Hi there I am new and I need some help with our dog. She is a Chesapeake Bay Retreiver and she is 4 years old her name is Reese
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She is a wonderful dog but she is always sick. Right now she is off her medication, and we have an appointment tomorrow with her vet. See with her skin condition she has to stay on prednisone and every so often antibiotics to keep it under control. We have tried everything from special diets, prescription dog food, allergy shots, prescription shampoos, Benadryl, and sprays. Currently when she is off her meds her skin gets worse but we had to wait for an appointment so she is really bad right now and I think she has developed an ear infection too. She scratches so bad that she bleeds and bites at herself sometimes she poops blood every now and then and now she has this growth on her backside that I am hoping is just an abscess. I guess my question is when do you say enough is enough. When she is on her meds she does better, she doesnt itch as much and bite at herself and her skin doesnt smell horrible but if you take away just the antibiotics and leave her on the prednisone eventually she has to go back on the antibiotics because she starts to break out again and her skin starts smelling so bad. It is just hard because like I said she is a great dog and listens and believe it or not she still wags her tail all the time. Her hips arent great either she can no longer jump on our bed and of course she is over weight because of the prednisone. What do you do? She is only going on 4 years old and we have been battling this since about 5 months old. We care about her so much any advice from anyone who has been there?
Thanks!
She is a wonderful dog but she is always sick. Right now she is off her medication, and we have an appointment tomorrow with her vet. See with her skin condition she has to stay on prednisone and every so often antibiotics to keep it under control. We have tried everything from special diets, prescription dog food, allergy shots, prescription shampoos, Benadryl, and sprays. Currently when she is off her meds her skin gets worse but we had to wait for an appointment so she is really bad right now and I think she has developed an ear infection too. She scratches so bad that she bleeds and bites at herself sometimes she poops blood every now and then and now she has this growth on her backside that I am hoping is just an abscess. I guess my question is when do you say enough is enough. When she is on her meds she does better, she doesnt itch as much and bite at herself and her skin doesnt smell horrible but if you take away just the antibiotics and leave her on the prednisone eventually she has to go back on the antibiotics because she starts to break out again and her skin starts smelling so bad. It is just hard because like I said she is a great dog and listens and believe it or not she still wags her tail all the time. Her hips arent great either she can no longer jump on our bed and of course she is over weight because of the prednisone. What do you do? She is only going on 4 years old and we have been battling this since about 5 months old. We care about her so much any advice from anyone who has been there?
Thanks!