This may sound strange, but when it comes to dog allergies, I have a bad conscience. We lost one of our family this weekend 7.4. He was gentle and sweet Golden Retriever named Abby. When I look back on his life, I can not help but feel a little guilty that I did was that I learned more about dog allergies earlier.I can not say that all the blame on them, think how many times 'I took her to the vet for ear infection or some type of skin problem and my vet treated only the symptoms not the underlying cause.
Later, I learned more about dog allergies and how many of its problems were caused by them.One of the hard lessons we have learned about dog allergies when my wife sold our dog on the terrace behind one afternoon and had a couple of races. He returned after two hours at our Golden Retriever is uncontrollable gum under the table. She had chewed so that the hip was red and inflamed and bleeding, in some cases areas.This was probably the biggest revelation for me. We discovered, while the veterinarian, who had a dog hot spots.
The vet had shaved all his side and so beautiful it would heal. It seems that Golden Retrievers are genetically predisposed dog hot spots. Certainly does not make it easier to see. For the next two weeks, was forced to wear an Elizabethan cone, so it would not be chewing on that area. They gave him a sedative and you could see was just unlucky. We took our dog back after she was cured. Her veterinarian was curious to see what had made progress. Unfortunately, once again treated the symptom and not the underlying cause.
Do not get me wrong, making the dog comfortable and to stop her skin irritation is extremely important, but it was my responsibility to monitor and know why it happened in the first place.Had learn more about dog allergies before this happened, I could take measures for different types of allergy symptoms you experience. Looking back over the years, I may have stopped him with a hot dog or more ear infections. It 'was a sweet and wonderful dog and she deserved better.
