I found a dog on the side of the road. She has very dry skin. It itches her very badly. She does not smell bad at all like people say when dogs have the mange. She had a few bald patches but not big gaps just a light spots where hair is missing. She only had a few ticks on her when we picked her up. No fleas at all. Which I thought was unusual since it is summer and she was out in the woods. I have bathed her and bought hotspots spray and stuff for dry skin. It is slowly clearing up but she still scratches so bad she makes sores. I don’t know anything about the mange but she don’t smell, she don’t have huge bald spots, she has very dry skin. So is this just a dry skin problem that needs some conditioner and some moisture, or is it more serious?

my bichon frise(well known for allergies)has weird itchy spots on his skin. particularly near his anus. its the size of large pimples&a bit red&swollen kind of. he doesnt have parasites cause i keep up with his flea&heartworm medication. i feed him nutro natural choice but i dont think its the diet cause hes had this since the food before (blue buffulo). we’ve gone to the vet and they tested for fungal&bacterial infection. they’ve shaven it&gave us antibacterial creme&antibiotic pills..but that was a few months ago..it seemed to work(his tail area and lowerback was inflamed and lots of red bumps ) the anitbiotics ended for quite a while (ive heard only a week for antibiotics or something otherwise its bad for the dog..)&we’ve kept up with the creme afterwards until the bumps went away. there were like one or two on his skin around the shoulder area, but we didnt put on much creme on it cause of the long fur he has&thought that the anibiotic would make it go away.. now its back.read on.

my poor dog is highly allergic, she has a skin infection, she has food allergies, and on top of that she just got fleas (which i treated btw) i have all these medications and hypoallergenic foods, and she actually is a very happy pup, and i she knows i love her so much, im constantly hugging and kissing her and playing with her alot… its just when shes laying down and shes tired, she puts this cute little face on like shes sad and it kills me to see her like that because i know shes frustrated from all the itching and scratching. those little puppy eyes break my heart =(

we cant find any fleas. could it be an Allergy? what is a good shampoo to help with the itching? she does not have dry skin

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I feed her Wellness puppy food, with no corn or soy or wheat or added sugar, so I don’t think it is food allergies. I’ve checked her multiple times for fleas and I’ve not ever found any on her. She’s never around other dogs and the only time she goes outside is to go to the bathroom in my fenced in backyard. I bathe her every 2 weeks or so with Johnson’s baby shampoo… She doesn’t appear to have any red irritated spots from excessive itching, but she does scratch quite a bit. Do I just need to take her to the vet?