Luke

About Luke (Bull terrier) in San Jose

Luke is waiting for you at San Jose Animal Care Center in San Jose, CA 95111. 04/29/26 19:08 Luke's skin continues to improve dramatically on antibiotics, apoquel (Anti-itch), medicated baths and shampoos and hypoallergenic diet. Likely to need apoquel or similar allergy meds daily long term, and hypoallergenic diet long term. Very handleable and friendly but has some medical-related reactivity, particularly around his ears. Rectum remains intact. Diarrhea is improved. He is steadily ganing weight. Still seeking urgent rescue.03/30/26 17:04 Purse string suture remains intact, rectum has not yet re-prolapsed, pt is having firmer stools (fecal score 4-5/7) than on intake. Skin slowly improving on antibitoics and anti-itch medications. 3/13/26Luke is a 4 year castrated pit bull who presented to shelter with a heart murmur, rectal prolapse, chronic uncontrolled skin allergies with secondary infection, and underweight with diarrhea. Diarrhea and weight loss may be related to a chronic gut disease (e.g. food allergy or IBD or other) or unrelated to one another. Luke is in need of urgent rescue to a rescue group financially able to rehabilitate and maintain a severely skin allergic dog. Patient may need dermatology consult, cardiology consultation, and/or internal medicine consult in the future for his various comorbidities.Shelter has replaced rectum with purse string suture on 3/13 and started pt on hypoallergenic diet, steroids, antibiotics for skin. Skin culture was performed to guide antibiotic therapy.