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Am preparing in advance here..

My 8 month old pup is fixated with flys etc and is currently driving me mad chasing them and I would assume it is only a matter of time before he gets stung :mad: - any advice on how to treat so I am prepared ??

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Bee sting - use a credit card to remove the stinger i.e. wipe over the site with the narrow edge. Then treat with bicarbonate of soda.

Wasp sting - treat with vinegar.
 
When our pup last year got stung and her face swelled we took her to the vet and was given Piriton a 1/4 of a tablet. It worked really quickly and shortly after she encountered nettles for the first time, she just ran in there after a rabbit and didnt want to come out. Again a 1/4 tablet of Piriton did the trick and we keep it in our doggy medical kit.
 
Be careful- a friends dog bit a bee and got stung in the mouth- turns out she was allergic, her whole throat swelled up and she couldn't breathe, they had to rush her to the vets- she was fine afterwards though :(
 
Thanks for replies, am trying to be careful as there seems to be a lot of wasps about at the mo, am hoping he will get bored after a while - he is driving me mad chasing flies in the house, found him sitting on window sill earlier grrrrrr:mad:
 
My lurcher is obsessed with catching flys, moths, daddy longlegs, wasps etc. He's been stung a few times but moments later he's jumping off the tractor bucket trying to catch the next one.

Too hot for insect catching today though, he's sleeping under the desk dreaming about catching those pesky cats instead :)
 
we almost lost one of our border terriers kast summer from where he disturbed a underground bee hive and houndreds of them came out and stung him we had to rush him to the vets. so becarful as more and more wasps/bees are set up home in old unuse rabbit holes:cool:
 
Don't give piriton without consulting with vet first. Some breeds can take a bad reaction (collies for one)
 
Don't give piriton without consulting with vet first. Some breeds can take a bad reaction (collies for one).
 
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This was Luka after a sting. His face swelled very quickly, luckily our vet is only 5 minutes away because by the time we got there he was really distressed. He had a steroid injection and Piriton and the swelling went down after a couple of hours. His reaction was quite severe. We were advised to always carry Piriton to give him immediately if it happened again. This picture was taken after his treatment and does not show it at its worst, he was initially more swollen over his nose which made it difficult for him to breathe. Thank goodness it hasn't happened again.
 
ladyearl said:
Don't give piriton without consulting with vet first. Some breeds can take a bad reaction (collies for one).
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He is a collie, so thank you for that bit of advice, my vet is only a couple of mins away so would take him there if he started swelling

StableMum said:
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This was Luka after a sting. His face swelled very quickly, luckily our vet is only 5 minutes away because by the time we got there he was really distressed. He had a steroid injection and Piriton and the swelling went down after a couple of hours. His reaction was quite severe. We were advised to always carry Piriton to give him immediately if it happened again. This picture was taken after his treatment and does not show it at its worst, he was initially more swollen over his nose which made it difficult for him to breathe. Thank goodness it hasn't happened again.
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Poor Luka, I should think he is scared of buzzy things now :eek:
 
Dobiegirl said:
When our pup last year got stung and her face swelled we took her to the vet and was given Piriton a 1/4 of a tablet. It worked really quickly and shortly after she encountered nettles for the first time, she just ran in there after a rabbit and didnt want to come out. Again a 1/4 tablet of Piriton did the trick and we keep it in our doggy medical kit.
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Ditto this: you need to consult your vet tho' to get the dosage right.
 
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