Hobbit

Okay, this just be me....but I think Dogo forum was down this time to make some changes. Changes like: I couldn't reply to a thread unless I was a member!!! So, I membered up.

Newfie --- was your dog always allergic to stuff or did he seem to develope this one day? Scooter was the picture of health, then she was bitten by a Copperhead snake, then shortly after that her health started declining and the allergy(ies) started. The vet is scratching his head --- ALL of her tests are normal. We are trying a more natural approach now, since she has been on Prednisone for so long. With allergies, the scratching starts, this irritates the skin and can cause sores then, along comes a Staph infection (it's common). It just seems like a no-win situation!

After re-reading my post :o ....it sounded like I meant that I didn't believe that a dog would accidently bite the master. That is not what I meant, I DO believe that they will. I KNOW some dogs do re-direct aggression, because they are so mad and frustrated they tend to have tunnel vision and when you grab them, they bite before they look, because they instinctly think that it's another dog trying to grab them ----- and I still have the scars to prove that! Puppies don't usually do this, it's usually the adults.

Little baby socks work fine with the feet cut out. I just spray the sock with some bitter apple to keep the dog from chewing the sock off. The Hydrocortizone creme sounds like an idea to me! Some dogs really respond to it, some don't. We have one that doesn't respond to it. We have an older heeler that developed an allergy last summer. We, as well as our vet, have tried everything, Prednisone, Dexamethasone, Hydrocortizone creme, Benedryl, other brand of antihistimines, dips, baths etc... ---- none of them have worked. We are still trying different things. She is much better this year than she was last year. This year we are bathing her in an Oatmeal shampoo with Tea Tree oil added. It seems to alleve the itching for about 2 days.

[quote name='K']There are some out there who still believe no matter how wound up thier dog is it will know not to attack them in the process of attacking somebody/something else....does anyone here hold any belief in that???[/quote] That is "Redirected Aggression". No belief in that whatsoever, and I have the scars to prove it!!