 Need help with my itchy dog
Hi Everybody
My wife and I adopted a 1 year old yorkipoo in June of last year. She was not very well taken care of. She wan't house trained, she had a yeast infection in her ears and in her skin, had an umbillical hernia, and was so dirty that we didn't even realize she had white hair on her feet. Anyway she was vomiting, licking her feet, itching terrible, had diariah, and would somtimes be constipated. I did some reading and it appeared to me she had food allergies. So we put her on California Naturals Lamb and Rice food. After 3 months of being on this food there was no difference in her behavior. Durring this period we had been giving her drops on her ears to take care of the infection, but as soon as we stopped using the drops the yeast infection would come back, and the vet said we were going to have to use this continually. I took her back to the vet and he gave me Tamaril. This took care of the ear infection, the yeast infection in her skin, and the majority of her itching. I also switched her over to Prescription Diet Z/D Ultra Non-Allergen food at the same time. Her health improved greatly although the diariah has never completely gone away, the vomiting has. Now within the last couple of months the itching is coming back and she is getting hot spots. I notice her coat isn't shiny, and it seems dry. I took her off the Tamaril last week per the vet, and I don't really like giving her the steroids. So far no ear problems. I started giving her "Missing Link" on Friday so I guess we'll see how that goes. Any other suggestions would be helpfull.
Thanks
Bob |