Our beautiful 7yr old border collie Jaz has always had a lovely healthy coat. He’d never had fleas until recently when we minded a puppy for a few weeks. It took about a month to get rid of the fleas, then shortly afterwards Jaz’s hair all started falling out and his skin became red and raw in places where he had been scratching. I treated him with homeopathic sulphur which was quite effective and within two weeks he was well on the way to recovery. About 2 weeks ago he went through the same thing again. He still has no fleas so I am thinking he may have become allergic to long grasses on our rural property. However the hom sulphur remedy is working very slowly this time and he is still scratching madly.
I am wondering if anyone has any ideas for treatment – alternative or otherwise. I’m a pensioner and can’t really afford a vet unless I really have to. Any advice would be appreciated!

year olds male choc. lab, started chewing his feet, i found raw spots on feet and underarms, went to vet, was told poss. allergies, had blood test to see what allergies.put on prednisone for nine days,all was well .. after meds wore off he started chewing again, he has also been vomitting about once a day and coughing once in a while, i went to the vet to tell him that “brooks” is back to square one again, the labs did come back with no allergies to weed,grass, chemicals ect. so we now have him on a food from the vet that is for allergies to food and prednisone again for nine days and vomitting meds. the heat has been bad here and that is making it worse, and ideas other then what i am doing ,he has a rash and just seems sick, he eats and plays but not playing like before , i also have a yellow female lab that is fine ,

Our Golden has always been fed Innova EVO but had chronic ear infections. We had him allergy tested, and the results were whoppers — food allergies include pork, eggs, soybean, lamb, flax or flaxseed oil, barley, brewers yeast and green peas. Also, no grasses (you’d be surprised what’s in some dog foods).
I’m trying to find a HIGH quality kibble (no freezer room for raw, and canned is bad for his teeth) which does not have any of these ingredients, and preferably lists a protein as the first 2 or 3 ingredients. At this point, the only thing I’ve found is Royal Canin’s Veterinary Diet Potato & Venison Large Breed, but the quality doesn’t thrill me.
Any suggestions?

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Last year, my dog had several skin issues. We cleared them up at the vet’s with antibiotics and the vet said they were all due to “flea allergies”. Well, my dog is getting hot spots again, on his back. I have checked him up and down for fleas and flea dirt, and he is on a high quality dog food that has not been changed since last fall. He did not itch at all during winter. Does anyone have any advice on controlling itching without the use of steroids?