[Jen T]

Thanks Sheila for your response and your current routine. Will have to try cottage cheese and see how she does.

Thanks for responding Acroyali. Our vet sent the stones to Minnesota Urolith Center and they came back as Struvite and Osseous material (vet believes it’s from her tumor). The only therapy everyone has suggested (multiple vets as well as Minnesota Urolith Center) is switching her diet to a prescription diet which may not prevent the stones.

[Jen T]

Thanks for replying anonymous. Just curious which ear cleaning solution you use and if you do a full flush or just clean the pinna? My dog currently has TrizEDTA (the green/white bottle). I was thinking if her ear infection gets worse then I would try out Zymox drops since she seems sensitive to antibiotics with “-mycin” ingredients.

[Jen T]

I’ll give my vet a call and see who he recommends we see for a dermatologist. I also agree with you about not keeping dogs on Apoquel or steriods long term. My vet said he had his terrier on Apoquel for over 2 years… I’d rather not do that unless her allergies are really that severe. So far, her allergies don’t seem as bad as what I have read on this site.

Actually, my dog’s ear infection wasn’t severe at all. It was a fairly mild yeast/bacterial infection but another vet (my vet was on vacation) at the clinic prescribed Tri-Otic. My vet believes my dog was sensitive to that ingredient since they had other cases where dogs have gone deaf. The only thing that made me angry and so cautious was that they didn’t inform me of this side effect when putting the ear drops in. They also gave my dog a booster shot which was probably the worst thing they could do when the allergy season just started 🙁

[Jen T]

Thank you so much, you’ve been really helpful anonymous. I’m just a bit cautious because I thought that my vet would suggest for my dog to take an antihistamine like Claritin or Benadryl first. Instead he prescribed Apoquel immediately so I feel that we didn’t try anything else to see what would have helped. I’ll make sure to talk to the dermatologist about ASIT.

Also, my dog went deaf after being prescribed Tri-Otic for her mild left ear infection back at the end of April so that’s why I’m so cautious. It took a few weeks for her hearing to return but thankfully it did return.

[Jen T]

Thanks anonymous. I had read what you have posted here in other people’s posts and it’s very helpful. I wanted to know how I could help my dog unrelated to drugs to maintain allergies as best as possible. I will take her to a dermatologist but in the mean time, instead of using Cortisone cream is there another natural anti-itch cream that can be used? Do people supplement with probiotics and salmon oil? Do people use those spot on treatments to help with the skin barrier? I’m hoping to find some natural alternatives to help her while we find a dermatologist and get to the bottom of this.

[Jen T]

Sorry, it seems that 2 capsules would be 1,330 mg. Don’t know why I thought it was 665 for the entire bottle.

[Jen T]

Thanks everyone for your responses! I am actually going to change the salmon to turkey for the week I’m on vacation mainly because it’ll be easier to make for the pet sitter and her ear with the yeast infection is getting better. I appreciate all the responses and advice!

[Jen T]

Thanks for the replies! Since my Westie has yeast issues, we cut out anything that can cause yeast to grow which is why I took out the kibble and all treats. I still don’t know if salmon is okay to give every day until I come back which is in a week? I wanted to do something sort of bland to get rid of the yeast issue.

I do bathe her but not with Malaseb shampoo bra use she likes to lick it off. I use a natural shampoo and then use an apple cider vinegar rinse afterward.

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