[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: dog with red rectal area
- From: InquestGSD@xxxxxxx
- To: djdistilli@xxxxxxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:50:52 EDT
I ran this case by my daughter, who has been working at veterinary
hospitals for the last 11 years, and she feels that once you rule out this as
an
obsessive behavior that comes out of boredom, it sounds as a progressive
case of food allergies, with the starting of licking his paws and getting
worse from there. They see a lot of animals who are allergic to chicken and
corn that come with these beginning symptoms. A change of diet to a different
protein seems to work, unless the itching and scratching has become
chronic. When that happens Prednizone (given only during a short period of
time)
seems to work well with these dogs, they get a certain amount of relieve
once they stop the itching cycle. Of course, no one knows your dog better
than you, but maybe this is something worth discussing with your vet.
She wants everyone to know that dogs on Prednizone and Phenobarbital MUST
have water available at ALL times.
Food for thought....
* Ileana *
Inquest GSD's, Home of :
Sel Excellent AM CH & Sel CAN CH Karizma's Cacique of Inquest TC, aka
DEXTER
Kaleef's Expensive Date (major pointed) aka JACKIE
Inquest Huckleberry Fun - That Hot Black Dog aka HUCKS
Inquest Doc Holliday - aka DOC
and Bunny, aka Her Majesty, aka THE BOSS
In a message dated 10/19/2010 8:39:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
djdistilli@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Here is the history as I have been told:
Male dog, 1-1/2 years old. This dog licks his paws/chewing his feet, and
about 5 weeks ago, he started licking his rectum. Owner noticed that his
rectum was bright red. After trying her own things at home (I don't know
what other than Vaseline), she took him to the vet. Vet (who sees many GSDs)
does not think it's fistulas, but there is a "hole" there, or something.
He changed dog's diet, on venison now, which didn't make a difference. He
prescribed an antibiotic (maybe sulfasalazine), tacrolimus cream and oral
prednisone. Dog not getting better. Rectum still red, "hole" still there.
Vet recommending biopsy and thinking it's something autoimmune.
Here's what I know of dog's history:
1. Vaccinated including Lyme.
2. Wormed.
3. Likes to be outside.
4. Chases his tail a lot.
5. The dog is still being crated every day 8:00-2:00 but runs in the
field "to get his anxieties out."
So, it looks like we have an itchy dog, feet at least, and now red rectum
with a hole or depression or something. Can anyone help me help this woman?
Thank you.
Jodi Distilli
www.dinovagsd.com
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