Originally Posted By: trapper2cj, whatever happened to the doc dog?
thanks uphill for the standing pic, like the way that dog looks
Hey Ryan, I guess I have been missing them. Thanks for jumping in Jeff. I guess I didn't see the questions.
Doc was a great dog and I really enjoyed having him around. He was a great hunting partner. I got him from Jeff (Which I think got him from you) and got to put him on a few coyotes during last season but after several visits the vet said keep him from hunting.
They "Tried" several things to find a fix for him. Mange treatments, Skin allergies, Diet changes, and did several other skin tests and injections to build up immunity to what they said was grass allergies. When he passed he was on a cocktail of meds from both the vet and the dermatology clinic out of Memphis. Between weekly injections of Ivermectin, twice daily Atopica, Prednisone, Cephalexin, Ketconazole and fish oil tablets he just wasn't getting any better and I think they gave up on him. He just couldn't take all the medications for so long. He started loosing weight and wouldn't eat, but was always happy to go outside and check traps and run the field.
The vet said that the Atopica skin medicine was a really strong dose and that he just couldn't process it all in conjunction with the other meds. He was just to weak by that time. Actually they think it was kidney failure that actually took him. The Atopica has a side effect much like the Mycotoxin that can kill deer when eating wet, spoiled corn.
I'd do just about anything to have him back and healthy.