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Going to a Holisitc vet this week. Dog has been on thyroid meds now about 5 week swith little to no change. Hair is thin, stills scratches all over, rubs his head and face, sound slike he has a cold, snores, stinks but not all the time. He is still very very happy and energetic. Next step would be a...

The more I google from the posts left here the things point out to try Atopica. I have also read numersous articles on rodenticide toxicity and the long term affects and they all point to a compromised immune system resulting in hyper sensativity to allergies. I also came across 2 like articles from...

I am curious as to who else has tried Atopica and how soon did you see results?

update Its been a month since posting and nothing much has changed, if anything its gotten worse, if I take him off 12mg of Predisone for more than a day he gets much worse, its all over his body, he itches everywhere. His sides are scabbed and down to the skin. Spoke with Vet about Atopica but very...

Any thoughts on Cushings disease?

He looks absolutely horrendous right now, chewing eveywhere, will it hurt to put back on prednisone and cephalexin right now to calm things down?

yes, they have me back in a month for more blood work. we'll see...patience is my middle name with this oredeal but the dog is really really bad right now and I want to make him more comfortable, I might have to go back on prednisone for a time again

Update- Just got back results from Michigan State University for his thyroid TT4 25 TT3 1.0 FT4 7--low FT3 2.8---low T4autoantibody 0 T3 autoantibody 5 Thyroid Stimulating hormone 39---high Thyroglobulin autoantibdoy 0 so I have him on meds now at thyroxie .5mg, 2xday He has been on it since Friday ...

Would you remember what the cost was? a couple hundred or more spendy, that might give me some clue as to what they are doing?

As a matter of fact, he has gotten fat and cannot stop eating..................hmmmmmmmmmm

UW vet clinic is 50 minutes, I talked with tthem and they didnt seem very helpful, the other clinic is in Appleton which is 90 minutes north. I will call them today for an update I might look at a different vet, mine doesnt seem to have a ton of expertise on allergies since the good one left for ano...

Yea, hes a keeper, more a family dog now.
What about Atopica, I havent tried that yet?

I did have his head scraped twice looking for the mange and both times came back negative. What would the thyroid be doing or not doing?
I am just trying to get as detailed as I can to avoid a vet chasing his tail

Looking for what? Just an abnormality, woudl a blood test show?
Jim

Let me first start by saying I have poured through all the posts regarding anything to do with allergies on this site and many more and am coming to the conclusion I didnt want to.... Heres the skinny- English Pointer "Turbo" born 9/04-developed minor allergies in 06, gotten significantly worse in 0...

Update as of today, Dog no longer gets into garbage, no longer jumps up on counter, no longer steals food out of your hands, so he is definetely getting bette rnutrition. I have been on the VitalityA product for 2 weeks nows without issue. Now I am working on a possible STaph infection that might ha...

I did get the list from Spectrum and thats is what I think is the problem. I have spoke to numerous people at Abady and am fully confident after talking to the one and only local provider that this will be my answer. We shared similar situations and he has had the same phenomonal success. After hear...

Thanks Charlie, I called Abady and they will call me back, its lunchtime. I was on their site and it all makes sense. It could very well be the food and whats in it. My vet is pretty good, she does not push expensive tests and is more pro-holistic than most. After the rat posion incident and the boa...

I am looking to try on pointed with allergies and they claim this food will help rule out a food allergy, if it is food and this product eliminates the symptoms it will cost me $1.76 per day to keep my 45lb pointer on it.

Has anyone had any luck?

He started prior to rat posion incident, I asked vet and they said it should not be related. Temaril-P is a steroid and antihistamine in 1 pill, I have used it before with good luck but not this time. He has been on the different food for 6 months, there is a newer food out now by Hills called z/d t...

Hello all, I am new to the forum and happy to have found it! I have a 4 year old male EP that most recently got into rat posion, $2000 later he is fine. The real issue is his constant scratching. Here is what I have done so far, this year is seems to have gotten worse and he is a little DEVIL now, h...