"J" is a 3 year old Bulldog who has had skin infections since his owner rescued him a year and a half ago. He has a severe infection underneath his tail.
The infection under J's tail, which is what he came in for, is so painful that he screams and bites when anyone tries to examine it. He also has a severe ear infection, a deep chin furunculosis (deeply infected hair follicles) and several other patches of pyoderma (skin infection.)
Overall, he is a little ball of greasy skin infection. And he REEKS. A lot. It's honestly nauseating to stand near him for too long.
Tomorrow, we're doing surgery to remove his tail, which will eliminate the fold the infection under his tail has been growing in. It will also remove the skin that is most affected. After he recovers from the pain of surgery, that should help him a lot. We already consulted Dermatology to help set up a lifelong management plan for his skin problems.
This case just re-inforces for me that Bulldogs are a breed I will never, ever own. What dog (or cat!) breeds do you never want to have?
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