Interesting Dog Science fact

We were concerned about our lab/retriever and took her to the vet thinking she had some kind of earmite or something that was giving her bumps in her ears. But she also had something funky going on with one of her feet. And her tummy sometimes gets a bumpy rash.
Turns out it's allergies. Dogs show allergies through their eyes, ears, and...skin? If they bite at their paws, it's grass. If they bite at the base of their tail, it's fleas. Otherwise it could be food related but that's rare. Apparently it's not uncommon for labs to have grass allergies. (Or was it retrievers?)
Well this is what we learned today anyway. So Muff had her cortisone for doggies shot which will last anywhere from a few months to a year.
Grace will need to write this down in her science journal for her unit study on dogs....maybe we should research and confirm some facts before recording. But then we're off to P.E. at the pool!