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Old 05-21-2010, 01:24 PM   #21
da-ace2
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Originally Posted by TLC View Post
I just don't know what to do

On March 27, I noticed Roxy had a about 3 little red pimples by her pee area. I thought it was b/c I had't wash her privates in a few days and/or she was sleeping all wrapped up in a fleece blanket and it was just too warm for her. I gave it 2 weeks and it cleared, but then when I groomed her (shaved her belly) they started to come back, so I started to wash her belly and privates every morning and every night. The pimples would clear for a few days and then another would appear. All this while and even before over the winter Roxy has started to itch. I have them on a Raw food diet, so I don't believe this is a food allergy.

On May 19, I took her to the Vet, for shots and to talk about these pimples. He said she has a mild staph infection, he said it is probably a result of her itching over the winter probably from allergies of some sort, maybe around the house. Gave me clavomox (2x a day) for 10 days and hydroxyzine (antihistamine) 2x a day for 10 days.

Day 8 of Clavomox - Roxy develops pure mucus poop. I continued the antibiotics 2 more days, and Roxy had mucus water poop for the next 2 weeks.

Her pimples sort of clear, not gone all the way, but looking better. But she is starting to itch alot again. June 11 I picked up some more hydroxyzine to give for another 10 days.

I bathed her on Saturday 6/16 with Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Shampoo, and I made sure to really scrub her skin and rinse her really well too. But I also shaved her belly again. Her skin looked really good until tonight. Since all this happened, I have started to really inspect Roxy's skin, I checked every inch of her skin tonight and I have found alot of the little red spots, some pimple (pus) like and a handful that the pus must of opened and dried and is orangish dry flakes.

She is sleeping now, I gave her the antihistamine around 7 pm. She will still scratch here and there, but her skin broke out alot, not just on her belly, but her right front arm, down both sides of her back, by her back legs, her butt, her neck.

I just don't know what to do for her. I don't want to keep putting her on antibiotics, especially if they give her mucus poop for a long time.

I went searching online and read to keep her skin clean. And I found this:
http://petsbestrx.com/ingredients.htm

Should I bring her back to the Vet

Can anyone relate? The Vet did tell me that this may come and go her whole entire life

I just want her to be better, the itching has got to be beyond aggravating for her!

What to do - What to do???

I am not a vet or anything...had many dogs...variety, not a yorkie, but my experience recently was with a border collie...
My Angel was on meds for infection, then on meds for an infected tooth...tooth removed...then meds for afterwards...
All of a sudden she went crazy....running around...itching...has raw infection on her bottom...and some growth dried...in areas....

WE QUIT THE ANTIBIOTICS! She settled down within a couple hours,
she quit going crazy...no more meds...
Spraying the area with "Bactine" spray and doing much better...clearing up the raw infection and the dried whatever....
By the way...the vet had no idea what the dried clumps were...NO IDEA!

Dogs are not used to all the chemicals...in medications....the antibiotics actually strip their bodies...of the immunity they need...go back to the old school basics...with our furry friends...!

Hope this helps your yorkie...!
Angel is much happier not on any meds...no antibiotics...
Antibiotics do have their place and can do some good...but the more we gave her the worse she got, one thing led to another and ....2 months is too much in my opinion....that is what we found out anyway..!

Have a great day! Just passing through surfing....probably wont be back...but i read this and felt compelled to offer what we learned...
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