Swollen face

[Mich]

Hope he is ok Gill.

This reminds me a little of Miche's thread, where Mikey or Herbie (sorry Miche I forget which one now ) had had some swelling and had felt really off colour, think he had been sick too actually.

I said in that thread that Bails had had something very similar the week before and we had popped him to the vets and our vet had said that she had seen an unusual number of dogs being brought in with this sort of thing - swelling around the ears and mouth.  She said she assumed it was a type of pollen causing a reaction.

Gave Bails piriton for a few days and it worked for him.

[*Jay*]

My little man has been to the vet and had to get 2 steroid injections. Luckily the swelling came back in time for the appt so that I didn't feel like a complete fraud He got a short acting steroid that will last for 24 hours and a long acting one that will cover him for 3 days. That should stop it coming and going as it has been. The vet did agree that it was most probably a sting but going by last nights reaction, I have to keep a close eye on him for the next day or two incase it happens again and his breathing gets impaired.

I got told off about his weight again He said that he was chubby at the moment but when he comes in for his booster in February, he will be FAT He is sooo not overweight but you do start to get a bit paranoid when its the second person to tell you so 

[MrsMac]

So glad he's ok  The diet starts tomorrow 

[Mary P]

Glad things are going well for him!!

[Silver Surfer (indiesnan)]

How is he today Gill, has the swelling gone down?

[Mary]

Let's hope the steroids wprk Gill and that Aspen has no more problems   My neighbours Boxer has a swollen face at the moment too and is off to the vets today if there is no change, sounds like it's not uncommon at the moment

What is it with vets and cockers weight

[*Jay*]

His face is pretty much back to normal, there is just one slightly puffy area on teh side of his face but he is much improved

[Pammy]

Great news Gill. Hope it was just a one off or you'll have to rename him Joihn Merrick

[Lumi]

We've had a couple of incidences.
When Dyl was stung on the mouth it was just one side of his face that swelled but one evening his face flared up with loads of little bumps. It's the only time he's been allowed to sleep in our room as we wanted to keep an eye on him and his breathing. Got up a couple of times in the night with him and all the small bumps had merged into one large on and he looked like a bull terrier.
The vet, who thought it might have been a plant - couldn't see anything to suggest something else - gave him a jab of something and he slept like a log for hours & hours.

Glad to hear your boy's getting over it.