jasnick

Thank you everyone for all your comments and suggestions. I will take them all on board. Re the last vaccinations: the vet held off on doing these for a few months while he was on the Macrolone. When he decided we wouldn't wait any longer, I took Nicky off the medication for a few days before and after the injections. Back on again now. I can see this is going to be a long-term proposition. The strange thing is I had a Rottweiler about 10 years ago who suddenly popped out in scabs on the nose, ears etc - took him to the vet (same vet) can't remember the treatment but I think it consisted of an injection and tablets and putting Betadine on the scabs and the condition cleared up in a matter of days never to return. Unfortunately, this was before the days of computer records so we can't check on the treatment. In that case I am sure it was caused by stick-fast fleas. With Nicky there is no apparent cause. There are no fleas on this block so he does not get any flea treatments and rarely sees any other dogs. Thank you all again for your advice and replies.

My 5 year old Red Cloud Kelpie was diagnosed with an auto-immune condition a few months ago. Cause unknown. He had raw patches on his eyelids, inside his ears and on his muzzle that scabbed over. Then the scabs come off and it starts again. He was put on Macrolone 20mg and a couple of times the vet has tried to wean him off them by reducing the dose to 1/2 tablet every second day but when it gets to that stage, the condition flares up all over again and I have to increase the dosage. The vet has warned that this could be a long process. My dog now wants to sleep outside every night instead of in his bed indoors. I don' t like the idea of this but he seems happy enough and won't stay inside at all at night. The vet says it could be that he is too warm inside. Has anyone had any experience with this condition and its prognosis? Thanks.