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Okay, you know what, let's try some more realistic options
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Might be time to finally stop procrastinating with regards to shaving my dog.
At least, I'm assuming this is my dog...
Where is the option for tribble
Yes, look, I am aware I made a grievous error and it won't let me edit!
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Because someone's cytopointe wore off, and because that someone chewed herself an enormous hotspot today, she will now be wearing the shirt of shame until probably at least Friday of next week. The soonest her vet could get her in is this upcoming Tuesday.
She is extremely upset about this. But this is also a perfect example of why I almost euthanized her when she was 3 years old for quality of life issues. For an entire year while we desperately hoped for apoquel to come back on the market Alyssum had to wear an e-collar, a t-shirt, and socks tied to all 4 feet, 24 hours a day, every day. Environmental allergies are no joke.
Hang in there, Alyssum, help is coming.
Ooooh yeah, I adopted Yvaine pre-Apoquel, and we really struggled with her environmental allergies until Apoquel suddenly appeared, and was the most magical thing that had ever happened in her life. (It would have been great if Cytopointe were similarly effective.)
The worst struggle was during the month she went off antihistamines and steroids entirely, for her allergy skin test. Trying to keep her from clawing and biting herself bloody was challenging. I started with jammies and socks, which worked for about three days, but every day she got worse.
I eventually added longer legs to the jammies, thick fleece socks (several sets, because they came off or wore through or she chewed through them), and added snaps to the socks and legs of the jammies to hold the socks on.
She also got daily baths of one kind of soothing stuff or another, none of which helped. Two weeks in she developed an ear infection, which happened absolutely every time her allergy meds failed throughout her life.
She was miserable for every second, and I was so relieved when I could give her back her meds.