A visit to Mr. Vet

Today is Hudson's 3rd day here, and he had his first visit to the vet today. He had some kind of hair loss going on on his back and tail area. We thought it may be allergy related. The vet says he thinks it is a flea allergy, and it's been itching him so bad, he's got "hotspots" all up and down his back. We will fix this by keeping him on a flea preventative year round, he also got a cortisone shot to help with the itchiness. It seems to be helping. Our boy is heartworm negative and got his heartworm preventative today, along with his flea preventative. He will get both once a month. Our boy also has a minor ear infection in one of his ears, most likely due to his weakened immune system caused by the allergies. He has a population of yeast and staph growing in his floppy ear that needs to move it on out! They don't belong in my boy's ear. We will fix them by using an anti-fungal/antibacterial combo ear cream. We will also keep his ears clean and dry to prevent future infections. Lastly, Hudson has tapeworms most likely caused by eating the fleas he had, we fixed them by giving him a shot to make them detach from his intestinal wall. Our boy weighs 56lbs and we want him to gain about 20 lbs. He should be there in no time. He did AMAZING at the vet, was polite to everyone and behaved like the gentleman he is. Our boy will be neutered next month, I haven't told him yet. :) We had a great day with our boy, after the vet visit he enjoyed an evening walk with mom and dad and he had NO accidents in the house and has been doing his business very well outside.