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Greetings All,
I thought I would post this to you, the readers with GS, to see if anyone has gone through this and can provide me with some insight.
My 5yr old GS, Foster, has over the last year and a half developed allergies. His favorite place to lick and chew is his right hip usually until it becomes a hairless bloody patch. I have taken him to the Vet for this so many times but the Vet claims it's hotspots/allergies and gives him antibotics & ointment, which makes the problem go away-Temp, but it always comes back. We have changed his food, his bedding, his shampoo's, everything we can think of. I feel the problem is in the yard with the grass. He loves to go out after the spinklers have come on and gone off, and roll around in the wet grass.
I have been giving him benedryl every 4 to 6 hours but it knocks him out. I don't like taking pills myself so I hate giving them to him. He's always so sleepy and that's no way for a dog to live. Just recently I starting giving him 2 teaspoons a day of coconut oil. My sister in law suggested it...working on her dog with the itchies. Foster's vet suggested Hill's Science Diet Ultra Z/d formula dog food. We are about to start our 3rd bad of food. I don't feel it's a food allergy.
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Desperate in Southern California!
I thought I would post this to you, the readers with GS, to see if anyone has gone through this and can provide me with some insight.
My 5yr old GS, Foster, has over the last year and a half developed allergies. His favorite place to lick and chew is his right hip usually until it becomes a hairless bloody patch. I have taken him to the Vet for this so many times but the Vet claims it's hotspots/allergies and gives him antibotics & ointment, which makes the problem go away-Temp, but it always comes back. We have changed his food, his bedding, his shampoo's, everything we can think of. I feel the problem is in the yard with the grass. He loves to go out after the spinklers have come on and gone off, and roll around in the wet grass.
I have been giving him benedryl every 4 to 6 hours but it knocks him out. I don't like taking pills myself so I hate giving them to him. He's always so sleepy and that's no way for a dog to live. Just recently I starting giving him 2 teaspoons a day of coconut oil. My sister in law suggested it...working on her dog with the itchies. Foster's vet suggested Hill's Science Diet Ultra Z/d formula dog food. We are about to start our 3rd bad of food. I don't feel it's a food allergy.
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Desperate in Southern California!