A Quick Catch Up

Well the dogs seem pleased to have their daddy back for a while, Heidi is now Conor's shadow again! We haven't made it to any agility this weekend, we didn't get home from the airport until midnight on Thursday so Friday was a no go and if we were doing Dordale this weekend it would have meant a weekend staying at my Mum and Dad's and to be honest neither of us could be bothered with the trip! Instead we have had a nice relaxing weekend at home.

Megan has had a few more trips to the vets, after I took her a few weeks back for her scab which our vet thought was an insect bite, it hadn't shown any signs of improvement, in fact it looked worse so on Wednesday evening I took her back. Our vet then decided it was probably an allergic reaction to the flea treatment I had used (it was a different one to normal as I usually use frontline) which I did say I thought it was the first time we went but he insisted it wasn't.

Anyway to cut a long story short he wanted to give Megan an anesthetic, cut out the scab and stitch it back up. I wasn't in agreement as it seemed an extreme measure to take so I made her an appointment to see a vet at a different practice not too far from us who specialises in dermatology for a second opinion.

She went to see the new vet on Friday who agreed that to cut it out was a bit extreme at this stage and so she had a good look and confirmed it is likely to be a reaction to the flea treatment as it looked like a chemical burn. She has given Megan a dose of steroids and some different antibiotics and after only 2 days it has nearly gone! I'm so pleased that I got a second opinion and didn't just go with what our original vet wanted! Needless to say we have now swapped vets :)