Question by Poodles4ever: dog and allergy testing question also can black mold permantly affect the respirtory system? What now?
Okay our poodle went to the doctor yesterday for his allergies and she put him on an antihistimine for his allergies to see if it helps (we are going to be trying this one and she said if it doesn’t work there are others we can try but this one won’t make him drowsy and he gets drowsy even with a low dose of benedryl) She also gave him a spray for his feet to prevent them from itching so he doesn’t scratch them or bite them and get an infection. (We think grass is his main allergy)
But normally he doesn’t scratch at himself that was just a precaution.
He is not allowed outdoors on any day they cut the grass in our complex so twice a week, she said he can still go out on the patio and use the potty pad so he doesn’t get out of habit of going outside. And fall and winter he should be able to go out whenever he wants (just put a jacket on him so he doesn’t freeze, that way he still gets to play outside is his favorite place to be)
Also we don’t think he has any food allergies just inhalent allergies (aka seasonal allergies) because he has trouble breathing outdoors after the grass is cut.
The big allergy is fresh cut grass.
Now plan b is if we don’t see significant improvement she recommends Alergy testing but she wants that to be an option later down the road.
Now if we have to go that route tell me is it painful (like when people have it done is it the same kind of procedure)? Is it too terribly expensive? (not a big deal but I would like to put some money away if it is just incase we need to do it)
Also his breathing (off topic a bit) in the apartment we were living before around the time we moved out we discovered black mold (I went to the doctor several times with breathing problems and we couldn’t pinpoint why) we don’t know how long the mold was there but our poodle lived in that apartment from age 9 weeks until 11 months could that have caused significant damage to his respiratory system? I am curious I feel so bad we didn’t catch that if that is the case. She isn’t too concerned about his breathing right now but I hope that didn’t trigger the problem. He seems fine in those regards but we are to watch him.
they said allergy shots are part of plan b
Best answer:
Answer by Ista
2 yrs ago, our dachshund started having problems. She was scratching herself raw and bald. Most of her hair was gone. We took her to the vet numerous times, as we were quite concerned. She used to be so playful, and now all she’d do was sleep and scratch. The vet couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her, other than must be an allergy. He prescribed, benedryl and selsun blue. Neither helped. We couldn’t figure out what to do to help her.
Last year we moved, when we did, we noticed all this nasty black mold growing in every room of the house. Within a month of being moved, our dachshund quit scratching, and her hair started to grow back. She became her playful old self again. Also, my husband and I are also feeling better, we didn’t notice how it was affecting us until after we got out and started feeling better.
WooWoo (our dachshund) seems to have no lasting ill effects from the black mold, hopefully your poodle won’t either. That black mold is some nasty dangerous stuff. I’m glad y’all were able to get away from it.
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