My sweet doggy, Marlon

I got home Monday afternoon and went about my normal after work routine. While I was in the bathroom, Marlon (my little 3 year old weenie dog) came in and I noticed something weird on his little body. My head was kind of feeling funny, so honestly I thought I was seeing things or something. You know when you have those weird moments where you feel completely disoriented? Anyway, I took a few more looks and noticed he had huge welts all over his chest and armpits. I immediately started shaking because it scared me! I had never seen anything like this before. I called my husband and told him something was wrong and I decided to go ahead and take him to the ER (since his normal vet office was already closed). They told me he had hives and had an allergic reaction to something outside or possibly a bug bite or sting. So he got 2 shots and they thankfully went down by the next morning. I went in to work late so that I could monitor him some and make sure he wasn't acting weird and to also give him some children's benedryl. Well, after getting better he woke me up this morning with them all over his poor body again. I had to call in to work, that I was going to be late again, and took him to get another shot. He has been pretty sleepy today, but the bumps are slowly going away again. I have to give him benedryl twice a day for a few days to hopefully keep them from coming back. I feel so bad for Marlon! He has been through a lot and I am sure it cannot be comfortable to have hives all your body! The only thing I can think of that he could be reacting to is that we had our yard sprayed a couple weeks ago. I wouldn't think it would irritate him so much later, but who knows! Hopefully he will be all better soon and not have to worry about getting hives anymore!