Comments on: Common Allergies in Labrador Retrievers https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/ All about Labrador Retrievers Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 By: Bonny kellner https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-1062714 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:58:44 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-1062714 In reply to Amanda.

Lea Grace is our 4th lab over 40yrs.. my 1st & 2nd. lived to 15 & 14 yrs…back in the 80’s I wasn’t knowledgeable about dog food. You just bought dog food… they were on kibbles and bits!
3rd lab lived to 11, passed in 2024:( we got a five month old lab. She was perfect up until a year with allergies….then after we had her fixed. and chip inserted, a couple months later she was developing itching, red paws her ear were inflamed. I don’t know if that has a connection to it….I’ve tried natural spray I mix apple cider vinegar with water….that seems to be helping… I keep her paws washed when I bring her in from outside. I removed all the plug-ins in the house… went to a fragrance, free washing soap… hopefully this is just seasonal allergies. I do not want to overload her System with shots and medication….her food is Fromm beef, pork, trout, and lamb, fruits, and vegetables….it’s excellent food….I buy at the holistic store….i live in Tampa, fall is approaching…it does get cool here. Hopefully her allergies will decrease…..

]]> By: Pippa Mattinson https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-1046537 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:38:36 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-1046537 In reply to Lee Slaughter.

Sorry to hear your dog is not well, Lee. It sounds as though he needs to see a vet quite urgently.

]]> By: Lee Slaughter https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-1046535 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:55:23 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-1046535 My Lab, has been off his food for a few days now, and is lethargic (racked with arthritis) and has recently been sick a few times with an orange colour vomit.
He hasnt mooved much for the last 2 days,

]]> By: Tiffany https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-1024849 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 02:11:53 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-1024849 In reply to Shari.

Can you please update how your lab is doing with the food change?

]]> By: Marjorie Heck https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-1014441 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:02:44 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-1014441 In reply to Shari.

I am very curious on how your pup tolerated the food change and if you saw any improvement?

]]> By: Shari https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-1008313 Mon, 01 May 2023 02:27:57 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-1008313 ) Will let all know how it goes]]> Great site Great info
2 year old English Yellow Lab
Itchy since a pup 🙁
On Apoquel 16m x 2 a day
He is 90 lb. I give him oat meal soaks over his coat and rub in, I only wash his bedding with white vinegar, same with my floors
Right on with Vets guessing and sending us for test after tests$$$ with no results. Just switched from Purina pro plan salmon and rice to Venture Alaskan Pollock meal and Pumpkin (if not completely successful will try their bison one) grain free and PEA free
We share an apple a day no skin and his 1/2 c food before bed gets 2 tsp Yogart with the food
Also having my kennel give him shampoo with my allergy shampoo and what hey call a blowout (labs have two coats )
Remove most the shed-able undercoat. Also, labs are very sensitive and react to stress of their owners (more love and appreciate the silly things he does just because he is a lab 💕)

Will let all know how it goes

]]> By: James https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-1006127 Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:22:40 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-1006127 In reply to Veronica A Victor.

Not a miracle drug, as it doesn’t fix the reason for allergy, just blocks signal to itching!
It is argued to be immunosuppressive. An allergy specialist should be able to determine the cause of allergy.

]]> By: Tanya L Stewart https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-985025 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:32:57 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-985025 I have a 11 mo th old lab and her nose and lips are swelling i gave bendryl it went down but came back again

]]> By: Veronica A Victor https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-746744 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:11:29 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-746744 I never thought I would find a miracle drug for my 10 yr. old male yellow lab but going on three years ago while wintering in Fla. I took my pet for a teeth cleaning in Jacksonville where they found the gums growing over the incisors from the drug Riley was on at the time for his allergies that required constant monitoring, blood work every few months and it sometimes just didn’t do the trick Riley then suffering from secondary infections. This was the 4th treatment we had tried until finally the vet’s nurse in Fla. told me about the drug apoquel with no side effects, 1 tablet a day and blood work 1x a year. It is truly for me and which I was now finding out was for other pet owners. After only a month of treating Riley with the miracle drug the manufacturer ran out of supplies. It was only after months back on the old drug with side effects that a dog at University of Penn Vet Hospital went off the apoquel and the doctor at Penn gave it to Riley. What a story, huh ? What we do for our puppies. So besides some seasonal pollen allergies Riley is thriving in the real world thanks to the scientist who discovered apoquel, truly a miracle drug. By the way i saw the first commercial on t.v. couple of weeks ago, maybe you saw it.

]]> By: deb https://www.thelabradorsite.com/common-allergies-in-labrador-retrievers/comment-page-1/#comment-737972 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:38:28 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=11009#comment-737972 i think the rise in allergies has coincided with the rise of highly perfumed laundry[especially] and other household products being used nowadays.it would be worth going fragrance free to rule this out.

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