Caution for dog owners
Ladies,
There has been a little discussion about our dogs having allergies to grass, and pollen and the like. Let me advise you too that dogs can be highly allergic to bee/wasp/mud dobber stings.
Sunday evening Bella was poking around in the back yard and unbeknownst to us was stung. Possibly multiple times. We didn't know it though. She came inside and was suddenly very lethargic. A few minutes later Paul called me into the living room in a panic to look at Bella. Her eyes and mouth were swelling to grotesque proportions. We still had no idea what had happened.
Suddenly Bella began vomiting violently and repeatedly like nothing I've ever witnessed in man or beast.
After about two hours the swelling was gone but she was (forgive the pun) sicker than a dog! We spent most of the night cleaning up after her and trying to make her comfortable.
Yesterday morning she was lethargic but by noon was chasing the cats again so we knew she was on the mend.
The vet advised us that Bella obviously does not have a tollerance to whatever stung her and if it ever happened again that we could give her a little benadryl for the swelling but just be sure it isn't an antihistomine that also contains cold medicines too. Just administer a straight antihistomine.
Once her tummy would hold food again I made her a rice and cottage cheese mixture. (you can use plain yogurt too.)
Whew...I know this is long and wordy but we were really terrified for our pup and never dreamed a sting could cause such a reaction. She is fine now but it was a very scarey time.
Jennifer
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Originally Posted by JBgreendawn
