Dog allergies

Dog Allergies and what you can do to make your dog more comfortable

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

March 5, 2009 at 5:49 am · Filed under dog allergies and tagged:

Today while I was at the pet store, sampling different dog foods, I met a wonderful dog, the Soft Coated
Wheaten Terrier.

This terriers is very soft of coat with a short upright tail.  A rather large terrier, about 45 pounds and filled with love.  This terrier is very good for people with allergies to dog dander.

This lovely and sweet dog is perfect in every way

This lovely and sweet dog is perfect in every way

But like most terriers, they do get allergies.  Ear infections, yeast infections, itching and scratching.  You have to careful what you feed most terriers.  Like most pure bred dogs, inbreeding has doubled the chances of this dog be susceptable to allergies.

I got down on my knees to meet this wonderful Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier.  She was sweet and loving and a wonderful mid size dog for people that are susceptable to allergies or have allergies.

If you don’t like the look or the clip on this terrier you can clip him differently.  I don’t like the way the beard looks in the picture but the terrier I saw today had a more rounded clip around the face and she looked very cute with this cut.  It’s your dog.  Don’t be afraid with clipping your dog a little differently.

4 Comments »

  Bridget Casas wrote @ March 31, 2009 at 3:12 am

I have two of these wonderful dogs and I totally love them. My female is about 38# and the male is 42#. They do need to be trained and socialized. If you get one, you will not be sorry!

Reply
  lplatzeck wrote @ April 11, 2009 at 7:05 am

I believe you! The Wheaten Terrier I met was the nicest dog, at first I thought it was a Bearded Collie because of the cut. But I asked about the dog with a soft coat the color of straw and was told she had major allergies.

Her master was buying dog food for allergies as was I.

It seems like a lot of terriers have allergies.

I hope I get many remarks about your terriers and the allergies you have to deal with.

Thanks!

Lorri

Reply
  Bev wrote @ September 15, 2009 at 11:10 pm

I have a soft coated wheaten and the allergy’s he suffers are unbelievable. We have done the shots , atopica , you name name it we have done it. It still continues the cost finally got to us and now we are trying to find a way of treating him ourselves but to no avail. He suffers with the itching and licking and it hurts us to see Cody suffer like that but the economy has hurt us and I am at the point that I just want to give him up but we love him too much anybody out thereplease help us for some answers??? Cody has been with us for six years he is so lovable we just want him well but the money is an issue.

Reply
  lplatzeck wrote @ September 21, 2009 at 7:14 am

I know what you mean. Cost is very much on mind right now. I have stopped taking my dog to the vet and have worked out my own diet for him.
He has improved so much it’s amazing. Now I’m able to sleep through the night without my dog waking me up so that I can hold him while he vomit. He paws at me and I take him into the kitchen so that he can vomit on the kitchen floor where he knows it’s OK to be sick. He’s a pretty special animal. I’ve never had a dog so smart as he is.

Stop the shots. They do no good. A vet is there to make money. I’m totally jaded about vets now. I’ve tried lots of kibble for dog allergies and I list them on my website. They have a money back guarantee so I keep taking the bags back if they don’t work out. I also feed my dog some of the food that I eat. Especially Broccoli, chicken breast, Cauliflower and potatoes.

Mites and Mange is very hard to treat and they must be shaved so that you can see what you are dealing with. I just met a Wheaten Terrier and they have lots of coat. Shave him down so that you can see what is going on with the coat. Wash him really well, get rid of any fleas and see if he improves.

Write back. Don’t give up on him. I’ve had my dog for almost 11 years and this is the first time he has done this well in all those years and thousands of dollars I spent at the vet and their “Special food” for dog allergies.

When you shave him down if he has sores that have puss under a scab that spreads (like poison oak spreads) it might be a staph infection. I’m dealing with one right now with my female dog. She has given it to my male dog but his body seems to be able to handle it better than her body.

Also try probotics (yogurt) to strengthen the immune system…

Good luck

Lorri

I’ll bet you can afford some potatoes and chicken. I go and get chicken without hormones and vary the diet with cottage cheese, cream of wheat, Innova Kibble and if I have some food leftover that I know will not bother him, I give him some of that also.

What I would do is shave your dog down to the skin. Find out what the condition of the skin is. Cody may not have food allergies but mites or allergies to fleas. Spooky has terrible allergies to fleas. So I shave him down so that I can find the itchy spots and treat them with a soothing medicated oatmeal shampoo. You can also give him some Benadryl to help with the ichyness.

Reply

Your comment

HTML-Tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>