Boudreau
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- Sep 11, 2015
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I have often come to this website for advice but this past year's health problems have made me join up so I can post! My husband and I got our dog Boudreau from a breeder when he was two years old, he is now five and up until November 2014 was in perfect health. I would read all the bulldog allergy horror stories and feel relieved that he was so well and healthy! In November he got his first hot spot, we woke up one morning to find that he was red and wet on the side of his head. We thought it was a cut until I did some research and realized it was a hot spot. Off to the vet we went. The vet gave us antibiotics and a cream for it and of course shaved the whole area. He kept getting hot spots over the next few months on and off and eventually we started considering that he had an allergy that was making him itchy. We had been feeding him Royal Canin Bulldog Forumla but research told us this was not a good food. We switched him to Blue Buffalo Basic and then Blue Buffalo Wilderness (Salmon) because our vet said he might have a grain allergy. He seemed better for awhile and then he started getting interdigital cysts, so back to the vet we went. He switched us to a prescription dog food (D/D duck and potato) and gave him antibiotics for the burst interdigital cyst. That's when things really amped up. He had to have a cone on to prevent him from licking his paws while the cyst healed. That was probably two months ago. The cysts healed but the itching didn't stop. It has gotten to the point where we have to leave him with a cone on when we are out of the house, otherwise he will scratch himself/lick his paws until he hurts himself. He seems to be particularly bad in the evenings with hives on his stomach on occasion. It has been horrible. We have tried switching his food now to Wellness Core and this past weekend we noticed hair loss on his back. We rushed back to the vet terrified of mange or ring worm, the vet said it was just the allergies at work. He is now on a omega 3 fatty acid supplement, Wellness Core dog food and benadryl to manage the allergies. It has only been a few days but I am just looking for any and all help. Other factors, the house attached to ours started a huge construction project around when all of this started, and there has been construction dust getting into our house . . . I don't know if that could be the allergy. I feel at this point that we have somehow made everything worse not better and just want my poor pup to be comfortable again! We have also had a full blood panel done and nothing more nefarious is at work. Also his general temperament and energy levels are the same. Sorry for the massive long post, desperate for feed back!