bulliemommi
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Just wanted to say hello and also thank everyone for posting here, and to the mods/owner of the site for running it!
My fiance has a 5 yr old EBD I have known and helped raise since he was a baby.
Over the years, he's had issues here and there, but recently, has just had a lot of issues all at the same time. Reading things here have helped tremendously. I opted to try a new vet today, who listened to my concerns and took his time with me. Thanks to the forum, I could ask questions I hadn't known to ask before.
Our (I say our, since I take a lot of care of the doggie) baby has been losing hair (always been told it's a seasonal thing, never been mange, etc) and his chin acne got suddenly awful in just a few weeks and nothing was helping it. He has one huge lump that was scaring me. When I bathed him last night and a clump of hair from his tail came out, I said that's it, I'm taking him somewhere else in the morning.
The last time we were at the vet, (I took him in re: his gums and to see if anything needed to be done for his gingival hyperplasia, which came on pretty sudden and which the vet blew me off about) he made us feel horrible and like criminals about his entropion, referred us to a veterinary eye specialist over an hour away who quoted us over the phone, $1600. Fiance was upset since here the dog is almost 5 and previous vet never mentioned or recommended surgery, just told us to rinse the eyes daily with saline. The vet today said his eyes are fine and he sees no cornea issues (so much was going on I forgot to get back to that subject) and it looks worse than it is on him. I was upset with the last vet because he didn't have concerns with how yeasty he was (I got malakat wipes on my own online, and fungal creams for the face which helped greatly) except to point it out. Our bully proceeded to pee on the floor while he was looking at him, and the vet stood up quickly, said "he's peeing" and left the room to tell someone to get a mop. I was then told I could go out front (to pay). I guess the exam and Q and A was over. I felt awful and really didn't want to take him back there.
My vet today didn't treat me like an idiot, really listened, and even complimented me on my good tail pocket cleaning skills, lol. (Can I own stock in Pampers sensitive baby wipes, please) Ours has a tight pocket and it's cleaned daily! Our baby loves it, actually!
So - he recommended a yeast panel, did do a skin scrape (which I kinda didn't want him to do since it's been ruled out in the past) which was negative and talked to me about an allergy panel. $300 but I went for it. So am curious to hear how that goes.
The worst is, I came in for the chin and skin issues, and looking in our babies mouth, they found an abscess on one of his front canines - with hair and junk in it and are recommending a dental, anywhere from $400 to $600. I feel so bad for our baby and will be scheduling it right away on Monday once I have my work schedule cleared to know what day I can bring him in for it.
Left with a new shampoo (Zymox) and antibiotics for 21 days. (Cefpodoxime, woah, that one is expensive!)
Started him on new food this week too using forum advice (yes, we are guilty of IAMs too - only thing that didn't give him diarrhea (we tried Blue Buffalo in early stages and a few others and couldn't stop the diarrhea even when slowly introducing it and fiance swore by it)- Natural Balance LTD Lamb and Rice and he has a bit of loose stool even though we're doing 1/2 and 1/2 right now...
(Edit to add, I ordered from Mr. Chewy. They also mistakenly sent me my order, along with a 24 l b bag of Blue Buffalo Salmon!! I called to see what happened and they said it was a mistake and to please keep it - so who knows, we may need it once we see the allergy panel, if not, I will donate it, don't want to go back and forth and worried salmon may not be a good match for him after reading about it here).
Anyways, that's my story and wanted to say hi and thank you. I will update when I get the fungal results and allergy panel back. And let ya know how his dental goes. I hope they can save his tooth.
Oh, and the tech agreed, for me to try some plain yogurt with his food (Which I had read about here), so I got some today!
My fiance has a 5 yr old EBD I have known and helped raise since he was a baby.
Over the years, he's had issues here and there, but recently, has just had a lot of issues all at the same time. Reading things here have helped tremendously. I opted to try a new vet today, who listened to my concerns and took his time with me. Thanks to the forum, I could ask questions I hadn't known to ask before.Our (I say our, since I take a lot of care of the doggie) baby has been losing hair (always been told it's a seasonal thing, never been mange, etc) and his chin acne got suddenly awful in just a few weeks and nothing was helping it. He has one huge lump that was scaring me. When I bathed him last night and a clump of hair from his tail came out, I said that's it, I'm taking him somewhere else in the morning.
The last time we were at the vet, (I took him in re: his gums and to see if anything needed to be done for his gingival hyperplasia, which came on pretty sudden and which the vet blew me off about) he made us feel horrible and like criminals about his entropion, referred us to a veterinary eye specialist over an hour away who quoted us over the phone, $1600. Fiance was upset since here the dog is almost 5 and previous vet never mentioned or recommended surgery, just told us to rinse the eyes daily with saline. The vet today said his eyes are fine and he sees no cornea issues (so much was going on I forgot to get back to that subject) and it looks worse than it is on him. I was upset with the last vet because he didn't have concerns with how yeasty he was (I got malakat wipes on my own online, and fungal creams for the face which helped greatly) except to point it out. Our bully proceeded to pee on the floor while he was looking at him, and the vet stood up quickly, said "he's peeing" and left the room to tell someone to get a mop. I was then told I could go out front (to pay). I guess the exam and Q and A was over. I felt awful and really didn't want to take him back there.
My vet today didn't treat me like an idiot, really listened, and even complimented me on my good tail pocket cleaning skills, lol. (Can I own stock in Pampers sensitive baby wipes, please) Ours has a tight pocket and it's cleaned daily! Our baby loves it, actually!
So - he recommended a yeast panel, did do a skin scrape (which I kinda didn't want him to do since it's been ruled out in the past) which was negative and talked to me about an allergy panel. $300 but I went for it. So am curious to hear how that goes.
The worst is, I came in for the chin and skin issues, and looking in our babies mouth, they found an abscess on one of his front canines - with hair and junk in it and are recommending a dental, anywhere from $400 to $600. I feel so bad for our baby and will be scheduling it right away on Monday once I have my work schedule cleared to know what day I can bring him in for it.
Left with a new shampoo (Zymox) and antibiotics for 21 days. (Cefpodoxime, woah, that one is expensive!)
Started him on new food this week too using forum advice (yes, we are guilty of IAMs too - only thing that didn't give him diarrhea (we tried Blue Buffalo in early stages and a few others and couldn't stop the diarrhea even when slowly introducing it and fiance swore by it)- Natural Balance LTD Lamb and Rice and he has a bit of loose stool even though we're doing 1/2 and 1/2 right now...
(Edit to add, I ordered from Mr. Chewy. They also mistakenly sent me my order, along with a 24 l b bag of Blue Buffalo Salmon!! I called to see what happened and they said it was a mistake and to please keep it - so who knows, we may need it once we see the allergy panel, if not, I will donate it, don't want to go back and forth and worried salmon may not be a good match for him after reading about it here).
Anyways, that's my story and wanted to say hi and thank you. I will update when I get the fungal results and allergy panel back. And let ya know how his dental goes. I hope they can save his tooth.
Oh, and the tech agreed, for me to try some plain yogurt with his food (Which I had read about here), so I got some today!
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so glad you found some help here already! It is expensive up front getting that allergy panel, but it will save you so much more in the long run when you learn what to avoid because he is allergic and will cause health issues. 
Thanks for joining and we appreciate your input. Curious to hear what his allergy panel says and maybe it will help him get on the right food and as you know that is more than half the battle.
