myheart
Well-Known Member
I feel so bad for Slobbers. He is a three year old St. Bernard who weighs 180lbs. (please keep that in mind if making food suggestions :?).
I took him to the vet earlier this year because his face seemed itchy. The vet perscribed some eye ointment because she said the his eyelashes are turning in causing irritation. The ointment helped clear his eyes up (they became less red), but he was still itchy.
Because of his scratching, he developed a hotspot on the back of his head a few months ago. Vet perscribed antibiotic cream and pills, which cleared the hotspot up. The only other thing the vet suggested was benedryl to help relieve the itchiness. The benedryl does help some, but the itchiness has progressed to his whole body. Now he has another really bad hotspot on his back leg from licking/biting it.
I know I should really have an allergy test done although I know they can't test for rabbit skin cell (they test for rabbit as a meat source). But the gammit of testing would have to include hays, pollens, dust, mold, carpet, and into food sources.
Anyhow, my question is... Does anyone else have an itchy pooch with an unknown allergy source? What type/brand of food agreed with your dog? I am thinking about an all meat diet, but I can't remember the name of the woman in my area who formulates the tubes of meat. I am almost ready to give up on all commercial foods because there is always something that seems like an allergy source such as dairy, corn, wheat, ect.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. We are both getting frustrated with the itchies.
myheart & Slobbers
I took him to the vet earlier this year because his face seemed itchy. The vet perscribed some eye ointment because she said the his eyelashes are turning in causing irritation. The ointment helped clear his eyes up (they became less red), but he was still itchy.
Because of his scratching, he developed a hotspot on the back of his head a few months ago. Vet perscribed antibiotic cream and pills, which cleared the hotspot up. The only other thing the vet suggested was benedryl to help relieve the itchiness. The benedryl does help some, but the itchiness has progressed to his whole body. Now he has another really bad hotspot on his back leg from licking/biting it.
I know I should really have an allergy test done although I know they can't test for rabbit skin cell (they test for rabbit as a meat source). But the gammit of testing would have to include hays, pollens, dust, mold, carpet, and into food sources.
Anyhow, my question is... Does anyone else have an itchy pooch with an unknown allergy source? What type/brand of food agreed with your dog? I am thinking about an all meat diet, but I can't remember the name of the woman in my area who formulates the tubes of meat. I am almost ready to give up on all commercial foods because there is always something that seems like an allergy source such as dairy, corn, wheat, ect.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. We are both getting frustrated with the itchies.
myheart & Slobbers