Help Save Meatball the Bulldog - Aspiration Pneumonia

Hi UrbanBulldog,

 I have been reading your blog since last summer when my boyfriend and I first decided that we wanted to get a bully of our own. Our little boy Meatball came home with us in January. I've been wanting to send in pictures of him for a while but was going to wait until this summer when we're getting professional family pictures done. Yes, we do think of him as our own child... :)

 The reason I decided to contact you now is because something very unfortunate has occurred and I am hoping that you can help us. Yesterday Meatball went to the vet for his rabies vaccination. Last night while we were all sleeping he had a reaction to the vaccine and vomited. Since we were all sleeping we didn't know that this had happened. This morning around 6AM I woke him up to bring him outside for his morning potty break. As soon as I lifted him off of the bed he began gagging. I put him on the floor and he collapsed to the ground- it was as if his legs just simply stopped working. He started vomiting and also completely lost control of his bladder and bowels. I immediately rushed him to the vet where he had another collapsing episode in the waiting room. He has since been diagnosed with Aspiration Pneumonia, when he vomited in his sleep he breathed it back into his lungs. As fellow bully parents I know that you are aware of the sensitive bulldog respiratory systems and can understand how serious this is. The vet has told us that he has a 50/50 chance of recovery and that the next few days will be very critical for him. We are lucky because we caught it early but he is still very sick. So far Meatball has been given oxygen, nebulizer treatments and IV antibiotics. All of these treatments are necessary for him but also very costly. The vet has given us a rough estimate that the cost of all of the treatments will be around $3000. He has also told us that if at any time we are financially uncomfortable proceeding with the treatments that euthanasia is always an option. For us, euthanasia is not an option. Meatball is only 6 months old and a part of our family and we are going to do whatever it takes to save him. We have set up an online donation page at www.gofundme.com/savemeatball.

Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
 Amanda

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For more on Milly, check out here video collection on YouTube. Like I said, personality!
Thanks to Doug for sharing!

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Recently, Rosie and Theo suggested we do a post about the biggest bulldog, because Kingsley the Bulldog on Instagram caught their eye as a big dude. So we looked around and turns out there are quite a few big bullies:

Frank here is over 85 lbs.
I don't think he's hiding his head behind the cone in shame.
I know LB would love to be 85 pounds.
Thanks to @ErinLundmark for sharing Frank.

I actually can't remember how much Gigi weighs (here with Marcus), but I remember being astonished at how big she was. Especially compared to Sherb & puppy LB. (Check out the photos from when we met Gigi, they're adorable.)

And here we have a bully who claims to be over 95lbs.!!



So I'm left with two questions: anyone know an English bulldog over 95 lbs.?

And how do these people get their bulldogs in the bathtub???

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Gus the Frenchie was abandoned by his owners, outside, in extreme heat, and when he was discovered he was rushed to the vet and almost didn't make it. He was in foster care for a bit while Chef & DeBo's mama helped look for his forever home.

Next thing Gus knew the man of the house (they're always the softies!) suggested bringing Gus into the pack, and the rest, as they say, is history. Now the threesome are figuring out the optimal napping schedules. The sofa just got a little more crowded.

Thanks to Troy for sharing these pics and congrats on your new addition!