Irish setter allergy shots?

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I have an 8 year old Irish setter named Pete. Around 3 he developed severe allergies. We took him to the vet and got special allergy shots for his allergies and it made it hard for him to walk and be couldn't even get in our dodge caravan and its low enough for a toddler to get in. Pete is a good sized dog! We took him off the shots and fed him blue buffalo and used stuff like hot spot and nu stock for the itch and it helped for a while until he still iched like before! So we took him to a different vet a few weeks ago and he gave him a steroid shot and pills for us to give him  15 days after the shot then 1 every other day! 2 days after the shot Pete moped around and yelps in pain if you touch his neck! We though he had the t-bone he stole out of our trash can stuck but we aren't sure! He is very slugging and irritable and tender all over PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

Lizzie · Accepted Answer

If this dog is having such severe reactions to the steroids, you need to tell the vet IMMEDIATELY.  If there is any chance at all that the dog has a steak bone, which can *splinter,* in the digestive tract, cause intense pain, suffering and death, then this dog needs to see a veterinarian NOW.

Did you find out what the dog is allergic to?  Allergies that come and go are often due to pollens.  This would make other treatments *seem* to work for a while, until something else that he is sensitive to started emitting pollen into the air.  Some dogs are allergic to more than one thing.

I'm sorry that there are no veterinarians on Yahoo Answers and the "ask a vet" sites mainly take your money and tell you this: Get your dog to a veterinarian right away.

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