[capt_noonie]

It's really hard to say. Uni has always been an itchy baby. When she has a flare up she is given a steroid shot and then steroid pills. If she has scratched herself raw (she does this often) she is given antibiotics. She have a prescription shampoo for her also, but she is still itchy. Also we give her over the counter allergy meds (Zyrtec over here) as suggested by our vet (1/4 of a tablet 2x per day). Still doesn't seem to help TOO much. She's not scratching herself raw anymore, but still breaking hair and causing bald spots. Some dogs are just itchy. You can do costly tests to find out what is making him itchy, but sometimes no result is found and you are out hundreds if not thousands of dollars and no answer. Sometimes it's just best to manage it rather than try to find the source. Sometimes it's something easy, like food allergy, grain allergy or fragrance/detergent allergy. Sometimes it's something like dust.