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Allergies in dogs blooming

3 May 2010TMS 5 Comments

Pet allergies bloom with spring It’s spring and Cody, a 6-year-old Shiba Inu, incessantly licks his hind paws. “He eats his paws raw,” said owner Mary Dolce, a Lombard resident. “It’s definitely seasonal,” she said. “There is just something outside… Continue Reading →

TMS allergies, atopica, news items, tierce

Allergy Season – Atopica

30 Apr 2010TMS 11 Comments

Tierce has started scratching again.  We caught it early and upped his Atopica from 2xweek to every day.  It seems to be working; he isn’t scratching as badly today and he’s been on the new regime nearly 2 weeks.  I… Continue Reading →

TMS allergies, atopica, meds, scratching, shiba inu canada

Tierce’s Ears and Sunojo’s New Site

20 Nov 2009TMS Leave a Comment

I’m still working on Nanowrimo; don’t know whether I’m going to make it this year, but here’s to trying! Tierce is doing much better on Atopica every other day, but now he’s showing some hair loss on the tips of… Continue Reading →

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Atopica – My Hero

9 Jul 2009TMS 8 Comments

Atopica website Tierce is getting into a bad way – it took longer this time, but we’re starting to see raw patches where he’s getting past the cone and the shirt.  I know it doesn’t do any good, but I’m… Continue Reading →

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Happy Canada Day!

1 Jul 2009TMS Leave a Comment

Tierce enjoyed Canada Day.  We went down to Nanaimo’s downtown and ended up at Maffeo-Sutton Park and Swy-A-Lana Lagoon.  Tierce enjoyed splashing around in the water at the Lagoon. He doesn’t like actual swimming, but will paddle about, run through… Continue Reading →

TMS allergies, atopica, scratching, yeah we're in canada here

Update!

16 Oct 2008TMS 2 Comments

Well, Tierce is much better on the Cyclosporine, although I’m not a fan of giving him a pill that requires an anti-nausea pill to keep it in him. Here he is next to one of many jellyfish that washed up… Continue Reading →

TMS allergies, atopica, bella, katana, senior dogs, shassi, tierce

Allergy central

27 Sep 2008TMS 9 Comments

Tierce went back to the vet’s today to get his stitches out. His skin biopsies showed no sign of any disease or other problem and the “most likely cause of his itching is atopy or food allergies”. The vet advised… Continue Reading →

TMS allergies, atopica, feeding, tierce

A picture of the invalid

20 Aug 2008TMS 10 Comments

So, we got into the vet’s – one that his breeder and his grand-breeder have used for years. I found her competent and flexible, which is pretty damn valuable in a vet. We think that having that will make driving… Continue Reading →

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