[nagdu] Allergies re-re-re-re-re-visited

[Tracy Carcione]

Krokus is taking 2 generic Benedril up to twice a day, as needed.  It
might make him a bit sleepy, so I'm not giving it to him before we go out.
 It seems to help him stop scratching within about 15 minutes.
Tracy

> Rox,
>
> Thanks a bunch! I couldn't find any of the off-brand Claritin locally, so
> I bought online. Hopefully Jenny can hold out until it comes... poor baby!
> How can you tell if it's effective? And how quickly does it react?
>
> Daryl (and the itchy Jenny!)
>
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Allergies re-re-re-re-re-visited
>
> Daryl,
> You can do the off brand of clariton, that's what my dogs are taking, the
> 10 mg pills. I can give it as much as twice a day.
> With the Alegra, you can give a 1/2 of the 180 mg tablet.
> I recently traveled to Nashville and Soleil was a hot mess while we were
> there, itching, biting herself, it was so miserable! Thankfully she was
> fine again once we left but it was pretty yucky for her there!
> I hope Jenny and you both start to feel better.
>
>
>  Rox and the kitchen Bitches:
> Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
> Pawpower4me at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, everyone,
>> I woke up this morning to a dog (and cats) that is a COMPLETE itch
>> bucket! My poor girl can't seemt o stop scratching... and then I
>> realized that I've broken out in hives. My coworkers are also suffereing
>> severe allergy symptoms, so I know it's not unique to my home...
>>
>> Pluses to this: Jenny's ears are looking great, and she has not barked
>> at all... either the humidifier is taking off some of the dry edge to
>> the air, or soothing her enough to let her sleep and just roll with
>> stuff.
>>
>> I have a couple of questions:
>> For those whose dogs respond well to OTC allergy medication, what works?
>> Benadryl doesn't work for my dog. I've heard of Allegra, but I can only
>> find HUGE 180mg pills, which seems extreme. Claritin looks insanely
>> expensive, but I found an off-brand that gives me 365 10mg tablets...
>> I started putting coconut oil in Jenny's ears to deal with the remnants
>> of an ear infection, but the day after I do this, her ears are really
>> really hot. So either she responds to the coconut oil, or simply doesn't
>> need it right now... thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks a ton!
>>
>> Daryl (with Jenny, who just wants to feel better!)
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