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Hi,
My 7yr. old golden has had unresolvable skin problems most all his life and had a problem with paceing at night also. The vet. prescribed Hydroxyzine 50mg. its equivelent is two 25mg Benadryl (vet. recommended), which can be gotten over the counter and is cheeper. We have used Benadryl regularly going on 4yrs now to put him at ease with his itching. Beside from helping his itching they also make him sleepy and he doesn't pace at night. It has not effected his health in any way. Our golden weighs approx. 73 lbs. so if yours is much smaller you may want to try a smaller dose first, if you decide to give this a try.
We give him two at a time and because his skin problem get worse at intervals of about every other month, we give it to him about twice a week or as needed but just at night. How old is your golden? We have owned 4 goldens, and they all were a bit on the hyper side up until the age of 2 or 3yrs, an then they settled down. I have come to the conclusion that it must be a characteristic of the breed, because all of mine came from different blood lines. If your golden's problem isn't medical that making him act this way, then young age may be a factor. Hope this helped.
What measures have you/your vet taken so far?
Have they done skin scraping to rule out mites?
Worked on allergies and diet changes?
Does he have dry skin? If so have you tried adding oils to his food.
What measures have you/your vet taken so far?
Have they done skin scraping to rule out mites?
Worked on allergies and diet changes?
Does he have dry skin? If so have you tried adding oils to his food.
Its like he came here to give advice but posed as a question.
Either way,drugging a dog ,not cool.
Other options out there.
Benadryl generally does a fair job for itching in dogs but may only work temporarily. It is not usually effective for long term use. The best way to treat your dog is to find out what the cause of your dogs allergies and have her treated appropriately. Try giving your dog raw bones as this is how dogs naturally eat or instead of her regular dog food, try cooked or raw meat and vegetables for 1 to 2 weeks and see if the symptoms stops. While Benadryl relieves dog itching, it won't get rid of your dogs skin condition.
Benadryl generally does a fair job for itching in dogs but may only work temporarily. It is not usually effective for long term use. The best way to treat your dog is to find out what the cause of your dogs allergies and have her treated appropriately. Try giving your dog raw bones as this is how dogs naturally eat or instead of her regular dog food, try cooked or raw meat and vegetables for 1 to 2 weeks and see if the symptoms stops. While Benadryl relieves dog itching, it won't get rid of your dogs skin condition.
Basically all it is doing is masking the problem temporarily, you need to find out what is causing the itching.
I used to give my dog benadryl while traveling for 24 hours.He needed to rest.Vet recommended.
Benadryl dries you out so to use this as an effective answer to a skin condition seems to a catch 22.
Yes,the dog stops itching but hay the drug dries you out and make's you itchier in the long run.
As you said it is only a stop gap measure and not a cure.
I have only just heard of it myself from Alty.
She gave green beans to her dog who was having seizures and it helped/stopped him from having them.
Natural foods are the best way to go where possible.
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