HeartwormsQ: My dog is on heartworm shots.but with all the mosquitos in my yard is she still protected? or do i need to worry? A: If you are using heartworm preventative, your pet should be adequately protected.
Treatment of allegiesQ: My recent rescue dog has severe allergies, we of course are buying food without soy, wheat or corn in it. he is on benadryl 75 mgs. 3 x a day. he weights 70 pounds. but i have noticed loose bowels. is there anything else besides i am doing advantage, cephelexin 500 mg. per the vet his hot spots are better. how long do i keep this up.? he almost has stopped chewing his body completely! i am also using quadriderm nf creme on his many sores. help A: Diarrhea could be from antibiotic. i would purchase probiotic from health food store to help wtih healthy intestinal bacteria as well as prozyme from 1800petmeds. i also use slippery elm from health food store in acute diarrhea cases. finish prescriptions as directed by your vet. if recurs, i would consider allergy testing or different low allergy diet
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Otomax vs. genoticQ: My 8 yr. old golden retriever has been battling ear infections all her life. before we moved her vet precribed otomax then our new vet prescribes genotic. i see i can order otomax from your web site but not genotic! i was reading some of the questions from other people and can feel for the recurring problems and the $$ involved. i was wondering what the difference is between the two and if you have any suggestions? thanx kathy A: I suppose you mean gentacin otic. the only difference is that otomax has an antifungal agent in it to kill any yeast overgrowth in the ears which is fairly common in dogs like yours. gentacin otic does not have this antifungal agent
Our dog and accidents in houseQ: I wrote to you about 1 week ago about our dog. he is 6 years old and has off an on done messes on the living room rug. i thought that it was a manipultive jesture on the dogs part for he does not like it when we leave him to go to work or school. he does not do it all the time but, usually after we are home for vacations or summer time when he is with us more and then we go back to the routine that he is alone for 6 hours or so. we left for a weekend and my oldest son was home for the most part and and when he came in to feed him in the am after being gone for 6 hours in the night time theirss was a big mess on the rug. so, i thought i would change his food and then that would help his digestive system, ( we got him lamb and rice iam's) now he won't eat. so i've mixed the old chicken and cornmeal etc. with the l&r. he still won't eat. i don't know what is up. any help is greatly appreciated. A: If dog not eating, needs vet visit and exam and workup to find why. too many possibilities here that can cause loss of appetite
What do you recommend?Q: I saw in an earlier answer to a question that you stated revolution for dogs prevents roundworms and hookworms. my package doesn't say that. however, my package of revolution for cats says that it will prevents roundworms and hookworms in cats. does it really have the same parasite coverage in dogs as in cats? A: You are correct, revolution for dogs doesn't cover protection against round or hookworms.
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