Vet part-2

[iadybug423]

Okay now I think I know why I wrote venting about changing vets and feeling so crappy about it---Yes, I am a little slow, sometimes a lot slow :)
My Kylee and Shelby had to go today. Kylee has some sort of bite or growth on her eyelid, which now we are treating with some eye ointment topically and waiting to see if it helps or if it gets worse or shrinks or??? It is right in the corner of her eye. My Shelby has an allergy, a skin allergy where she gets allergy shots twice a year, or so. She just had one last month and it didn't work this time. Kylee was at the vet twice last month for intestinal infection that made its way through the pack. They all are updated on shots, take heart worm meds and flea prevention but it has been overwhelming. Two of them-actually 3 need their teeth cleaned, and it seems like when I think we can do it an emergency or more pressing issue crops up.
I am a pet Mom who wants the very best health care and cannot afford anymore than basics. GEEZE! Wyhen I was a kid our pets went to the vet once a year, no heart worm or flea preventive, they lived 18 years and life was great. Now, I am angry and feeling overwhelmed by it all. I had to switch to a cheaper, "not as safe" heartworm preventive and the craziness surrounding the online vet pharmacy and marketing, dosages, verses the ones our vets offer is enough to make me spinning crazy-mad.

I suppose pet insurance is worth looking into for 5 dogs-Sigh!

Nevermind me if you read this, I am just a frustrated doggie Mom right now.
Isabel and Toad need their birdie shots, wings and nails done---
Perhaps my heart and love for these critters is way bigger than my pocketbook. I have stopped the amount of critters because I won't have them unless I can fairly provide.

[Wanda P]

Hi ladies, i know i don;t know you both, i know you love your babies, and i too only have 2 dogs, one has diabetes and is 11 now, she has had it for 4 years, shots twice a day. I have always fed my dogs a product only sold in Alberta, Canada called "rollover" it comes in beef, chicken, lamb and rice and turkey and now salmon flavor. I notice with my first poodle that around 9 he developed diabetes and he was eating the beef flavor, i think and after 25 years of feeding it to my dogs and having another one develop diabetes that its too high in fat. that being said Yoda 1990 to 2004 developed a meat allergy and it came out in the tear ducts in his eyes. I would use regular tea baths to calm the tears ducts, hence he would get yellow stains on a white dog, but i wanted my baby not to suffer, so we change to the lamb and rice and he lived until he was 14 no diabetes same food, purebred poodle so go figure. Odd thing is the 2 dogs that developed diabetes are pure bred BLACK DOGS, so weird. my white dogs are fine. However both black dogs had skin issues, so use an oatmeal base conditioner and shampoo, i groom my own dogs as i don;t trust others to do it. I rinse well. I know ladybug that it must be frustrating and costs go threw the roof with so many animals (god bless ya), another product that is cheap and excellent is main and tail from walmart, my bfff uses it herself and has hair down to her knees.I wonder if our animals develop allergies due to the pesticides that are on food and stuff fed to animals, that may be why 20 years ago we had no issues and now we do.
As for the vet changing, i did the same thing, i couldn;t afford an expensive vet one time and took zena to this cheap vet, i said her teeth need to be done. He grabs her from me and proceed to scrap off the tarter and her gums are bleeding, i am shocked and he says there they are all done. I was like wt heck, (that not the word i used) after that she has been terrified of the vet. I used him only for shots after that, he would say "ah you don;t need heart-worm or rabies as its not an issue here in Canada" I was so shocked but broke and thought he new the best. well the straw that broke the camels back was when i went to have yoda put down, he made me wait 45 min with my dog dying in my arms and during this a animal came in that was hit by a car, he put the dog in the cage and left it there, suffering. I was so freak en shocked, i had yoda put to sleep and never went back. Zena went back to the more expensive clinic and her teeth were so bad they said that she would loose them all (this is 1 year after the scrapping nightmare), i felt so bad, i said do what you can to save her teeth, so they tried a new treatment, and it saved her teeth, so my mott

o is go cheap only for shots or if you have to put the dog to sleep, but pay for a good vet to do surgeries, they do care. I hope i am not to forward, i am new here but hope to make new friends.. a loving pet mama, here are my girls lelo and zena

[iadybug423]

When I was a kid growing up with animals I never heard of animal allergies, but then vets were for when animals got hit or something. No 10 shots, or heartworm, and we had minimum flea problems beats me...That was in Ca and possibly location plays a role in some pets with certain issues. Here in FL as I blog about I have had tons of medical issues with our dogs. One has allergy issues but controlled at this time.
I will keep watching posts about allergies and foods. I thought Birds were sensitive to foods but didn't really suspect it in my dogs.

[JACQUE]

I honestly don't know how you do it all!!! I only have 2 dogs and my fishies and it gets overwhelming sometimes! On the ALLERGY issue though , I had the same problem with Rascal and Sassy until I switched them to ONLY GRAIN-FREE dog food. Before that i was giving Rascal allergy shots daily!!! I couldnt believe it when after all the shots and all the meds, ointments and sprays didnt work. I stumbled onto it kind of by accident trying to find something that had NEVER been recalled or tainted. I feed them both INNOVA EVO RED MEAT SMALL BITES. It also comes in other flavors but they like that one best. Not a single problem with allergies since! It is a little pricey ( 15.99 for 6lb.6oz.bag) but thats a lot cheaper than treating allergies. might be worth a try? What do you think?