Hi friends,
Anyone experiencing your dog scratching a lot? My Chloe just started this last month, it lasted a few days, then went away. Now it's back. We take her swimming at the beach, maybe salt water dries her skin?? She does not have fleas, I have combed & checked everywhere, often. I started giving her collodial oatmeal/aloe shampoo baths to heal her skin. Also, where she is red (no open areas) I put olive oil base with tea tree oil. I hope it's not a food allergy, from what I hear food allergies generally affect the feet and chin, etc. She's been scratching with her back legs on the middle sides of her body, thighs, and belly. I know, this can be so many things, but if someone has any great remedy for the time being I'd love to here what you might use. Thanks so much
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Chloe got over this, I'm sure it was flea dermatitis. She was fine after taking Comfortis. Now she has another problem I think it's yeast. I'm tempted to take her to a holistic vet today.
Hi Kalber Family. Feel free to read through my blog posts from the last year and a half or so. I've been dealing with skin allergies with my little guy for about 2 years. I started out switching foods, then gradually started adding supplements and finally decided after months of nothing changing to get him allergy tested. He came back as allergic to a whole plethora of environmental things. He's been on his allergy shots for the last 3 months or so, and i have seen a bit of a difference in his scratching, though i'm not expecting to see a huge difference for quite a while. anywho, read through them if you want, but my advise would be to just go ahead and get her tested to better understand how to deal with the problem (i really wish i had done that first instead of blindly switching his food and adding supplements to "help" with the itching.......fyi, after better educating myself on canine nutrition, i've switched him and my other dog over to a raw diet, and i'm pretty sure that that's why he's been so healthy this allergy season, as opposed to last year.) If you have any further questions feel free to ask! Good luck!!!
Sidney used to have itchy skin, but now he seems fine. I feed him Natural Balance Alpha Dog (fish formula) and he gets a drizzle of avocado oil from Foxy Treats on his food. I know there are also skin/coat supplements that are a mix of oils and omega-3s you can buy at the pet store. Lots of people also use salmon oil, but I didn't have as much good luck with that. It takes a week or two for results to be seen. I like the avocado oil because it doesn't smell like fish, it's made locally by a "green" company and Sidney likes the taste. Good luck!
Hi Kalber family, Chloe is over bathed. Hold off on the oatmeal / shampoo bath, a dip / rinse is fine. Not every dog can tolerate tea tree oil, so hold off on that for now until you get to the bottom of this. As far as food allergy concern, you will need to get tested, there is no point in switching, there's just too many variables.
Add a teaspoon of oil to Chloe's food, let her natural body oil work, try it for 2 weeks and see if there's any improvement, go get her tested for now. Good luck!
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