Comments on: My Dog Won’t Stop Itching! She Doesn’t Have Fleas, Hot Spots Or Allergies. Vet Said It’s A Heat Rash??

By: Niall

Niall — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:27 +0000

I woiuld recommend going to another vet for a second opinion… It could be something physically wrong with her, has your vet done blood tests? Also, something you didn’t mention, I don’t know if you’ve done it or not… Change her food bowls to stainless steel.. We find at times that really helps.. Sounds simple, I know.. But plastic bowls harbor bacteria and sometimes eliminating those will help.

By: scizzy

scizzy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:28:28 +0000

hmm…have you changed her food recently? somtimes my pup will get skin allergies if something in his diet changes.
or perhaps you have other animals that may have given something to her? or did she get into something when you walked her or while she was outside?
sounds like you’ve tried almost everything…poor thing! good luck!

By: ?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:37:28 +0000

Get a second opinion.

By: A Great Dane Lady

A Great Dane Lady — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:09:38 +0000

Another cause of itchy skin is vaccinations. The vet won’t tell you that one. We have been over vaccinating our dogs for 50 years. The vets who invented the vaccines did not do a duration of immunity study. They just assumed that the shots should be given every year. Dr. Ron Schultz, professor of pathology and immunology at Wisconsin University, published a duration of immunity study on all vaccines in 1999. Current protocol on vaccines at all 27 US Vet schools is now 3 yrs. That will be changing as more studies are done.
Read the University of Wisconsin web links below:
Also read the links in Dr. Bob Rogers’ web site

By: PonyFly

PonyFly — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:37:30 +0000

Has it gotten worse with lamb and rice? Some dogs do not react well to that particular “flavor” of dog foods. My Lab/Retriever can’t have them because his skin reaction.
Try giving her a true mud bath. I know it sounds funny, but it might work. Depending on where you’re located, you might be able to find mud, or you might have to make some. Not the type of mud commericialized for human use but dirt-mud. Make sure it’s thick and gooey and you’re wearing old clothes . Massage it into her skin, and let it sit. If she wants to roll, that’s fine. It rubs it in more. After about five minutes, rinse her out. Don’t power hose her off, you want the shower mode or something that will gently rinse it out.
I don’t know if this works, but I hope it does. I’m sorry your dog is so miserable!