My dog seems to get a seasonal itching and hair loss problem. It starts up in May and then stops in the fall. I really doubt it is fleas because we put Frontline on him monthly. I think the hair loss is caused from all his itching. I have taken him to the vet and he said it might be some kind of allergies to fleas, but if he doesn’t have fleas this shouldn’t be a problem. Has anyone else had this problem with their dog and found a solution? The vet gave me pills to give to my dog, but the pills didn’t seem to help enough.

I have a mini.poodle and took almost an year to potty train him outside where he shares the grass with all the neighborhood dogs,and that’s the problem,he has had fleas,allergies and a million other things that he gets from the dirty grass.So I was planning on buying a litter box,would it work?Can I built one with my own grass in it and have it my balcony so he would still get to go sort of go outside where the small grass pan is just his?Any other clever ideas?

I have checked him out for fleas and mites and found nothing. I give him a bath weekly with a tearless dog shampoo…is this okay?

I don’t want to feed something with a bunch of fillers like science diet, eukanuba or nutro.