I use Coconut oil for my 4... on their food and in the bath, Lol! I've never heard of it causing pancreatitis in a Yorkie, and it's excellent for the coat and skin. You can even dab it on cuts, sores and itchy spots, it's naturally antibiotic, antifungal, antiviral, and antiparasitic.
Seems like in winter with the heater running mine get dry skin too. I tend to leave the conditioner/creme rinse on a few minutes longer in the bath while they get a massage.
I'd look into a dose or two of Revolution... when mine got mites, Peek kept himself up 3 days in a row and broke off most of his coat scratching. Then come to find out, a neighbor's Golden had been itching for over a year... they went through allergy tests and shots, food elimination diets, the whole gambit to no avail.
When I mentioned mites, she got the Revolution from her vet, and the poor dog fell fast asleep (Peek did too when first treated). They were exhausted from all the itching and lack of sleep. The neighbor's DH had a bad recurring case of Scabies... they didn't realize the dog kept passing them back to him. Once the dog was treated, her DH got treated at his doc's, and it never came back.
My vet said the dogs probably picked it up in the damp leaves on the road that passes through a woods where some wildlife frequents, squirrels,rabbits and foxes, and raccoons. |