I just noticed my dogs face is very swollen. She's been out sun bathing and
I thought perhaps a bee, wasp or something else may have bitten her. She
still nudges the door to go out of her doggie door so I don't think she
hurts and she was very excited as my husband just came through the door. My
hubby said when he fed her about 3 hours ago he did not notice that she was
swollen. Is there something I can give her (Bendadryl)? She doesn't appear
to be distressed so I'm waiting to take her to the emergency clinic. I
thought I would post here first and see what all of you had to say first.
Thanks in advance for all responses.

Phyllis

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:38:03 GMT, "DD Woodford"
wrote:

Is there something I can give her (Bendadryl)? She doesn't appear
to be distressed so I'm waiting to take her to the emergency clinic. I
thought I would post here first and see what all of you had to say first.
Thanks in advance for all responses.


Call your regular vet. For beestings, I've given 1-3mg/# of Benadryl,
but your vet may recommend otherwise since s/he knows your dog's
health status and we do not.

--
Janet B
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...bedience/album

DD Woodford said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

I just noticed my dogs face is very swollen. She's been
out sun bathing and I thought perhaps a bee, wasp or
something else may have bitten her. She still nudges the
door to go out of her doggie door so I don't think she
hurts and she was very excited as my husband just came
through the door. My hubby said when he fed her about 3
hours ago he did not notice that she was swollen. Is there
something I can give her (Bendadryl)? She doesn't appear
to be distressed so I'm waiting to take her to the
emergency clinic.

If she's breathing OK and her gum reaction is good (press a
finger onto her gum - the colour should return within 2
seconds), you can probably wait to see your regular vet. I'd
still call your emergency vet, phone calls to the one here are
free.

The same thing happened a few times to one of my dogs (it looked
like she was carrying a tennis ball). The first 2 times I took
her to the vet and they gave her antihistamine; we never figured
out the cause, but guessed spider bite. After that, the vet
recommended one Benadryl pill - she weighed 70 pounds.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"DD Woodford" wrote in message
...
I just noticed my dogs face is very swollen. She's been out sun bathing
and
I thought perhaps a bee, wasp or something else may have bitten her

..........I think the important part is what part of the face is swollen?
The only time this happened to a dog of mine was a night and I never did
figure out what she stuck her face in. Her whole head swelled up like a
football. I called the emergency clinic and they told me to keep watching
her in case her breathing got compromised. I ended up taking her in and
they kept her all night. I was afraid I would fall asleep and not know if
she got into trouble. Her head was still half swollen in the a.m. If your
dog was going to have a severe allergic reaction to whatever she had gotten
into, it would have happened by now. The only danger AFAICT is breathing
troubles.

buglady
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