So, Snoopy has had a skin rash/infection/problem for some time now. Three months ago, we took him to the vet, since it was time for his vaccination, and told the vet that his fur is very brittle and he has some yellowish scabs (around the scabs there is almost no hair at all).
To test the brittleness, the vet pulled like two little hairs and a bunch came out without any effort at all
He gave us an aseptic shampoo and told us to give him a bath from 4 to 4 days in the first month and then week after week in the second month.
It's already been a month and a half and nothing has gotten better. We have done exactly as the vet has told us and I think it has gotten even worse. It doesn't help that Snoopy is always biting and scratching the scabs.
But I had a theory and tested it out yesterday, since it was bath day. We started out bathing the dog and used the aseptic shampoo. Before my girlfriend cleaned the shampoo off the hair, I just picked up some of the hair and gently pulled them up to see if the shampoo had reached the skin.
It hadn't. His fur is so thick, ridiculously thick and very, well it isn't even cottony, and the shampoo doesn't reach the skin whatsoever. I recommended getting the dog shaved since his treatment isn't working with long fur. My girlfriend doesn't what do it and doesn't want to go to the vet either. She wants to go through all of the treatment and then if it doesn't work, just try to groom him normally to see if they go away.
What should we do?