Finally some good news! The PAD result showed that the spleen tumour was benign!!! Manuel will stay with us for years to come!!! Uncommon tumour - on dogs, but not on humans As it seems (which even more confirms my conclusions on the connection to Atopica) - the...
If something can go wrong... We decided that we also would castrate Manuel during the spleen tumour surgery as that would minimise future issues with prostate cysts. We also knew that the outcome of the spleen tumour surgery could be good or very bad - benign or...
Protein leakage So we continued to deliver pee-samples for testing and the results showed protein leakage (read in the coloured box what that means). 21st of March 2016 - 29th of April 2016 Manuel was put on yet another medication for the protein leakage. In addition...
Check-up After several days of daily talks with the vet. giving them updates of how he was doing it was time to bring him back to the animal hospital. In addition to all the medication he now was given for the kidneys, we had also provided urine samples for testing...
Something is very, very, very wrong! The third of March 2016 Manuel was not 100%. He was "off" and did not move in a normal pace and did not want to eat. Even though that could be "normal" for him as well - I just felt something was wrong but did not know what. I...
No worries This summer was really great. We had no issues related to SA or the medication. We went for great walks, met Manuel's best friends and went to the island of Gotland which we all enjoyed so much. This content is written post mortem but the date is set as...
Pains in the abdomen due to Atopica Now and then we noticed that Manuel got stomach pain. As he never picked anything from the ground - any poisoning due to that was outruled. We immediately thought it was in relation to the medication of Atopica. Aproximately 4-5...
Less medication more real food Throughout the years I have gradually gone from dry food/kibbles via various raw food brands - to cooking the food myself for Manuel. It all started when he had an Akita with Atopic Dermatitis staying with us for a period of time. A lot...
Manuel has a very thick coat - belly down From his neck to tail the SA has resulted in many spots without any under-coat. How to protect parts of him When he is active, 90% of his body is no problem. He is by default very warm. When he was full coated he never wanted...
What about itching and scratching? SA as such does not seem to itch but many of the issues caused by SA i.e. secondary issues such as: dry skin (due to SA or just due to shedding) bacteria infection after licking on the dry skin Shedding/dropping coat - in a normal...
Slowly the areas expand. Here you see the low back-area.
The skin condition is more than important! This is really no rocket science! A very dry skin is susceptible to anything that establishes contact This is valid for those dogs (and humans) who by any reason suffer from very dry skin. If your hands are dry, you can...