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Originally Posted by Franceen  Just wanted to add my thanks to you, dwerten. This is excellent information and I am going to print it out. Tootsy is highly allergic. So far I have found her allergic to lamb, fish, corn and tea tree oil shampoos. I also do not use flea treatments. I feel they are just too toxic for little dogs. I bath her once or twice a week and brush and fine comb her hair every day. She has some bumps near her tail which she has had for months. The vet said it must be a flea allergy, but she does not have fleas. The vet said that you don't always see fleas, but I disagree, as I am very vigilant about checking her skin and hair and I am sure I would find one if they were there. I am going to use a natural flea repellent spray this summer and will see how it goes. I like to keep a cool top on her in summer to protect her from insects and grass seeds, but when I take her for a walk, so many people stop me and say that she should not be wearing clothes in summer. I explain why she is wearing the top, but they remain unconvinced. It drives me crazy!!! The people in the UK are generally anti dressing up dogs for any reason and like to make their feeling known. You probably heard that our RSPCA said that they would prosecute owners who dressed their dogs in clothing that resembled human clothing. Honestly, it really makes me mad - there are more important things to be prosecuting, for heavens sake.
Thanks again for all the very helpful information, dwerten. |
you are so welcome and for dogs with allergies clothes really help as they keep pollens off skin so that is sad where you live they give people a hard time
I hope it helps your baby and you figure out some things that may be going on. Allergies are not fun and it is the worst thing i have dealth with and most frustrating thing
the bumps by the tail could be related to staph did the vet do a skin scraping and has she had a 6 panel thyroid to rule out hypothyroid?