Originally posted by DogLover9501
Also, I think I would feel bad going to another vet! I mean, mostly because our vet has helped us alot, and has spent a whole day doing skin scrapes on him for no charge, and also claims that she is trying really hard, and never seen anything like this
What I'm about to say may sound mean towards your vet, but for her to say she's never seen allergies like his, is a bit odd. Allergies are probably the single most common problem vets see these days. Now I understand that without testing, she doesn't know what he's allergic to, but it's fairly obvious that it's an allergy of some sort. The two most common allergies are inhaled (dog breathes in grass pollens, etc), and food. Allergies in dogs don't usually manifest in the form of sneezing like in people, but almost always on the skin. Skin scrapings won't tell her a thing about what he's allergic to. I know in the beginning skin scrapings are necessary to rule out other diseases, like scabies, mange, and ringworm, but once those are ruled out you're pretty much left with allergies.

If you do the prednisone, there's one called 'Temaril P' that has done the best for Chester. It's a combination of benadryl and predinsone, and gives him wonderful relief in a single dose. I give him 1/2 of the vet recommended dosage and I only do it every other day. This keeps the itching at bay and I hope, gives him less of the pred so therefore, less side effects.

We are also doing the fatty acids, and once he's gone through the desensitization for his new allergy shots we'll start the antihistamines again. Benadryl used to work for him somewhat, but in the summer it really doesn't make a dent in his allergies.