<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">One of our pack of bassets and coonhounds is a bloodhound named Pippa. She is about 4 yrs old we think...found in a corn field after a tornado. She apparently had just had pups but they were not around. She was near starvation but the vet/animal hospital/shelter pulled her through.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">She is about as sweet and loving as you could get but had the worst allergies to food and environment that I had ever seen with the exception of Marlene's Maggie. Scratching til bloody and swollen puffy eyes and hot skin and ears...she was a mess for two years. Everything was tried including her own personal allergy serum...Nothing has worked except some very expensive food and Pred...and that wasn't really working...just helping to take the edge off.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">So on April 15 we went to the vet and received her 2 weeks worth of Apoquel...she took a double dose every day. Amazing! We went back today...she will step down to a single dose every day...we have 30 days worth.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here's a piece of info I'd like to share. The vet told me that Apoquel appears to be wildly successful..so much so that already the drug company cannot keep up. The vet says they have been put on 'allotments' and that may end up limiting how much they can dispense for a while until the situation improves and this time of year more dogs are into the clinic for allergies.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">So if you are thinking about it..you might want to think a little faster.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I am sure that the supplies will improve but being that it came on the market April 1 when allergies start getting out of control, it has become a temporary issue.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I am hoping that it proves to be successful for the long term. We are happy with the results so far.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Pat</div><div><br></div>-- <br><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><strong>Drool to all in need.<br>
Luv and Kissies too.<br>Pwincess LilyGurl ATB , Rudy- Protege to the pwincess, and the rest of the entourage<br></strong></font>
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