They do. Most of the time, it will be spring and fall, but some animals also have problems all year long....
Search
Doctor Answer
For sure. We have dogs that I would notice in their chart that every September, they come in....
Doctor Answer
Extremely common. Especially here in Fort Worth, Texas, we see allergies on a daily basis....
Doctor Answer
One of the most important things is to keep them in a quiet, less stressful environment. You staying calm will help them stay calm....
Doctor Answer
Yes, that depends on the type of procedure we're doing....
Doctor Answer
Most of the time, it's going to be scratching, shaking their head, and discomfort as far as their skin or ears go, and those areas will also have r...
Doctor Answer
Absolutely. That is actually the most common allergy we see when dealing with skin allergies in dogs....
Doctor Answer
The most common symptom in dogs is chewing on their feet, scratching at their bodies or their ears, shaking their heads, licking their rear ends, a...
Doctor Answer
We don't take anesthesia risk lightly, so we would only recommend that if necessary, and that might be in the procedures that we talked about, whet...
Doctor Answer
The most common would either be injectable, where we give an injection in the vein, or inhalant, general anesthesia, where they are intubated.
...
Doctor Answer
Of course, I don't know human medicine that well. But human allergies are mainly of the inhalant variety....
Doctor Answer
We mentioned itching being the most common thing we see....
Doctor Answer
I think that the breathing rate is a big one. You want to make sure the dog isn’t having any difficulty or labored breathing....
Doctor Answer
What we call our pre-medication has pain management in it....
Doctor Answer
A contact allergy is whenever your dog touches something that they have an allergic reaction to....
Doctor Answer
I'm not a human doctor, but the biggest difference is that when we think of allergies in humans, we think of sinus problems and pollens, among othe...
Doctor Answer
Contact allergies refer to the primary allergies that dogs have when they're walking around or laying down in your house....
Doctor Answer
We perform a physical exam on all our patients before they undergo sedation or anesthesia....
Doctor Answer
Contact allergies are things that a dog comes into contact with within the environment that triggers a certain reaction....
Doctor Answer
Again, depending on the type of procedure, I generally tell owners not to feed them immediately when they go home....