chelsea_b
Posted : 1/8/2007 5:21:26 PM
For Jessie, immunotherapy was much safer than being on antibiotics almost continually because of skin and ear infections; that's how bad it was for several months before she was tested. She had three e-vet visits because of her allergies; 2 of the instances were life threatening. I had tried three antihistamines, many natural supplements such as Moducare and AOX/PLX, baths,etc., but nothing helped.
God, that sounds awful.. I know how bad it gets with Cherokee sometimes, but it sounds like Jessie was a lot worse. Like I said, I totally understand why you would do immunotherapy, I just have issues with injecting anything, including routine vaccines, and just couldn't imagine injecting Cherokee with anything weekly, or even monthly.
One thing you can try with Cherokee for the feet is to make some strong black tea and put it on her feet a couple times a day;
Oh yes, we've gotten a lot of use out of tea. When Cherokee's allergies were really out of control, Callie helped me tons, and tea was one of the first things suggested. But thank you so much for telling me. [

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You and Chaza really seem to know your stuff when it comes to formulating your dog's diet; I don't think I could it without a recipe to follow.
I'm trying now, but I've never really done it without a recipe as at least a base. I used Glenda's recipe for a while, and then kind of just did my own thing, but still with Glenda's recipe in mind. Now I'm attempting to go off and formulate my own diet. We'll see how that goes... [

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