Our veterinarian said that Marley should show vast improvement in two days, by Wednesday. Tuesday morning, no rash in her ears and we could faintly see a pinkish rash on her belly. It significantly lessened in severity and range in one day - one step forward and well on our way to vast improvement.
This morning Marley's ears looked good, but her belly and legs were covered in red blotches - two steps backward. We had a decision to make, another visit to the vet or stay the course. As we seemed to be heading in the wrong direction, Marley got to see Dr. Mike and Bethany twice in one week.
My suspicion was confirmed by the vet, the cortisone had probably stopped working. The most common allergy is to their food, so he suggested transitioning to a different food. He also prescribed a week long regimen of prednisone. Marley had one tablet, half of the day's dose, this afternoon. By the time we returned home after Dog Den training at eight o'clock, she looked as good as she did on Tuesday and the lump at the incision site is half as large - one step forward ...
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Hey Guys,
You're Vet probably already told you this, but a few dogs can have wheat allergies.
http://www.wheat-free.org/wheat-allergy-dogs.html
We had one Lab with a wheat (glutton) intolerance and it went away when we went to a gluton free food like Tast of the Wild Salmon and Sweet Potato. I think Wellness also has a glutton/grain free.
I'm guessing Mounds has either sample bag sized or very small bags that you can try.
Maybe it'll as simple as that :-)
Mark
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