Lexi
Our second doggie that we got was an English Bull Terrier, and we named her Lexi.
Lexi's First Bath
I’ve always loved this breed of dogs, and grew up with them. Most people are scared of them, but I think they’re the most lovable dogs that you can get.
The day we brought back Lexi to meet up with her new brother Tux, Tux was not a happy dog. He someone probably knew he was going to have to only get half the attention he used to get. They got on so well right from the beginning.
Tux wasn’t happy when Lexi started to outgrow him, I think he liked being a bit higher than someone else for a while.
Lexi and Tux
When Lexi was a bit older, she and Tux used to fight every now and then, but we got them over that quickly. There were no casualties, just doggies trying to sort out who is the boss. Tux likes laying close to her to get some warmth.
We’ve also never had a problem with Lexi being aggressive towards us or any people that visit us. A few times though you can see she’s not happy when strange people walk past the house.
Unfortunately as she has gotten older, she’s developed a little heart problem. It’s manageable now, but in the beginning we stressed out quite a bit. It happened when we took them for a walk after not having gone for a few months. The reason for stopping was because of all the attacks on people and animals by dogs that walk around in our neighborhood. So the first time we took her again, she passed out after going a few metres out of the yard. It was the most horrible feeling going over me when I saw that – her just passing out.
We knew that she was just very excited, so we wrote it off as a panic attack. The next time it happened again we decided to take her to the Vet. He checked her out, and couldn’t see anything wrong. In the end we took her to a specialist who monitor her for a day. It turns out the this specific breed has a problem with their hearts with some of the females. There is an option to put her on heart pills now, but that will make it even weaker, so we decided to rather try and manage it by keeping her calm.
I want to go to School
Since then (about a year ago) there’s been about 3-4 incidents. When we take her for a walk, we make sure she keeps as calm as we possible can keep her and it’s worked great. It looks like the exercise is actually making it better, because I can rather further and further with them each time.
Lexi