PSD Kennels, Poplarville MS - Page 2

AGREE with Joanro
check for fleas

Take her more places where nioise is
Parking lots and do her practice sitz n go to construction sites

introduce her to new noises in those places carefully from a distance first then move closer

Stop everything get a good no grain dog food
no chlorine water
go www.revivalanimal animal.com and order soapless shampoos

It may take you a while.      get a new vet
Vets love to sell you products and their prescription food is doing u more harm than good
no corn no wheat no soy in dog food.  rice and barley are the less creepers
some dogs do not do well on chicken some do well on salmon/rice/ etc

My choice is raw but if u are not balanced with it and have someone to guide you  with raw stay with a good

 no grain dry.  Like  Natures Recipe no grain  , 4 Health Salmon/rice/etc and
many others suggested here on this thread.
Get Nuvet vitamins and start her
 

I would put the dog on a raw diet and feed her chicken quarters or other chicken based diet. There is a tick borne disease that makes humans and dogs allergic to red meat.  So putting her on chicken raw eliminates that possibility.  No grain and especially no corn of any type .. back to feeding raw chicken.  What kind of flea collar or flea control does your dog have.  If she has a Seresto collar there is your problem.  Just being around other dogs with a Seresto collar could set her off.  Many of the other flea collars and flea products can cause severe problems in sensitive dogs.  What about heartworm??  Stay away from Prohart injectable.  Take a look at any insecticides used in your house or kennel.  Some of these insecticides have a very long persistence and half life.

Tick Bites Linked to Red Meat Allergy

WebMD News from HealthDay
WebMD News Archive

Aug. 13, 2014 -- Bites from a certain type of tick can make people allergic to red meat, according to experts.

As Lone Star ticks have spread from the Southwest to the East Coast of the United States, the number of people suffering an allergic reaction after eating red meat has increased, CBS News reported.

However, many doctors and patients are unaware of this growing problem.

"Why would someone think they're allergic to meat when they've been eating it their whole life?" Dr. Erin McGintee told CBS News. She's an allergist who has reportedly seen 200 cases of this type of red meat allergy among people on New York's Long Island.

Lone Star ticks carry a sugar called alpha-gal, which is also found in red meat, but not in people. Normally, alpha-gal in meat poses no problems for people. But when a Lone Star tick bites a person, it transfers alpha-gal into the bloodstream.

As a result, the person's body produces antibodies to fight the sugar. The next time that person eats red meat, their immune system responds to the alpha-gal in the meat and they suffer an allergic reaction that can include itching, burning, hives and even throat swelling, CBS News reported.

This dog needs to see a competent veterinary dermatologist ASAP. 

Bubba, the dog has been fed prescription diet per vet orders. Vets always seem to find customers for their prescription junk dog food.

Feed human grade chicken .. raw or cooked and cooked white human grade rice if you want to feed carbs . Dogs don't need carbs from grain but rice is better than GMO corn and Chinese wheat. High quality animal fat and protein is what a dog's digestive track was designed to digest. Anything in a bag is not going to eliminate grain or processed food allergy. I have several dogs that have not had any bagged dog food for two to three years and they are gorgeous. I have owners of some of my dogs that do not feed grain based dog foods and their dogs are gorgeous. Science Diet and Purina will keep your dog at the veterinarian office or as they like to call it "animal hospital". If the owner wants to find out what is causing the allergic itching reaction then food allergy needs to be eliminated and swapping one bagged dog food for another does not get that job done.

Please let us know how you make out with your dog.

plan42day .. did you ever say what you were using for flea and tick control?? Amitraz is used in some flea collars and will cause severe allergies as will the Seresto collar ( dogs will scratch, itch, and pull their fur out ). If your dog or dogs that your dog has contact with has a flea collar it is best to eliminate that as a possible cause.  Imidacloprid is an AI in the Seresto flea color but it is used in home and yard products for insect control.  This pesticide has caused severe reactions in some dogs including those that you described ( scratching, itching, and pulling out their fur ) plus it causes seizures and neurological conditions.  The Bayer products and some other oral and spot on products including Advantage and Advantix contain this product and it can cause severe reactions in sensitive dogs.  If you have used this pesticide or take your dog into an area that has been treated with this pesticide that would be a likely cause.  To me this does not sound genetic, it sounds environmental. 

Imidacloprid is currently the most widely used insecticide in the world.^[3] Although it is now off patent, the primary manufacturer of this chemical is Bayer CropScience (part of Bayer AG). It is sold under many names for many uses; it can be applied by soil injection, tree injection, application to the skin of the plant, broadcast foliar, ground application as a granular or liquid formulation, or as a pesticide-coated seed treatment.^[4][5] Imidacloprid is widely used for pest control in agriculture. Other uses include application to foundations to prevent termite damage, pest control for gardens and turf, treatment of domestic pets to control fleas,^[2] protection of trees from boring insects,^[6] and in preservative treatment of some types of lumber products (e.g., Ecolife brand).^[7]

^{Got a new deck, treated your lawn or house for ants, etc., or take your dog in fields or parks treated with insecticides??  Any Bayer products in your house, kennel, or livestock treatments for flies, fleas, or ants??}

One of my dogs is sensitive to chicken, and I know of 3 other dogs that are also sensitive to chicken-based kibble. I asked the very knowledgeable clerk at the pet food store why this is, and she said "It's the antibiotics they feed the chickens!"

So, raw chicken may not be the best thing...

I feed Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal and Brown Rice. It's not that expensive, and she does well on it.
Zinpro is also a good food for dogs with skin issues.

Don't feed a sick dog food from a bag .. period. A good piece of meat works wonders and it is cheaper than the vet and another $1000 worth of useless tests. Feed beef and if they don't get better feed chicken. One of my dogs owners called me and said she was taking the dog to the vet on Monday because she was not eating and acting right.  I told her to feed the dog pork or beef ribs and see if that perked her up, if not she needed to go to the vet.  The dog had the ribs for a couple of days and she didn't need the vet, I think the dog was just bored and good food is pretty exciting to a dog.  There are now tick borne acquired allergies to red meat that have no cure other than hope they go away. These allergies come from the Lone Star tick which is all over the Southern US. Try something and if that doesn't work try something else.  Check for fleas, feed her great food, and look for new things in the dogs environment that may have triggered the allergic reaction. New building with treated lumber, insecticides applied to home, yard, kennel, stables, or adjacent fields or parks.  Aerial application and some of these insecticides can drift onto adjacent and not so near property.  Imidacloprid is one of the insecticides causing honey bee colony collapse and that is coming for seed treatments applied at planting but when every corn field gets the same insecticide seed treatment it goes everywhere.  Take off any flea collars on the sick dog and from other dogs the dog associates with.  Don't use Bayer or other products with Imidicloprid in the formulation.  Imidacloprid is off patent and Bayer may supply product to other companies ... not just in Bayer products.