[nagdu] Allergies: was Zylkene?

[Debby Phillips]

Hi Sandra, my fourth dog was very allergic.  Not at first, but 
later on.  His face would swell up, but especially when we would 
go visit my mom in southern Oregon.  Then we would go back to 
Vancouver, Washington and he would still be allergic, but not as 
much.  It was very odd.  So we did do the allergy tests.  Yes, 
they are expensive, but it was worth it.  We actually went to a 
vet allergist.  MY husband grew up on a ranch, his family raised 
cattle, so when they recommended allergy shots, he agreed to give 
them to my dog.  We did that for quite awhile.  Then he got 
attacked by a neighborhood dog, and we had to retire him because 
he got dog aggressive.  While we had him though, he get the 
allergy shots, he got an allergy medicine, to settle some of his 
itching, especially when we went to visit my mom.  He was 
allergic to certain types of grasses, and to wool.  My mom had 
wool carpet, and those certain grasses grew there.  So he would 
be worse when we visited her.  Perhaps your vet would allow you 
to be on some kind of payment plan to pay for the tests, or 
something like that.  Perhaps your school might help? We fed 
Artie duck and potato, (a prescription food that we had to get at 
the vet).  It was expensive, too.  We used to joke about how we'd 
eat raman noodles while Artie got duck and potato.  They also 
made venison and potato.  It did help.  Hope this helps you.    
Debby