Re: Instant Review: Vet Check-up

"Rocky" <3dogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Fri9AEB8DC338CAaustralianshepherdca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

My vet looked Benadryl up for me in one of his books.
Apparently dogs can take twice the dose per kg than humans can.

Yep. My vet said that it's not so much that they have a higher tolerance, as that they are more resistant to it than we are.

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