[Sweet Apple]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Well don't forget Benadryl is a chemical too, and nothing should be given without a specific reason for giving it. Why do you want to give the Benadryl? Antihistamines work by blocking the effects of histamine, the chemical responsible for many allergy symptoms, but if there are no symptoms, than no histamine is being produced, so there would be no need for an antihistamine.

Well, I guess that I've read about some dogs, suddenly, having an allergic reaction to frontline, and I thought, since they pre-med w/benadryl, before shots, that this might be something to ward off any reaction to frontline...But you have a good point, and thanks for your response...