Hi Amanda,
I've done it all too, but over $10k - Niko is 8. LOL - Have to laugh at times since it does become so overwhelming when nothing seems to work. The money I've spent and am still just managing Niko can be depressing!
I thought i was the only looney one here. We have much in common.
I did all you did plus holistic, homeopathic vets etc. Atopica didn't work for us... Niko really didn't tolerate it well and was extremely depressed on this med which I think he was just feeling very sick. Had aural hematomas in both ears-
how horrible is that? my gosh, didn't know it could get worse. - did surgery on it the first time and his ear stayed up very well. About a year ago both ears had hematomas and both ended up collapsing. Niko was also on a low dose of pred for a couple of months to avoid surgery on his ear(s) again and ended up getting a major cervical (throat/mouth abscess) which required emergency surgery which at that point he would have died from this infection. His throat has almost completely closed due to swelling which shifted his voicebox. It was not your average throat abscess and I do believe it was directly related to his low dose of pred for his ear hematomas. That fiasco was $3500.
OMG...I am gonna have to read this post to my husband...I feel for you.
Niko is always itchy and I do the same... bathe him every 2 weeks or so.
Im gonna have to buy industrial size shampoo chlorhexidine and start really using it I guess- any website you recommend for this product?
Use antihistimines and most recently put him on a round of antibiotics for his skin.
Been there, I might as well get a lifetime supply of Keflex also while im at it. I also went back to raw feeding a few months ago and will continue with that. He has had the skin testing, blood testing for food and inhallant... did allergy shots for a year and nothing quite helped him enough. He is allergic to dust, mold, bugs, some grasses, some trees.
Do we own the same dog? Food panel (which I agree with LisaT) derms and most traditional vets will not do the food test... I asked my vet to draw the blood and I sent it out to VARL for food testing. It was the only test I hadn't done since I had to do it on my own. Niko is allergic rice, potatoe, catfish, peas, oats, pork, milk... odd stuff.... but no dog foods are rice, pea or potatoe free.
I may be afraid to do the food test as I'm not sure I want to know. Many believe the food tests are not reliable, but it's at least a guide... although having a dog with inhallant and food is tricky since it's hard to figure out if it's inhallant or food or both that is bothering them.
At this point, I come to the conclusion he is allergic to oxygen. Whats the alternate for that? lol
I have heard that raw feeding has helped many even with inhallant allergies. For me, Niko is still itchy, so I give him a bath with Douxo Chlorehexidine shampoo and will probably give Eqyss Microtek another try.
I have the this product also- didn't find it to be that helpful. Douxo is pricey. I even purchased a metro hair dryer to dry him a bit during the winter months since bathing is a must.
ok, something I havent done...
I'm sure being pregnant and trying to deal with all you have going on is tough! I'm not pregnant and feel like I'm insane at times too.. yelling at him to stop scratching and biting.
Oh yes, my dog even knows the word "stop" when I yell at him and he just gets up and removes himself from the room. Guilty much? Then I feel bad too... Niko is a great dog and just ended up with bad luck.

He did not come from a shelter (my other boy did tho)... even high line breeder dogs can have many medical issues. My shelter dog Whiskey has been very healthy... he could probably eat tin cans and be fine. LOL
Do you use salmon oil or anything for fatty acids?
I used to give him the fatty acid supplement but stopped. **** for all I know, he's allergic to that too. What kind of food are you feeding?
I do Evo Chicken formula and beef formula (the "equivilent to raw" allegedly") We did Science Diet ZD for quite awhile and it didn't help
Us too. Our vet insisted... that cost me about $200 a month for one dog. The best ear wash/cleaner I have found is the blue power ear treatment - you can make this one yourself or buy it as K9 Liquid Health Ear Solution.
I have this and didn't find it to work all that well then again I probably didn't give it a chance. I continue to use the stuff the dermatologist concocted for us (Con/dex solution) I buy it since I'm too lazy to make it or look for the ingredients. LOL I have enough ear cleaner products to probably start selling them... (even the pricey vet ones). This one has really worked the best for us.
HMMM, maybe I should try the liquid health again- how often do you use this? Makes quite the blue mess...Good to know.
I've also been to a couple of vet's in NH... one in Exeter and the other in Lee, NH.
Are you from NH? We should be friends...lol
I take Nassir to a vet in MA and his dermatologist is also in MA but I haven't seen her in over a yr.
So... from one allergy mom to another. You are not alone.
Thank you thank you thank you for validating my life with this dog... Will you keep me in mind if you find anything else that might "cure" our dogs issues? I'd love to follow your progress. Your life with your dog sounds almost exactly like mine.
-Amanda
Tanja