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Originally Posted by Gingergirlsmom I've gotten lots of great advice on YorkieTalk for dry yorkie skin, including:
add olive oil (just a little) to their food
oatmeal baths (try Aveeno bath, and use no added soaps)
food with no corn/wheat
rinse, rinse, rinse (i found this to be true from personal experience with Ginger) |
I wholeheartly agree what great advice this forum provides. I used an oatmeal shampoo on one of my girls who had the itchies and it solved it immediately, Not only that, but about a month ago I had a serious adverse reaction to penicillin that put my entire body in rash and welts. After several days of benadryl and valium (which didn't put me out and didn't give me much relief) I decided to to make a paste of oatmeal and smeared it all over me. It is really messy, but it was the only relief I found. Write this down as your doctor won't recommend it. LOL. I had never heard about oatmeal to help soothe the skin until this forum. So thanks to all of you. Also, I was very sick for quite awhile and my girls hair was such a mess that I got my husband to shampoo them and then slather them in mayonaise. Eggs and oil, what harm could it do? (whole lotta protein) It worked miracles, and fixed them right up. It was just shocking how much their coats soaked up, but it worked beautifully.