itchy baby
 

i have a 12 week old puppy that is always itching away... we nicknamed her thumper-tee hee.
when we did the vet check, he said it is from stretching/growing skin and saw no parasites-but I hate to watch her, she will let us scratch or rub for her sometimes and i just feel so bad for her.... there has to be something out there, i saw an old thread on here that talked about some vet's best spray, i bought the only kind petsmart had and it was a hot-spot treatment and stunk so bad that i only used it once and it did not affect her. she will stop playing and scratch for a minute or two-so i know it's uncomfortable... i was wondering do you guys have this problem or know of any other remedies? i was thinking of giving her a bath w/a bit of good conditioner like cc (christians i think) but we are here in co. and the air is dry and I certainly dont want to make it worse????

my baby has an itching problem too.....she doesnt have fleas or any other bug type thing. the vet thinks it is allergies. he siggested i try giving her benedryl, but i was not happy with that bc i dont want to have to give her benedryl everyday of her life forever, so i have been looking for new remedies. i now wash her with oatmeal shampoo...that seemed to help a little bit, its supposed to be sensitive for thier skin. also i read yesterday on a post about this supplement called missing link. someone said that it helped thier baby with itching, so i ordered some last night...i will tell you how it works....other than that i am not sure, i still dont have a rememdy:) ...good luck

interesting... yah i'd be interested to know how the missing link works...

Could it be a food allergy? Alot of dogs get ichy skin because they are allergic to the corn in their food.

not sure, i'll have to check the ingredients...?

don't know if anyone has recommended this or not..
 

the biggest recommendation I have is brewers yeast..it has MANY benefits and is extremely affordable. you can buy it at wal-mart in the pet section or any pet market. I highly recommend it, I have used it for many years...my cocker used to have very dry, itchy skin and a black coat...so the dry skin was very evident. Once I started her on the brewers yeast, it all cleared up within a week. Our min pin used to shed really bad. REALLY bad!! and his coat was a light brown, very dull. he now is completely free of shedding and his coat is a deep red...beautiful! we bathed him yesterday and we had almost NO hair coming off of him. It is a great product and I would def. try it before going to any expensive extremes. try it for a week and if you don't notice any change, look into other options. it comes in tablet form that you can either give as a treat or add it to the food bowl. your baby will go nuts for it...ours know when we are even looking at the bottle...they start flipping out :)

supposedly this and missing link have the same benefits??? not sure..have never heard of missing link before and have never tried it. but i know for a fact that this stuff works.

We had a sheltie that was itching really bad (so bad she was tearing her fur out). After trying expensive pet shampoos and vet recommended shampoos, I started using Pert conditioning shampoo (people shampoo). It worked right away and her fur grew back. So I use it on my yorkies and they never scratch. Other people I know have tried it, and it worked for them too. It's worth a try....

how often and how much of the brewers yeast do you use???

you buy a bottle of the tablets and it has the instructions on there. we give it like a vitamin every morning with breakfast. the instructions say 1 tablet per 10 lbs weight. so a bottle will last a yorkie owner quite a while :) we give it daily...all the time. it's not medicine so you are not starting your pup on a medicine that they will need their whole lives, it is like giving them vitamins. and you can stop it any time if you want. we stopped for about a week because we were out and our local pet store was out. and we noticed that rex started shedding again. so we drove to wal-mart and got more. I swear by it. let me know if you try it. I really think you will notice the effects after about a week.

I'm surprised your vet said it was from "stretching/growing skin." The first thing I would try is switching her food. Certain ingredients can cause allergies, for example, look for lamb, rice, and oatmeal. Another thing, when you bath her in a shampoo formulated for dogs use a conditioner to protect skin. The PH of dog skin is different than humans and remember to dilute shampoo before using. Rinsing is the most important part of this step.
Nancy