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My golden retriever has very severe skin allergies. He loses a lot of his hair, gets swollen itchy rashes all over his body, constantly has ear infections, itches almost all of the time. When we lived in Texas he had to have cortisone shots (suppressing the immune systems reaction to the allergies) and in mid summer, the shots would barely help and he would need daily medicated baths to soothe his itchy bumpy skin. The vet told me that the best way to relieve his allergies was to move out of Texas. Well, I am not in Texas anymore (Manhattan) and Prozak is in the beginnings of some allergy symptoms similar to what he would have in Texas (although they would be much worse by this time in TX).
He rubs his itchy face on everything, the wall, along the couch, pillows, and I have had to take him to the vet several times because he scratched his cornia and then rubbed his face so much that he developed and ulcer on his face next to his eye and needed antibiotics for it. Now he is breaking out all over his belly and on the insides of his legs. He will walk up to you and rub himself all over you (like a cat) to relieve his itching.
Hydrocortizone 2% Cream helps a tiny bit, but not much.
I am so sick of his allergies, and I am sure he is too! But there just seems to be NOTHING that will completely relieve them, if at all.
I thought his allergy issues would be releived here....but apparently not. Does anyone else in NYC with a dog with allergies know much about them?
I am in desperate need of advice. Anything OTC or perscription I may be able to give him. Or shampoos, or just something else!? Benadryl does not help.
He rubs his itchy face on everything, the wall, along the couch, pillows, and I have had to take him to the vet several times because he scratched his cornia and then rubbed his face so much that he developed and ulcer on his face next to his eye and needed antibiotics for it. Now he is breaking out all over his belly and on the insides of his legs. He will walk up to you and rub himself all over you (like a cat) to relieve his itching.
Hydrocortizone 2% Cream helps a tiny bit, but not much.
I am so sick of his allergies, and I am sure he is too! But there just seems to be NOTHING that will completely relieve them, if at all.
I thought his allergy issues would be releived here....but apparently not. Does anyone else in NYC with a dog with allergies know much about them?
I am in desperate need of advice. Anything OTC or perscription I may be able to give him. Or shampoos, or just something else!? Benadryl does not help.