r/dogallergies

My dog is a little over two and a half years old, just after she turned one we started to see signs of allergies (lots of scratching, licking, reddened skin and hair loss). Turns out she has severe environmental allergies (especially to dust mites)

I think we've tried everything that is available in our country: Omega 3 pills (nothing), Apoquel (helped but didn't work fully) Cytopoint (less effective than Apoquel) and now vaccines specially made for her.

Lets say these vaccines were our last hope. They began giving her a small dosage, then increasing it. As soon as they gave her the first 1ml dosage we noticed that immediately after she started scratching herself really hard, as well as licking her paws raw. The week that followed was one of the worst she's had in her life. We couldn't even leave her alone due to fear of her injuring herself again like she's done in the past. I spent every single day crying, desperate myself because I didn't know what to do to make her feel better.

We talked to the vet and they gave her some apoquel to reduce the symptoms. They also considered contacting the lab that makes the vaccines to talk about the possibility of her having an adverse reaction to the vaccine, but in the end decided to wait, since last time they had gifted us a food supplement that was supposed to help with skin health and they couldn't rule that was what was causing the reaction.

Well, she hasn't had the supplement in 3 weeks and yesterday they gave her another dosage and in just 24 hours we are noticing symptoms again. I cried again, at home, during her walk. Of course the vet told us to monitor her during the weekend and I believe Monday I'll have to make the call that says "guys, I think it is vaccine".

I genuinely don't know what to do to help her. On top of the medication we are giving her single-protein food, bathing her once a week with special shampoos, cleaning her paws everyday, cleaning the house and the sofas and her bed basically every two days. I'm desperate and sad, and I don't want her to have to live like this for the rest of her life.

I don't know if I'm looking for advice or just words of encouragement. I guess anything that comes my way is welcomed.

My dog who is 3 years old has been constantly itching for the last year and a half. We moved about 2ish years ago and ever since she can’t stop itching. We’ve taken her to two vets and they say she’s allergic to dust mites. We vacuum daily, clean her food and water bowls every day, clean her lips and have just gotten her teeth cleaned thinking it could have been from that. Unfortunately, nothing helps. She’s been on prednisone and apoquel, both helped for a couple of months but now no longer help her at all. Any ideas on what to do for her? She can’t even go to the bathroom without itching the entire time we’re outside and no longer plays with her toys. She just lays in her kennel most of the day because her mouth hurts. She does lick her paws and her lips seem to be the only things that itch the most.

It’s a new immunotherapy method; apply a cream to the ear instead of sublingual drops or shots. The only peer reviewed research I can find on it is paid for by Allibre since it’s so new, so I guess I’m looking for anecdotal experiences.

I think transdermal immunotherapy in humans is not typically as effective as shots, so I’m curious if the same result will bear out in dogs. I’m considering immunotherapy for my dog, but neither shots nor drops are ideal application methods for her, so I would love to be able to give this a try one day.

Hey guys! Coming to the hive mind for any resources/recommendations y’all may have.

Our girl is 2 years old and has had skin and GI issues since we rescued her, to go through a little timeline

15 weeks old on a chicken diet she had red bumps and horrible dirty ears, we switched to a lamb diet and the skin issues lessened but then after a couple months she had a bout of diarrhea that lasted weeks, we did all the fecal tests etc and there was rlly no explanation, they ended up putting her on an antibiotic and it subsided. We continued to deal with recurring ear infections for some time.

Around 6 months old we switched to a salmon based sensitive skin and stomach food and her ear infections stopped, her bowel movements were beautiful (😅) and she ate that happily until this past summer

This summer in June she had unexplained pancreatitis, we assumed dietary indiscretion because she is know to get into things sometimes but looked everywhere and could never really narrow it down to what she ate, this resolved with a bland diet and some meds but was so scary. Following the pancreatitis vet recommended we switch from salmon to a lower fat food, she’s now eating a pollock and bugs (literally bugs) sensitive digestion food.

She’s been on this food with no further issues (it’s probably important to note that she takes apoquel for seasonal allergies and has been on that for the whole duration of this newer food so it’s hard to say if the food has caused any itching) until end of September when she had a very nauseous episode, fearing GDV I took her to the emergency vet. X-rays were done (no torsion thank god) but he said she looked a bit bloated, like she had eaten a lot of food… she had only eaten her normal portions that day and had thrown up dinner so I’m at a loss for how that could’ve happened.

Now current day, her appetite is not as it used to be, she is eating but always leaving some in the bowl (she never use to do this) and she’s had random bouts of vomiting, she’s still having regular bowel movements and they look completely normal.

My vet was less than helpful on the phone today and basically told me to call the emerge vet that saw her to see if they have any insight lmao? They don’t know her? Anyways so I booked an appt to see our regular vet next week and I guess I just want to come prepared…

My gut is telling me that her allergies could be the root cause of some of her digestive issues and I’m wanting to look into a hydrolyzed diet, the cost is scary but even if we can do an elimination diet to establish safe proteins I’d be happy. I just want her healthy and comfortable and happy.

Other maybe relevant notes, she’s selectively dog reactive (only kicks off at random dogs at random times I have not been able to narrow down any similarities between situations), this developed around 1.5 years with no big trigger. I’ve read some mention of GI issues contributing to behavioural issues. She is also quite the nervous dog, very easily scared and stressed which also could perhaps have something to do with her indigestion.

If anyone sees any familiarity in our story I’d love to hear what worked for you.

TLDR: 2 year old pit mix with allergy history dealing with new and random bouts of nausea and vomiting.