[Dailydrool] Itchy Hound

[Elizabeth Lindsey]

Young Charlie has been having the same trouble. He's on Trifexis, so checks out fine when it comes to fleas. He's eating the same food he has for years, so no diet changes. But we had an exceptionally wet summer, so I'm wondering if that triggered some environmental allergies that are still with us.

He scratches and bites at his tummy and the fluffy part of his bottom. Sometimes has a go at his armpits. Now he has dark brown saliva stains on his tummy. 

In September the vet put him in Temeril-P, a sort of prednisone that thankfully didn't have any side effects for him, for almost two months. But it's not meant to be a maintenance drug, so he's off it now. Unfortunately. It worked well. Stopped the itching and his tummy went back to being pink. He was on Benedryl and Chlor-Tab for several years, and now I'm not sure they're all that effective anymore. Now the vet has put him on generic Zyrtec (20mg once a day), which seems to be taking the edge off but not solving the problem entirely. I anticipate allergy testing in his future, though we'll have to pay off the other vet bills first. 

Elizabeth


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> My boy is itchy and my normal treatments aren't solving this problem. Thought I'd ask here before heading to the vet. He's always licked his armpits but now he does it a lot. They are very brown. He is also licking the top of his front foot which is new. It started while we were gone for a few days. I thought it might be nerves. Then I thought it might be due to brand change in his CoQ10. I switched him back, no change. He had stopped licking the foot but started back yesterday. 
> He gets a Benedryl daily, which I've never had to do before. I put Gold Bond on his foot too and he stops licking. No food change, they are raw fed. The weather has been weird here, warm and a little damp instead of cold. That could be it. 
> Any other treatment ideas? Gold Bond  has always worked on him. He isn't miserable. It almost seems like a habit. He stops when I fuss at him. Someone mentioned another product besides Gold Bond but I can't remember it.
> Thanks,
> Cheryl
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