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Originally Posted by Gina Hamblin  We took Finn to the vet and I was loaded with questions but our vet just shot me down. I don't do research for nothing. Some of you have allready been through exactly what we are dealing with and I believe your suggestions are worth hearing. I even got the feeling that he didn't care for us very much. I do understand (no matter how hard it is) that it takes 12 full weeks to determine the results from our Food Trial but...........my baby is miserable and their are a lot of medicines out there that can give him some relief. We did get a shot and it helped for 3 days only. He put Finn on Zyrtec, well as I tried to tell him we have done that allready but he just rolled his eyes.  I am going back to our country doc, he atleast lets me voice my concerns!  Have any of you had problem with vet thinking we are totally stupid? I was only trying to suggest a different kind of food, that didn't go over at all! Gina From Kentucky! |
if the food is ultra z/d my non allergy dogs itched like crazy on that stuff and just because a food is hypoallergenic does not mean the dog will not be affected by the protein. I recommend venison and sweet potato by natural balance for 12 weeks. Much less expensive and works well with allergy dogs. Also fish and sweet potato is good as well. Zyrtec has been working well with many allergy dogs but if you are doing antihistamine you need to do with omega 3 (fish oils/vitamine as fish oil depletes the body of vitamin e so you have to add it back in) I like nordic naturals.
Honestly if your dog has allergies save yourself some money in the long run and get to a dermatologist as they have much further education in this and that is all they do so they are good at narrowing things down faster than a vet.
The shot they gave was dexamothesone shot - it is a short term steroid shot for immediate relief.
I have an allergy dog and have done it all 90% is environmental -- if environmental and antihistamines do not work as many times it does not work in dogs then the safest drug if not going to do hyposensitization shots which works 85% of the time is atopica. It is safer than steroids but some dogs cannot tolerate it like my dd. A natural way to do hyposensitation is to get local raw honey from farmers market in your area. 90% of allergies are environmental and this breed has a ton of allergy issues due to poor immune systems due to inbreeding of this breed - allergies are an autoimmune disorder
Make sure to try one thing at a time as to not confuse the situation and take alot of notes to see what is and is not working
steroids will not work if it is food allergy and neither will atopica as they are strictly for environmental - also on allergy blood test blood cannot determine food allergy only environmental allergy so food is done through elimination diet