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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  This could very well be the case, and I will talk with my vet about it. She does have a few other bumps on her body, but they all look different. I have no doubt that her crappy coat is due to poor breeding. She is on a rx shampoo already. I forget what it's called, but I remember it's $18 a bottle! LOL She always responds well with steroids after an esp bad itching episode, but of course we can't keep her on them all the time. So far they have just told me to give her 1/4 tab of zyrtec every day. It helps, but probably what makes it worse is she is at the shop with us everyday, and it's dusty here. And I probably don't bathe her enough (once a week). I don't know if I should be bathing her more often. Would bathing more strip her oils and make her skin more dry, or perhaps the rx shampoo doesn't do that?  |
In the article I read, it said dogs with this condition have a problem with the pores in their skin becoming clogged (this is due to genetics, not their environment). I'm guessing here but I would think the shampoo would be one that could open the pores, like the pore-cleansing facial products on the market for humans. It also suggested using warm compresses 3X Daily for ten days... purpose being that the heat liquefies the contents of the cyst thereby allowing the body to reabsorb it.
PS: Do NOT Google 'dog cysts' either.