Hi, my name is Nadia and I have 3 Yorkies, one of which is my 12 year old boy "Toy", I've had him since he was 5 weeks old and he started to exhibit the same exact skin problems/smell you are describing at a fairly young age! No Vet was ever able to help him, make him better or even diagnose him correctly! I, too was told that he was an allergic dog that just couldn't be helped and we had to live with it! 10 years passed and I have spent literally thousands of dollars on Vet/Specialist bills, many different prescription pills and shots, shampoos/sprays, insanely expensive allergy therapy, many brands of foods including elimination diet. I also paid for allergy testing and they came back with either different results each time or it was inconclusive! Per advise from the Vets I purchased special filters and air purifiers for the house, tore out carpets....
You name it, I have done it in a desperate attempt to help my beloved boy!!! A year and a half ago, I was at my witts end as Toy scratched himself bloody to the point where I had to wrap up his body with gauze to keep him from tearing his skin off! His stench was unbearable! He didn't want to play, he was aggressive towards people and other animals, all he wanted to do was to lay in a dark cool spot all day and bite himself and he was pretty much bald from hair loss! Even his eyes were cloudy from the yeast and slimy! I could not see him go through that any longer and I sat around crying because I was thinking about what day would be a "good" day to put him to sleep! I decided that I was going to make one last ditch effort to save him and started to research on the internet for answers and boy was I in for the shock of my life! Here are the bad news; the condition never gets any better, just worse until ultimate death! Here are the good news; you CAN get your dog better but you must forget everything your Vets have told you! I know that sounds extreme but I'm telling you that my now 12 year old baby has a new lease on life! He's in better shape than he has ever been in! I have researched this topic extensively and I have found out that this condition is called "Systemic Yeast Infection". It goes beyond just the skin problems! The yeast is in your dog's digestive system, his eyes, ears, even his organs. Why? Because due to an onslaught of invasive yearly booster shots, his immune system has completely shut down, allowing the yeast to take over! No more vaccinations! A sick dog should NEVER be vaccinated in the first place, but Vets will do so anyways, telling you that an unvaccinated dog is at grave risk! Bull! I faithfully shlepped my dog to his yearly booster shots and got everything there was to vaccinate against and each time he got worse! Heartworm/flea preventatives-no more! Those are dangerous pesticides and a sick dog has no business taking those either! The ultimate culprit; the wrong diet! Kibble is bad. Period. It's cooked, processed waste products. Unnatural to dogs which are carnivores by nature! There's a lot more stuff to talk about as there's tons of info to read, but I don't want to bogart this thread. Please feed a prey model diet to your dog, no more kibble or any other kinds of treats that contain any types of grains! You will also need the following shampoo; Chlorhexiderm Max 4%. You can get it here without an RX;
- Maximum ChlorhexiDerm Shampoo 4% #27-364-Z
Keep your dog shaved and wash him every few days until his sores go away (let the suds sit on your dog for 10 minutes before rinsing off) As a final rinse you need to mix a little bit of baking soda with water and rinse your dog with that. In between baths, make a weak solution of apple cider vinegar and water, put it in a spray bottle to spray your dog down with it. NOT in the face! The eyes will burn if you get some in there! Concentrate on the worst parts! Probably the legs and around his privates, the belly.
It will be a several month process but you WILL make your dog better! I've been in your shoes and I know what you're going through! You can pm me and I will give you more info! I can guide you through it all if you'd like! I cannot stress enough that you must STOP feeding your dog anything that has any kind of grains in it! Kibble is notorious for corn, wheat, soy etc. The yeast is a symptom of your dog's immune system shut down! It is NOT allergies or whatever Vets are "guessing".
Here's the thread that I started on prey model and why I'm feeding this way (I'm not alone!)
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...odel-diet.html Btw., my dogs are 10, 5 and 1 1/2 pounds and they all eat whole meaty bones, organs, fish, eggs. All in the raw state and I cannot even put into words what a difference this has made in my dog's health!
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Originally Posted by Michmill  I noticed something different with my male yorkies hair before he was a year old. It has always been thin, very thin, but it got to the point where in order for it to look good I had to keep him shaved down. All but his head of course.... Well from behind his ears to about the middle of his back his skin has began to change colors. He is three yrs old. This skin smells. It has the frito smell and he gets really crusty dry sores all over it. I have been to many vets that say its allergies and nothing can be done. I heard it may be a yeast infection. Any one have any idea? I have added pics to view, I just shaved him down yesterday, he was so misierable. All he does is scratch and scratch and make more sores.... |