Once again, tree pollen season has descended upon us in full force, leaving Danke an itchy, generally unhappy pup.
She typically does quite well with frequent rinses and OTC antihistamines when she's spent extended periods of time outside.
Unfortunately, I failed to notice that the pollen count was elevated yesterday, and at some point last night, she began rubbing her face.
Her chin and the area around her nose are now nearly hairless, with some mild abrasions.
I've washed her from head to toe and dosed her up with her meds... so she shouldn't have anymore itchiness.
I am curious however, how long is it likely to take for her skin to recover from the abrasions and loss of hair? Other than keeping it clean and dry, anything else I can do to encourage it to heal?
You can rub some vitamin E on it. You can get the gel caps and pop them open and squirt it on from that. It is safe for her to lick and should help in the healing process. For it to be helpful it would benefit to keep her from licking it off (I know...good luck with that )
Edited to put following info:
Vitamin E (400 - 800 IU a day) promotes healing. May be used topically once the wound has healed and new skin has formed. Higher doses may be beneficial for healing burns. Talk to your doctor before taking vitamin E if you are scheduled to have surgery.
Depending on the pollen count OTC medication usually works. However about 2 weeks ago the pollen was so high that we were at the vet for an allergy shot.
Thankfully, Danke seems only to have an issue with tree pollens.
I failed to realize that the cottonwood fluffs floating around the other day meant that I should probably dose her up.
What do you currently use as an OTC for her? Does it normally work?
I too have allergies and have researched different OTC that would be okay for the dogs. My vet said Benadryl is only effective for about 1/3 of dogs. She said we could try Claritin (Generic from Costco is Allerclear) or Zyrtec. I would contact your vet before trying these.
I have also noticed a huge difference in their allergies since supplementing with fish oil and vitamin E. Not sure if you use these, but they may help as well.
She's chewing her feet and knees and scratching her ears as well. I'm usually able to interrupt that, because I can hear it a lot better than the rubbing.
If it continues, I'll definitely have a scraping done, though.
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She's chewing her feet and knees and scratching her ears as well. I'm usually able to interrupt that, because I can hear it a lot better than the rubbing.
If it continues, I'll definitely have a scraping done, though.
Oh, that would make me less intent on the scraping.
Do you interrupt by diverting? I made the mistake years ago of verbally correcting for scratching/chewing, and ended up with a dog who did it in private and Made me far less aware of the extent.
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