Comments - Corgi progress; Ruby ears - MyCorgi.com2024-03-28T12:08:57Zhttp://mycorgi.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1150197%3ABlogPost%3A1892935&xn_auth=noHere is a website that gives…tag:mycorgi.com,2014-11-12:1150197:Comment:18929512014-11-12T16:43:03.632ZLindahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LindaFeldbin
<p>Here is a website that gives dosages for dogs. Max goes 35 lbs and during his allergy time he gets 2 a day, 12 hours apart. I use Walgreen's brand and have also use Target brand. Same stuff with a lower price tag...and both were ok'd by the vet.</p>
<p><a href="http://benadrylfordogs.info/benadryl-dosage-for-dogs/" target="_blank">http://benadrylfordogs.info/benadryl-dosage-for-dogs/</a></p>
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<p>Here is a website that gives dosages for dogs. Max goes 35 lbs and during his allergy time he gets 2 a day, 12 hours apart. I use Walgreen's brand and have also use Target brand. Same stuff with a lower price tag...and both were ok'd by the vet.</p>
<p><a href="http://benadrylfordogs.info/benadryl-dosage-for-dogs/" target="_blank">http://benadrylfordogs.info/benadryl-dosage-for-dogs/</a></p>
<p></p> @ Linda & Judith: Benadry…tag:mycorgi.com,2014-11-12:1150197:Comment:18926042014-11-12T15:30:26.691ZVicky Hayhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/VickyHay
<p>@ Linda & Judith: Benadryl, eh? Hm. I've given larger dogs Benadryl in the past...any clue how much is safe for an 18-pound dog?</p>
<p>Doc B, the reasonably priced and very excellent vet who practices on the other side of the galaxy, thinks it's allergy-related, and I think he's probably right. The late, great Walt the Greyhound had food allergy-related ear infections. We quickly figured out Walt's problem was corn. But Ruby gets exactly zero corn in her food.</p>
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<p>@ Linda & Judith: Benadryl, eh? Hm. I've given larger dogs Benadryl in the past...any clue how much is safe for an 18-pound dog?</p>
<p>Doc B, the reasonably priced and very excellent vet who practices on the other side of the galaxy, thinks it's allergy-related, and I think he's probably right. The late, great Walt the Greyhound had food allergy-related ear infections. We quickly figured out Walt's problem was corn. But Ruby gets exactly zero corn in her food.</p>
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<p>Doc B asked me to take her off beef and all grains. I did that until my recurring medical problems required me to feed commercial food again. For a while I was able to get grain-free varieties of the FreshPet rolled product I favor (it's as close to what I make in my kitchen as commercial food gets). But then I'd bought up all those varieties, and the last time I drove to the suburban upscale Fry's (Kroger) market that carries the stuff (over an hour of drive time...), they hadn't restocked and so I had to buy a couple rolls of chicken with brown rice.</p>
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<p>So there's an outside chance she may be allergic to rice. Or, of course, she could be allergic to chicken <em>as well as</em> rice, or <em>instead of</em> rice, since the last several rolls were grain-free turkey.</p>
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<p>We'll soon know. Today we run out of the commercial food. I have a raft of chicken with sweet potato, home-made, in the freezer, enough to feed the dogs for a couple of weeks. If she improves in the next few days, then it's a safe guess that grain is the problem. If she doesn't improve, then we're looking at two candidates: chicken or an air-borne allergy. The floors are pretty clean, and because all the floors are hard it's easy to clean under the bed and furniture, so I doubt the problem is dust & mites. That would leave pollen, eh?</p>
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<p>And in Arizona, pollen is a serious offender. One moves to Arizona to find out what one's allergies are.</p>
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<p>I like the Benadryl idea. It's pretty well tolerated by dogs, it's cheap, and I have a bottle of it in tablets that can be cut in halves or quarters. But I think I'll wait until we can see what happens when she gets back on the home-made real food, which will remove not only grain but also the long, long list of chemicals that every commercial dog food adds. If she doesn't improve within a few days, then I'll try a little Benadryl on her until such time as I can afford to buy a turkey and cook that up for her.</p> @ Judith: Yes, this veterinar…tag:mycorgi.com,2014-11-12:1150197:Comment:18927242014-11-12T15:14:23.282ZVicky Hayhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/VickyHay
<p>@ Judith: Yes, this veterinary is probably the most expensive in town, at least this side of northeast Scottsdale, which truly is Richistan. The middle class has largely moved out of central Phoenix, leaving only the very poor and the very wealthy. We do have a couple of neighborhoods in town that support businesses catering to people for whom price is no object. That means to get to a good vet who doesn't clean out your bank account, those of us who prefer city living to the faceless,…</p>
<p>@ Judith: Yes, this veterinary is probably the most expensive in town, at least this side of northeast Scottsdale, which truly is Richistan. The middle class has largely moved out of central Phoenix, leaving only the very poor and the very wealthy. We do have a couple of neighborhoods in town that support businesses catering to people for whom price is no object. That means to get to a good vet who doesn't clean out your bank account, those of us who prefer city living to the faceless, sprawling suburbs have to drive way across town. Sometimes that kind of time suck is just unmanageable, so I'll spend a few bucks more to visit an expensive centrally located ____ (fill in the blank: veterinarian, doctor, dentist, decent grocery store, hair stylist who knows what he's doing...) to avoid having to drive so far.</p>
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<p>Whatever...the treatment the Dollar-a-Second Vet advised isn't doing much. Though her ears look cleaner, she's still uncomfortable.</p> Wow! Crazy prices. Murray h…tag:mycorgi.com,2014-11-12:1150197:Comment:18927212014-11-12T04:47:50.211ZJudith Andrehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JudithAndre
<p>Wow! Crazy prices. Murray has seasonal allergies too. I give him Wal-phenate from Walgreens...really works on him and is cheap.</p>
<p>Wow! Crazy prices. Murray has seasonal allergies too. I give him Wal-phenate from Walgreens...really works on him and is cheap.</p> Allergies can cause a yeast i…tag:mycorgi.com,2014-11-12:1150197:Comment:18928922014-11-12T03:44:08.519ZLindahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LindaFeldbin
<p>Allergies can cause a yeast infection in the ears. I know because I have the same problem with Max. Benadryl has become our friend during the period from mid August to the first freeze when ragweed is the worst. Benadryl or rather Walgreen's brand is much cheaper than many trips to the vet.</p>
<p>Allergies can cause a yeast infection in the ears. I know because I have the same problem with Max. Benadryl has become our friend during the period from mid August to the first freeze when ragweed is the worst. Benadryl or rather Walgreen's brand is much cheaper than many trips to the vet.</p>