Ellie the Allergy Dog

Our beloved 3 year old pitbull mix, Ellie, has had bad seasonal allergy issues since she was young. We tried managing them with a variety of drugs, steroids, baths, etc. to no avail. So finally this year we went to a veterinarian dermatologist (yep, they exist) and got her a full allergy test just like humans get with the skin prick test. She did very well and we found she is allergic to a bunch of different weeds and trees as well as dust mites (gotta keep the house clean). And finally wool, so all of you planning on getting her wool christmas sweaters, you'll have to come up with a new plan. So now we have to give her allergy shots every 3 days, sheesh! It's like one of those mastercard commercials. Allergy test for dog: $350 (plus $100 for sedation), Allergy shots for dog: $180 for 2.5 months worth (will get cheaper as we can space shots out), Ellie being able to finally regrow hair on her butt: priceless. Oy, the lengths we go to for our animals!