by Anna Soininen | 2013, Jul, Thu | HILMA - SA & more |
Luckily no dramatic changes Summer is turning soon to autumn and our life with Hilma’s SA has luckily not had any dramatic changes. Medication On 10th of June I forgot to give Hilma her Atopica-pills, so I decided to try to cut-down the dosage to 200 mg five...
by Charlotte Steneloo | 2013, Jul, Mon | MANUEL - SA & more |
He seldom did prior to SA I guess the current coat allows that. Anybody else who have experienced the same? He has also started to use the dog-beds we bought for him. I guess he was too warm before, and preferred the cool...
by Charlotte Steneloo | 2013, Jul, Fri | MANUEL - SA & more |
Wired-haired Akita Now Manuel is a wired-/short-haired Akita with some minimum of under coat actually growing out. His belly looks like a puppy-belly since one can see the spotted skin but the coat is growing also there. The best way of noticing the difference is to...
by Charlotte Steneloo | 2013, Jun, Thu | MANUEL - SA & more |
…and repeat We have tried a variation of “treatments” and aids for Manuel. So far this seems to work the best for him. The skin Keep the affected skin (inflammation, SA-in an aggressive state) clean from bacteria/fungus using chlorhexidine. If...
by Charlotte Steneloo | 2013, Jun, Wed | MANUEL - SA & more |
Status June 2013 As usual he eats loads and loads of food at the end of the shedding period. Long before he got SA we always added extra vitamins and minerals to his food during this period as we saw the shedding is tough on a dog. Feelings of grief but also anger The...