it sounds like you are getting great advice from all the people here. something to keep in mind tho, if you switch everything at once you will not know what is causing the problem.
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Originally Posted by GINAROD   Please help me, I have a Yorkie 18 months old, he has very dry skin and he is scratching a lot.
i have taken him to 2 different vets, with no good results.
first he was misdiagnosed with food allergies by the first one, the second one told me he was too young for food allergies at that time he was 8 months old
Then I took him back and he was diagnose with allergies to flees, he hardly gets them, since he is most of the time inside, and we spray the yard every day with Down dish soap, since I stop applying the flee medication to him, because he got like pimples en the skin 2 times right after applying to him |
It is possible for him to have food allergies, even at 8 months old. He could also have a flea allergy which is common. You need a product to keep the fleas off. you said he hardly gets them, so i assume that he does get fleas sometimes? I've never heard that spraying the yard with dawn dish soap prevents fleas. the soap & water dries up withing minutes so how does this keep them away? You should get a flea medication from your vet. Depending on which it is you can apply half the tube instead of the whole thing, which is what most of us do here. I use Sentinel for heartworms and flea larvae, and Frontline Top Spot for adult fleas and ticks. There are other flea products out there that are good as well (advantage, comfortis, etc). The Frontline does not act as a magnet. it does not attract fleas.
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Originally Posted by GINAROD The shampoo name is: ALLERMILL |
This shampoo is for allergies and is a good one. You do have to buy it from your vet. If you wanted to try something else not from your vet you can get a hypoallergenic one, or one with aloe or Neem oil.
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Yes I give him benadryl for children 8 ml, the vet told me to give him that dosage 4 times a day, I give him only 2 times a day, it makes him yeon a lot.
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Benedryl is not suppose to be given more then 3 times a day. Its suppose to be given every 8 hours. why your vet told you otherwise i do not know. its dosed at 1mg per pound of body weight. Personally i wouldn't give this to him anymore until you figure out the problem.
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He is taking this food: Life's Abundance, Premium Health Food for puppies & adult Dogs. He doesn't like it
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This is a good food. Other good foods are Wellness, solid gold, and innova
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also combine with Beneful Healthy radiance for shiny coat & healthy skin
with real Salmon & Wholesome Rice, Accented with Vitamin-Rich Vegetables
but he picks from the pallets and eats more of the Beneful.
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Beneful has been known to cause illness and allergies in dogs. It is not a good food at all. i'd stop feeding thing all together and just give him the Life's Abundance. Your pup may not be eating the life's abundace because he is holding out for the beneful wet food. don't give him that option.
Most of us here bath once a week as well. it is a myth that bathing once a week drys out the skin.
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Originally Posted by GINAROD he gets flax seed oil and mega 3 oil. |
Dogs generally cannot process plant products so the flax seed oil might be causing a problem. Fish oil is processed better since its animal based.
my 2 cents.
