Welcome to my blog

Hi my name is Brugan and i'm a 6 year old male Bull Terrier. I live with my human Mummy Helen and my two sisters - Kerris - a little 13 year old black crossbreed and Drama who's a 18 month old Bull Terrier.

We live in Fareham which is near Portsmouth in the south of England.

My Mum adopted me just over a year ago through Bullies in Need which is a Bull Terrier rehoming charity in the UK. My Mum is a volunteer for them.

Before I lived with my Mum I had a sad little life. I wasn't allowed in the house and I had to sleep in a outhouse. My skin was very sore and my eyes very bad.

My Mum took me straight away to see a vet who diagnosed me with dry eye - My eyes don't make tears. My Mum has to put drops in my eyes every few hours so I can see properly.

I was put on antibiotics, steroids and given a special shampoo for my skin... My Mum gave me all these regulary for several months but my skin got worse rather than better.

She kept taking me back to the vets who upped the medication to no avail... I just kept getting redder and more itchier. I got more creams including steroid cream and had loads of diet changes and special foods.

Mum wasn't happy she took me to see another vet who arranged for me to have skin scrapings - It turned out I had mites and the steroids had been making it worse!!! By this time I was so red, bald and sad my Mum used to cry when she looked at me.

I was given a special shampoo called Aludex - which smells like paint stripper - I hate it! and also drops for the back of my neck called Advocate which I have every month.

The lovely people on the Bullie Bar gave my Mum so much advice and reccomended Herbal Medicine for me.

My Mum also phoned up Herbaticus which sells herbal medicine for dogs... I take lots of these herbal tablets each day and they help my fur grow back and stop my coat being so itchy.

I also had a natural cream called Bob Grass (boy did that smell and taste horrible!!) and white dog blood tablets which cooled the inflamation down... I dont need these now but they helped alot when I was very bad!

I still have the Aludex, Advocate and Herbaticus treatments and I look and feel a different dog now!!

I have fur now and my energy has come back... I'm still a bit red in places but each week I look better.

I run around now like a proper Bullie and play with Kerris and Drama in the garden. I love my walks now and love to chase my ball.

My life has changed so much... I sleep in my Mum's bed at night with her cuddled up under the duvet, I have yummy fresh meals twice a day and lots of walks, games and cuddles.

I'm going to write in my Blog each week so everyone knows what were getting up too.