Hi,

Just wandering if anyone has experience of a dogs with grass allergies.  My little girl is suffering terribly at the moment.  She's been a bit itchy twitchy since she's been with me and it has gradually been getting worse.  She came to me at four months and is now 9 months.  She has been on a exclusion diet for about 5 weeks and it hasn't helped.  She's on antihistamines.  She's had advocate and she's still in a mess bless her.  Over the last couple of weeks she's come up in real sore spots and I'm now convinced this is due to grass.  She's much more itchy when she's been out for a run and some of the sore spots have spontaneously started bleeding while she's been in long grass.  She has quite a few around her feet and up her thighs.  Is it possible to have a contact allergy to grass or could it only be and inhalant allergy to grass pollen?  It's just odd the way they have started bleeding when she has been in long grass.  They weren't scabbed over or anything so not like she knocked a scab off and it started bleeding.  They were more like baldy bits that looked a bit irritated. They also get muche reder looking even going into the garden for five mins on short grass.  She's not particularly bothering at the sore spots just generally itchy and irritated.  Any way, for the time being she is being kept off any thing other than very short grass, but even that seems to be affecting her.  She's off for blood tests tomorrow so hopefully that'll shed some light, I really hope it can't be a contact allergy to grass as that would just be a nightmare for the poor girl.

I had a westie bitch who was allergic to grass. Her paws would swell up. It was definitely a contact allergy and when it was raining it got even worse. We had to get rid of all our grass.

I would have never thought a dog would have been allergic to grass!!.

Thanks that's interesting.  I really hope not as it will definitely imact on her life in a big way if she can never be walked on grass :-(

I know a border terrier that's recently been officially diagnosed as being allergic to grass (and certain trees). He's soon to start a course of desensitising injections which will hopefully make his life more comfortable.

That's is definitley something I will opt for if it does turn out to be an allergy to grass.  I know with about 50% it makes a big difference, 25% it makes some difference, and the rest it doesn't seem to have an effect.  I hope it works for the border terrier and my girl should she need it, although am keeping my fingers crossed that it turn out to be something easier to deal with.

I know of a Beardie that had a grass allergy and had desensitising injections every year

mmmm i am wondering if this is what my springer is having ..... allergys. we were scared it was mites but she has been tested and they said it was not that but no one seems to no what it is. hers are bald red patches that look very sore but they on her shoulder area and chest do you think this could be an allergy
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my blue had allergies to timothy grass.cocksfoot ,meadow grass,rye grass.birch tress and beech trees,

with allot more problem to other things
she ear would go like elephant skin black and dark and sore in place this end up on her muzzel as well.

she was on ear drop, all the time and injection,s it did work at time bad in the spring/summer mouth like hay fever in humans,ears moist and damp breeding ground for yeast infection to,but i think there are side affect to much ear drop and the injection,cause another problem in her

That's really helpful everyone thanks.  The vet I saw thought it most unlikley that it was to grass and actually doesn't think it would be an allergy because she's young.  It's the first time I've seen him and I'm not that impressed. I've known plenty of youngsters both canine and feline with allergies so I had to push for the blood tests.  I'm fairly certain it is an allergy, just hoping I'm wrong about what it's to.  Thanks again.

dogs are not born with allergys,age of on set  from 1 year to 3 years old.

can be family history
seasonal.
over active immusystem

get the blood test done to rule it out