Oh dear hopefully i can be of some help
Baci came home with ringworm and we didnt know it. He was tested positive after we found a dry spot on his skin. It seemed like dandruff and rough, no hair in the spot but because of all his other hair we didnt see it right away when we bought him.
I, like you, am a neat freak. Especially when i found out how easily this gets transfered. We also have a cat and apparently cats are even more sensitive.
I thought it was the end of the world, but it wasnt.
It took awhile to get rid of. We didnt do the baths though. We have topical treatment and a liquid oral med. What i found though.. which was slowing up the process is when he was first diagnosed when the results came back and he was a puppy, he was only 3.5 lbs. But he was growing every week and we were still giving him the same amount of meds per doctors orders. The liquid medication is based on weight. So if your yorkie is gaining weight, as he should as a puppy, he may not be getting enough medication.
Once we went back to the vet he uped the dose and he stopped growing as fast and it was gone after a month or two.
please dont take him to the groomers!
hope this helps |