How Much Children Benadryl Do I Give My 11lb Dog?

For an 11 lb dog, you will need to provide 10 mg dosage of Benadryl. This dosage must be provided every 8 hours, any more than this and you should seek advice from your vet. While Benadryl is largely considered a drug for family use, an antihistamine drug that is able to help with hay fever and other allergies, it’s considered rather safe to use for dogs and cats.

Benadryl is also used to stop itching, and hence that’s why it’s so popular amongst dog and cat owners. It can help skin irritation stop just as easy as it can with humans!

Benadryl is also great at being able to control vomiting and motion sickness, as the drug is actually a mild sedative. If your dog experienced agitation, sleepiness, an increased heartbeat, an inability to pass urine, a depression respiration, diarrhoea, vomiting or even a loss of appetite, then you need to get in touch with your vet. Take the pet off the drug and get in touch as soon as possible so you can seek professional advice. 

Be aware that whilst Benadryl can really help dogs and cats, it can have an effect on the pet is it is taking any other kind of medication. It will interact with these meds and should hence not be used without being told by a pet medicine professional that it is safe. Dogs that have glaucoma or a heart disease should not be taking Benadryl, either, if help from a vet has not already been sought.

Never give medication without consulting your veterinarian--this ensures you are using an appropriate medication for your dog's condition and that your dog is healthy enough to tolerate this medication.
The dose of Benadryl in dogs is 1 milligram per pound of body weight given by mouth every 8-12 hours.  Children's Liquid Benadryl is usually found at a concentration of 12.5 milligrams per 5 milliliters.  Your dog's dose is 11 milligrams or  4.4 milliliters given by mouth every 8-12 hours.  Benadryl can cause lethargy and sedation.

I am a Veterinarian Technician. Benadryl IS safe to give to dogs suffering from allergies ( reduces the misery of skin itchiness, redness, nasal discharge and dry cough ). Please make certain allergies ARE the cause of your pets discomfort please. There are other conditions with similar symptoms. As a rule: Small breeds 1/2 a tablet every 12hrs. Place it in a small piece of cheese.

I have a 16 lb. Shih Tzu. I was told by my vet to give her 1 childrens Benadryl per day. Now they are discontinuing the childrens Benadryl so I called the vet and they said just the regular adult Benadryl broken in half would work. I have given these to her for 4 years now with no problems. The childrens version is 12.5 mg per tablet as opposed to the 25mg adult dosage so it would make sense to break it in half. Hope this helps.

The most effective way to reduce the signs and symptoms of allergies and cut back on the benadryl is to be sure you are feeding your dog a high quality diet with little to no chemicals (like ethoxiquin which is a rubber stabilizer) and preservatives and fillers (just to make your dog feel full but eat more to get the nutrition and more food/eating with less actual food in it means more st***), corn which most dogs are extremely allergic to and there's some other scary and sad stuff in many commercial dog foods (that people think are good). A high quality food results in fewer vet bills including those from ear infections, skin problems, paw licking and chewing and other signs of allergies, they live longer, look WAY better (you can see it in their coat, reduced shedding and so much more.
It is not a quick fix and works from the inside out. The switch should be slow (always but higher quality foods can be a little richer since they contain actual food and all) and you should see a noticeable difference by the end of a medium to large bag of food. You will also not have to worry so much when the next recall rolls around (no worry's here). I feed Innova.
Here's a link to a great site with information, ratings, and reviews on several types of dog foods so you can maybe find one you like that's available near you and some links to information on what you may actually be feeding your dog (SCARY and SAD) and an informational site with basic info on many brands and companies including where they are produced which identifies many of the companies involved in recalls. Hope your pup is feeling better soon!
www.dogfoodanalysis.com
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