Janet
My 4yr old Standard, Zeus, was born itching, chewing, with goopy ears & eyes and perpetual GI issues. With valuable info from this forum I made the scary leap of saying "no" to traditional methods of health-care, over use of pharmaceuticals and vaccinations for my loved animal. Informed decisions are a little less scary now. After reading Vital Animal I switched to raw, stopped Trifexis, refused Bordetella vaccines. GI issues were gone within the first week of feeding raw but he remained chewy, itchy, goopy (less so however). I found Dr. Dodd's food allergy kit (about the same $ as a vet visit) and eliminated offending foods. Another improvement in all symptoms but during high pollen season he still goes crazy. Spent $1000 for environmental matter test (surprise: he's allergic to A LOT of grasses and plants around us) and antigen blend. This all worked wonders....until high allergy season. Benadryl only made him sleepy and was a temporary fix. I succumbed to Cytopoint. One shot was a magic bullet - that was 3 months ago and we're through the season. Hopefully that handles the problem and the poor guy is out of his misery. We will continue with homeopathy but Cytopoint did get us through a spot that would otherwise be a miserable way to spend every hour of a day.