Erin writes: My sister has an 8 year old spayed female golden retriever mix who exhibits most of the signs of Atopy that you mention, particularly rubbing her face on the ground, and has since she was about a year old. We’ve taken her to multiple veterinarians, who’ve prescribed everything from steroids to medicated shampoos [...]
The acronyms for Hill’s Prescription Diet foods are not difficult to figure out. The “d” always stands for diet. It was easy in the old days, before there were so many different Prescription Diets. c/d was “cat diet,” k/d was “kidney diet,” and h/d was “heart diet.” If memory serves me correctly, when I graduated [...]
Sam, the West Highland Terrier we previously talked about having had his horrible skin problems ignored was back for a followup visit today. In our April 30 post I had anticipated quick relief for Sam, and he definitely feels and looks much better. However, his itchiness has not sufficiently resolved, and I was disappointed by [...]
Food Allergy can be one of the greatest everyday diagnostic challenges in the practice of veterinary medicine. Food allergy, in dogs and in cats, can look like so many things. And can, at the same time, look like nothing you’ve ever seen. Take inhalant allergies, for comparison. When a pet is allergic to dusts, pollens, [...]
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