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Wow Katie, you don’t say what sort of dog you have or how big your dog is, but I would say to watch the dog carefully, if the dog is okay after a day or so, I think it will just work its way out of the dogs system,outside of pumping the dogs stomach, you can’t do much, if the dog acts strange or seems sick, call your vet. Thats the advice I got after My dog ate 2 of my painkillers, that were on my nightstand, I had after an operation, but the dog was fine. What did we learn from this? Never underestimate what a dog will eat, LOL! Good Luck.
Oh Liana, my condolences, my heart goes out to you, I had a german shepherd for 11 years and she suddenly died of cancer of the lymph nodes and my kids and I cried our hearts out. She died in my 15 year old daughters arms. Don’t be so hard on yourself, by the way you talked about your dog, you surely loved him and he knew that. There was no way you could have known of the congestive heart failure. Just like our kids, we have days when we are upset with them, its only normal. Your dog had a good life with you I am sure. Its nice to still have his brother, you still have a dog to love. Good Luck to you.
Please get to your kitty to a vet asap, I once had this problem, and my cat, and he had a kidney infection, and needed antibiotics right away. This can have fatal consequences if not treated immediately! Good Luck and please post an update.
I thought I would update all of you great people who wrote replies to me. When I posted last in January ’09, I had quite a problem with her odor and skin chewing. Now in Oct.’10, after many vet visits, he is an awfully nice vet, finally diagnosed her with mange. Antibiotics, prednisone and constant use of Pro Meris flea treatment, this is supposed to be good for dogs with skin problems, she has greatly improved. She no longer has bald spots, hair loss or bleeding anymore. She still does however, get itchy patches, usually on her lower back near her tail which still itch. The vet was right, she did seem to improve with age and careful monitoring of her skin. I bathe her once a week, with medicated shampoo and she’s doing so much better. At one point, she had not one hair on her tail! I have one picture of her posted in the gallery, I will post a new one, soon as I find one. I thank all of you, who took the time to give me your advice.
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Yes Butch, I agree with that, I am making an appointment for her to get a short cut, I think that is the best idea!
But of course I took her to the vet, Joanna! She went to the vet in December and the vet gave her antibiotics, she had to take for nearly a month. No I wouldn’t let my kids or my dog suffer anything like that! Actually the vet told me, it might be something with her immune system, and hopefully she would grow out of it a bit. She has seemed to improve a bit since the beginning, but my main complaint is that she still bites and chews on herself, and scratches herself too much.
Thanks Butch, I wondered if my dog, just had a smelling problem. I use baby oatmeal bath, along with some shampoo I got in the drugstore, for ichy scalp. This seemed to help her a bit. In between, I use doggie wipes I get in the pet store, for in between baths. They smell nice and make her fur pretty and fluffy. Of course it doesn’t last long! I think going to the groomer on a regular basis is a good idea, do you keep the fur really short?
Did you go to your pet store? I have an iguana, and they once sold me some medicine, I forget the name, since its been a long time, but she is doing well now. Give it a try. Talk to the person in the store who is the reptile person, and ask about it. If you really need the name, let me know, I can go to the store to find out if you need.
Good Luck, I hope he gets better!Hi Joannah, thanks for your post. Yes its really frustrating to have an ichy dog! Did your also have a odor as well? The vet thats an allergy specialist, is probably expensive, and in these days of a tight economy, a little steep for me right now! We have a few kids as well. And have had to cut back a little on things, so not likely I will do that anytime soon!
As for your remark about living in Florida, I am in Connecticut, right now it is about 20′ outside! I was thinking, maybe when she can go out in the sunshine, it would help her heal, well so much for that idea I guess! I will post on how she is doing. Thank you!Thanks Butch for your post, I have heard about taking prednisone, for skin conditions before, in fact I remember my doctor gave it to me once when I had a bad case of poison ivy. How well did it work, and how much did your dog have to take a day? Also I wanted to know, did your shih tzu, had a bad odor as well! I was surprized such a sweet little dog could smell so bad!.. Thanks!
Hi Laura,
Thank you so much for your advice, I am desperate enough to try anything at this point. I will try that. I am also seeing that this must be a common problem with shih tzus!
