ALLERGIES ARE EVIL.
Seriously. Cynder is scratching and licking and chewing. I bathed her last night and her coat looked great even before bathing. No dandruff, nice and shiny, no excessive shedding. When I blew her out I found three extremely tiny red spots that looked like either a pimple gone wrong or a small bug bite that may have been causing her itchiness, but the rest of her skin looked perfectly healthy and she doesn't even focus on those spots when she scratches.
Abrams has been scratching and chewing, too. His skin and coat also look healthy, and besides one healing spot on his leg (where the skin doesn't look irritated at all) there are no spots of irritation. I don't even know what his boggle is, unless his new adult coat/shedding is making him itchy.
WTH. They're on fish based, grain free foods, their coats look awesome, I bathe them at least once a month in either Allergroom or Allermyl, and they are STILL driving me batty with scratching. They don't have fleas, either, although I haven't put a preventative on them in a few months.
I forgot to give Cynder her Hydroxyzine last night before bed and she woke me up this morning scratching and licking. GAH.
Go away evil environmental triggers. Please, go away. Why do both of my dogs have to be so susceptible to you?
And then poor Gracie is still having problems. My mom lives out in the country and Gracie can't even step outside without breaking out. Mom doesn't really understand how to dose the Temaril-P effectively based on symptoms, but she's trying. She's bought her wipes for her belly and T-shirts to wear when she's outside in the tall grass. She cleared up for a bit, but when I was out there on Friday she was back to having a skin infection again and mom's going to have to start her on another round of antibiotics. So frustrating, especially since she's only 5 years old and I really don't want her to have to stay on steroids for the rest of her life. But she's miserable otherwise. *sigh*