. He is not aggressive, but will not back down from a challenge. Nemo is NOT suited to homes with cats, as he is a dedicated cat chaser.

Nemo is house broken and lead trained, but is unused to spending time in a crate, although we are working on this.

Nemo is in Southern Ontario, but is available for adoption to any suitable homes willing to travel to pick him up. He cannot be shipped.

If you are interested in applying to adopt Nemo, please complete our adoption form:

http://www.frenchbulldogscanada.com/french-bulldog-rescue/ecfbc-adoption-application/

Once we have received your form, we will contact you to arrange an interview.

How do you mend a broken heart?

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Ema the French Bulldog foster puppy needs surgery

You know you are facing something serious when your puppy is in ICU before you’ve even checked in at the front desk of the vet clinic.

We’d barely walked into the front doors of the Veterinary Referral Clinic when a passing tech took one look at Ema and shrieked “Get that collar off of that puppy!!!”. Startled, I asked why and was told, “Because she’s turning blue!”. Sighing, I said “Yes, I realize that – she’s always blue. It’s why we’re here”. I’m not sure that the tech still didn’t think I was an idiot, and she snatched up Ema and said she was taking her into the back to ICU, to put her on oxygen. I’d only just had time to agree before Ema was rushed away from me and into the back.

When I saw her again, twenty minutes later, Ema was perched on the examination table, looking just slightly more pink than she normally does. She was in the middle of a crowd of adoring techs and vets, all of whom were cooing at her. Ema tends to have that affect on people.

The diagnostic testing Dr. Minors and her staff did on Ema gave us an answer for what is wrong with her – in fact, it gave us two answers.

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Ema at the Veterinary Cardiologist

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I have a long, hard story about what we learned at today’s appointment with Ema. The short story? It’s fixable – expensive, but fixable.

At the moment, however, I’m just not up to writing about it – not yet. For now, I’m just going to give you a pictorial on Ema’s appointment with Veterinary Cardiologist, Dr. Sandra Minors, at the Mississauga Oakville Veterinary Referral Clinic.

Ema in the car enroute to the clinic. The resolution isn’t great, but you can sort of see the color of Ema’s tongue here – a uniform blue, almost all the time.

See the rest, after the cut – and please don’t forget to help, if you can.

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