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03-09-2015, 10:37 AM | #1 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Las Vegas.
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| Bald spots on forehead My Maddie is a 5 pound shihtzu she is 6 years old with a thick beautiful brindle coat. I took her for her vet check with Banfield on Saturday this morning she jumped on my lap and had two quarter sided bald spots above her eyes and was rubbing her face . Called them and the had the nerve to say the parvovirus , distemper and worming could not have caused it she has never had skin problems her temp is normal but her skin is warm I gave her a Benadryl pill it seems to have helped can I do ths every 4 hours can't get a vet here till tomorrow. I'm so mad she looks like a zombie. |
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03-09-2015, 12:27 PM | #2 |
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| Are you positive it wasn't done with the use of too tight of rubber bands used for a top not? I've seen this so many times where the dogs get a bald spot due to the bands being too close to the scalp. It cuts off blood supply.
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03-09-2015, 01:51 PM | #3 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Las Vegas.
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| Lol no I've been too noting for years rushed her to the vet severe reaction to shots her whole body was swollen he gave her steroids and anti inflamitory also . |
03-09-2015, 03:18 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Rome, Ohio
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| My Layla got a bald spot where they gave her the rabies shot. She had a bad reaction to that shot. Vomiting, agitation etc. She never did get her hair back there but fortunately it was underneath her long hair so you could not see it. I had them give her benedryl before other vaccinations. But be careful not to over vaccinate. I would titer test first. |
03-09-2015, 03:56 PM | #5 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Las Vegas.
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| I truly believe some vets are overly vac abating digs and this is why we have all this vaccines problems. |
03-10-2015, 04:36 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Rome, Ohio
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| Yes, I do believe that some of our dogs are being over vaccinated. Layla died right before her 4th birthday because she was diagnosed with NME. They said it was genetic idiopathic but I did not have a necropsy done. I still wonder if it was not vaccine related since she did not tolerate them well. I had no idea that they were giving her the same amount as they would a great dane. Common sense would tell me that they would regulate that but they don't. These dogs are so tiny. Anyway, I will never do that again. I will titer my next puppy. I will also never use a topical again. I learned a hard lesson. I hope your baby is right as rain now. |
03-10-2015, 05:48 AM | #7 |
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03-10-2015, 11:13 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Rome, Ohio
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| Her NME did not come on immediately after vaccination so he did not say anything about that at the time. She presented with sudden blindness first. As far as my husband & I could determine it was only in one eye. Of course I took her to my vet immediately & he did a blood workup, glaucoma test etc. Thought maybe it was SARs. In the meantime I started searching the internet. Immediately when we got home from the vets she started head tilting & when I googled that canine encephalitis came up. I called the vet immediately again & I took her right back in so he could see her. The blood work was not in yet but I asked him about GME/NME & he said it was possible, I do not think he was all that familiar with it but he did start her on prednisone & told me to get her to a neurologist asap. I took her to Portland Maine which is about three hours away & they gave her an MRI to make diagnosis. At the time I was just learning about the disease & the neurologist suggested I put her down. As I investigated further & joined a GME forum I found out about the vaccinations. The neurologist said it was idiopathic/genetic which to me is a contradiction in terms since idiopathic means (no known cause)? I just feel that she did not do well with vaccinations & from what I read now there is no need to keep vaccinating them since most stay in their systems for years to life. NME/GME are autoimmune diseases wherein the immune system is reved up & attacking the body instead of protecting it. So over immunizing makes perfect sense to me. But I will never know for sure. A terribly sad lesson for me. I am still on the forum for it because I like to follow the breeds that are getting it & how successful the treatments are for putting it into remission. I wish they would concentrate on what is causing it. These poor dogs suffer so with it. |
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