31 May 2013 Honeybun at the vet for his ears allergic reaction

 

Honeybun is allergic to the ear cleaner, his ears are inflamed...
 

Asked the vet to check if he has ear infection just in case, lucky I requested it, he actually does also has ear infection that has nothing to do with the ear cleaner....
 

Wired case according to the vet as I used one of the most gentle ear cleaner available, obviously Honeybun has very very sensitive skin!!!
 

Instructed by the vet, no swimming for at least the next 3 weeks!!!
Drops twice a days for at least 2 weeks!!!
 

Waiting for the Epi-Otic Advance to arrive, hopefully he is not allergic to that or I will have to make my own.

We have water rescue training on the 9th of June, but I can't get his ears wet due to his infection, so we just have to give this one a miss....!!!!!

$200 vet bill, can't claim insurance because it is again under the excess amount...Is time to consider paying a bit more for the premium to reduce the excess...Otherwise I might ended up paying thousands for vet bills but I can never claim anything back!!! ... 

Also discussed with the vet about desexing, he said he gave Honeybun an injections to settle down his allergic reaction, it takes about 10 days for the injection to completely get out of his system, and Honeybun cannot have any operation done when he has an infection, so we have to wait until he recovered from the infection before I can take Honeybun to allergy testing or perform desexing. 

And since Honeybun is soooooo sensitive that he gets allergic reaction from one of the most gentle cleaner (which the vet find it really weird), he will be extra careful with what he uses when he desex Honeybun to avoid any problems.

A friend of mine who is a dog trainer that also has a Newfoundland dog recommended another vet to me that she is very happy with, I contacted that vet and will properly get him to do the desexing for Honeybun. 

Honeybun is a giant dog, very different from a small, medium or large dog, whatever that need to be done, we have to be extremely careful with who we pick, what they use, when to do it, to make sure nothing bad is going to happen. 

Majority of the vets do not have experience with giant dogs, they just treat the giant dogs like any other dogs when they are very different, they wouldn't know what to do if something happen because they won't have enough knowledge to know why it happens, what cause it and therefore wouldn't be able to deal with it in the way that it should be in time, which is very dangerous for the giant dogs. And if they deal with small dogs most of the time and don't really know the breed, it is very hard for them to deal with certain situations. Therefore, I like to only use vets that are recommended by other Newfoundland owners, of course, I have to see them myself. 

I've been to few vets, however, up until today, I still have not find one that I am confident with. They are all very nice vets but they are not experience enough for Newfoundland. Really hope Dr. Bob Cavey is the one so I can stop searching!!!!!