Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Connie,
I just found this post after I replied to your other one. Your new
vet said the same thing my vet did.
Chris
--- In [email protected], Connie major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Tiki had her shot s at 9:30 am and didn't have a reaction till 9:00
pm, by then I couldn't get a hold of my vet at all - that is why i'm
going to change to a vet that I can get ahold of in an emergency -
just like I do for my daughter - they are my kids after all !! - Tik
is allergic to the bynadryl also - so the NEW vet said he would omit
the lypro - which he says he rairly ever uses on smaller dogs anyway -
they can't handle it- even though she is good sized for a chi (8 lbs)
- but the baby Moxi (1 lb) did just fine - go figure - so did the 19.8
lb MIn Pin Go Figure
>
> marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I experienced this one time. I took a litter of pups in for their first
> shots. I live maybe 20 mins from the vet. They got their shots and
we headed
> home. By the time I got home, one of the pups was just as you described,
> swollen, labored breathing, ect. I told my mom to call the vet and
tell them
> we were on our way back and not to leave. I turned around and was
back there
> in 10 minutes! Vet gave an antihistamine shot and we waited. Pups
recovered
> fine and vet advised that from now on, before all shots, he needs a
dose of
> benedryle.
>
> I love our vet, and I know it wasn't his fault. Sometimes these things
> happen....we don't know when one of our pups will be that one in a
thousand
> that has an allergic reaction. I still had him at his second set of
shots
> and the vet took extra care and made us wait for a half hour after
the shots
> before letting us go home, to be safe. When I sold him, I was extra
picky,
> making sure he went to a home that would take the extra care to
prevent his
> allergic reactions. You really can't blame the vet if they exercise
normal
> care because they don't know that a pup will have an allergic reaction.
> Luckily though, our vet will come in at all hours of the night,
weekend and
> holidays if an emergency arises. And he has came in at some weird
hours for
> me!! lol
>
> Marsha
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Connie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 3:20 PM
> Subject: {SPAMFILTER} [Chihuahuas] Re: Allergy
>
>
> > --- In [email protected], kaaterwaul@ wrote:
> > >Hey All - You want to talk allergies - my middle child received her
> > 1 yr shots on Sat. Morning and by 8:30 pm i was running to the
> > grocery store for benadryl(her face ballooned up - her eyes were
> > sweeled almost shut-and she broke out in rash/and fever - -by 9:oo
> > she was puckin her guts out,i stayed up with her till 1:00 for her
> > next dose of benadryl 1/4 of the dose as before and she got sick off
> > that too (allergic to bynadryl too) by 3:00 am she was fine and I
> > calmed down finally - talked to the vet today and she told me one in
> > a thousand have this reaction and next time they will omit the
> > lypro - well I got pissy and said WHY DIDN'T YOU OMIT IT THIS TIME -
> > WHY MAKE MY BABY GO THROUGH ALL THIS - even though this vet is a
> > family friend- I'm thinking of finding a new vet - one I can call at
> > 9:00 at night (I tried to call her Sat. night and I got an answering
> > service that connected me to an emergency clinic that wanted to
> > charge me $85.00 JUST TO LOOK AT HER - and then the wanted to give
> > her a steroid shot by a vet student -the hospital only has students
> > not actual vet's. Just thought everyone should be aware of the shots
> > and one in a thousand chance of something going wrong. Connie Major
> > > Hi Betty
> > >
> > > Yes, you really want to avoid using steroids if you can. Of
> > course, you
> > > don't want your dog itching though either. I wouldn't want to be
> > itchy! Years
> > > and years ago I had a Lab with a skin condition and she was put
> > on steroids.
> > > Ok, this was so many years ago my parents were in charge of my
> > dog's vet
> > > care (I was a kid) and I don't know if the damage from steroids
> > > was well known then or if the dosages were kept low, etc. Her
> > skin
> > > condition was quite bad though and so was her itching without the
> > steroids. My
> > > dog did eventually fail from the steroid use and have to be put
> > to sleep.
> > >
> > > Just like with a person, there are ways to try to figure out the
> > allergen
> > > yourself. Something in his food, a shampoo, something used on
> > carpet, it could
> > > even be a hand lotion it's "person" uses. Think hard about it
> > and eliminate
> > > one thing for a couple weeks at a time and see if you can figure
> > out the
> > > culprit. There is allergy testing for dogs, too. I think it's
> > pretty much the
> > > same as the people allergy testing. It may be pricey, it may not
> > be, I don't
> > > know.
> > > It is so great that vet medicine now has lots of what used to be
> > people
> > > testing and surgeries for our pets. Here is a link that has a
> > little about
> > > allergy testing for dogs. Good luck and let us know what happens,
> > >
> > > _Allergy Testing in Dogs - PetPlace.com_
> > > (http://www.petplace.com/dogs/allergy-testing-in-dogs/page1.aspx)
> > >
> > > Katie
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