what would cause a dog to scratch all the time
#42
Originally Posted by Hosta
she doesn't have fleas , she has been bathed in a shampoo that is suppose to make her hair soft she has been checked for fleas bugs and we can't find anything that would cause an allergic reaction but she just constantly scratches is driving me nuts if I tell her to stop she does for a few minutes and she only does it in the house but there is nothing new in the house anybody have any ideas thanks
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ptquits is right. Corn is a definite allergen. There are dozens of foods available without corn if you look somewhere besides your grocery store. My dogs sometimes have food with grains. I like variety in their diet, but they get no corn, wheat, soy or menadione. They also get prey model raw every other day.
#46
Originally Posted by irishrose
ptquits is right. Corn is a definite allergen. There are dozens of foods available without corn if you look somewhere besides your grocery store. My dogs sometimes have food with grains. I like variety in their diet, but they get no corn, wheat, soy or menadione. They also get prey model raw every other day.
#48
My Libby has had the SAME problem!!! I took her last week to see about the itching and to get her rabies inoculation... Well, she had a reaction to the inoculation... they treated her with Benadryl and something else (can't remember)... it was two quick shots... she wasn't in respiratory distress, but swelled up with swollen hives all over... She's a beagle and those droopy lips were just so swollen... poor thing... could NOT get relief from itching...
She was fine in a few minutes...
But about the allergies... the vet said it's been a huge problem this year. We're in western Oklahoma, but he indicated it was bad everywhere. The first thing he wanted to try (before going to a more serious solution such as steroids) was plain old benadryl... At her weight (30.2 lbs) she could have 50mg every 8 hours... that's two small 25 mg benadryl every 8 hours. I bought the generic for much less than "Benadryl" and she's been great for 2 days now! A little sleepy... but I only gave her three doses and then quit the medicine. She hasn't itched since Friday afternoon after the reaction!
Just be sure to check with the vet about the correct dosage!! or google it?
Good luck!
She was fine in a few minutes...
But about the allergies... the vet said it's been a huge problem this year. We're in western Oklahoma, but he indicated it was bad everywhere. The first thing he wanted to try (before going to a more serious solution such as steroids) was plain old benadryl... At her weight (30.2 lbs) she could have 50mg every 8 hours... that's two small 25 mg benadryl every 8 hours. I bought the generic for much less than "Benadryl" and she's been great for 2 days now! A little sleepy... but I only gave her three doses and then quit the medicine. She hasn't itched since Friday afternoon after the reaction!
Just be sure to check with the vet about the correct dosage!! or google it?
Good luck!
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