Question by clairez23: Can anyone help – I have tried everything!!?
My dog Jake has been suffering with skin infections for the last couple of years on and off and we don’t seem to be getting anywhere with the vets. They just keep prescribing him antibiotics which clears it up to be bearable in the short term but it keeps coming back. We recently paid out to have allergy tests done which seem to show he is allergic to everything except lamb and rice but even after changing his diet; couple of months on and still he is suffering. They have basically now drawn a blank and I don’t know what else I can do. He is affected mostly on his stomach but particularly his sheath – that is the most sore and swollen – sometimes so bad that he has discharge and cannot retract the penis. His coat condition is good and his gums, ears, eyes etc are fine it is just this repeated infection of the sheath and stomach. Can anyone help – I am open to all suggestion, even vitamin supplements or holistic approaches. Oh and he is a 7 yr old GSD/ retriever x..Thanks! xx
The tests showed that he was allergic to all meats except lamb, turkey and fish and also wheat and soy bean. In addition he is also allergic to dustmites but nothing else other than that. I have had four different vets see him and they all just say that skin infections are common in GSD breeds. Thanks for all of your responses and will keep trying x

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Answer by TonyusSeptimus
Home made raw diet. Problem will go away completely in 3-4 weeks.
No vet will tell you that.
Late Entry : dear “negraters”, kindly GFY!!!

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Question by Hana: My dog is always biting and itching but doesnt have fleas!?! please help!?
my dog is a 10 month shih tzu and he recently went into a vet check up and they gave us some medication for him and he started to do better. but after he stopped taking it he started to itch alot. the doctor said it was allergies to food, or outside allergies. he currently eats benefit for pups and we bathe him every 2 weeks. when i tried looking for the fleas or ticks, all i find are little black critters but no eggs. he recently got worst since i look him outside to use the bathroom and i think a bug bite him? because he started to run out of the grass and itch himself.

i also heard that it that it could be dried skin? if so what shampoo should i change to? im currently using hartz ultraguard and top paw bright and brilliant whitening conditioner.

im thinking about changing his dog food, shampoo and getting flea treatment just in case but looking for other opinions!

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Answer by ladystang
take to vet for tests
could be allergies
could be bathing to much, 6-8 weeks is plenty for dogs

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Question by cwgirlup2000: Hot spots? Bites? help!?
I have a Husky/Lab and I noticed yesterday that she had some bumps on her skin. I figured that she just got tangled up with a bunch of ant or something of that nature. This morning those bumps turned into little bloody sores. She wants to lick them, but other than that she doesn’t seem that bothered. I shaved the fur from around all of the spots to see them better.

There are about 10 on her (or at least the ones I found) and they are all over her. On her back, under her tail, on her legs, on her belly…just everywhere. She hasn’t had anything new as far as food or treats, and she has never had any known allergies in the past, perfectly healthy 1 1/2 year old dog. Any ideas will help, thank you!
I won’t go to the vet unless her life is in danger. The vet will onlly perscribe benadryl or a cortisone shot, and probably antibiotics that will just drag down her immune system. Im applying Newton’s homeopathics skin relief on it and it seems to help her itching
I just dropped $ 500 on an allergy test for my other dog, and I love my vet but I am not rich. I took her to a friend who is a vet tech and she said they look more like ant bites. If they don’t clear up in a week I will take her to my vet. I highly doubt there are any allergies just because nothing in her food/treats/environment has changed and she hasn’t ever showed any signs before, which is the exact opposite of my other dog who is allergic to just about everything.

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Answer by D
Time for the vet.

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Question by Tiffany: Wife vs dog. Help please?
My husband and I have been married for almost a year now and we got a puppy 5 months into our marriage. The puppy is now six months old a alot bigger. She is over 50 lbs. She is a lab, husky, shephard mix. He is always trying to let me let her on the brand new couch we bought and he tells her how smart she is and what a good gi she is even if she does something bad. He was trying to get her to sleep in our bed too and I have told him a million times how uncomfortable this makes me because I am allergic to her. I break out it hives when her fur rubs my bare skin and the dander from her fur sets off my allergies. She sheds like crazy so that doesnt help the allergy thing at all, but he just doesnt get why I don’t want her on the couch and hogging the bed. Plus she always digs in our yard so se is constantly filthy. Help me figure out how to get him to understand?

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Answer by Raerae
There are allergy medincines out there for you to take.
And grab the dogs collar, when its on the couch, pull her down and then if she tries getting back up say NO, no matter what ur husband says.
Say with the bed, close your door.
Also when she digs go out there and say NO very fimrly and when she does it again touch her backside with your pointer finger and say NO!
If she still does it then you might have to walk her around your backyard to have her go her bussiness without digging.
Good Luck!

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Question by anne: Help me, my dog is itching so horribly!!?
My dog Benji is a border collie. when he was a pup the vet thought he might have a mite so we dipped him. the dip helped and then the doctor said that since it worked so quickly it may have just been dry skin, and the dip soothed it. well he has been itching lately (he is now about 3 years old) horribly. we tried bathing him with a special shampoo, and we have been giving him allergy medicine. but nothing is helping.. his skin is flakey and really red and blotchy. he scratches it so often, and cries when he scratches it… i think its starting to hurt him… and i cant figure it out. the vet is blowing it off. *but the vet for the small town i live in is not a very nice man and just ignores the animals problems basically* it really worries me, and I want to help my little baby. also we have another dog (a pit bull) and she doesnt have this problem at all. please help
oh sorry i didnt include this
he is not losing his fur where he itches

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Answer by electricdazeys
First off, that man should not be treating animals if he does not feel anything towards them nor if he does not care for their problems. I suggest finding another vet that can help with the problem. It might be a bit of a drive, but your furry friend is, I believe, worth it.

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