B&B Happy Goats....journal

[Baymule]

You will not offend anyone here whatever you decide. I really think if anyone said anything ugly to you about Missy, they would get a BYH drubbing. We got'cher back.

I truly feel it is cruelty to keep an animal alive at any cost-not only in money, but more importantly-the suffering of the animal. It takes a lot more love and responsibility to do what needs to be done than to keep poking pills and shots at a suffering pet. Many times I've seen them at the vet's office and I wanted to take that poor dog outside and shoot it myself.

BYH is where you come to share your happiness, triumph of winning a show, share births and it is where you come to share your grief, the pain of loss and the hard decisions that have to be made.

 

[Mike CHS]

As always, very well said Bay

 

[greybeard]

You will not offend anyone here whatever you decide. I really think if anyone said anything ugly to you about Missy, they would get a BYH drubbing. We got'cher back.

I truly feel it is cruelty to keep an animal alive at any cost-not only in money, but more importantly-the suffering of the animal. It takes a lot more love and responsibility to do what needs to be done than to keep poking pills and shots at a suffering pet. Many times I've seen them at the vet's office and I wanted to take that poor dog outside and shoot it myself.

BYH is where you come to share your happiness, triumph of winning a show, share births and it is where you come to share your grief, the pain of loss and the hard decisions that have to be made.

With dominion, comes companionship, responsibility, but also angst and heartache.
I have always been of the opinion, that every living thing wants to live just as bad as each of us does, but the tough reality is, we cannot take care of their health needs if we do not take care of our own first or at least concurrent with other's needs. Most of us have seen instances where people sacrificed their own needs and in the end, both they and their charges and companions suffered because of it.

 

[Baymule]

I looked up homeopathic treatment since antibiotics and steroids are not working. In fact, the antibiotics make it worse. Practically all I looked up recommended a carb free diet, I read that as meat and maybe some vegetables. No grains, potatoes.

This link is very good.

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/10_2/features/Canine-Candida-and-Skin-Problems_15899-1.html

https://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2015/06/07/dog-yeast-infection.aspx

https://www.natural-dog-health-remedies.com/dog-yeast-infections.html

 

[Southern by choice]

I am coming into this a bit late, tried to go back and read a bit.... sorry if you have already mentioned this or done this and I am just repeating something you have already tried.
Many moons ago there were only 3 canine dermatologist in the states. I was privileged to know one of them. (Different state)
She was awesome, all the difficult cases I would refer to her. Regular vets would just put dogs on steroids because their limited training they didn't know what else to do. When I managed a vet hosp I let the vet who was also my friend know about this specialist. The clients were then given a choice. Some chose the steroids because they couldn't afford the specialist, but many went to her. The animals that did ended up getting the best treatment, saved money in the end and the dogs had a great quality of life from that point on.

I googled Veterinary dermatologist Florida- I'll post the link but this may be an option.
https://www.acvd.org/tools/locator/locator.asp?ids=16_Find_Dermatologist



Is she spayed?

I will try to pm you later... getting ready to load up a few goats for transport

 

[greybeard]

I truly feel it is cruelty to keep an animal alive at any cost-not only in money, but more importantly-the suffering of the animal. It takes a lot more love and responsibility to do what needs to be done than to keep poking pills and shots at a suffering pet. Many times I've seen them at the vet's office and I wanted to take that poor dog outside and shoot it myself.

Agree

 

[Baymule]

You posting about Missy and having yeast problems has me watching Carson, our puppy. When younger, he scratched furiously, leaving whelps and bloody scratches. He didn't have fleas, I didn't know what was wrong. He stopped being so itchy, but I will keep an eye on him if that returns.

Looks like Missy is entering the realm of spoiled rotten to the bone, pampered pooch! LOL If you can change her diet, clean her up with natural means, then maybe she will have a longer and much happier life with you!

Always keep a meal or two extra in the refrigerator for her in case you forget or get home late sometimes.

 

[Rammy]

Thats why Im going to move my dog over to a raw diet. After watching that documentary on the dog food industry, it totally changed my tune on commercial dog food. I knew a breeder who made her own dog food because of what was in commercial foods. Her dogs coats were so shiny and healthy and and didn't have any of the problems others did on store food. I hope it helps your Missy get better.

 

[Bruce]

and complain because I cook for my dog ...

So just make one meal ... for everyone! If it is good enough for your dog, it should be good enough for you

 

[RollingAcres]

Wait that was dog food? I thought it was meatloaf mix or something...