I am at a loss here. My English Bull terrior, when I go to bed, has about 5
bumps on her skin and seems very restless. The next morning she is covered
in, what my vet said, the worst case of hives ever. She also seems to be
searching for something on the floor. The vet gives her a shot of steroids
and a shot of antihistimine. When I get home, it is obvious my dog is
constantly searching for bugs on the floor, refusing to come inside the
house, and becomes unresponsive to commands. My vet says it's a reaction
to the antihistimine, but I think the behavior started BEFORE the shot.

The bumps are about gone, but the behavior is still there (although not as
bad), 24 hours later.

Any ideas?

Scott

On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:42:48 GMT, "SL" wrote:

I am at a loss here. My English Bull terrior, when I go to bed, has about 5
bumps on her skin and seems very restless. The next morning she is covered
in, what my vet said, the worst case of hives ever.

In what part of the country do you live? Does the dog spend a lot of
time outdoors? Do you use any kind of flea/tick repellant on your
dog? Is this the first time this has happened?

She also seems to be
searching for something on the floor.

How often, and when, does she do that? What do you do when she's
doing that? What's under the floor (e.g., basement, crawl space,
etc.).

Does she only do it one room? Or in other rooms, too?

Do the room's floors have carpeting?

The vet gives her a shot of steroids
and a shot of antihistimine. When I get home, it is obvious my dog is
constantly searching for bugs on the floor,

What do you do when she does that?

Has she ever done that before?

How old is she?

refusing to come inside the
house, and becomes unresponsive to commands.

What do you do when she acts like that?

My vet says it's a reaction
to the antihistimine, but I think the behavior started BEFORE the shot.

The bumps are about gone, but the behavior is still there (although not as
bad), 24 hours later.

What do you do when she's "searching for bugs"?

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"SL" wrote in message news:Y5oBg.351$QK.349@trndny06...
I am at a loss here. My English Bull terrior, when I go to bed, has about
5
bumps on her skin and seems very restless. The next morning she is
covered
in, what my vet said, the worst case of hives ever. She also seems to be
searching for something on the floor. The vet gives her a shot of
steroids
and a shot of antihistimine. When I get home, it is obvious my dog is
constantly searching for bugs on the floor, refusing to come inside the
house, and becomes unresponsive to commands. My vet says it's a reaction
to the antihistimine, but I think the behavior started BEFORE the shot.

The bumps are about gone, but the behavior is still there (although not as
bad), 24 hours later.

Any ideas?

Scott

Mine (Belgian Malinois) had that same problem several years ago with her
skin turning red and she was unable to sleep (or eat) because of her
distress. She would snap at invisible objects in the air and look for
invisible objects on the floor. Pretty miserable pooch.

After $400 or so worth of vet tests, I opted to treat her for everything
that 'could' be wrong, and I also changed her food to one w/o preservatives.
So, she received some steroids, a bit of broad spectrum bug killer
(Revolution) and only natural food. I think it was the food as it has never
come back, and I've never fed her anything but human-grade, non-preserved
food since. It's really cheaper in the long run than vet bills.

(I know there will be the inevitable flames at treating her for
everything... but she was a mass of misery, and I was afraid she would go
crazy from the itching and lack of sleep.)

HTH.

SC

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:15:22 -0700, "SC" wrote:

(I know there will be the inevitable flames at treating her for
everything...

No flames, but here's something for you to think about.

When you treat for "everything," all at one time, and the "problem"
gets resolved, you don't really know what it was that created or
caused the "problem" in the first place.

Was it really something in the food? If so, what? Was it some kind
of bug bite? If so, what kind of bug? Was it something else
altogether, that, this time anyway, resolved all by itself? Etc.

You still don't know what actually caused the original problem, and
sometimes that can be dangerous down the road.

I think you're probably okay, but...next time (hopefully there won't
be a next time) you might one to take those treatments one at a time,
provided there's no life-threatening situation, etc.

Anyway, good luck!

--
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http://jameshudnall.com/blog.php?/we..._un_is_a_joke/

The Brink of Madness. A familiar place.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...Q4OWMzNDhmMzk=

What the Democrats and their money man (George Soros) have in store for American workers:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/20...eam-up-to.html

Obsession: Radical Islam’s War with the West (a must-see movie!):
http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/

If you don't want your own DVD, you can view the movie he
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...78181614&hl=en

It's over an hour long, so make some popcorn, crack open a beer, and take a good, hard look at what's coming.

Or...you can keep your head stuck in the sand.

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