BENNIE WAS VERY ILL LAST NIGHT. 5/24/2012.

For no apparent reason The Benster got all sick w/ his allergies last night. They are never doing very well but this was crazy. I took him for a walk and 30 minutes later he looked like this.

His poor little amputated stump. I have some strong steroid pills that I'm only supposed to use when he is really bad. I'm supposed to give him 1/4 of a tablet. That never does any good at all. I gave him 3/4 of a tablet and he FINALLY improved.

These pictures don't seem to show how intense this allergy attack was...we found out he is allergic to Cedar, Mesquite, dust mites, storage mites (whatever THAT is) some grasses etc. etc.

That back foot is always the worst...and it WAS....and he's only got the one back leg. It looked like a damn raw sausage. It's GOTTA hurt. This afternoon Gene and I had an appt. for him w/ Dr. Pharr to begin his allergy shots. She is his Del Rio vet. Dr. Scott is the San Antonio skin specialist. He had mailed the serum to Dr. Pharr and she showed Gene how to give the injections. He will get TINY amounts every 3 days for a number of weeks. Then the doses will get stronger and farther apart. If this doesn't work I just don't know WHAT I'll do. I showed Dr. Pharr these photos and she said "No dog should have to be like that Mary. GIVE him larger doses of that steroid if you have to. Last night was the worst I've seen him in the 5 months that we've been wrestling with this problem. I'm sad and fed up...so is Bennie. And the bill is HUGE. It's not the money that bothers me...it's that NOTHING we've tried so far has helped!!!