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| Name: |
Oz
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Three years old
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| Gender: |
Male |
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English Bulldog/Old English Bulldog
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| Home: |
Texas, USA |
Introducing Oz, also known as Ozzifer, Oz the Great and Powerful, Oz with the fur, the Great O Z, etc.). Oz is a generation one Bulldog, meaning he's been bred with an English Bulldog and an Old English Bulldog to fix any of the 'impurities' of being inbred for better genetics. He is three years old and is a VERY quiet dog. He is considered a tricoat because he has white, black, and brindle patches of fur. However he is technically a quadcoat: he's got a patch of fawn smack dab on his rear. We have never had any medical problems with him (other than a corncob incident...) a result of his better breeding and being a generation one.
As far as his build goes, Oz is considered absolutely perfect except for one little thing, his jaw. It sticks out quite a lot but the vet has assured us he's perfectly healthy and abnormal. ;) He was never a very energetic or friendly puppy, it took him a while to warm up to us. Even now he isn't very active, though he keeps in shape from going out on walks and such. Now he is a very loving dog, not very energetic but still ready to play when we get up to the challenge. He also happens to be the exact opposite of our newer puppy, Bo. We always love Oz to death and he's the perfect inside dog for when I'm off at school all and my mom is working late.
The picture with the green bandage was taken during the "corncob incident!" What happened was that we had taken him to one of my grandparents' homes out in the country. We have a burn pile there and we found him sniffing around it every once in a while. A few months later he started to get sick, he was throwing up everything, wouldn't eat, and couldn't even get down the stairs to go to the bathroom. Considering we live on the third floor of an apartment complex with no elevator and he weighs around 60 pounds, that was a problem. We took him to the vet and the next day we got a call saying that a piece of corncob the size of a golfball had been stuck in his intestines.
That picture was taken while we were visiting him as he recovered, the bandage was from an IV. Just a tip, keep animals away from corncobs. They are virtually indestructible and can remain in an animal's digestive track for months! Oz had the piece in his digestive system for just over three months. Afterward he recovered just fine and we haven't had any incidents since. Now we know to keep him and the new puppy away from them!
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