I was wondering if anyone has any experience on Bee stings in dogs. My Deerhound tried to evict a bee from his bed yesterdy afternoon and was stung, not quite sure where but assumed on the mouth somewhere. He skipped about and was shaking his head from side to side for about 5 minutes. I removed to very angry bee and then checked him out. Then got my vet bible out and read up on bee stings.
He stopped the thrashing about and calmed down, within 10 minutes he was fine. I fed him about 2 hours after and he was fine, if not feeling a little sorry for himself. We got up this morning and after 20 years of owning dogs, I have never seen so much sick in the hallway (thank G*d for wooden flooring) it was everywhere, in his bed, and about 6 huge piles up and down the hall floor. It has taken a good hour to clean thoroughly.
Has anyone else had a dog stung with after effects? After all, they all try and catch flying insects!

Something (we think a bee) stung our girls foot on a walk once. She lay down in the middle of the pavement and refused to move. Dad had to carry her home and put her on her bed but she still wouldn't move and we ended up having to pick up the bed to carry her to the car for the vet (this is the dog that is so afraid of heights and space underneath her she will only cross a 2m wide concrete bridge on her belly). The vet gave her a antihistamine shot and she eventually got brave enough to stand up.. she was fine after that, no vomiting. Maybe your boy had a bit of an allergic reaction to it, or there was a second bee which he swallowed.

I think it was an allergic reaction to the venom in the sting, he only perked up last night, when he heard the word 'walkies'. He has been fine ever since, but I do notice that if he hears a buzz, he looks a bit scared!! It might have done him good, in a funny sort of way, he learnt the hard way.
Also being so hairy, I couldn't find the sting (as the vet bible tells you to) it was impossible to locate, so perhaps the sting staying in him made him worse???

Bee stings you can use a diluted sodium bicabonate and for wasp stings vinegar. I have never had the dog which was stung by a bee. I have had the dog sick straight away with a jelly fish the dog licked it! I hope this helps. Wallace.

I've been told that it is safe to give dogs piriton, have never tried it myself but might be worth keeping in mind

Yes you can give a dog Piriton, I have tried it and the vet has prescribed it as my dogs disturbed a wasp nest one time.

Mine was stung on the nose by a bee when he was about 6 months old. He was terrified and went to hide in the bathroom and wouldn't come out for hours. It must have hurt him a lot being on the nose. He had no physical effect other than shaking/panting out of fear. To this day he is absolutely terrified of bees/wasps and will start panting and shaking. He was even terrified of helicopters for a while (must have thought thay were giant bees). He was stung again recently on the leg and again no physical effects although he practically dragged me across a field running away from the spot where the incident happened.