[Buster Brown]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Carolyn - you know your little baby Buster best, and are very clearly wanting him to get better and feel better -- so I really do feel you'll get him there whatever path you take. I so hope it could be something as easy/simple as an ingredient in the diet, that would be so wonderful...the hard part can be figuring out *which* ingredient, if there is one. I hope you can get to the bottom of it for Buster.

I totally understand how awful it is to watch their quality of life when they're itching, have skin issues, or are paw-chewing/licking...you feel so helpless! My Marcel used to wake up at 1am to chew and lick his paws...geez I felt so bad . We tried OTC meds etc and finally did have the allergy testing and put him on Atopica. The Atopica was a little freakin' miracle for him! Within a few days, he stopped the 1am issue and I was so happy for him. He will still have occasional breakthrough symptoms like when the Palo Verdes bloom here, but other than that, his life is so much better. I haven't tried the Apoquel for any length of time bc it's never available here...but it can also be a miracle for many dogs, so it makes me curious as well.

Anyway, hope things go well for you and Buster!

Thanks I was speaking with Cathy (107Barney) and she commented on how well Daisy did on Atopica and that the side effects were less. I wanted to compare the results of his blood work allergy tests from last year with the Nutriscan tests to start a home cooking food elimination trial for him and using the test results to exclude foods he has an intolerance for as a jump start. If he paw chewing continues then I will have to assume it's due more to environmental allergies. I will definitely look into in drugs that you and Cathy have mentioned. Thanks