Poor Oscar. He was not happy about his vet visit yesterday.
It was funny . . there were two other dachshunds in there and the vet we saw has a dachshund so he was very understanding about Oscar’s behavior. As we were driving up, a lady was walking in with a piebald/spotted dachshund. He was a darker brown and white and really had some of the same spots on his body that Oscar has. She was in the waiting room with him by the time we walked in. Then, while we were sitting there, a couple came out with a baby and he was colored exactly like Oscar is. That was weird to have three spotted dachshunds at the same time.
We were in the packed waiting room and a couple came in with a giant dog. There was an empty chair next to me and I was holding Oscar. When the man walked my direction with the giant dog, I was hoping he wasn’t going to sit there. He didn’t, he walked outside with the dog and his wife sat down next to me. Oscar was already very nervous and he started growling and showing his teeth at the lady. I turned him to where he couldn’t see her and Vince was talking to him. The lady said “Maybe I WON’T sit here!” I told her he wouldn’t get to her and he didn’t pay any more attention to her.
Oscar did have yeast in his right ear and the vet thinks he may have allergies since he’s had ear issues several times. He wants to get it all cleared up and then do some allergy testing and maybe give him monthly allergy shots. I’m not too much fired up about that plan but we’ll deal with that when it happens. He did get a shot yesterday. He also got his nails trimmed. There’s always more drama than there needs to be when it comes to having those bear claws of his trimmed. I hate that Oscar won’t let me trim his nails.
We came home with meds to put in his ear every day for a week and every other day til that med is gone. Then we’ll start with a cleaning liquid we got from the vet that we use in both ears once a week. He has to go back in three weeks for a check on the ears. He is not going to be happy about that!
Donna in KS says
I will see an ENT next Monday. I hope I come out as well as Oscar did!! I’ll try to be good and not grow at anyone!
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Good luck. Let me know what you find out. I’m betting you get through it without growling! 🙂
Sandi B says
Our rescue English Springer Spaniel had horrib.e recurring ear infections, to the point the vet said surgery to insert was a possible next step. No way was I going to put him through that. I changed his diet to a grain free Limited Ingredient Diet from Natural Balance. His ears cleared up and he never bad a problem again. I know you make their food. I wonder if there’s something he’s allergic to. Poor Oscar.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Oscar is my third dachshund and all of them have had ear issues and I think it’s because the constantly have their noses to the ground looking for a critter to chase or something to eat. Most of the year, the grass is wet/damp in the mornings and at midnight when we go out Their ears are long and floppy and they coop up that moisture and soon . . there’s yeast. In Texas, because it was so dry and the grass didn’t grow well, Speck almost completely stopped having ear issues there.
It could be food allergies but I think it’s more of an issue with moisture in his hears but I’ll watch it. During the middle of the summer when the drought is horrible, our grass won’t be nearly as damp nearly as often and we’ll see how things go.
DebMac says
We had an English Setter that had multiple allergies (food and environmental) and we ended up giving her 2 shots a month from the time she was a year old until she was well over 11. My mother was ill and died and things got hectic and several months go by and we realized that she hadn’t had her shots. Called the vet and she said we needed to redo allergy testing. We ended up moving and didn’t get the testing done. Months later we realized that she hadn’t had any issues so we didn’t bother with the testing and she lived for another 5 years without having any issues from allergies. I would recommend the allergy testing. It isn’t that hard to learn to give the shots. The hard thing is remembering to give them. Darcey had multiple ear infections before the shots but I can’t remember one after we started the injections.