Our JRTx 11 month old puppy, who is into everything, was bounding about in the garden earlier. After a minute I had a suspicion she was jumping around over a bee, so I called her in and thought no more of it.
10 minutes or so later she was scratching wildly, non stop. I said "Poppy, what is the matter with you?" and as she turned to face me I noticed around her eyes was bright red and her face was all swollen up.
We rushed her to the vets who gave her antihistamine and steroid injections. She is now laid beside me asleep, very sorry for herself, face still all swollen. I am keeping an eye on her breathing. :( Keep your fingers crossed for us...
Thing is, I know that given the chance she will do it again. Any advice on what we could do in the future? Is human antihistamine syrup OK for dogs (if we calculate weight) so we coud act quicker next time? Anyone else had trouble with bees? At least Poppy's "leave it" command is pretty good, but by the time I noticed it was obviously too late. :(