I have a lab mutt who is about a year and a half old. She hates baths, although they do seem to help (my vet said she is alleric to the pollen that gets on her skin). She does not have fleas. Antihistamines haven’t worked. Cortisone shots have proved helpful, but I don’t want to keep giving her steroids. Any suggestions?

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!

I have 2 dogs, a Shar pei and a miniature Aussie. Both have severe flea allergies and we have tried almost everything. It seems as if even one flea will make them break out, lose hair and scratch uncontrollably. Any suggestions?

i rescued a jack russel with chronic flea allergy.i tried alsorts.unfortunately most flea preparations work by the fleas being killed after they’ve bitten. it’s the bite the dogs are allergic to. nothing really helped as he was super-sensative. when i got him over onto a natural diet [raw meat, vegetables and hard-baked wholemeal bread] his immune system clicked in [from his body coping with bacteria in raw meat] and he never had a flea allergy again in the last 10 years of his life, despite moving out of town where we have a garden full of wildlife and associated fleas!