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Dog Ear Infections Same Time Each Year?

Friday, August 6th, 2010
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#dog #dogs #doghealth — Just got back from the vet for a followup visit and had my girl Roxie’s ear infection looked at.  But first, back to the booster vaccine issue.  We decided not to do the booster shot for the new Lyme disease vaccine.  I asked my vet if the first shot gives at least the same level of protection as last year and he said yes.  So we would rather risk the next few months left of the season rather than go for the booster shot for extra protection but results in another round of adverse reactions.

I’m kind of glad that we didn’t get those booster shots today.  I wouldn’t have been looking forward to see my two dogs spend another 24-48 hours feeling crappy.

My girl Roxie did get an ear infection in one of her ears last weekend and as mentioned on a recent post, I used Panalog that I still had.  The vet checked her ear and it looked pretty good.  He suggested using Panalog once a day for another five days.

The strange thing is that according to records, it was Roxie who got the ear infection last year and we used Panalog that time.  In fact, it was about the same time of year, July.  So the vet thinks that there might be something in season that she’s allergic to.  Maybe something in the woods that she rubbed her head against since she tends to like to check out different plants out there.

Have any of you ever had dog ear infections around the same time each year?  The vet doesn’t think it’s an internal ear canal thing but more external from something dogs might be allergic to.

If you have had dogs with recurrent ear infections around the same time of year regularly, please share your experience and what your vet said about them.  This will help shine a light to what might be happening out there.

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My Dogs Had Adverse Effects From Vaccines

Saturday, July 17th, 2010
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#dog #dogs #doghealth  – For the first time in their five years, my two dogs Chester and Roxie experienced some adverse effects from their vaccines yesterday.  They never did before.

During their annual checkup yesterday, my vet (who I trust completely since he also looked after my first two lhasa apsos for most of their lives) explained that they had switched over to a newer vaccine against Lyme disease.  Since my two dogs do go into the woods and grassy areas, they would therefore be top candidates for such vaccinations.

In addition to the usual such as rabies and bordetella (since they do visit dog parks and will be boarded from time to time), they got their shots for this year.  Interestingly enough, they never complain when they get their shots.

After a few hours back home, I noticed that my boy Chester started to have some discomfort along his back where the injection sites were.  He certainly did not want to be running around and even going up and down the stairs was a slower process.

Later in the evening near bedtime, his sister had similar adverse effects as well.  Both really slowed down and walks were cancelled for the day.  What was a bit disturbing to me was that they both at times wimpered which meant to me that there was definitely discomfort.  It was not a serious type of wimpering, just mild.  But as dog owners know, any type of wimpering from your beloved dogs is not a good sound.

I hoped that after a night’s sleep, both will feel much better.  When morning came, they seemed to have improved significantly but not quite 100% yet.  At least the wimpering was gone but I could still see in Chester’s case, he was still licking parts of his back area.

I have to bring them back to the vet clinic in three weeks for a booster for this new Lyme disease vaccine.  Has anybody else experienced similar adverse effects from this or other vaccines with their dogs?

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