Considering the sudden jumping up. I would say something bit her. Possibly a spider of some kind. I have beehives and usually, my dogs try chasing the bees, get stung once and leave them alone. Last season, I did a stupid and did something I thought was minor with the dogs in the yard. The bees were less than pleased and, when the dogs started chasing the now, multiple flying targets, my girl was stung several times. Quite a few n her underbelly. I am SO mad that I did that. anyway, she broke out in hives. We immediately gave her Benadryl but the hives were so severe and her breathing became a little labored so we took her to the vet. They gave her a shot and told me to keep up the Benadryl for 24 hours. As a rule of thumb, in an allergic situation (Tovi has a few allergies) you give your Boxer 1 mg of Benadryl per pound of body weight.
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From: boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nana Charlton
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 10:03 PM
To: boxer lovers
Subject: [boxer lovers] had a scare
Wednesday night I came home from work all three boxers were fine. I put them out, brought them in, i was running a little late so I fed them, usually we walk first. I sat on the couch for a bit reading. Gemini was laying at my feet as usual. She jumped up,ran upstairs and right back down. Not at all normal for. A little later I got up to get some tea. She got up to follow me also as usual. I looked at her and her eyes were both swollen shut. She couldn't even see. I called my daughter to come and drive us to the emergency vet and asked her to bring my grandsons saline for his contacts. I called the vet and asked what I could do until I could get her there. By the time my daughter got here Gemini's face looked like a basketball and was just as hard. Poor thing. She was beginning to breath funny through her mouth. I figured it was an allergic reaction to something. Vet took her right in. They gave her IV Benadryl and steroids. After a while her face started to go down and I took her home. Vet said when she came in she looked like an elephant seal, and he was right. He said to keep giving her the benadyl 3 at a time for at least a day every 8 hours. She looks fine now. But I am worried because I don't know what caused it. Nothing ws different, no new food, no new treats I can't prevent it I don't know what caused it
Nana
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