PLEASE READ Need Help, medication dosage... Jaden seemed ot be having some allergy issues lately so I talked with his breeder and she's been breeding and showing dogs for over 40 years now. She told me to give him childrens benadryl the liquid kind in the cherry flavor. She said because he waw only four pounds to give him 1 c.c I looked up the measurement for this and equaled 1/5 teaspoon so I gave him a little less than 1/4 teaspoon. He seems tired now and when he goes to sleep it seems like he's breathing a litttle fast. He's done the fast breathing thing before but I just wanted to check on here for the dosage thing since I'm feeling a little paranoid at the moment. So, has anyone else on here giving benadryl to their dogs this size and if so was it close to the same amount I gave him. Please let me know!! |
BTW I just checked and he's breathing 30 breaths per minute if that helps anyone... |
I haven't... my Mom has to her Lhasa Apso and had no trouble, of course she's about 15 lbs. though. Well, one cc is the same as one mL. There are 5 mL in in a teaspoon and 15 mL in a tablespoon. So, you should have given him approximately 1 mL or 1/5 of a teaspoon, which you did. Make sure it was a teaspoon and not tablespoon though. I know in humans, if the dose is therapeutic, it will give a sedative effect... which would explain the dog seeming tired. If the dose is too much, then it will cause the opposite of sedation, which is excitement... which may be the fast breathing. The two things are contraindicating themselves! I'm not sure what to tell you. I would google dogs and benadryl to see what you could come up with. You could enter Yorkie/Yorkshire Terrier and benadryl, yorkie and heavy panting after benadryl... your dog should seem a little tired, but I would be worried about the rapid respiratory rates if they keep continuing. |
Thank you for getting back to me. He doesn't seem excited in the least. Normally when I put him in his play pen he's jumping to get out and if I stick him in there now he just lays down and goes back to sleep. His breathing is faster, at least to me, but its been that way before when I haven't given him anything...I found this posting here "According to my Red Cross Pet First Aid book, the normal breathing rates for a dog are 10-30 breaths per minute and up to 200 pants per minute. You can check the rate by watching the dog as s/he is lying on her side or back. I think watching the belly is easier. Anyway, count how many times you see chest rise/fall in 15 seconds. Then multiply by 4. That is the resp. rate. You could count for a whole minute, but we know how restless doggies are! Hey, EMT class is coming in handy already! " So, I'm guessing his breathing rate is normal, even though it seems fast to me? |
I tried to find the dosage they gave me for Cali, but I couldn't find it. You could try calling an emergency vet just to ask the proper dosage for a 4 lb dog. The dosage you gave doesn't sound like it would be too much to me. The fast breathing and sleepiness are probably from the Benydryl. Hope he feels better soon. |
Thank you for the feedback! I'm hoping his resting will make him feel better |
I posted this on your other thread: Jazzie has allergies too. I switched her food to Natural Balance Potato & Duck formula and it's helped her a lot. On the advise of her board certified veterinary dermatologist, I give her Tavist. 1/2 pill 2 times a day. The Tavist I was told to give is 1.34mg. Jazzie is 10 pounds. Since Jaden weighs 4 pounds, I would give him 1/4 pill. Check with your vet first before giving him anything. Good luck! I hope Jaden feels better soon. |
i have given my guy benadryl and he is 2.7 lbs and the vet told me to give .03ml.. he gets sleepy and a little lethargic, the breathing fast is probably a reaction to the anthistimine in it. My little guy is allergic to his shots so he gets a shot of benadryl before his shot visits.. |
I posted this on your other thread: I've given Max and Abbie Benadryl in the past. The first aid book for dogs says to give 1mg per pound of dog every 6-8 hours. Since there's 12.5 mg/teaspoon and Max is 11 lbs, I give him just under a teaspoon. Abbie is 14.5 lbs so she gets just under 1 1/4 teaspoon. If he's 4 lbs, you could have given him 1/3 teaspoon so he should be fine. |
I have always been told to start with 1/2 mg. per pound, but it was "safe" to go up to 1 mg. as they started to build up a resistance to it by taking it all the time as in allergy control. So at 4 pounds the dosage would be about 2 mg. which would be about 1/6 of a teaspoon or about 3/4 of a ml so you giving 1/5 of a teaspoon (1 ml) was in the ballpark so to speak. Here's a link you can read about giving Benadryl to dogs and tells about some of the adverse reactions that can occur. I think it does make most sleepy. Like humans though some may have reactions to medication that hundreds of others don't. http://lowchensaustralia.com/health/benadryl.htm |
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