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My Yorkie is biting himself! My Yorkie Is biting himself on his back about 3" above his tail. He now has two oval shaped bald spots in his beautiful hair. I cannot see any irritation of his skin. He was scratching like crazy a couple of months ago. He does not have fleas. I thought it might be dry skin and have been giving him a little salmon oil daily. It seemed to help; he does not scratch as much. But he has bitten himself bald. It was one place....now two. I am desperate to help him. |
Hmmm, I dunno:( I would take him to the vets to see what it is. |
Thank you. |
Sounds like something a vet needs to take a look at. |
Agreed I'd take to vet. |
Our sons westie did that and it was a yeast infection I agree off to the vet. |
I have learned a lot from this forum and one of them is that dogs can develop food allergies. If you take him to the vet and they don't find anything, try changing his food. There are some good threads on here where people talk about itching and food allergies and the types of food ingredients that are better for dogs with sensitive skin. Just a thought. |
I would have the Vet take a look at it. It sounds like it could be allergies. |
Off to the vet. please keep us updated good luck |
What are you feeding your Yorkie? It could be a food allergy. So many foods are not good for the skin of our precious Yorkies. I would definitely change over to a food with a Venison or Lamb base if the vet cannot diagnose the problem. I had a poodle that bit her skin raw and it was awful. It was a food allergy. Got her off that science diet and on to a venison base food and she cleared up. Please check the food. My dogs eat Blue Buffalo and are doing fine. I hope you can get this taken care of. Also watch the shampoo and conditioner. I use Hy-lyte from the vet. I hope this helps! |
It could be allergies or some kind of bacteria. U might want to take ur pup to the vet. I am firm believer in coconut oil for any kind of skin problems. Check this article out, Animals and the Healing Power of Coconut Oil Keep us posted! |
Thanks to everyone. I have discussed this with the vet but make an appointment this week. |
I'm glad you are getting him into the vet... It could be anything, allergies, hot spots, yeast, fleas. Your vet should be able to figure it out :) |
Princess does this. Has ruined her coat. Causes we've encountered: fleas, allergens on body, yeast, bacteria, food allergies, shampoo itching, new hair growing in, warming itching from meds. Love our kiss econe. No love when she gets an outbreak switched meds several times as they were the cause. |
Apparently something is causing a problem back there. Have you ever gone through his fur with a flea comb to see what you get. There are various types of things he could have picked up. Using the comb could also disclose a skin issue that you cannot detect by just looking. Most itching is cause by parasites or allergies. Food allergies are becoming very common especially in purebred dogs. A visit to a good vet that will take the time to really try to pinpoint the problem would help. Don't let them just give you a product and send you on your way. You need to find the issue and not just treat without really knowing what you are dealing with. |
I did buy Newman's organic dog food without wheat. I will try that. I also give him Yummy Chummy wild salmon treats. Anyone have experience with these products? |
Never heard of those. |
He has very short hair, a "puppy cut." He and his brother are inseparable and his brother does not scratch. Is the flea comb beneficial with super short hair? |
He has very short hair, a "puppy cut." He and his brother are inseparable and his brother does not scratch. Is the flea comb beneficial with super short hair? |
My mini schnauzer is aleaus in a schnaizer show cut. Shave on top. While flwa combs are effective, it only takes one stray flea to jump on jer, bite her or poop and despite frontline plus killing a flea we may usually never see...she'll begin chewing and scratching herself to the point of aorea hair loss...seceral fleas and she's got 'hot spots' look like open gapibg wounds from an impalment. Allergy testing or a skin scraping at the vets is the first step to finding the cause and then the cure. |
Thanks for the info. I will take him tomorrow. |
Shanti did this and vet knew immediately from rust colored hair in those areas. It was allergies. I agree with taking to vet. |
I had a dog with a flea allergy and it is true that only one flea walking across the body can send the dog into an itching fit. Not all dogs are that sensitive but the ones who are allergic just become miserable with itching as the allergy just gets worse. The itching is caused by the flea it's self and not just bites. A steroid shot would help my fella but I had to get rid of all fleas, inside and out, to make him better. I have never used Newman's food. I did look at it on their site. Organic is always a step above normal dog food. I couldn't find much info on their meats except it did say the chicken was not injected with hormones, steroids or antibiotics. It said they were on an all vegetable diet. Not sure what that means. It certainly will be an improvement over regular dog food. Did you buy the dry or canned for him? You might also try using an organic or all natural shampoo and conditioner when you bathe him. Some dogs are just hypersensitive so covering all your bases will help eliminate allergens. |
My boy used to itch constantly, and chew his skin till you could see blood deposits under the skin. It's now all solved and he never does it. I found it was allergies, and I have found one food that doesn't cause it, so I'm super strict with his diet. He gets that one food, and pretty much nothing else. he's like a different dog. |
I took Beau to the vet today. He checked him and did a biopsy on the affected area. He said that his besy guess would be that Beau is allergic to fleas. He said that Beau does not have fleas but it was possible that one got on him and bit him. He gave him a steroid injection and an antibiotic injection (there were signs of a staph infection.) and predicted that Beau will be much better by tomorrow. I did start the coconut oil both internally and externally. The vet advised me to keep doing that. Thanks to everyone who offered their advice. You were very helpful. |
I hope it heals quickly. I know for us fleas have been so bad for Princess she can't even go to the dog park anymore. If she does go out she's bathed immediately upon arrival home. I use DE (organic food grade only) on the fence line because the neighbors have dogs. Its an ongoing battle. |
HI! I am glad Beau is better. For some reason I think mint keeps fleas away. I have mint growing in my yard and have not had a flea problem. You may want to try this. Keep a flea comb handy for Beau. I hope he stays flea free. I do not take my dogs to the park. Way too many things to happen there. Mainly getting attacked by other dogs. We have had that happen here. Then the bugs they pick up. I love his name! I had a dog named Beau Jo. Love that name! I bet your dog is beautiful and lives up to that name! |
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