Question by hayley2192: What are possible reasons for my dog itching all the time?
My dog ( a 7month old lab mix) started itching constantly about a month ago. Its so bad at night he stays up biting and itching himself. Mainly his paws, legs and thighs. So we took him to the vet and they gave us hydroxzine to give him twice a day thinking it was allergies. We were told it took 10-14 days to see results. He was still itching so we got oatmeal baths and the cool spot spray. The bath would help for a day and hed be back being miserable. He also began developing small bald areas on his ears and scabs in his ears. After there was still no resolve and the new developments we took him back. We saw another vet at the practice. He decided to do a skin scrape (Which broke my heart because I could hear him screaming). He didn’t see any mites or scabies in the sample but thought we should treat anyway because of the clinical presentation. So he is getting Ivermectin injections every 48hours x3 then once a week for a few weeks. They are slowly increasing the dose since he is a mix and we are unsure of what hes mixed with and want to avoid the herding dog reactions. Hes getting his 3rd injection tmw and we haven’t seen any improvement. What else could be causing the itching? Does the Ivermectin take awhile to work? Thanks for taking the time to read all of this.
Also, he does not have fleas and gets the appropriate preventative

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Answer by hoffmankiara
fleas, thats all I can say.

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Question by Kathy Morrison: Does any know of good brand of dog food for a possible food allergy?
I have an 8 year old Mini Schnauzer. She had what seems to be anal gland problems. She constantly licks back there. The vet believes she may have a food allergy and wants to put her on z/c Hills prescription dog food. I now have her on Wellness Super5Mix Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food and mix in some wet food from wellness so she’ll eat it. At one time she had pimples on her skin so I switched her from Iams to Wellness 3 years ago. The skin problems went away but the anal issue still continued. No my question…. Does any know of good brand of dog food for a possible food allergy. Really don’t want to switch to prescription if I can avoid it and still get the same results.

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Answer by Harris
you need to see a vet to determine if it is an allergy. Even a vet may not be able to determine if it is an allergy but you will at least know for sure what is going on and a proper course of action. You seem to have fixed the food issue, but there may be another problem as well.

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Question by Dog Rescuer: Sweet 7 year old Aussie/Shepherd Mix possible arthritis?
Any Aussie or German Shpherd owners out there?? Our sweet Aussie just started having trouble getting up in the Morning ..

Any NON-drug ideas on how to help her?? Massage?? Glucosamine Chodroitan etc…Only sincere answers please..

.I am in search of a NON drug solution…Vitamins yes drugs no…I have been massaging her with remarkable success..any special kinds of massage someone knows would be greatly appreciated…..

PS Thanks to all the dog owners for their suggestions on the ear in fection!!! Its totally gone!!!! It was food allergies…God Bless every one of your wonderful suggestions!!!!

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Answer by Wolf
I have a 10 year old Siberian Husky and I started feeding her the Advanced Protection Science Diet food for Seniors. Within 2 weeks she became NOTICEABLY peppy and is much happier!! I still made ’steps’ for her to get on the bed (she’ spoiled – but just can’t make the jump anymore). I really believe that Science Diet dog food may have prolonged her life (and made her happy too)!!

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Question by the sun will come out tomorrow: Dog in possible distress? Is there something the owners and their vet might be missing? Or refusing to see?
This dog is a playmate of my dog and she seems to have a lot of issues. I know the dog came from a Backyard Breeder and I don’t think the breeder ever even saw the father dog. She sent her female to be mated with this male. But my friends have learned a valuable lesson about bybs and puppymills through this dog. This dog though is maybe 1 or 2 years old I’d be surprised if she is any older and she is some sort of small breed. Poodle or Bichon Friese or Maltese or Westie. Its a little white dog, I’m not good at keeping those small breeds straight.

The dog when she is at play she can’t seem to keep up with the other dogs. She wears out in the first 10 minutes of play. The dog is constantly panting even when not at play. We are talking that this dog pants most of the day active or inactive. The dog chokes and coughs a lot when running and sometimes even more so when resting. I dog sat this dog last weekend and the dog in the middle of the night would wake up having severe coughing fits. I gave the dog her allergy medicine as instructed by the owner but it did nothing for the dog. The owner said she is being treated for some sort of allergies. She is on a very special diet due to allergies. So she has food and breathing allergies they say. She gets very nervous when left alone and so she is on some sort of sedative or anti anxiety medicine as well, the vet is treating her for some sort of anxiety. I had no idea the dog had this many problems but I keep seeing that something else isn’t right with this dog and I can’t put my finger on it.

Why would a dog this young have so many problems running and playing, especially when the weather isn’t hot. Why would this dog constantly pant? Why would this dog wake up coughing at all hours of the night and start coughing really hard when she is at play? And when you pick her up her heart always feels like it is trying to beat right out of her chest.

I’m thinking something is wrong and they and the vet haven’t caught it or something like that?

Could something else be wrong? What does it sound like? I just can’t put my finger on it but I think this dog needs to be checked out further.
What should I say to the owners? I know something else isn’t right with their dog. I’m to watch her again this weekend. They are possibly moving out of state, job interview and they are going back down there to house hunt. I just can’t let this dog move away possible really sick and not say anything

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Answer by mauveme49
You could suggest they get another vet to give them a second opinion. Other than that there is not alot you can do.

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Question by simplylily06: What are possible reasons for my dog to uncontrollably shake?
My 4 year old Portuguese Water Dog has been randomly shaking uncontrollably, She is still responsive during these episodes, but something is definately off with her, These episodes happen at random times – not when she is cold, excited or in a situation that would normally stress her. In the past she has thrown up alot, it was previously diagnosed and related to dietary allergies and here food has been changed, although occasionally she will still get sick — I now wonder if this is somehow related to the shaking. She has otherwise been a healthy dog, only with the occassional ear infection.

I am really worried about her. She is going to the vet in two days – but I was hoping that I could get some insight as to what it might be before I go so that I can specifically ask the vet about it.

thank you so much for any help that you can give me.

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Answer by online_mrkting
My dog’s shook like that if they’ve eaten something that’s upsetting their stomaches, so it could be a by-product of the allergies.

It almost looks like they shudder? and it’s always been if they’ve eatten something bad.

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