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01-31-2008, 07:25 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Andalusia, Alabama
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| skin problems Hi Everyone, This is my first post. My yorkie is 3 and is having a slight skin problem. She weighs about 4 1/2 pounds. Her coat is kind of thin and scraggily. I have used several different shampoos including coat handlers and bio groom. When I bought her at 12 weeks she was eating walmart puppy food. I changed her to science diet. I later read that it wasn't good for our babies. I then tried Royal Canin yorkie formula. About a year later I noticed that her hair on her back legs began falling out. It is not severe just some hair on the very back of her back legs. The rest of her coat is ok. Not thick and shinny, but ok. I remember that she had also gone to the groomers. I think it stresses her out to be groomed so I am doing it myself. I asked the vet what might have caused it. At the time I noticed that she had gotten tape worms. We medicated her and the vet said that the tape worms may have stressed her system and caused the hair to fall out. He also said yorkies are very sensitive and are prone to skin disorders. I have since tried a new food -- Canadae Lamb and Rice formula. She also has no parasites and hasn't been to the groomers in over 6 months. She likes the food but her hair is still thin and appears dry to me. On the advice of a groomer I bought Dream Coat to see if that would help thicken her coat. I think it has helped some maybe. She has been on the new food since last August. She seems healthy otherwise. She is not overly active and really never has been. She is more of a Mama's baby and enjoys just sitting with me. She just seems to lack a healthy lusterous coat. Does anyone have advice on this topic? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. |
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02-01-2008, 05:31 AM | #2 |
Bella Boo & Diggy Too! Donating GS Member | maybe she needs a lil more than what they get in food. A friend of mine started using a supplement called missing link and she said her boys coat improved a lot!
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02-01-2008, 05:48 AM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alabama
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| maybe be allergies food or flea related? ask the vet hopefully your pup will get better!!
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02-01-2008, 12:14 PM | #4 |
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| Welcome to YT!! So glad to have you here. Lots of people seem to be battling this right now. My male has had some problems with this - you might want to use an oatmeal shampoo. I posted a thread & another member posted amazing pix of her dog - you can see them here: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=104481 what she used & was recommended by her vet was NuSalTshampoo and Relief Creme Rinse (which I know vetamerica.com sells & maybe Petsmart) -- the results she had were impressive. I wanted to buy this, but was in a rush & instead bought locally some Tropiclean Oxy Oatmeal Shampoo & Oxy Med Treatment Rinse http://www.tropiclean.net/tropiclean_index.html - we have good results with this, but I still want to try the NusalT Missing Link is a great product & we have had good results with it - but to improve the coat I would recommend something with fish oil & vitamin E - a product a lot of people use is Eicosaderm - also available from vetamerica. I'm waiting for some to arrive, because although Bubba's skin has improved with the oatmeal shampoo, I think this might give us the boast we're looking for. You can use the search option here on YT & search for: Eicosaderm & read what others have to say about the product. Would love to see pix of your little one. Hope you stick around. This is a great community filled with fun, knowledgeable yorkie owners.
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02-01-2008, 12:20 PM | #5 |
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| You have been given great information. Hope this helps you and your pup. Welcome to YT. Hope you stay. Missing Link has done wonders for some YT'ers. Hope it help your baby. Remember it does take time. |
02-01-2008, 12:26 PM | #6 |
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| Has your vet did a skin scrape to check for mites?
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02-20-2008, 02:35 PM | #7 |
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| Welcome to YorkieTalk Has a skin scraping and blood panel been done?
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