serious skin issues

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by cummins

Where can I buy Canine Caviar?

Hi!
I just sent you a PM !!

[chinalee61]

Originally Posted by RileyDC

OHHHH Wow! That is a lot!! Sorry you had to go through all of that. So glad her skin is now perfect. Is she on Any meds now or she is finished with everything?

Yes, she is finally off all meds. But I keep her on pro biotics and fish oil. Now have to deal with her leg!

Thanks!

[life4life]

I buy canine caviar from chuck and don.

[Wylie's Mom]

Please go to a Vet Derm asap...they will solve this for you. With your baby breaking the skin barrier and drawing blood, you really must go soon bc of both severe infection potential and permanent damage to skin and hair follicles (you don't want permanent hair loss).

If you are hesitant to go, then you have to go to your regular vet and at the very least get: 1) skin scraping for immediate bacterial view under scope and 2) scraping to grow out in culture for 10 days and 3) discuss possibility of thyroid issue and whether to blood test for it.

[celstu1]

This is going to sound crazy, but long ago, my old roommate had a cat that kept getting hot spots and itchy, she had these massive gaping sores all over her. As soon as one would clear up, another would come. She was at the vets office every week for probably 6 months, they could not figure out what was wrong with her. Different meds, different foods, all were tried with NO results.
My roommate decided to try things like removing all the plants from the house, nothing, then she stopped burning incense, a little better, so she asked me if I would stop burning anything of any kind, no more candles, incense (which I was glad about bc I hated that stuff) and the cat cleared up with no problems ever again!!! Although we moved on, she still has the cat and still no skin problems at all, she has plants, but she never burns candles or incense anymore.
Sounds strange, but this cat was definitely allergic to the perfumes or something in the candles or incense.

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by life4life

I buy canine caviar from chuck and don.

[lovespandp]

OP: Hopefully the CC works for your baby. I know what works for our dogs might not work for yours, however it is worth the try.

I had the same issues with Peanut, Theresa ( RileyDC) told me to try it, right before I was going to buy different brand of food. I said to myself, it isn't going to hurt to try. He is already miserable! I am so glad I listened!! Hopefully your baby has the same reaction, I know how hard it is to deal with-

[chestermama]

does benadyrl help with the itchies, if it does help it is not food related, it will not help with food allergies. Chester is a itchy dog as well, no fabric softners, all free and clear soap, no air freshners or anything, and his salmon oil has helped for him. Good luck

[sandy simpson]

I took my poodle to a vet derm dr. and it was a food allergy. He told me to put her on venison and when I did it cleared up. Now the Canine Cavier is working for some dogs and I am happy for that! Whatever works, do that. It does help to see the right dr. for skin problems.

[concretegurl]

Benadryl does help with some food allergies in both people and dogs...its depends on the actual allergen being in the group as well as the processing of the food.

Like myself and my kids have pollen allergies thus we have a food allergie to honey benadryl if we took it helps for that.

[Frannie Foo]

Hi Folks!
This is my first post. I have a 6 year old Yorkie, Frannie. I am having serious problems with hot spots.
HELP!!!!!

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by Frannie Foo

Hi Folks!
This is my first post. I have a 6 year old Yorkie, Frannie. I am having serious problems with hot spots.
HELP!!!!!

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ths-later.html

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

Benadryl does help with some food allergies in both people and dogs...its depends on the actual allergen being in the group as well as the processing of the food.

Like myself and my kids have pollen allergies thus we have a food allergie to honey benadryl if we took it helps for that.

Yep. Benadryl helped with Riley's food allergy... Now he is on the right food and has had No Issues for the past 6-months. He and I are both Happy!!

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by chestermama

does benadyrl help with the itchies, if it does help it is not food related, it will not help with food allergies. Chester is a itchy dog as well, no fabric softners, all free and clear soap, no air freshners or anything, and his salmon oil has helped for him. Good luck

Whether Benadryl works is a crap shoot. Sometimes it does, sometimes no. It will be more likely to work w/ enviro / seasonal allergy response than w/ food allergies. Remember, food allergies only account for about 10% of dog allergies, so it's pretty rare.

The reason Benadryl and other antihistamines don't work w/ some food issues is bc *some* food intolerances have absolutely nothing to do with the immune system - even though the symptoms are exactly like a histamine response. The reason why is bc there *are* foods that contain histamine and/or release histamine - so you have what appears to be an immune system mediated histamine response, when it's not....that's where Benadryl can't do anything. In those cases, you have to find a food that doesn't contain the ingreds that cause the food intolerance response.

Benadryl is a first line med. You try it for 10 days, evaluate. If it doesn't work, then you might move to Zyrtec or Claritin and try for 10 days. If those don't work, then - depending on the dog's quality of life - you think about prescrip meds like Atopic, Temaril P, steroids, or allergy testing + shots.

Here is a thread that better describes how to approach allergies: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/die...tart-here.html