zayda_asher

Rox, I feed a raw home prepared diet... not sure if you are interested in this or not??? Dan

I have a dog with severe allergy to Tea Tree, nasty Staph infections and stuff What's it do to you Daisy? Dan

Well hopefully that is good news and everything will settle down! I hope so, good luck and let us know what happens! Dan

Pampa mate, I'm so sorry to hear you are still having problems You guys are in my thoughts... Take care DanXO

I'm with Caff - "Holly Hell!!" Geez Pampa this is crap! Big hugs to both of you and I hope you find out what is happening and can work on getting your girl better!! DanXO

Geez Pampa, that is just awful :rolleyes: Hope things continue to improve!!! This is the same poor girl you were so worried about before with the lump isn't it? Big hugs to both of you.... take care of each other! DanXO

Rappie, that is priceless! :rolleyes: Mine get done according to how bad their allergies are. When good about once a month. When bad, as now, once a week... We've had shocking weather and its sent all of our allergies sprialling... Medicated baths help ease it... Other wise they don't need it, lovely short coats... Dan

Holly, Vets can actually write prescriptions for human meds so that you can get them filled at the chemist for cheaper. I get both antihistamine tabs and eye drops this way for my dogs :rolleyes: IR, hope your girl is doing better now, its so scary when they have these reactions Dan EFS

Hi, Have a look at this thread we've just been discussing allergies. That sounds like it could be a staph infection, was she tested for this? I recommend getting to a dermatologist... But read the other thread for fuller explainations. Dan

Ok, Sorry it took so long, but here's a bunch of links I've collected: CARE Homeopet Changing Protocols Adverse Reactions - Dodds Article Links to various articles Vaccinations Canine Health Concern Over vaccination NoVaxx Adverse Reactions - with photos Dog Adverse Reactions Site Think Twice - Human site, but good info A Word of Caution Part I A Word of Caution Part II Vaccination Liberation Vaccine Website That should keep y'all going for a while :rolleyes: Dan

If he is reacting to something in the shampoo you need to work out what it is too, because a lot of them have really similar ingredients. Is your vet helping you? Dan

It also depends on what is causing the dog's skin to be sensitive. Is it a yeast infection, or a staph infection? Then medicated shampoos will help clear and keep the infections away... Some dogs react better to one and not others... If they have open lesions some shampoos are not appropriate as they are too harsh and painful... What exactly is the cause of your dogs sensitive skin, do you know? Dan

Thank you for your kind words Risha :D Unfortunately I am alllll the way over the other side of Aus Or I would recommend mine to you in a flash! I'm not sure how many Derms there are in Melbourne, normally they practice attached to the university hospitals... It is worth going back to your GP Vet and asking them if there are any others you could see as you are not happy with them... I hear many stories like yours and realise how blessed we are with our GP and our Derm! Dan

Thanks Rappie Dan

Yep, Vaccination can make their allergies worse... bit of a chicken and egg thing as to which came first it seems I'm just researching this now, so any references you have on this that I could pass on to my vets would be great. Mel, what monthly heartworm have you put her on? I've just moved mine over to the proheart tabs because its the only thing I can find that is not flavoured!!!! The only other unflavoured stuff I can find is the daily ones and I don't like the idea of them. I think I will have to try that too! Sounds good. Also another friend told me that lemon essential oil is one of the best things for cleaning everything, just a few drops in warm water. Dan

Poor little mite LB - two things: Have you tried him on Antihistamines? My dogs have had a lot of help from this!! Also has anyone talked to you about the idea of doing an immunotherapy treatment for him? Asher is allergic to a lot of grasses / weeds as you can see from his list, when I was talking to our Derm. She said that the beauty of grass / weed pollens is that a lot of them are cross reactive, so you make their formula for the ones they react to the most to and it will help the immune system to respond appropriately to the others via the cross reactive properities. Dan

Gee, Thanks Mel... I am Blushing Dan

Yes :p Thought you might feel that way ;) :D Dan

No tea tree Jen, other wise you wont be able to come near Asher ever again :p :D Dan

Ah, thank you Rappie! Yes, we had to hold off one lot of Zayda's testing becuase she had to have cortisone for a wasp sting (did I mention she's allergic to bees and wasps, think I forgot to put that one up there)... It is one of only two cortisone injections she's ever had, the other being for a bee sting. She had her intradermal test at 7 months, and I do remember them now saying she was very young for it and if she wasn't such an extreme case they would've waited... Well, hopefully Homer can have it redone when he is older and it will show some response! Dan

Thanks for that info Pup's mum!! I haven't got those ones Dan

Good to know LB - I have just moved to this as well and will decide over this year exactly where I want to go with vaccination... Glad to hear its helped your boy! Dan

We cop that too and have been told the pts crap - I tell them to stuff it where the sun doesn't shine!! Oh, can you get camel meat, I assume that is what you are feeding? If so cut it into thin strips and dry it in your own oven... or cut it into chunks, boil it lightly and then dice. Or if it it minced roll it into balls and cook in the microwave for a couple of minuets - it holds together like a meat ball. These are the ways I make my dogs' treats. That way you know it has no chemical crap and is purely the meat they are allowed to have Dan

Forgot the important bit: Homer's really cute Dan

Both of my dogs had intradermal testing and we did FULL elimination diets with Zayda... The contact allergies are a matter of observation and then a bit of clinical experimentation... I did respond in the other thread, but I will put it here too: The Blood test is less reliable than the intradermal skin testing which is the gold standard... The blood test also looks for the IgE count. Blood testing will only tell you what that dog was reacting to at the time, not what all its allergies might be (for example if a dog is allergic to lamb, but has not eaten any, then it will not show). Did the dermatologist say that he might not produce the IgE response? I have never heard of this before. I've done a lot of research in the last 4 year, but by no means know everything... this sounds very strange to me though. It is expensive: we spent $12,000 on Zayda in the first year and stopped counting! Never even started for Asher... You have to be really dedicated and consistient to do things like the elimination diet, but it is the best way. Like anything there are good and bad practitioners of dermotology - ours is excellent. Ha! I wish!! Hopefully HeidiB will come in and tell you about her dog Busta which has only about a million allergies... poor girl Actually here's Busta's thread: Busta's allergies Feel free to PM me too - there's a little button under our posts with "PM" - click that. Dan