[JennyLeroux]

My 5 y.o. Yorkie always had seasonal allergies. I had her treated for the allergies. It was mild and they went away in during the cold weather. However, this year they got really bad. I couldn't bear to see her itching all the time and even through the night. I tried changing her food and it didn't work. It scared really bad when she lost a lot of hair on her hind legs and that was when I had enough. vet gave me a referral to The University of Tennessee Animal Hospital. I spent $300 for the app't, medications, and testing.

This was the results.

She had a bacteria infection on her skin. This is all we know so far.

Here is what I learned.

When it comes to allergies in dogs it is 1 of 3 things.
*** Flea
*** Food
*** Environmental

They said that the latter 2 are more time consuming and expensive. First, they wanted to rule out a flea allergy. For this they told me to Frontline her every three weeks and I give her Capstar every other day. If you do your own flea allergy test you could us Comfortis for this too. They also told me to treat my yard for the fleas. I had been Frontlining the dogs and they had still been getting fleas.

For medications they gave her something for the bacteria infection, a medicated shampoo, and a stronger anti-histamine. She is still itching but not near as bad. We just went this week. It is too soon to tell about the flea allergy.