 Re: help for paw licking
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#200273 - 06/28/2008 10:53 PM |
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Answers are hardly as simple as just one thing. Life tends not to work that way.
Allergies can work synergistically too- by itself a dog may be only slightly allergic to any one item, but add in 2 or more other items that they're also slightly allergic to and you've passed their threshold level. If you only look at the last item, you might miss all the previous triggers.
Allergies are one of the most frustrating health problems for dog and owner. Usually harder to live with than most cases of Hip Dysplasia (and more inheritable too).
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Re: help for paw licking
[Re: Anna Carson ]
#200277 - 06/29/2008 01:35 AM |
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My dog had the same symptoms as yours and I thought at the time he was allergic to chicken (but I'm not sure about that anymore). Nevertheless when he had the itchy pinkish-purplish paws I soaked them in a bowl of equal parts hydrogen peroxide, water and baking soda. That cleared it up and it never came back.
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Re: help for paw licking
[Re: Cathi Kemp ]
#200323 - 06/29/2008 08:13 PM |
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I have heard of the hydrogen peroxide thing, but my breeder told me not to do that because it dries out the skin too much. Anyone else heard that?
I'm just glad I have a dermo vet appt in 3 weeks now! I'm tired from guessing !
Lori
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Re: help for paw licking
[Re: Lori Hall ]
#200410 - 06/30/2008 07:17 PM |
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My 4 yo licks his paws in the spring, then again in later summer. I often see that his ears are inflamed at the same time. I assume it is a seasonal allergy, as his diet is pretty consistent. When I see this, I rinse his paws when we come in, dry them with a towel, powder with either cornstarch or gold bond or baby powder, and give Benedryl twice a day. I have had to use steroids a few times, but if I keep on top of it, I can usually handle it without the meds. He also has to wear an e-collar while I am out if the foot is bad, until it heals.
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Re: help for paw licking
[Re: Polly Gregor ]
#200411 - 06/30/2008 07:29 PM |
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(Explanation to readers): Elizabethan collar (cone collar).
Have you by chance tried hydroxyzine or chlorpheniramine?
I've had much better results with both than with Benadryl. (Of course, dogs are very individual in this.)
I am at pretty much that same place with one of mine, keeping it controlled with vigilance, including regular checking inside the ears when the season rolls around. I do what you're doing, but with Hydroxyzine, and I give a sizable daily serving of unsweetened plain live-culture yogurt.
Of course, I use fish oil and E, but that's always, allergies or no.
(BTW, new forum members might be interested to know that a 2005 Tufts study found that while many dogs do not get a lot of benefit from antihistamines, more do when they are used in combination with fish oil.)
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[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#200547 - 07/01/2008 11:00 PM |
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I have not tried those other drugs, can I get them OTC? He gets salmon oil daily all year long. He is not big fan of yoghurt, I have given that at times, maybe I should be giving that in allergy season. I think his allergies may be getting a little better, but I will have a better idea in the late summer, when they usually flair up again. He has had only a few small hot spots, and none in the past year at least.
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Re: help for paw licking
[Re: Polly Gregor ]
#200550 - 07/01/2008 11:43 PM |
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The chlorpheniramine (which is generic for Chlor-trimeton)is OTC, but the hydroxyzine is prescription. I have both, and for Kasey, they seem to work equally as well. I would try the OTC one first and see how that works, if it doesn't, then you'll have to ask the vet for the other one (it's a lot more expensive too!)
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Re: help for paw licking
[Re: Lori Hall ]
#207626 - 08/27/2008 09:29 PM |
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My experience with prednisone. My gsd had never received veterinary
medicine until at the age of about ten he was diagnosed with degenerative spinal disease. The vet gave him a dose of prednisone equal to what a 10lb cat would get. Within a half hour he started pacing our back deck on a warm summer night and continued to pace without laying down for the next twelve hours. During the 12 hour period he drank 5 gallons of water. A dog that trusted me to help him and his first introduction to vet medicine was a horror show.
I'll never know what mental and physical anguish he felt, but my new dog will never know what a vet clinic even looks like.
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#207628 - 08/27/2008 09:40 PM |
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My experience with prednisone. My gsd had never received veterinary
medicine until at the age of about ten he was diagnosed with degenerative spinal disease. The vet gave him a dose of prednisone equal to what a 10lb cat would get. Within a half hour he started pacing our back deck on a warm summer night and continued to pace without laying down for the next twelve hours. During the 12 hour period he drank 5 gallons of water. A dog that trusted me to help him and his first introduction to vet medicine was a horror show.
I'll never know what mental and physical anguish he felt, but my new dog will never know what a vet clinic even looks like.
Hi, Peter,
This thread is almost 2 months old, and Lori has made great strides. 
But anyway: Pred can be a magic bullet, but it is definitely one of those meds with major short- and long-term potential side effects, and the benefits have to be carefully weighed against the possible dangers. As little as possible for as short a time as possible is a good rule, IMHO.
I understand your feelings, but I'm sure that you don't mean that your new dog will not receive medical care. (I wouldn't want to do emergency torsion surgery or set a broken leg myself.)
I am so sorry that your dog had a terrible reaction.
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