Quote Originally Posted by PurePit19
. Using Dex can also hurt your dog a great deal, Dex disables the body immune system to fight off infection, so by giving it early, your making it easier for your dog to get a infection. JMO
While this is true about dex and all other corticosteriods (like dex), the immune suppression effects would be due to long term use or high dosage use (like life saving doses after a show), not from a few mg. In that case you would have to wean your dog off of them over a week or so.