Hair on his chest

Brutus went to the bridge  with hair on his chest .....

                                                 What a handsome boy he was !!!
From the time Brutus was about 20 months old when he starting the beginning of his journey of fighting off allergies. I first noticed it when we had him neutered and microchipped. 

He was allergic to so many things.  Chicken , grains, carpeting , metals, grass , seasonal allergies.
His allergies manifested itself as yeast in his ears and skin, redness, cracking  and swelling in his face. chest, neck and legs and areas of balding in his coat mostly on his sides , legs and stomach. His chest always was the worse.  So many times it was raw and seeping.  The hair on Brutus' chest would come and go. He  did not have a full area  hair on his chest for years.

He lived on predinsone,benadryl pills and a assortment of creams and lotions.  He ate grain free foods.  He wore little boy clothes and the dreaded "cone of shame" to keep him from scratching.

His vet told me of  a medication that would help clear him up but warned it was extremely expensive. $100.00+ per month for possibly 3 months .  My budget has never allowed to me afford that especially with the possible side effects and no guarantee that it would work....


His allergies at its worse , this is his neck and ear. He wore clothes
so that he wouldnt scratch himself raw

How ever when his cancer was diagnosed his vet gave him some Antirobe just in case it wasn't cancer but an infection in the bone  and he said that even if it wasn't an infection it would help with his skin .  It was extremely expensive, over $100.00 for 30 pills but at that point I was willing to pay what I could to give Brutus a fighting chance. It turned out that Brutus did not have a bone infection but indeed was bone cancer and just as the vet said  it cleared his skin issues  right up .... he was clear up to the day he died.

Good day at the park in the grass

Had I truly known that it would have worked then  I would have some how found the extra money. If I totalled all the money that I spent on special diets , antibiotics, benadryl ,special shampoo's, baby clothes, non allergy laundry soap ..the $100.00 for possible 3 months would have been cheaper in the long run  and sooo sooo  much healthier for Brutus...


minimal allergies while playing in the grass ..before he would already be super red and bumpy

But I am thankful that the Antirobe helped Brutus in the end, I am thankful that he didn't have to battle the allergies and cancer at the same time.  I am thankful that he went to heaven with a beautiful  coat and
                                               Soft Silky hair on his chest.

                                                      
to learn more about allergies in dogs please click on Brutus' above .