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yorkiesrock · 03-16-2006, 07:16 AM

I was playing with my yorkie last night and I noticed white flakes along both sides of his head. So I looked around his ears and noticed at the edge of both of his ears his skin is flaking. It looks like he has dandruff. What can cause this? I bathe him with baby shampoo. I read that this can dry out their skin but I have been bathing him with this for 4 months, since I got him, every week and his skin was never dry like this. He eats Evolve dry food mixed with Nutro Natural. I haven't changed anything in his diet. The only diference I can think of is this week I bathed him twice, meaning I wet him, lathered him up, rinsed and repeated. So any ideas on what caused this and how can I cure it?

03-16-2006, 07:16 AM	#1
yorkiesrock YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York Posts: 529	Flaky Skin I was playing with my yorkie last night and I noticed white flakes along both sides of his head. So I looked around his ears and noticed at the edge of both of his ears his skin is flaking. It looks like he has dandruff. What can cause this? I bathe him with baby shampoo. I read that this can dry out their skin but I have been bathing him with this for 4 months, since I got him, every week and his skin was never dry like this. He eats Evolve dry food mixed with Nutro Natural. I haven't changed anything in his diet. The only diference I can think of is this week I bathed him twice, meaning I wet him, lathered him up, rinsed and repeated. So any ideas on what caused this and how can I cure it?