Question by Carson: My dog scratches herself until she bleeds!?
My dog continually scratches herself leaving rashes, sores, and bloody cuts. She’s been to the vet a million times now. She has allergies constantly. We’ve changed her food to a special hypoallergenic diet, shes had antibiotics, has special shampoo in which shes bathed regularly, she’s had antihistamines, steroids, everything under the sun. My dog has more medication the the pharmacy.
I’m committed to taking care of her allergies and doing what she needs but my concern is her constant scratching of her neck, armpits, and face. She is tearing up her skin, leaving wounds and bald spots. What can i do to prevent her form harming herself? I’ve seen those things called soft paws but is there any other options?

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Answer by brittanyyyy119
sounds like an idiot to me. put a funnel around it’s neck or something

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Question by Kathryn: i Know what my dog has but i cant take him until the vets open should i wait or take him into emergency 0?
i have reasearched and researched for my lab/retriever and for those of u who may have something similar take him in. my dog recently started getting scaly skin that flakes off around the eyes- which i figured out is called red mange demidicosis not spreadable but very itchy- and recently along with that his ear started bleeding and sores on his left ear only and realized that he has a ear infection. He also has allergies to add onto that so i need to know if i take him in and spend my whole paycheck on him or wait find a vet that makes payments please help me i want to do both but i am just so scared

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Answer by happylondonerder
Your poor dog is suffering every second that you delay getting it treated.

Don’t delay, get your dog treated immediately.

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Question by Mary K: Help! Skin allergy in bulldog puppy ! What to feed until I can get to the vet?
I have a 9 week old english bulldog.
I have been feeding him the food the breeder gave me(Pride) until this week I started to gradually add a little of the food I bought IAMs puppy smart . Today is the first day I only gave him IAMS. His skin is red on his neck belly, feet, well in other words where ever he has white fur I can see his skin is a red.
I do not have any more of the pride dog food the vet gave me. There is no stores open that have pride dog food, no vets, at this time of night. Iam boiling chicken for him to eat will this be alright for him until I can take him to the vet? What can I feed him?
well I have a little girl in bed cannot go to the store and buy long grain rice, would minute rice be ok? I have minute rice.

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Answer by Krizette D
Dogs can be allergic to several types of food, but the most common triggers are chicken, beef, corn, or wheat–all typical ingredients in commercial dog food. The allergy usually shows up as a skin problem, such as itching, rashes, and hot spots (warm spots of infected skin). Some dogs may have stomach upset as well, with chronic diarrhea or vomiting.

http://dogtime.com/allergies-dog.html

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Question by slackpanda: My dog bites and scratches his skin until huge patches of his fur is gone and the skin is raw with blood.?
I have a Labrador(rocky) aged 15 my grandmother has a dachshund(chico) aged 4-5 and my auntie has a
Shiba-inu(fern) aged 2-3.
It’s quite a vicious circle and i’ll try and make it easy to understand.

I live with my family and dog Rocky. My grandmother has Chico & lives with her son(my uncle) who’s dog is Fern.
Chico and Rocky are the eldest dogs and Fern is a youngster.

The problem first started when my Uncle first got Fern who’s currently on Anti-cancer tablets for our problem.
Chico and Fern live together so the problem spread to Chico who has given it to Rocky, Each dog Itch them selves to the point their fur is gone the skin is bleeding and gets infected, We all have the same (useless) Vet, And it costs a bomb every time we take them, They keep telling us they don’t know what it is and we’re beginning to give up. It’s starting to really bug me, as I know this problem is only happened when Fern arrived and because my dog is very old I feel like I cant enjoy my last year or so i have with him, He’s got enough problems as it is with joint pain and being deaf and blind with old age.

We have tried bathing him in special shampoos
Tea-tree spray
and a bunch of tablets but that cost us like £70 and they did nothing but give him a loose bum.
he’s currently on Prednisone steroid, but this can’t be long term because that’s very damaging for him.

Fern is on Anti-Cancer tablets for humans. Vets think Fern has an allergy, but to what?
If all three dogs are doing the same. Itch Itch Itch Bite Bite Bite Scratch Scratch Scratch Chew Chew Chew and it’s all night, no joke!

Please help me, I’m going insane!

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Answer by chase
The “Vet” should take a skin scraping to see if there is a Mite affecting the poor dogs. In the mean time try some “AloeVera” gel on the itching. it is very soothing.You can get it at the super market or chemist.Poor dogs I can imagine how they feel.
Good Luck

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Question by Em: Please help! How can I stop my dog from scratching until she’s bloody?
Background- Six months ago, I moved and my dogs seemed to get fleas at the same time. I had to treat my new house for fleas. I am 100% we don’t have fleas anymore, they’ve been gone for months.
Unfortunately, from six months to 1 year old (since the move), my chorkie WILL NOT STOP SCRATCHING. She scratches her armpits, behind her ears, her face, and her neck until it’s bloody.
-tried changing diet…don’t think it helped
-only bathe once a month or less (could bathe more with medicated shampoo?)
-old house didn’t have carpet, new house does…allergy in carpet?
What can I DO? It tears me up to see her rip open her skin like this. I have no idea how to help her, and cannot afford to take her to an allergist.
I have another dog, and she never scratches.
I have taken her to the vet. She said without taking her to the allergist, she can’t really help me.

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Answer by CC
Call your vet and explain her symptoms, they may ask you to take her in, but if not they will perscribe some medications., How ever which food are you feeding her? If you feed her low quality grocery store food, pedigree, purina, ol’roy…etc this could be the reason she has her breakouts.

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