Hello- this is my first post here on this site and I hope I can get some help from some Corgi experts! I adopted my corgi from Sunshine Corgi Rescue last year so I am still new to the breed.
My Corgi's skin and hair are absolutely terrible! He has really bad, dry skin and tufts of his hair pull off from the dry skin. I mean, literally, chunks of his hair! I took him to the vet and they cultured his skin and put him on antibx- and that was about a month and a half ago; but still his skin looks terrible. He has bald spots from the hair falling out. The vet did not find any infections, so I really suspect an allergy. I changed out his food and started to give him salmon oil gel caps to help.
My question is: have any of you guys out there experienced this before? I'm thinking of switching to a raw food diet, to eliminate the possibility of a corn or grain allergy. Any thoughts, comments, or advice would really help! Thank you!
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Our cardi mix, Tank, has allergies like you describe. First, we put him on a food with no corn, wheat, soy, fillers, preservatives, etc. That helped a lot. We also added fish oil to his diet. We brush him every day to be sure that fish oil gets through his coat. Also, when he'd get hot spots (from where it was itching and he literally bit and scratched himself raw), we'd shave around them so the air could get at them and wash the sore with Hebi-Cleanse (Wal-Mart). And he wore the cone of shame for a bit too. He also gets Benedryl twice a day to help.
Good luck. It's so hard when we see them suffer. (PS: Our rescue Dundee came from a tip from Sunshine CR. Love those folks!)
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