Dog Skin.
Posted in Mom Life, Random Nonsense on 02/17/2007 10:02 pm by toriNo, PETA, I’m not talking about a jacket. I’m talking about my dog’s lovely skin problem. See, not only do I have health problems, but I unwittingly adopted a canine with his own set of doggie issues. He has a food allergy - specifically, wheat, which means finding dry dog food and biscuit treats that he can eat is tough. He also has a severe reaction to said allergen - which has caused a yeast infection to spread throughout his body. Dakota (the aforementioned doggie) has this fungus all over his chest, “armpits” and paws. It’s quite disgusting - smelly (imagine a dog covered in Athlete’s Foot - he’s like a living locker room), and he’s leaving flakes of yeasty skin everywhere.
The worst part is that the last treatment by a vet ($200 out the window) didn’t work. We asked the vet to call in an Rx for antifungals for Dakota - and we’re hoping this works. Luckily, pet meds are a little less expensive than human ones, but no insurance means we’re out of pocket.
If anyone wants to know what it’s like to have a kid before actually having one, get a dog. Same heartache, same expense (or similar) and same pain in the ass. You can’t drop a kid at the pound though, so I guess that’s something different. (Don’t worry, Dakota, you’re not going anywhere.) Ah, my two children…
02/22/2007 at 11:40 am
Aww… Poor Dakota! Poor you too! I think there are special shampoos you can use too. My mom’s dog Wrinkles had very similar problems. Have you started putting essential fatty acids on his food? They make them for dogs I believe. That’s supposed to help too.