Louie
Green Mountain Pug Rescue
http://www.greenmtnpugrescue.com/
Louie is a 9 yr old owner surrender with severe allergies and diabetes. He was purchased from a pet store at the age of 6 wks old and has had allergies all his life. After years of being on prednisone, he developed diabetes. His owner could not afford to take care of Louie any more and surrendered him to GMPR. Louie also had a very large tumor on his belly and needed to have that removed before we could start other treatments for his allergies. It was a mast cell grade 2 tumor that was removed. After he healed from his surgery, we took him to Cornell to see a dermatologist. He was diagnosed with Atopy, which is environmental and food allergies. He was put on a special diet from the Nutritionist at Cornell of home cooked rabbit and barley, along with supplements. Louie is also on allergy shots which has to be given every two to three weeks. He is also taking Atopica and Zyrtec for his allergies, (the Atopica costs $128.00 a month). He also has to have insulin shots twice a day for his diabetes. Louie just recently went to see an Opthamologist and was diagnosed with severe dry eye and severe pigment in his left eye. He is just about blind in that eye. He has to have geniosoft and tacrolimus in that eye twice a day.