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favoring his paw

My thirteen year old miniature poodle is exhibiting some weird behavior One minute he is walking fine. The...

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Yorkie screams during the night

My 13 year old Yorkie just started having these weird episodes where she screams really loud like a baby 2-3...

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My 13 year old Yorkie just started having these weird episodes where she screams really loud like a baby 2-3 times, stiffens up her front legs, and throws her head back. She wakes up as soon as I pick her up, pat her chest, and rub her ears. This has only happened at night after she has gone into a deep sleep and it only lasts a couple of seconds. I have also noticed that it happens if she gets too hot and is on her back to get cool. She does have allergies and is overweight. She has been on allergy medicine and occasionally has to have steroid eye drops for eye congestion. She gets VERY congested, with the runny eyes and clear nasal fluid.

The Vet recently gave her pills for trachea congestion called Temaril-P. This seemed to make the problem occur more frequently, but only at night. She still has a lot of nasal congestion. Of course, I called the Vet and stopped the medicine. I keep trying to explain that she needs a decongestant, but this is the second Vet that I have seen and each with different opinions. He did do blood work and she is fine, except she is a couple pounds overweight. He suggested that might be the problem. She is in otherwise good health and hasn't even had to have a dental cleaning.

I am at a loss here, since no one seems to know why she is just doing this at night. Is is possibly some sort of night seizure? It doesn't happen every night, just occasionally. But, it did increase when I had her on the Temaril-P. Is there a good decongestant that would help as the allergy medicine isn't clearing that up. I have bad allergies and have had to take allergy medicine with decongestants in the Spring myself. My guess is that she is so congested that is causing it when she gets too hot. I am sure that the weight is an issue as well.

She is on a strict diet of a 1/8 scoop of kibbles, 3 times a day with a tsp of baked sweet potato on top to get her started on the dry kibbles. I have replaced her treats with ice cubes, a one inch slice of celery, and one baby carrot.

Any suggestions would be helpful.View Thread

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Vectra3D is POISON to my Yorkie!

My groomer suggested Vectra3D and I foolishly went along with it without checking sites such as this one...

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Pavo??

My dog has had diarrhea since last week and still has it now that he has lost weight. He still...

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Allergies to Front Line

My golden retriever is allergic to Front Line for Ticks. It ate her skin away the second time we used it....

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my puppy received his rabies vaccine @ 11 weeks old. now the rabies officer is telling me it is not valid...

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Golden Retriever False Pregnancey Syndrome non-nue...

My Callie Girl has gone through the False Pregnancy Syndrome for years with lactating and the look of being...

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Golden Retriever False Pregnancey Syndrome non-nue...

My Callie Girl has gone through the False Pregnancy Syndrome for years with lactating and the look of being...

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Golden Retriever False Pregnancey Syndrome non-nue...

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Seizure? Fainting? In a puppy?

Today, when we let our two boxers out of their kennel, they were running in the yard. Then my 9 month old puppy,...

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Fainting? Seizures? in a puppy

Today, when we let our two boxers out of their kennel, they were running in the yard. Then my 9 month old puppy,...

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Question about vaccinations

If a dog is vaccinated with a three year vaccination, and was not vaccinated in the past several years. Do...

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Dog Auto-Immune Problem? Please help!

I have a five year old male dachshund named Rufus. I would like to get Rufus tested for Hypothyroidism and...

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I have a five year old male dachshund named Rufus. I would like to get Rufus tested for Hypothyroidism and Lupus or another potential auto-immune disorder. Since the day after receiving a large group of vaccinations at 1 year old, Rufus has had varying symptoms listed below, with the most frequent being bacterial folliculitis.
We have seen two different dermatologists and several general practitioner veterinarians and have not received any indication of what his underlying problem could be. The dermatologists maintain that he has allergies, but full allergy testing revealed that he has only seasonal allergies and the related allergy shots have not helped; the response we have received to this is that allergy treatment is difficult.
The only treatment besides long-term antibiotics that has helped his bacterial folliculitis is frequent bathing with medicated shampoo. All doctors we have seen have told us to stop this because we could potentially dry out his skin. This advice is quite frustrating, because potential dry skin seems like a mild risk, especially compared to side effects of all of the medication this poor dog has endured (and, after a year of frequent bathing, his skin is not dry).

After four years of these symptoms, as I mentioned, that started the day after receiving a group of vaccines, I am convinced that the root cause of them is an auto-immune disorder. The question, of course, is which one? And then, once that is decided, how do we treat it?

Any advice/experience with something similar would be quite welcome. Thank you in advance.

Here are his symptoms, present on and off for 4 years:

- chronic bacterial folliculitis, responsive to antibiotics
- frequent ear infections, mainly yeast-based
- blackening/thickening of the underarms
- frequent yeast infections of the skin - mostly underarms and groin
- peeling nose, revealing bloody sores
- hyperactivity and compulsiveness
- agression towards other dogs
- patchy hair loss
- round, raised flat bump on mouth - size of a dime
- strange growths on paws
- weight gain, despite dieting and frequent exercise

Things that have helped:
- long-term antibiotics for folliculitis
- frequent bathing with Duoxo shampoo prevents the folliculitis
- cleaning and drying ears frequently cut down on ear infections, plus using vetromycin when symptoms appear

Things that have not helped:
- full allergy testing and allergy shots
- staph lysate shots
- varied topical treatments
- medicated foot soaksView Thread

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HEARTWORM TREATMENT FOR DOGS

Good Morning! Yesterday my 10-year old Collie-Shepperd mix was diagnosed with heartworms. This was a 6 month...

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My Dog Suddenly Died

My Goldendoodle was 7 1/2 yrs old active and I thought healthy until 2 days ago when out of know where he...

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Routine dental procedure (tooth abstraction) under...

Hi, I took my dog in for a routine dental procedure (tooth Abstraction) and they put her under anesthesia....

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MY POODLE

I have a 5.5 year old poodle I have been giving him table food for sometime, today he developed some kind of...

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Stage V Lymphoma

My dog is in stage V lymphoma, chemo is not an option for her, she's being treated with hospice. I'm wondering...

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Gaining my puppy's respect

I have a nearly 3 year old Lab/Coonhound(?) mix... she was spayed at about 6 months of age.... I have had her...

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aggressive dog - scared

I have a 3 year old dog (Doxie terrior mix). He has become very aggressive and attacked me the other...

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Constant sneezing and boogers...what is it?

My mini American Eskimo has been constantly sneezing and retching since about last October or so, out of...

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My mini American Eskimo has been constantly sneezing and retching since about last October or so, out of the blue. I can't find a pattern to it. She's mostly indoors except for going potty, but I never notice it getting worse when outside or in any particular place. She'll retch and reverse sneeze like she's congested and can't breathe through her nostrils, then will usually sneeze and fling big white boogers around. (Lovely, right?) They're never yellow or green.

She's been to multiple vets who have done tests (blood, urine, x rays, teeth cleaning) and all is normal. All looks great with her heart and everything major. They have no clue what's wrong. So I'm thinking it may be food allergies? The only thing I can think of that changed around October is that we introduced Blue Buffalo, but it's the Sensitive Formula with Turkey and Potato kind, grain free. Until then she'd been solely on prescription Hills i/d food because she's prone to pancreatitis. So now she gets dry Blue Buffalo in the morning and wet i/d at night. A month or so ago I tried going back to just the i/d and noticed no change, so I'm back to using both. I'm thinking of maybe trying another food with limited ingredients, maybe venison or fish. But I also don't want to set off the pancreatitis!

Do you think that's what the problem could be? Has this happened to any of your dogs, and what worked? What would you suggest?

* I should add that the vet gave her steroids or something for allergies and it made her nuts...she shook and got hyper and peed on the floor constantly, so it wasn't good. So then I've tried both Benadryl and Vet's Best Seasonal Allergy Support daily, and still haven't noticed any change. I'm out of ideas, and I feel so bad for my poor sniffly dog. Not to mention that I hate cleaning up all the snot...View Thread

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I have a mix part pekenise and part chiwauwaa(unkn...

Good evening I have a 5 yr old male he is a mixed breed, he is part pekenise and part chiwauwaa. I am...

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help! 9 month old puppy issues after first heat

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Loud crying

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Dog vacinations

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Dogs - Dental Care

We try to keep up with brushing our dogs teeth several times a week. Still, plaque and tartar build up. I found...

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Glaucoma in dogs

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Glaucoma in dogs

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Nursing pups

My latest foster Dane has 9 pups nearly 4 weeks old and they are scratching her pretty bad when they nurse. She...

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