People still call me about vet stuff. A common topic is the itchy dog. I was taught 1)eliminate fleas 2) feed lamb+rice kibble and e +fish oil 3) change the sleeping surface (straw=mites,etc) 4) prednisone.
So after a year on the forum, I realize this is poor advice, dogs with years of itchy gooey ears being cured by raw feeding.
Is there a place with a simple step by step process where I can direct people? Many (most, IMO)are not going the derm vet route. They either can't afford it, don't have the time, or don't care enough.
Thanks!
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Betty, on a holiday weekend this might not be seen by the experts.
And I have a ton of work to do this weekend. If you would bump this on Sunday night, that would remind me (or any of several experts we have on board) to answer it with some good links and explanations.
Each step is dependent on where the dog itches most, whether the dog has fleas, and much more. So there's some typing and linking to do.
"Eliminate fleas" is still number 1, though! And there was a time when lamb was a novel meat to many dogs -- but there was never a time when the allergy was very likely to be a food allergy in the first place (with fleabite dermatitis far and away #1, environmental/inhalant a strong second, and food trailing WAY behind).
Thank you very much. Someone asked me today, a 12 yr old mini dach with black hairless groin and armpits+itchiness, having 1/2 a claritin am and pm, on some prescription ration of sweet potato and lamb that I'm certain costs as much as caviar, though the dog is tiny.
Thank you again, I will refer them to the link.
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Quote: Betty Landercasp
Thank you very much. Someone asked me today, a 12 yr old mini dach with black hairless groin and armpits+itchiness, having 1/2 a claritin am and pm, on some prescription ration of sweet potato and lamb that I'm certain costs as much as caviar, though the dog is tiny.
Thank you again, I will refer them to the link.
Odor? Skin thickening and/or wrinkling in the black groin area? Greasy or waxy skin? Ear debris and inflammation?
Greasy, blackened, thickened skin. I saw the dog-was there to give shots to 3 others. Dog is boarding at a friend of mine's home. Tips of ears are hairless and split. The alopecia is symmetrical, the skin is not red. It looks to be a long standing problem. It could be endocrine.
Off topic: I vaccinated the friends 3 mini 12 yr. old dachs. with rabies because the vet in town would not do a dental w/o the vaccine (8 rabid cats in our state this year, they have some point but wanted an obscene amt. of money for the vaccine) anyway even though I used a TB needle and gave 1/2 dose(these dogs are old and tiny) one of the dogs has developed a "bump" and feels sick-- friend wanted shots, now I feel bad.
Betty, I don't know a whole lot about allergies. But, I do know some about endocrine, and that was my first thought when you mentioned the blackened groin skin...
Don't feel bad about the vaccine reaction. It happens, and you were just doing what she asked.
I just wanted to say that the post that Lori linked to is among my favorite to refer people to. It is honest, concise and give the average person some real, first had advice.
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