[Dailydrool] Need Allergy Advice

[Maureen.Carey at gulfstream.com]

Celine,

I took in a puppy with severe food allergies who exhibited the same
symptoms.  At the vet's suggestion, we fed her only Eukenuba Fish & Potato
formula, made her snacks at home (no commercially prepared snacks)and gave
her a Benedryl in the morning and at night.  This worked until she passed
away at 12 yrs. of age.

Just wanted to share my experience with allergies....hope you find a
solution.

Maureen (Chloe's mom)




                                                                                                              
  From:       Celine Rupka <crupka at mycybernet.net>                                                            
                                                                                                              
  To:         dailydrool at dailydrool.org                                                                       
                                                                                                              
  Date:       07/27/2009 04:46 PM                                                                             
                                                                                                              
  Subject:    [Dailydrool] Need Allergy Advice                                                                
                                                                                                              





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Okay fellow droolers... I need some advice from the masses ('cause I think
we have all dealt with allergies at some point!)  I am owned by Mathilda, a
1.5 year old basset.  She started to show some minor allergy issues early
on in her life (around 8 months.)  We did the quick dose of Prednisone to
get things under control, but a few weeks after she finished this, the
allergies would be back.  We did this a few times, but didn't want to put
her on a constant dose because she is so young (...my other basset, Belle,
was 10 when we had to go the constant Prednisone route...)  At the vet's
suggestion, she was put on Atopica.

The Atopica worked well during the initial month (1 pill every day), and
then for a couple months after when she was down to 1 pill every other day.
However, lately, it doesn't seem to working as well.  The day she takes the
Atopica, is a very itchy, scratchy, chewy day for her.  It will calm down
by late that evening, and then be not too bad during the next day, but by
the evening, the rashes/hives are starting to come back.  To my thinking,
the Atopica is not working the way it should (especially considering the
price... which don't get me wrong, I am willing to pay, but I would just
like the Atopica to work the way it should.)  She is to the point where she
has very little hair under her chin and on her chest, is starting to chew
all the hair off of her paws, and the wrinkles on her legs are getting
quite red.

I bathe her twice a week with medicated shampoo (which helps the itching)
and use canine anti-itch ointment.  She also has very "gooey" (sorry, can't
think of a better term) and waxy ears.  I need to clean them every day.  My
other basset was able to go 4-5 days between cleanings... but maybe this
was abnormal...

Any suggestions to different solutions?  Medications??  Allergy shots??
Diet??  Lotions??  Mathilda and I are open to any ideas!  It is frustrating
for both of us!

Thanks so much Droolers!

Celine and Mathilda
(...you can meet Mathilda at the link below!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkwowpAYe-g
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