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Stages

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Question
What are the various stages that my 4 month old bulldog will go through until she is grown? Proper weighs? teeth?


Answer
HI MARIE
THEY GROW ALOT SLOWER THAN THE LARGER BREEDS BUT THE MILK TEETH COME OUT ABOUT 4 MONTHS OLD AND ARE REPLACED WITH PERMANENT TEETH.
THEY ARE SUCH WONDERFUL PETS AND COUCH POTATOES I CAN BARELY REMEMBER BRITA'S GROWTH, SHE SLEPT IN MY SLIPPER IN THE KITCHEN I GAITED OFF FOR HER TILL SHE WAS HOUSE BROKEN
WE JUST PUT HER DOWN OCT 13 NEAR 12 YEARS OLD AND THEIR LIFE SPAN IS ONLY 8 YEARS.
SHE DID SO WELL, NO MAINTANENCE OR VET EXPENSE EXCEPT FOR THE LAP THAT WAS OVER HER NOSE.  I HAD TO CLEAN THAT AS SHE GOT OLDER AND FATTER WITH BABY WIPES AND ALOE CREAMS.
SHE IN HER LIFETIME WAS AT THE VET 4 TIMES, ONCE TO SPAY HER, 2 TIMES FOR DERMITIS ABOVE THE NOSE AND LAST TRIPS WITH FLUID IN LUNGS AND HEART SLOWING DOWN.
YOUR DOG WILL GROW WITH YOU AND THEY BOND TO ONE PERSON THAT FEEDS THEM AND CARES FOR THEM MORE THAN OTHERS IN THE FAMILY AT LEAST BRITA, MINE DID.  SHE HUNG OUT WITH ME AND WAS BOUGHT FOR MY HUSBAND.
SHE WILL REACH MOST OF HER MATURITY OR SIZE AT 6 MONTHS THEN FILL OUT MORE IN MONTHS TO COME.  I GAVE BRITA ALOT OF RAW BEEF SOUP BONES TO CHEW ON AND NYLABONES FLAVORED AND THE VET SAID HER TEETH WERE GREAT IN THE BACK, THE FRONT ONES STARTED TO FALL OUT.
ONCE A WEEK IS ENOUGH FOR A RAW SOUP BONE TO CHEW ON BUT SO GOOD FOR THE GUMS AND TEETH.
STAGES, I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WERE STAGES GOING ON JUST HER GROWTH INTO SIZE AT ABOUT SIX MONTHS, THEN FILLED OUT, I GAVE HER THE BEST AND USED FRESH FACTORS AS MY SUPPLEMENT, IT IS ON MY SITE FROM SPRINGTIME.  I RECOMMEND THEM BECAUSE I USED THEM, KEPT HER WORM FREE AND USED BUG OFF FOR FLEAS, SHE GOT NO CHEMICALS IN HER FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL OLD AGE GOT TO HER.
SHE LOVED WALKS, I WOULD SAY: BRITA, WANNA GO WALKIE, SHE WOULD GO TO THE CLOSET FOR HER COAT IF COLD OR FOR HER LEASH.  THEY LOVE TO CASUALLY WALK DAILY AND IS SO GOOD FOR THEM FOR THEY REQUIRE LITTLE EXERCISE BUT TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH A DAILY WALK IS GREAT.

KIND REGARDS
PATT
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HAVE FUN WITH YOURS AS I GOT SO  MANY COMPLIMENTS I NEVER MADE A FULL LAP AROUND THE MALLS FOR PEOPLE HAVING TO PET HER, NOT A MEAN BONE IN HER.