My dog isn't getting better after two vet visits. What should I do?

There are a lot of things that could be causing this appearance to the skin, and it may not be easy or cheap to figure it out. I would recommend that you keep working with the vet. Baseline blood work, thyroid hormone, testing for Cushing's disease, skin biopsies, food trials, flea preventatives, etc may be needed.

I know it can be frustrating when the test we run do not always tell us an answer. In the picture her mammary glands are enlarged but this could be due to her being pregnant, having a false pregnancy or even infection in her uterus/ mammary glands. According to her blood work her white blood cells are elevated and she is anemic. I would make sure her uterus is healthy and she does not have any Gastrointestinal parasites. If she truly is 11 months old it is rare for a pyometra (pus filled uterus) to occur but she might of become pregnant/false pregnancy. I would recommend maybe taking her to another vet to get another opinion if she is feeling worse and seems to still be in pain.

Hello there! I'm sorry to hear that Chelsia is sick. She is a beautiful pug! I'd love to be able to help you, but I'm afraid we'll need a bit more information. What is Chelsia being treated for? What kind of treatment is she being given? What would you like us to try to tell you? Please feel free to post another question with this information so that we can try to help you. Thank you!

I'm sorry to hear about all that's been going on with Harper! That's frustrating to see your dog feeling so ill and not be able to get a concrete answer. Has your vet discussed the option of referral to a specialist? It sounds like your vet has been very thorough - I would consider the option of seeing someone boarded in internal medicine. Specialists are typically available through university teaching hospitals, but many specialists work in private practice as well. Your vet should be able to help you find the nearest internist. That would be your best bet to try to reach a diagnosis. Not only do specialists often have access to advanced diagnostics that general practice vets may not have, but specialists will also be most knowledgeable when it comes to the rare conditions that a private practice vet may only see once or twice in their career. I'm sorry I'm not able to give you a better idea of what's going on with Harper - but after seeing 3 vets, hopefully this helps provide you with some direction of where to go next.

Hello. It often takes a bit of time for some infections to clear, but if you are concerned, please have her rechecked as soon as possible. This may be an indication that a new, or another antibiotic needs to be added to her treatment. Another option is to have her re-evaluated at a referral clinic, one that has multiple specialists. Sometimes, it takes a fresh pair of eyes to diagnose a difficult problem. Do not wait to see what happens since she is obviously worse. I hope Ittle is feeling better soon & thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

There is not enough information here for me to properly help you. If a vet, in person, has not been able to help you I don't think us, over the internet without examining the dog or knowing the history, will be able to help you. My recommendation would be to get a second opinion from another vet if your current vet is unable to help you. If he is unresponsive to antibiotic therapy the type of antibiotic may need to be changed or he may need to be on a couple antibiotics at the same time. Not to scare you but cancer is VERY common in Boxers and being that he is older and he is not responding to therapy I would have this a differential diagnosis. I don't know what diagnostic testing has been done (if any) but that is often important. If you don't allow any testing to be done the vet is only doing his/her best to guess what might help. Some things cannot be fixed without testing. Regardless of all that, it sounds like his condition is very serious and that he may be suffering. If nothing can be figured out then you may need to consider humane euthanasia if his quality of life is not good. Of course, you know him best and I am just speculating but you should have that in the back of your mind if treatment is failing to cure him. I am sorry you are going through this. I hope this was helpful. If you have more questions please feel free to ask again. Best wishes.

I am so sorry your pet is so ill. She needs to have some bloodwork done at this point and possible further testing (ie urinalysis +/ x-rays) to try and find the underlying cause for her symptoms. Also another antibiotic may be needed if her infection is not responding to the current one chosen. If bloodwork has already been done then please request a private Consultation with either myself or another expert here for a more in depth conversation as to what the bloodwork results indicate for a second opinion. She may even need to be hospitalized and give IV medications until she is well enough to go home and receive oral medications readily . I do hope that your fur baby Diva is able to make a full and speedy recovery soon! Best wishes and take care.