Another question; could this be hormonal? OR could it be stress? I came home at two thirty this afternoon and he was covered in flakes. Gave him a bath, scrubed and brushed him good and was fine. Went to dinner at six for a little over an hour, left him in the house, and he's once again covered in flakes. Can't figure this one out.
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geez, quite a thread.
but if say he is on lamb and rice on brand a , and now on lamb and rice brand b, maybe instead goto chicken or duck or salmon.
a real basic food elimination?
didn't see where I could tell.
bathing too often can cause flaking as well.
reason I mention a basic food change is a friend just did that after a year of fretting over hair loss on her dog, and too much spent vetting looking for answers. hair grew back,
after moving from lamb to chicken based kibble.
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Another question; could this be hormonal? OR could it be stress? I came home at two thirty this afternoon and he was covered in flakes. Gave him a bath, scrubed and brushed him good and was fine. Went to dinner at six for a little over an hour, left him in the house, and he's once again covered in flakes. Can't figure this one out.
You have a vet appointment Monday, right? And you started salmon oil and Vitamin E?
The vet will be able to at least give a preliminary diagnosis, and Omega 3 EFAs will help just about any skin problem, at least somewhat, by helping to counter inflammation.
If you bathed him with something he has a reaction to, that would explain the immediate flaking.
(If it's a kind of greasy flaking, then it could be yeast, but again, this is something that can be seen by the vet with a scraping.)
Hello everybody! Just came home from the vet. He said this is a stress issue. He wanted me to double the dose of fish oil and give him and bathe in a "non-soap" shampoo. He said give it three to four weeks then if it does not help he wants to do a thyroid test. My dobe's temp registered normal but he said that doesn't matter. He said not to bathe him in any flea or tick shampoo. I told him I was supplementing fish oil gel caps 2000mg a day-He said sometimes that isn't enough and cut out the vit E. So we'll see how this goes. I'll keep everyone posted on Teddy's condition. And thank you all for your help!!!
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Hello everybody! Just came home from the vet. He said this is a stress issue. He wanted me to double the dose of fish oil and give him and bathe in a "non-soap" shampoo. He said give it three to four weeks then if it does not help he wants to do a thyroid test. My dobe's temp registered normal but he said that doesn't matter. He said not to bathe him in any flea or tick shampoo. I told him I was supplementing fish oil gel caps 2000mg a day-He said sometimes that isn't enough and cut out the vit E. So we'll see how this goes. I'll keep everyone posted on Teddy's condition. And thank you all for your help!!!
Good vet, IMO, to back up the Omega 3 (fish oil) recommendation! <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Your fish oil capsules probably contain Vitamin E, BTW.
Thyroid deficiency is easy to test. Sounds like you're on a good path, and I'm glad you saw the vet.
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