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Has anybody had this done on their dog? Blood test or skin patch test? Did you successfully find the allergy problem? What about allergy shots? effective? What are the costs for these items?
Also the skin patch test looks so nasty, does the hair grow back well?
We believe our dog has allergy issues. She has had intermittent skin spot issues since last summer. Since about February she has had continual red spots on her belly area. They look like pimples and get varying intensities of red. A few weeks back they really flared and a couple spots looked almost infected so we took her in again. Regular vet gave us bunch of options and after discussion we decided to try a round of steroids to see what would happen. Within 48 hours the spots were gone and skin started to heal. We have since worked on weaning her off steroids. As we started to wean her off the steroids vet is having us give her 3v caps with benadryl. Today is the last dose of steroids and the spots are starting to re-appear
We've also seen a holistic vet and tried some natural allergy remedies, switched foods, etc. Currently she is on Venison/SweetPotato LID.
Has anyone had to keep their dog on steroids long term(how long)? Do they get more used to the steroids and level off with their extreme water drinking/urination after they have been on them a while?
I guess I'm just feeling disappointed today to see the spots return and know we are sort of back at square one. Any suggestions or encouragement would be appreciated.
Also the skin patch test looks so nasty, does the hair grow back well?
We believe our dog has allergy issues. She has had intermittent skin spot issues since last summer. Since about February she has had continual red spots on her belly area. They look like pimples and get varying intensities of red. A few weeks back they really flared and a couple spots looked almost infected so we took her in again. Regular vet gave us bunch of options and after discussion we decided to try a round of steroids to see what would happen. Within 48 hours the spots were gone and skin started to heal. We have since worked on weaning her off steroids. As we started to wean her off the steroids vet is having us give her 3v caps with benadryl. Today is the last dose of steroids and the spots are starting to re-appear
We've also seen a holistic vet and tried some natural allergy remedies, switched foods, etc. Currently she is on Venison/SweetPotato LID.
Has anyone had to keep their dog on steroids long term(how long)? Do they get more used to the steroids and level off with their extreme water drinking/urination after they have been on them a while?
I guess I'm just feeling disappointed today to see the spots return and know we are sort of back at square one. Any suggestions or encouragement would be appreciated.