Friday, August 20, 2010

What is best treatment for skin allergy, excessive licking and sometimes smelly ears in springer spaniel dog?

My Vet has prescibed predisone 25 mg for 52 lb. dog. To be taken periodically for what we think is an allergy. Vet said to give dog break from meds, then resume in a month or so. It takes about 6 weeks for the dog to develop symtoms again. Tresaderm is prescribed for the ears. I also use a preventitive ear Flush.


He eats Maximum Nutrition Lamb and Rice for adult dogs, 2 to 3 cups a day. He is somewhat lethargic now, could be due to the time of year - winter - which means we don't go out on as long of a walk as in summer. But the licking has caused his hair to be brown on paws. I am told this is due to an ensyme in the saliva. He is white and liver and tan normally. When he is allowed to run free outdoors he will eat duck, horse and chicken droppings and eggs from our free range poultry. He will go after and eat toads, squirrels and anything he finds. Now it is winter, so those "treats" are not available to him. So tell me; Is he lacking something in his diet? Thanks!

What is best treatment for skin allergy, excessive licking and sometimes smelly ears in springer spaniel dog?
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