Holly Doodle's Blog – May 2010 Archive (4)

I'm a speech pathologist at two nursing homes, both which have fairly lenient pet policies. I always share stories about Holly with my patients and I've brought in pictures to show everyone how cute she is. Friday afternoon I found out two of my patients were going on Hospice

and weren't doing to well. I talked with the DON and got permission to bring Holly in to visit them. It was SOOO great! We ended up visiting with 7-8 of the residents, and Holly did very well. She didn't jump or bark.… Continue

I just wanted to thank everyone here on DK for the wonderful advice and support regarding Holly's possible allergies. I can't express how grateful I am to have all of your knowledge and experience to help us get through this. We have changed Holly to a new food for now, California Naturals. We are going to try it for a couple of months and see how she does. We're also continuing with the EPO to help with her dry skin.

I contacted her Breeder and neither of Holly's parents have… Continue

Ok, I feel VERY overwhelmed. We took Holly to the vet and he is convinced it is food allergies. He gave her a shot to stop her from vomiting, an antibiotic, a

steroid, and cream for a yeast infection in one of her ears.

I think he may be right, she does have frequent dry skin, she chews her paws, and she's been pulling fur out of her tail. He also suspected allergies since she's been getting sick so frequently in a short period of time.



My main concern is that he's a big… Continue

Holly is sick again :(. I feel like this is becoming a regular thing, and I wish we knew what the cause was. She has had bad bouts of diarrhea and/or vomiting in January, March, and now May. The last two times they did not find anything and said she had probably eaten something to upset her stomach.



This time, it started last night with diarrhea so we skipped dinner. We let her out in the morning and her stools were slightly more formed and a darker color, so I thought we were on the… Continue