"Mutts"-rant

[Andrei]

Allergies can be treated successfully with bee pollen or venom.
There is no good reason to suffer from allergies.

 

[kinder]

Allergies can be treated successfully with bee pollen or venom.
There is no good reason to suffer from allergies.

Thanks ! but what kind of allergies does it take care of ?? He is allergic to ( beef , chicken , flees ; 1 bite;, dust mites , and who knows what ?? My house cleaning routine consists of a lot of steam cleaning ... 3 years of ( process of elimination ) and we just might have it.

 

[Southern by choice]

Kinder this is more than likely auto-immune issues.

 

[Andrei]

What is the age?
Allergy treatment involves an immune system booster and small dose exposure to the allergen until the immune system can produce the needed defense.
Stinging nettle has a very powerful anti - allergen chemicals.

 

[kinder]

Kinder this is more than likely auto-immune issues.

Well I asked about that, but cense he ( zeppelin ) started out his first fall loosing his fur on his belly because of yeast, the vet we had , had me giving him a gruel of cooked ground pork and diced white potatoes. Mean while giving him antibiotics and another pill that I had to wean him from after..Let me tell you ..I fed that to both my G. Shepherds (because one doesn't get with out the other ) twice a day for 3 months..$$$$$ He did clear up for a while, but not completely ,I saw that Zepplin was loosing weight and eye balling my garbage. I begged my vet to let me feed him something else. California Naturals (no grain , no beef and no chicken ) Long story short . He was on and off meds for another year . then I got a different vet. after lots and lots of medicated baths ( 3 than 2 than 1 a week and so on..) finally the yeast is gone..Poor guy befor it was over he had lost 50 % of his fur. now its just allergies ...

P.S. the other (brandy) has never had any problems..

 

[Andrei]

Sounds like you were milked by a vet for awhile.
Dogs eat meat.

 

[Southern by choice]

Severe allergy issues is an auto-immune issue. More than likely genetic.

Although I love my animals I do not veiw them as human and I think it is a fine line between keeping and medicating an animal for life and euthanizing an animal. Many years in the canine world and I more often see people's selfishness keep an animal alive, medicated and suffering. Life long meds do great damage to the animals and we are not doing them any favors.

For some though they cannot bring themselves to divide the human emotion part. I know this one well... my parents kept a dog alive with allergy issues for years... a genetic nightmare of a dog... allergic to grass, fleas, all things out doors. A dog... allergic to grass. They kept her loaded on meds that affect the liver and kidneys also the chronic misery made for a grouchy dog. One day my mom called crying, asked me to please come get the dog. I did, held her while she was euthanized. Told her how sorry I was that she had been allowed to suffer for so long.
In the end my mom was more upset as to how she had allowed the dogs suffering for so long. This was about 30 some years ago.

Many forget as we have our pets and we grow so attached and love them so much that they are animals. Dogs are scavengers by nature... meat eaters, trash eaters, whatever can be scavenged, living out on the land... meaning grass.

 

[kinder]

Sounds like you were milked by a vet for awhile.
Dogs eat meat.

That's what I was thinking.but doe's one do ?? Some would say I have a trust issue , then wonder why ???

 

[kinder]

Sounds like you were milked by a vet for awhile.
Dogs eat meat.

That's what I was thinking.but doe's one do ?? Some would say I have a trust issue , then wonder why ???

 

[kinder]

Whats going on with the web.?? You know I called the first vet last winter and said I couldn't take it any more ( to see him loosing his fur for the 2nd winter . You know what they said ?? He's only 2 and a half. We wouldn't do that and even if we did it would cost $250. to do it. I said a 25 cent bullet would get the same results but that's illegal and paying you makes it legal...I hung up on them and found another vet and I wanted to give them a chance. now no signs of yeast and no meds. for now..