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01-17-2013, 07:36 PM | #1 |
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| serious skin issues We have a 4 year old yorkie with serious skin problems. He will itch until he draws blood and has sores all over his body. The vet has giving him several different types of medicine, shampoo, shampoo with oatmeal, fish oil, benadryl and different food. We have cut all of his hair off trying to help him. We have taking insurance out to help with the cost of all his vet cost. He is on a pill each month for fleas and we r told its the best one for fleas. I feel bad for him and not happy that the vet can't find help for him . any suggestions would be great. Thank you. |
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01-18-2013, 08:23 AM | #2 |
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| What food are you feeding? Riley had skin issues while on Acana... the vet suggested giving him fish oils. I was giving him Nordic Naturals Omega-3 Pet. I still wasn't helping all that much. Then Acana changed their formula and he really started having issues. He would get little dark round dry spots and some red on my tummy area. I switched him to Canine Caviar and haven't had Any Issues whatsoever since. Here is a before and after.. The After is only 7-days After switching to Canine Caviar. He is now completely 100% Clear and has been eating it for almost 6-months, now. |
01-18-2013, 08:25 AM | #3 | |
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01-18-2013, 08:28 AM | #4 |
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| I'd go to a Vet Dermatologist, asap.
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01-18-2013, 09:08 AM | #5 |
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| Princess has a severe flea allergie, we may not even see a flea because she is on flea killing topical, but it touches her and we see the results...hot spot red irritation constant chewing scratching...she has euined her beautiful double coat around her back legs. Princess is our miniature schnauzer. We've has great sucess using Apple Cider Vinegar (with mothers) as a topical treatment. Rubbing it on her to repel fleas etc before we go places-otherwise she's a prisoner in our flea free zone of hone & yard (we treat yard with ORGANIC DE) I mean we rub it on legs under belly back through fur to skin... We also use ACV as a skin treatment-which it serves a variety of skin issues and has antibiotic properties. We wash her down with warm water sometimes shampoo her then when wet we coat her with ACV thoroughly really working it onto skin we leave it on at least 30 minutes if not overnight. She then is just rinsed off...not the best smell but the results are better than ANY of the other treatments we have used. We do ACV treatments everyother day alternating with raw cold pressed coconut oil, for 7 days-she is always clearing by day 7. It stinks but it works. While you may not have a flea allergie issue try this-it works for so much! Princess was and untreated is so bad the vet cautioned if not under control this issue affects her quality of life due to severity...we all know what that means. Thankfully this works.
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01-18-2013, 09:10 AM | #6 |
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| Also use a low allergen abd grain free food and do allergie testing at vets. This may be more than skin issue but a kfood allergie.
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01-18-2013, 09:39 AM | #7 |
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| Thank you so much. I will go find the food today that you have stated. The before picture looks just like aj. I will start him on the new food today. We tried the fish oil and it never changed him. He use to have great skin and hair. I tried to post his pic under my screen name but it didnt work. Again thank you. |
01-18-2013, 03:02 PM | #8 |
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| Like kjc, I very much recommend a Vet Dermatologist. They can do skin scrappings, etc., and get things figured out quickly. Worked for us.
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01-18-2013, 03:27 PM | #9 | |
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Since switching to Canine Caviar he is 100% Clear as the day I brought him home. | |
01-18-2013, 03:40 PM | #10 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I would take him to a dermatologist if you haven't already. My Cali had terrible itchy skin and scratched out her coat and caused sores. After trying all the usual treatments she was put on Atopica and has been great ever since. It is so hard to see them so miserable.
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01-19-2013, 11:31 AM | #11 | |
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Photo 1: BEFORE CANINE CAVIAR Photo 2: AFTER 7-DAYS ON CANINE CAVIAR Photo 3: AFTER 5-MONTHS ON CANINE CAVIAR | |
01-19-2013, 12:56 PM | #12 |
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| I strongly suggest you seek the advice of a vet dermatologist. It sounds like your pup has had quite enough suffering....better to let the professionals see him and help you with this. Trying to get to the bottom of what a pup is allergic to can be complicated. Good luck and please keep us posted!!
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01-19-2013, 07:39 PM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member | My baby isc10 months old and has had skin problems from day one! The vet put her on antibiotics for two months which was not a good idea. Then medicated shampoo on top of it. Finally 4 months of vet just speculating, I took her to a vet dermatologist. Did skin scrapings, thought it might be ringworm , bacterial, or viral. They put her on flucazanole for six months. I changed her food to grain free, blue buffalo or puppies, and grain free for treats. Her skin now 10 months later is perfect. She was on meds pretty much all of her life. She had bald spots with flake skin, almost like puss oozing once in awhile, always itchy and irritated. I felt so bad for her. She came from a puppy mill sold to me supposedly healthy by a broker!!!! She was a very sick puppy. Almost a year later its finally over. Now noticed knee problems with her legs! Another illness she has to suffer from!!!
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