Life’s ruff when you’re a dog with allergies

I have known a few epileptic dogs and also a diabetic cat in my time, but I have never met a tricky-eating dog. Beautiful Molly was my first, a dog that I met last week and who has to avoid different types of food. I thought it might make a change for me to write about an animal. I think she may even be harder to feed than me.

At first the vet thought Molly had a food allergy when she kept having problems with her ears. When Molly was having a reaction, she used to shake her head all the time and it got to the point where if someone even accidentally touched her ear, she would cry out. Bless her cotton socks (or should I say her England shirt!?).

Molly had to go on an elimination diet (just like me) in the form of special hypoallergenic food. This was for about three months and she wasn’t allowed any treats except duck breast (due to the proteins in other treats). The special dog food is largely maize-based so poor Molly is eating mainly corn with some ‘essential fatty acids’ thrown in to make sure that her coat and skin stay lovely.

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It turned out Molly is allergic to dust mites and storage mites, which are in the big bags of dried dog food. That’s another thing we have in common – I am also allergic to dust mites. Luckily though, I don’t have to eat large bags of dry dog food and I also don’t have to shake my head vigorously to make myself feel better.

Elizabeth now has to freeze Molly’s food to kill the storage mites and is meant to spray the house with a special spray and wash her bedding at a high temp every week. This is rather a mammoth task as you can imagine. It’s hard enough for me to do it to reduce my allergic reactions.

Molly has also got to take Apoquel tablets every day and has to attend an immunotherapy clinic every month to have an injection. Now I am not certain on this and please correct me if I’m wrong, but these tablets sound like a doggy version of anti-histamine!?

I have to say that Elizabeth is doing a fantastic job of looking after her pouch and despite her allergies, she is still the best dog in the world in my kids’ eyes.

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