>  Now for your preventive that you use for heartworm/flea sounds like it
 >  would work wonders for my beasties ... the beagle is allergic to just
 >  about everything I give her (it seems that way), and frontline,

Look again,  Classic symptoms of food allergy.  Wheat, corn, or soy likely. 
Shift food to remove them (all if posible but if not, start with wheat
removal).
          xxcarol
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