Lucky you, it could have been worse. My sister's Golden was stung years ago. She ended up at the ER Vet and given a shot of benadryl. We don't know if she was stung in the mouth or on the face, or possibly swallowed the bee and her throat was involved, but her breathing was effected from the amount of swelling. Gotta love benadryl.
Bee attack!
I forgot to mention our bee attack in my thread about our cottage weekend! While we were hiking the new property, we all stopped for a second as we heard this huge humming noise. As the Canadian International Airshow was on in Toronto (2 hours away), they were using the nearby Muskoka airport as a staging airport, and we all looked up to watch for an aircraft overhead.
Next thing we know, it's getting louder and Molson starts jumping around, freaking out, running in circles and trying to bite backwards at his side. I started running after him to look as Jay let out a loud "Oww!" and then I feel this excrutiating pain on my hand - we all got stung by bees!
We started running through the forest to get away from them and when we got far enough from the humming, I stopped to check Molson out. The (now dead) bee was still stuck in his fur so I flicked it off and felt in that area and he had quite a large welt, about 1.5" in diameter and 3/4" high.
We quickly made our way back to the cottage so I could see if the stinger was gone and my mom gave him some Benadryl. The welt went away within 30 minutes and he seems to be fine now, just a little bit itchy in that spot. I put some polysporin on it yesterday and there was no sign of itching this morning.
I'm so thankful that we only ended up with 1 sting each, as, judging by the volume of that humming above us, it could have been a heck of a lot worse!
Just wondering if it's common for dogs to have pretty severe allergies to bee stings? I know Molson's wasn't bad, but it got me thinking that it would probably be wise to carry an epi-pen when I go hiking next time!
Next thing we know, it's getting louder and Molson starts jumping around, freaking out, running in circles and trying to bite backwards at his side. I started running after him to look as Jay let out a loud "Oww!" and then I feel this excrutiating pain on my hand - we all got stung by bees!
We started running through the forest to get away from them and when we got far enough from the humming, I stopped to check Molson out. The (now dead) bee was still stuck in his fur so I flicked it off and felt in that area and he had quite a large welt, about 1.5" in diameter and 3/4" high.
We quickly made our way back to the cottage so I could see if the stinger was gone and my mom gave him some Benadryl. The welt went away within 30 minutes and he seems to be fine now, just a little bit itchy in that spot. I put some polysporin on it yesterday and there was no sign of itching this morning.
I'm so thankful that we only ended up with 1 sting each, as, judging by the volume of that humming above us, it could have been a heck of a lot worse!
Just wondering if it's common for dogs to have pretty severe allergies to bee stings? I know Molson's wasn't bad, but it got me thinking that it would probably be wise to carry an epi-pen when I go hiking next time!
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Ouch!! I've never been stung by a bee (knock wood) so I am always afraid of situations like that - as I have no idea if I'm allergic! I don't think it's common for bee allergies in dogs - I'm pretty sure Bailey has been stung on her nose more than once. (You'd think that would teach her to keep her nose out of strange places! :doh
I don't know what it is with the bees this year, but they were CRAZY at my cottage this year too! Usually it is sand flies, mosquitoes or blackflies that are the annoyances, but this year it was the BEES! YUCK!
I don't know what it is with the bees this year, but they were CRAZY at my cottage this year too! Usually it is sand flies, mosquitoes or blackflies that are the annoyances, but this year it was the BEES! YUCK!
Yeah everyone's saying they have been crazy this year. A coworker of mine said that it's because our winter wasn't cold enough to kill most of the queen bees, so now there are even more queen bees in force, making new ba-bees (haha)!Ouch!! I've never been stung by a bee (knock wood) so I am always afraid of situations like that - as I have no idea if I'm allergic! I don't think it's common for bee allergies in dogs - I'm pretty sure Bailey has been stung on her nose more than once. (You'd think that would teach her to keep her nose out of strange places! :doh
I don't know what it is with the bees this year, but they were CRAZY at my cottage this year too! Usually it is sand flies, mosquitoes or blackflies that are the annoyances, but this year it was the BEES! YUCK!
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