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…