Allergic reaction? Bite? Had rushed trip to the vet this morning!

[LauraBR]

Was just saying goodbye to my dogs before I left the house for work when I noticed little dogs cheeks were puffed up swollen like a hamster- really swollen!!!!

She seemed fine in herself but taking no chances (swelling bit too close to her throat for comfort) hubbie bundled her into the car and drove her to the vets.

Vet gave her a shot of antihistimine and said she had probably been bitten by some kind of insect or had an allergic reaction to something.

Can't think what could have bitten her to cause such symmetrical swelling? I guess she could have been stung by a wasp but she has been stung before and believe me- the whole street would have known about it the noise she would have made.

No new food, washing powder, or anything else?

V strange... just wondering whether anyone had any similar experiences that might shed some light?

Shes loads better now by the way- the injection seemed to do the trick, brought the swelling down really quickly.

 

[SilverSkye]

Had something similar with my dog we had been to my parents in the day and i had some strawberries gave one to the dog without even thinking twice and she chewed it and spat it out next morning when we got up her whole head was swollen up she could barely open her eyes and her jowles seemed to be about an inch thick! we rushed her into the vet and he gave her anti histamine jab and steroid jab and a 3 day course of prednistarone ( steroids i think ) only thing we can link it to is the strawberries and within the day she was back to normal never happened since and that was about a year ago.
Edited to add -- hope your doggy gets better as quickly as mine did!!

 

[LauraBR]

She is loads better thank you- can hardly see it now. After her injection the swelling went down really quickly

Just wish I had an idea what caused it... definitely no strawberries about

at least it's not too hard to keep your dog away from strawberries!?