Jada saw the whitecoat today!!!

[GoldenRetrieverLover_01]

Hope she gets better! I'll keep her in mind, and good luck.

[snappy]

Originally posted by lovemyshiba

Dr. Richie presumes that the ear infections are being caused by allergies--most likely something in the air, not food or anything. A bottle of medicated ear flush to use daily
A bottle of Baytril Otic drops for the ears, twice daily for 4 weeks
Prednisone 5mg daily for a week, then every other day
Benadryl 50 mg 3 times a day
Bactoderm ointment for her belly (she has some little pimples that are also allergy related)
and a vitamin called NutriVed OFA--its basically Omega Fatty Acids and amino acids--twice daily


Lucky for me, she takes the pills like a champ--only the benadryl has to go in some peanut butter. And she'll let my husband do her ears, so we're good there too.

It was a costly visit, but hopefully her infection and allergic reaction should go away.

Other than that, she's in great health

Glad to hear she is in great health other than the allergies. My Andy has major allergies also and has taken/had almost all the meds above! They really do work. As a hint for in the future, to not over medicate or under medicate I make a spread sheet for each week with a listing for each day on what he needs and when...that way my boyfriend and I know who gave him what and when. It really works out great - I just have it hanging on my fridge and you mark off when you gave him his meds and the other knows NOT to give them to him again!

As for her being 'skinny' - be ready for her to want to eat more. The Prednisone will make her hungry and she might gain a few pounds!

She is so very lucky to have you both as parents. You are doing a great job - so don't let your feeling that you should have done more, etc. get in the way. You are doing great! And she is getting better!!!

[shais_mom]

aaww poor Jada!
Your mom told me about this on IM but like a dingdong I didn't check Dog General!
I hope you get to feeling better asap!

[kingrattus]

I don't understand why ur vet put Jada on the table. She is a larger dog & its just to much stress on the dog, period.

RB Max was NEVER EVER put on the table. He was about 70-80 pounds & the vet(s) said its too stressful on larger dogs. They said its much easier to just bend down to deal with the dog, then to fight the dog & have the dog hate u even more.

[Sudilar]

Originally posted by snappy
As for her being 'skinny' - be ready for her to want to eat more. The Prednisone will make her hungry and she might gain a few pounds!

This is very true!!!!