There are some funny memes floating around of dogs who've been stung by bees, but I can't laugh at poor Arnie because he looks so sad. And then you've got all the venomous spiders in Australia, no wonder you freaked out. I'm very glad to hear that he's on the mend.
Poor lad - glad he's better. I was stung by a wasp in the summer. My arm, neck and face blew up like a balloon. I had to go to a&e and get adrenaline injections
This is what happened to Finn when he was a puppy! He was probably stung by a bee or other insect. After he had anti histamine he was better, but his coat fel out almost completely! I am glad that he is better now! But don't worry if he looses a lot of hair afterwards what has happened to Finn. It will all come back!
Now that Arnie is back to normal, I thought I would share my dog Shadows experience with bees (sadly he passed away last year, but he lived a long happy life). Shadow was a black German Shepard, and unfortunately he had a high prey drive (even with lots of training), the best example of his drive was bees. Every spring we had to keep the lawn short because when the clover would flower we would get lots of bees. Shadow would try to catch the bees, and of cause he would get stung on the nose or mouth, his reaction was to shake his head, let out a huff, sneeze and then attack the bee, if there was another bee he would then go after it, like he was seeking to punish it for the last one stinging him. The first spring our neighbour told us he watched shadow tackle 9 bees one after the next, he laughed saying every time he got stung, but he just doesn't learn. Fortunately it seems Shadow was not allergic to bees, but I like bees so from then on we tried to keep the clover cut when it started to flower.
Poor guy! What a difference between poor Arnie in those photos! It's so good that you had a happy ending to this without too much more worry,
Yeah it worked out ok in the end. Little fella just had a day of pure struggling. We took him to play with my brothers pointer the next day and they both had a blast. My brothers dog must have gotten bitten by something as well, because he had a bald patch on one of his legs, but he is ok and the hair just needs to regrow now
So glad he's back up to snuff. I love the 10pm pic - he looks like he's been down to the pub and had one too many ciders. My rescue pit bull was a magnificent bee catcher. I had a natural hive in my back garden in California, so she got lots of practice. I was always astounded at how she could calmly sit there and watch them buzzing, then SNAP! would go those jaws and she'd gulp them down at one go. Turns out it was a question of practice makes perfect. When I officially adopted her (she started as a foster dog), the shelter sent me her medical file. She had been adopted from the shelter as a puppy and then surrendered as an 8 year old when her owner died. But her owner had kept great records and took great care of her. Turns out she had taken Jodhi to the vet at least five times from getting stung by bees. So I guess by the time she got to me, she had well and truly learned how to eat them without getting stung. I decided she had earned her title of Queen of the Bees, so ended up collecting collars and kerchiefs with bees on them for her to wear. She also loved eating jellyfish on the beach, so maybe she just had a thing for dangerous snacks. Cast iron stomach, by the way, and never caused a bit of harm as she lived to a ripe old 16.
Dexter is rubbish! We don't have bees in Dubai but the flies drive him mad,he's always air snapping at them .....and missing.Then he stalks them and stands practically on point with his nose millimetres away , but he doesn't react to snap until the fly move ......and it's another miss!
We had a nightmare with Bailey back in the summer with him trying to eat bees. High alert at all times to get him away before the jaws closed on the poor bee - luckily enough he was a bit like Dexter with the snap and miss. He did get bitten on the inside of his lip by something that resulted in a hard white lump and a visit to the vet, but it did disappear after two weeks with no ill effects. Hopefully by next summer his fascination with bees will be gone!
