Hello My Name Is Namie

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my new blog MyDogNamie. This is just a place I'm going to share anything that has to do with my first dog, Namie. I've had Namie since she was a puppy, and love her like a child. Namie is now about 3 years old.

Last week we took Namie to the vet because she had been itching her hind quarters and belly a lot. I had noticed her scratching for a few days and decided she needed to be checked out. The vet told us that she was having an allergic reaction to a flea bite. She said she didn't find any fleas on her, but with the symptoms she had it was almost certainly an allergy to a flea bite. So she prescribed some steroids and recommended that we buy her some anti-flea medication. The flea medication we got was Comfortis, and it is given once a month and is supposed to begin killing any fleas on the dog within hours of the first dose. I will be looking online to see if I can get a better deal then the $98.00 I was charged for a 6 month supply (Dosage was for dogs up to 120lbs). After the first dose of steroids, Namie was much calmer, and stopped scratching almost completely. I think these steroids are wonder drugs. Namie is much less energetic, and isn't scratching herself bald any more. I have noticed it makes her very thirsty, but other then that it seems to have done the trick.

That's all for this post, but I'll be sure to keep everyone posted on what I find for the anti-flea medication deals.