Question by M H: How long does it take to see improvement after you start the medication. She doesn’t want to eat or drink.?
Took to vet yesterday because she has lost her appetite and doesn’t want to drink much water either. She is a maltese shitzu mix and weighs 9 1/2 pounds and is 2 years old. He told me he thought she had a urinary infection because she was in heat a few weeks ago and that she also might have some type of seasonal allergy because she is chewing and scratching herself. She also wants to sleep a lot, although I can get her to eat if I put a small amount of white chicken in her dog food, but she won’t eat the dog food. She is playing still some but not as much as she usually does. He put her on the Baytril and gave her a cortisone shot. How long should it take before I see any improvement? I am really concerned, so anyone who can tell me anything will be helpful. Thanks.

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Answer by Accept Reality-face the facts
“Thought.it had…”???
Didn’t TEST to KNOW????
Ruled out pyo-which can KILL????

The antibiotic needs a few days ,the steroid is nearly immediate *&* will INTERFERE w/the antibiotic’s work!!!

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Question by Michey: My dog is going potty in the house suddenly after…..(warning: a bit long)?
So about 2 months ago I adopted a 9 year old Min Pin. She was adjusting well and took to me and my boyfriend like glue. We never had any problems with her she has actually been the best dog. The previous owner told me she was crate trained and was used to sleeping in a crate from 7am – 3pm, well my hours are much less then that, but when I put her in the crate she fought like crazy and the entire 3 hours she was in there my neighbors told me she was shrieking none stop. So I tried leaving her out of the crate and she did fine no crying, no destruction, and no accidents.

The last week give or take a few days she has three accidents that I found one poop was all over my living rooms and yesterday she peed on my shirt. The other accident I do not think I can blame on her she got into my birds seeds and was not feeling well and her schedule was messed up but was after the first accident. I take her out at 8 am my boyfriend takes her out at 11am and 2pm I come home at 5pm and she gets about a 30-45 min walk and then depending on the weather we go out at 7pm and 9pm this is herschedule every day she eats at 10:15am and 8:15pm her food is homemade from a vet recipe reccomendation due to food allergies and takes prescibed vitamins. I also hae a 10 month old puppy who is crated but they are out together when some one is home both dogs play and get exercise.

It is not jealousy of having the other dog around because she came from a house with another dog and a baby and her and my dog hang around each other and play and sleep together. I just took her to the vet and they said everything was normal (this was after the bird seed chow down). Could it just be her old age? Or is it something else? I also do not think its terretorial because she keeps hiding the messes she is making. She is also confind with baby gate to the livingroom when and nothing is on the floor or in hear reach except dog toys, her crate, and her bed.

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Answer by Cai
she might have a urine infection or week bladder control due to her age take her to the vet if it continues
its only an accident nothing to do with eexerciseor other dogs . perhaps she isn’t trained properly

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Question by acullum85: How long will my dog feel the side effects of a cortisone shot?
My dog had to have a cortisone shot due to a severe flea allergy last week. I hated to give him it but he was chewing his skin off. The last few days he has been drinking a ton of water and peeing in the house which I know is a side effect. Does anyone know how long this can last? He had the shot a week ago.

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Answer by 2bzy
I hate that shot! The same thing happened to mine, and the side effects lasted about a week. My allergy-ridden beagle, on the other hand, was affected even worse; he growled and stared around with his eyes stretched wide for a whole day. The vet said we’d never do that again, and he gave him pills instead. I guess every dog reacts a little differently.

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Question by Patricia Caldwell: Really need your advice for my maltese! (Long sorry!)?
3 years ago I rescued a maltese and she was a perfect little dog, until she started getting human food, then she’d come no where close to dog food. Long story short, I let her starve for a few days and she learned she was only getting dry food, and I was feeding her Natures Recipe in the chicken meal (only dry food) I then realized she was constantly licking her paws like 24/7 and I’m not exaggerating! And thennnn I was told she might be allergic to chicken. So I switched her food to Natures Recipe Salmon Pumpkin and Sweet Potato meal. She’s been eating that for the past 2 months and everythings been fine. 2 weeks ago I took her to get groomed and I think my groomer used a shampoo that my dog was allergic to. So she started itching and licking her back, belly, she’d scratch up her ears too. So that’s honestly not really getting too much better, I went to petsmart and bought liquid medicine and it helps when I put it on the affected area. AND THENNN….. (yes still more, sorry!) She developed reddish brown tear stains, I’ve seen Maltese dogs with these kinda stains but my dog never ever EVER had these tear stains so I have a few questions.

Should I switch to a different food? If so which one do you reccommend… Chicken gives her allergies and Beef gives her diarrhea.

Should I bathe her and let her soak in oatmeal shampoo?

Are her tear stains being caused by her food? And how do I get rid of them?!

And do you have any suggestions on calming down her itching and licking?

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND READING THIS.
My doggy and I really really really appreciate it.
God bless!

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Answer by Lola
first you should only give your dog human food that is good for her. I let my dogs have pizza crust, carrots, slices of bread, oatmeal and peanut butter balls…….just some things that wont make them sick and is good for them. Try finding dog recipes online.
If you are only giving your dog dry dog food try pedigree small breed dry dog food and there is also gravy for dry dog food that you could find at target or walmart
i dont know about bathing your dog in oatmeal shampoo but you can ask your vet for a special recommend treatment shampoo
the tear stains are not being caused by her food. all dogs can get tear stains at any time. if they are extremely bad and make your dog look horrible there is a tear stain remover at petsmart
again to calm down the itching ask your vet for meds or special creams

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Question by Marina: How long does it take to notice positive differences when switching foods?
My sister-in-law’s dog had a lot of allergy problems and had trouble with different foods. She finally has him on Canidae Chicken and Rice formula, and the dog likes the food, and she is happy with the ingredients and the price. He’s been on it for approximately two weeks, but still has a skin rash and itchy paws. We’re wondering how long it should take before these things will go away and how long it will take to tell whether or not this new food agrees with him? Thanks!
Her dog is allergic to Lamb, which is why he is on the Chicken and Rice formula.

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Answer by Aly
It will probably only take a couple days. Enough to digest through his system.

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