Dermatology tools
built for your exam room
The AxiDerm™ Suite is a growing library of interactive, evidence-based clinical tools — algorithms, frameworks, selectors, and visualizations built on the Inflammation First™ methodology. Designed for real-time use, right alongside your patient.
Built for Efficiency
Most tools deliver patient-specific recommendations within 90 seconds. They are designed for real-time use.
Specialist Logic
Every tool is built on the same clinical frameworks that I use in referral practice as a DACVD®. Crushing the ivory tower.
Owner Education, Built In.
Explaining allergic disease to owners is one of the most consistent frustrations in general practice. These visuals really help.
There Is Nothing Else Like This
Every tool in this suite is here because a veterianrian - like you - asked for it.
I've been teaching veterinarians about allergic dogs since 2021.
I know what you're asking for, what you're missing, and where you get stuck.
This suite is the answer to that.
If you see allergic dogs, there's something here for you.
Otic AxiDerm™
The #1 request and it's free. This is a visual medication selector that maps every ear medication across bacterial spectrum and yeast coverage — so you can efficiently match the ideal topical to your patient and their cytology.
Pyoderma Decision Tool
Antibiotic selection recommendations based on infection depth, severity, and new ISCAID guidelines — so your choices are defensible, stewardship-minded, and matched to what you're actually seeing.
Medication AxiDerm™
The most useful tool in the suite — and it's free. Map every major CAD medication across itch and inflammation so you can match the drug to the patient. Use it to make the decision, then turn the screen around and show the owner why it's the right one.
Allergen Testing Checkpoint
Not every allergic dog is a candidate for allergen testing — and testing at the wrong time wastes everyone's resources. This tool walks through the clinical criteria so you can make that call with confidence.
Diet Trial Readiness Test
We all complain about owners and diet trials. This tool helps you assess owner readiness before you prescribe — so you're not setting up a trial that won't happen, be done right, or help you reach an accurate diagnosis.
Otic AxiDerm™
Limited Time: Free Access!
- Every ear medication mapped by bacterial spectrum and yeast coverage
- Match the drug to what's on their cytology in an efficient and targeted way
- Complements Inflammation First™
Tools Can Help
Built for the
veterinarian
who sees
everything
Allergic dogs are some of the most complex, time-consuming cases in small animal practice. The medications are confusing. The owner conversations are exhausting. The recurrence is demoralizing. And most of us were never adequately trained to handle the volume we actually see.
Every tool in this suite exists to close that gap — not by simplifying the medicine, but by organizing it in a way that travels outside the specialty clinic. These are the frameworks I reach for every single day. Primary care, urgent care, emergency medicine.
Now they're yours.
How it Works
Turn complex decision-making into a simple 4-step process.
01
Log In
Access the full suite from any device, anywhere.
02
Pick your Tool
Choose from the menu based on what's in front of you.
03
Get your Answer
Input what you're seeing, get answers right away.
04
Help your Patient
Everyone has a plan, including the allergic dog in front of you.
I can't imagine seeing an allergic dog without this
I built these tools because I needed them myself — to solve actual problems, in actual practice. Here's why they're different from anything you have seen or used before.
No Patient Data. Ever.
Nothing you input is stored, tracked, or tied to a patient record. Use it freely, without compliance concerns.
No Industry Influence
Every recommendation, every framework, every axis was designed by a DACVD® with 10+ years in referral practice. Built on my own time, with my own expertise, and zero industry funding.
Always Current
As guidelines evolve and new medications enter the market, the tools are updated. You're not working from a textbook frozen in 2019.
About
Dr. Meagan Painter
Board-Certified Veterinary Dermatologist®
I'm in the exam room 30+ hours a week seeing the same cases that you see. I also moonlight as a course creator, tool builder, and apparently a person who spends her weekends coding dermatology frameworks instead of relaxing like a normal human.
I started The Allergic Dog™ in 2021 because the education didn't exist like I thought it should. Now, in 2026, The AxiDerm™ Suite exists because I saw the needs.
Both were built on the same premise: veterinarians deserve better resources, and I have the expertise to build them.
10+
Years Experience
ACVD
Board Certified
You're in Good Company
Over 2,000 veterinary professionals trust The Allergic Dog™ for practical, evidence-based dermatology. The AxiDerm™ Suite is everyone's next step.
