Any good vets/doggie dermatologists? I am serious..
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angelphish
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I had an emergency with my dog shortly after moving here and didn't have a vet yet. I took my dog to the Solomons Vet. and they seem to know what they are doing.
Ponytail
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Cool. My pup is at the vets office on average, once a month. They feel so bad about it, that they write every visit as a "re-check" regardless of what it is to make it cheaper for me.
She gets this funky skin infection going, that takes steroids to clear it up. She is on a maintenance dose of steroids daily, allergy medication, gets a tranquilizer for storms, 4th of July and New Years. And she's on special food...At first it was because they though that maybe she had a food allergy. Now it's because it's the only thing that she will eat. The dog has gone for 3 days without eating for simply not liking other foods. And the special diet food- about double what Iams or other good dog foods costs. Naturally. Females! Ahhhhh!!!! j/k.
The last trip was because one of her back toe nails fell off for no apparent reason. Now, I was told that normally when this happens, the dog will act like it has a broken leg. Not mine. Stoic. Had it not been for the blood, I wouldn't have known anything was wrong. The doc was even picking at the nerve endings with her finger nail while I was there and the dog didn't even flinch.
So, they took her in the back to clean and bandage it. When they were done, they took her off the table and noticed a puddle of blood. Hmmm. Where'd THAT come from? Looked and looked.... same nail, other foot fell off while they were bandaging up her other foot. No idea why, no yeast infections or anything else going on... once again, I stumped the pro's. I'm good at that.
So, they bring this poor resemblence of a dog out, with both back feet bandaged up, and inside IV bags because it was raining out and they didn't want the bandages to get wet. I knew that they were bringing my dog out, because I could hear the laughter gradually getting closer as they paraded her past the other rooms and into mine. Talk about a sorry looking mutt...with each step trying to shake off the bags. And she knew we were laughing at her...the ears were down, the eyes were droopy...so sad loking....just made it that much funnier!
Every trip is an adventure.
She gets this funky skin infection going, that takes steroids to clear it up. She is on a maintenance dose of steroids daily, allergy medication, gets a tranquilizer for storms, 4th of July and New Years. And she's on special food...At first it was because they though that maybe she had a food allergy. Now it's because it's the only thing that she will eat. The dog has gone for 3 days without eating for simply not liking other foods. And the special diet food- about double what Iams or other good dog foods costs. Naturally. Females! Ahhhhh!!!! j/k.
The last trip was because one of her back toe nails fell off for no apparent reason. Now, I was told that normally when this happens, the dog will act like it has a broken leg. Not mine. Stoic. Had it not been for the blood, I wouldn't have known anything was wrong. The doc was even picking at the nerve endings with her finger nail while I was there and the dog didn't even flinch.
So, they took her in the back to clean and bandage it. When they were done, they took her off the table and noticed a puddle of blood. Hmmm. Where'd THAT come from? Looked and looked.... same nail, other foot fell off while they were bandaging up her other foot. No idea why, no yeast infections or anything else going on... once again, I stumped the pro's. I'm good at that.
So, they bring this poor resemblence of a dog out, with both back feet bandaged up, and inside IV bags because it was raining out and they didn't want the bandages to get wet. I knew that they were bringing my dog out, because I could hear the laughter gradually getting closer as they paraded her past the other rooms and into mine. Talk about a sorry looking mutt...with each step trying to shake off the bags. And she knew we were laughing at her...the ears were down, the eyes were droopy...so sad loking....just made it that much funnier!
Every trip is an adventure.
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angelphish
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What kind of pup do you have?
Ponytail
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Black lab mix... mother was registered golden Retriever, and the father was a sneaky neighbor hood dog.
Out of 9 pups, some looked like goldies, some looked like labs, and some looked like chows.
Next door neighbor had a chow, guy across the street had an English Black Lab, and there seemed to be an increase in strays around for a few weeks.
The Goldy was my roomies dog. The dog came with the house that he bought, and he never owned a dog before. He learned real quick what true determination was when his dog went into heat.
Mine looks like a lab, has one blue eye, one brown eye, has white spot on her chin, and looks slightly overweight at 70 lbs.
Out of 9 pups, some looked like goldies, some looked like labs, and some looked like chows.
Next door neighbor had a chow, guy across the street had an English Black Lab, and there seemed to be an increase in strays around for a few weeks.
The Goldy was my roomies dog. The dog came with the house that he bought, and he never owned a dog before. He learned real quick what true determination was when his dog went into heat.
Mine looks like a lab, has one blue eye, one brown eye, has white spot on her chin, and looks slightly overweight at 70 lbs.
Ponytail
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Originally posted by Barbra
If you're referring to your Lab losing the toenail, same thing happened w/ mine. Found her licking the bloody nerve ending, which made me wanna' hurl, but she didn't seem to be in any pain. Called the vet and was told to call back to make an appt if it happened again to the same or any other toenail
, which it hasn't. If you ever find out why your Labbie lost the toenail, let me know.
the doc told me that USUALLY it is is due to a yeast infection in the nail/toe. Or that they caught in on something...carpet, bedspread, blanket...
The yeast infection is sometimes identified by a soft brown crud that develops at the very start of the nail, under the hair line. Looks like dirt, but never seems to dry, if that makes sense.
But with my dog as with everything else, the docs were scratching they're heads.
But they made me bring her in for it. Cleaned, bandaged and maintenance dose of anti-biotics. Seems that they can get some pretty bad infections. What is left when the nail falls off is raw nerve endings and blood vessels. So the infection is carried thoughout the body pretty quickly.
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Ponytail
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Originally posted by Barbra
Thinkin' about Star's bloody toe is making my stomach do flip flops. Yuck.
Thanks for the tip on yeast infections in their toenails. Now I'm going to go home after work and inspect my dog's feet for brown crud. Of course, w/ the weather we've been having, brown crud on their feet could be a whole lotta' things.
As far as vets go, I take both of my monsters to Three Notch Vet in Hollywood, MD. Harley usually sees Dr. Lorenz and Star goes to Dr. Ironmonger. They've got a website... http://www.threenotch.com/ . Three Notch does grooming, boarding, and training too.
Dr Ironmonger? Sounds like the name of a "B" horror flick. Does he drag one leg or anything?
ShyGirl
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I used to take my Shepherd to Barbara Kummel (7410 Lindbergh Dr., Gaithersburg; 240-632-0328)
While searching for her number, I came across the following article listing resources:
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/homegarden/2353.html
Medical Specialists
I hope it helps and wish you and your pup lots of luck!
While searching for her number, I came across the following article listing resources:
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/homegarden/2353.html
Medical Specialists
I hope it helps and wish you and your pup lots of luck!
Booboo3604
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Ponytail said:
I will check with my mom tonight, she has a vet that she brings one of her dogs too that specializes in skin problems. Let me know if you find somewhere else and I wont worry about it.