Allergic Reaction - Page 1

A friend of mina has a 9 1/2 week female GSD pup that has been healthy and fine since she got it from the breeder  at 8 weeks.   She gave her pup a flavored rawhide and within an hour of the pup having the rawhide her eyelids started to swell up and in no time at all all you could see of her eyes were slits.  She also at the same time developed a itchy rash on the back of her back legs.  They took her to the vet and he told them to give her a benedryl every 6 hours.  The swelling in her eyes went away as soon as they gave her the benedryl.  They kept giving her the benedryl to make sure the swelling wouldn't come back but decided the next day to half the dose.  They later noticed that her eye lids started swelling again after only giving half a dose of benedryl.  So they gave her a full does the next time she was due for a benedryl.   In the mean time she isn't feeling good.  She is just wanting to sleep all day, doesn't really want to eat anything, not her normal very active self.  When they took her into the vet he also gave them some sort of steroid I think it was called pregnazone?  Sonething like that.  Anyways, I was wondering if anyone has ever experianced anything like this and if my sisters vet gave her good advice.  Any suggestions would be a great help.

Mysti

I don't and won't give rawhides to my pups or dogs.

It is very possible an allergic Reaction, the Bendryl will make puppies sleepie or drowsy.  Cortisone  and Bendryl are the most common forms of treatment with an allergic reaction.  It will take a few days before the chemicals that the pup had a reaction to to get purged from it's body.

I'd imagine the pup might be drowsy from Benadryl.  It certainly makes me!  Only 25mg makes me drowsy.  OTOH, my (allergic) GS from 65-80 lbs wasn't fazed by 100mg 3x/day.  But a small pup may certainly be.

The steroid you mean is predisolone, or prednisone.  It's used basically to numb the senses.

Both antihistamines (Benadryl) and steroids (pred) are common when dealing with atopic dermatitis.

The pup may have animal-protein allergies; is she eating normal puppy foods?  Or there may be something about rawhides specifically that makes her allergic.  In which case just don't let her have those (it's hard, I know, but I've done it for my 5yo dog for years now - she gets nothing special for treats [except now there are vegetarian-only treats, finally] and unfortunately, there's really NOTHING for her to chew on).

In any case, the allergens, since ingested, may take a bit of time to eliminate from her system.  Don't be surprised if you'd need to cover her for a week.

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I don't give any rawhides or smoked bones or anything like that either.  I have another question, is it normal to put such a young pup on steroids?  I understand about the benedryl but is it a good idea  to have her on the pred as well?

I will let her know what you guys said.  I was also wondering about the steroids with her pup being so young.  Her vet also told her that it might take a few days for the rawhide to work its way out of her system.  She just wanted some other opinions just in case.  Thanks.

Mysti

Have them give the puppy a bath as well and make sure they really get her face and feet clean.  It is probably from ingesting, rather than touching,  the substance that is giving her the reaction but just in case I'd make sure they got it all off of her.  I have a dog who has had allergic reactions twice to something and it takes him a good two to three days to be back to normal.

Heather

I just talked to my friend again to see how her pup was doing.  She said she thinks she might be doing a little bit better.  But that she will all of a sudden run around, hide under things, and whine like she can't get comfortable and then all she wants to do is lay on her husbands lap.  She said they aren't giving her the benedryl anymore and the swelling hasn't come back.  She said that she did vomit once which she thought was just bile and was yellow in color.  The pup doesn't have diareah but it is pretty soft and she said that once it looked a little odd and had a slimy film on it.  I think that she may need to take her back into the vet but then I am a worrier.

Mysti

Usually in the case of allergic reaction only one or two doses of pred are given, not enough to cause any damage.  Is it possible she ingested any of the rawhide?  Her other symptoms almost sound like she may have a blockage, is she eating?

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