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Kilmore had the same issues with allergies.  He did the allergy test to find out what he was allergic to, then the shots.  After two years of not really noticing any change we took him off the allergy shots.  We did have him at a Dermatologist due to his ears, and they said if after two years of shots and not noticing a difference then take him off that.  They did mention that there is a allergy shot in the form of a liquid that you squirt in your dogs mouth.  They said sometimes if your dog doesn't respond to the shot that they sometimes respond to this.  I can't say if the liquid works or not.  Also if it's seasonal than you could try Benadryl or Zrytec.  I would check with your vet for the dosage recommend for Sarge.  Hope you find something that helps Sarge with the allergies.

Sarah

I dont have the experience to suggest anything right now, but I would be interested to see what the Bulldog vet says about the Royal Canin food, the general opinion here, and other Bulldog forums is not very favorable for RC.

Welcome to the forum, and we would love to hear more about Sarge and see some pics!~

Royal Canin food is awful and the hypoallergenic is awful too.  The first thing to do is get him on a good grain-free food such as salmon/sweet potato, some of the worst allergies are to the corn, wheat and fillers that they put in crappy foods.  We had a boy that was allergic to grass and every March and April while it was germinating, he would be a bloody mess.  (we live in Phoenix, so our spring is a little early).  We used Tavist for a while and when that stopped working switched to benedryl every 8 hours.  When he was really bad, the vet would give us Temeril P which has a very small dose of Pred in it, that seemed to help him a lot.  Just be sure to not get anything with a D behind the name, decongestants are really bad for our guys.

hello and welcome...my archie had allergies too,altough not severe he did have runny eyes,nose

and the all famous itching under the paws...i tried the kids benadryl also...it worked for sure but make sure

it's ok'd from the vert...i was told too much will cause dry mouth and he might become irritable...

good luck and yes pls take pics!

did he have the allergy testing done? 

Mine has a terrible time too but we believe its seasonal grass also.

A Hepa Air Filter in the house helps him.  Wipe his feet down after he comes inside.

Cleaning the floors - we switched to all natural cleaners.  White vinegar/water.

Hydroxyzine is the same as zyrtec pretty much.  We have our boy on one 10 mg zyrtec (NOT DECONGESTANT JUST REGULAR ZYRTEC) twice a day.

Hope you can get relief!

Sounds like you have gotten some good advice already. And no, most vets are NOT very good nutritionists. You need to get your dog on a good grain free food. Taste of the Wild or similar. Try a salmon variety.

Best wishes to you. 

hi steve and other bully owners. zoe is my 3 year old bully that has allergies since day one, or at least since i brought her home. hers started with GI issues. couldnt keep food in her... yuck is all i have to say. then the itching, bitting, chewing, rubbing and shedding came with benadryl being the answer. took her to the vet to find out she had mange. ugh... treated her for mange with ivermectin which is broke out in hives than an investigational method of a cream btwn the shoulder blades once a week. i am allergic to the benzol peroxide normal treatment. it cleared it up after 3 months but then she was still itching and all the other annoying habits so we continued with benadryl up to 100mg in am and 100mg at night. took her to the doggie dematologist to leave with an answer of bathe her once a week and do super expensive allergy testing which would require her to be off antihistamine for 7 days. my vet found a local lab called specturm labs that tests blood levels of igg and ige. oh my did her results come back... she is allergic to so many things. the hardest things are peanut butter, eggs, fish mix, oats, alfalfa, the grasses, cat hair, dust mites oh and to top if off human hair and dander just to name a few. so we decided to do the allergy shots, which have worked great however we still have itching. we changed dog foods numerous times due to her not liking them but with her long lsit off food allergies we are limited. we did the natural balance sweet potatoe and venison, potatoe and duck, and lamb and rice. the only one she liked was sweet potatoe and venison but she stoped eating it. then she got pancreatitis last christmas so we changed foods again and now have her on california natural something that has no grains, but her coat is thin and dull. we stopped having her take the benadryl and any predisone she was on casue the benadrly stopped working, we tried almost all the antihistamines out there safe for dogs to take. i now am adding flax seeds and a biotin supplment to her dog food, raw carrots, bluebarries, but nothing seems to help. does anyone out there know anything else we can do? i am wondering if i need to switch back to the natural balance.....