Hi coud any one shed some light on this for me before i go running to the vets, (Is book in friday just in case)we are looking after a friends dog and she does not seem to keep any food down she is just sick stright away,now before you all start of on the food she is feed an all raw diet the same as my 4,I have bull terriers and have feed raw for some years now our friends dogs is a bull dog and they have only just switch to raw before they went away at the weekend we have not give her any bones as yet just the raw meat mix with water, she does not eat very fast but then brings her food back up, i have seen our dogs do this with there bones when they bite more then they can chew but i dont know much about bull dogs...is this a breed thing or is she ill ?
she looks helthy and is very active....is ther any britsh bull breeders on here who feed raw is so i would like to here from you
thanks          

Hi TCO,

I'll be up front and state from the outset that personally I know diddly squat about bulldogs :-D however I found when first changing adults onto raw food that they often brough some types of food back up - usually bones (which I note you've not given) and larger chunks of meat - so perhaps this is just all too much of a sudden change for the visiting dog coupled with stress at new surroundings and sharing a new space with other dogs.... may not be but perhaps worth considering.

OTOH  she could have a blockage of some sort caused prior to her being in your care - how long have you had her and how long has this been going on?

Teri

hi Teri she has only been in our care for 3 days and we did not feed her the fist day because of the stress factor as most dogs always are a bit lose when stressed, the owner did not say that she has been un well, maybe she could have a blockage of some sort caused prior to her being in our care i hope not like i said she is a vet any way on fri but thought i might be a bull dog thing

But this is Friday - so are you planning on leaving things a full week ..... (or - like me - do you rarely know what day it is?  Checked calendar just now to make sure I hadn't totally lost the plot LOL)

If she was only very recently put onto raw she may not yet have the increased stomach acid to digest the food if in large chunks.  Have you tried her with a raw mince?  Again, I've had a similar short term issue before with larger peices of meat but they would usually just re-eat them and all would be fine.

Teri

wow my wife thinks iv lost the plot i am missing a day god job one of us has there head screwd on any way went vets on fri, she kind of says the same thing she will be ok when she gets use to the digesting  raw food, i think because it's not you dog you panic more  

Right then the vets says she is fit and helthy ,but  bulldogs do not do well on raw diet's , is this true because she was trying t sell me dog food that they stock could i ask if  there any bulldogs breeders who feed raw food and how are your dogs on it or would you susgest a good brand of dog food to feed her on , i  dont think my friend has read up on bulldogs and raw food, then again i have told them how well our dogs are doing on raw food so i kind of feel i am the one to blame for them switching to a bones and raw food diet. they get back of they holl's on wednsday and i would love to have some info for them

I will start a new post about bull dogs and raw food