Well, I royally screwed up, bigtime! A friend gave me a box of Pedigree (YUK!) doggy cookies (like Milkbones). I used them for a few weeks, and.. UGH! There's a patch of yeast on my dog's hindleg, behind the thigh area. My dog is raw fed. I stopped the doggy cookies a week ago, he's back on just his raw diet. Training treats will be cooked chicken from now on! (the skin does actually look a little bitter already)
I have heard apple cider vinegar, added to food, as well as used as a diluted wash for skin, helps get rid of the yeast-y beasties. Does it? Any other home remedies to use?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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There are many good training treats. Pedigree does not make the good ones. I agree with you that for now nothing but home-cooked meat should be used. No cheese, either.
Do you know for sure that it's yeast, though?
Also, is there any odor? How does he look inside the ears and in this armpits, groin, creases? What does the patch feel like? What does it look like?
His ears WERE yucky.. but I used something leftover from a vet's visit for treating ears, and it did the trick. His armpits look ok, groin is ok, this spot is where on a person it would be on the back of your thigh, right behind the knee... so, yes, kind of "in a crease" area. The skin is dark red, but was VERY dark red before.. it has black barnacles that are much less now. (stopped the Pedigree treats over a week ago, since I feel 100% sure that was the problem) There is a slight odor. It is less than it was, but now, of course, it smells a little like the diluted apple vinegar. I am keeping it dry, adding the apple cider vinegar to his raw meals, and using it as a diluted wash for that area too. and, no more Pedigree biscuits. For training treats though, it will need to be cooked chicken or nothing.. Germany doesn't have the nice raw dehydrated training goodies available in USA.
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A sulfer and coal dog shampoo helps alot with clearing up yeasty sticky skin. Apply liberally with luke warm water (remember heat helps yeast grow) and keep it on for about 4-6 minutes before rinsing. If you are finding that you need to shampoo more often than once a week make sure to use a good conditioner.
As far as keeping it dry baby powder helps and is about as non toxic as it gets for small irritation areas. You may need a cone if your dog is licking this area.
Don't forget about adding either yogurt, kefir or probiotics to his diet. They will help tremendously in the long run, and are always a good thing...especially in a yeast prone dog.
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