GSD HEALTH CONCERNS - Page 2

Thanks for everyone's help. I am going to look on getting some better food for both of our dogs. Treat the skin and pano for a different directions other then meds.

you can send the x-ray to the ofa for a "pre-buy" reading........its only 35$ they take credit cards....

email and find out more......

for pano, find a LOW protein food for a few weeks....

So for the Pano is better for low crude protein or is the  Orijen large breed puppy 2 cups a day better?  The Orijen seems to have a lot of protein in it but it looks everywhere else.  The vet sent the pre-lims in to the OFA should have results in a few weeks hopefully..
 

Regarding the skin condition, I had a friend that had two dogs like this, not at the same time one was already very bad when she got it and the other just had it a little like yours and was able to be healed and is in perfect condition now, the other was better for a time but then went downhill again, it was bad. She self diagnosed it after much research and got the vet to give the correct meds and agree with the diagnosis. Condition was called Malassezia. Keep the dog in a dry climate, no swimming either or playing in water bowls with this disease, it just makes it worse. It is a yeast/ fungal infection that is also internal. I do think it stems from auto-immune dissorder as well. You'll find lots of info if you'll google it. Good luck with everything.

Here's a great article I just found:  http://rottweilerhealth.org/pdfs/august_malasszia_paters_02.pdf

I would also add a teaspoon of apple cider vinager every day to the food;  will help to kill yeast/fungal problems plus helps joints, etc.  Use the good stuff; Braggs organic ACV>  good luck  Nan

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the black stuff in the dogs ears & tummy are allergies ( toxins seaping out of the skin if I correctly remember, what I was told )

When you use this product it will get worse before it will get better, so expect a 6 month healing time for the pup to get over this.

to say the least after 6 mos on nzmes & presice dog food it all went away for my GSD!
I bought the medicated bath by the gallon from Ryans Pets  27.00 a gallon + s/h
bathed 2 times a week for a month.... the smell & scratching when away

my GSD had it & so did my mali pup....
I personally think it is from meds ( metro) from Giardia.... it is really hard on a pups
immune system when there are not really developed yet.
This is why it is so important as a breeder to deworm the puppies properly prior to shipping
I heard it is a very common problems in most kennels.

We now de worm on a regular basis with DE

we also fed our pup raw W sojo's to help build the immune up to the age of 6 months with some kibble for training.

when we changed a friend dog from kibble to raw, her allergy probelms stopped in 1 month

I was also told & read on the net that chicken is the #1 meat that dogs could have allergies with, so they fed her beef & it worked. But not all dogs are a like

Plz remember not everything works for every dog or person, but it worked for us with our GSD


nans gsd, your on the right trail too, but the right food is also important.... that is why we feed precise dog food from the nzymes web site...it makes a huge difference
in treatment...good call.

There is a bit of irregularity to the ball on the right side of the film--a bit of a hook?--but that socket looks deeper than the other, too. Overall, the hips look pretty good. Still I think it's worthwhile to send the films to OFA for a reading.

The black skin is a typical result of irritated/damaged skin when there's been allergies or other irritations. Changing foods is probably a good first course--and stick with the meds. Also give him a bath with some mild shampoo.

My dog Rollie had pano, we gave him 325 mg of Bufferin aspirin, one or 2 a day, the pano mostly
bothered him at night, the aspirin worked very well, plus it's all natural!

As for food, nutro is crap and is probably making his skin bad, I feed a raw diet or
Fromm Gold Dog food, www.frommfamily.com Never has been recalled.

Got the pre-lims back.. Right hip is borderline according to OFA.  Left is normal.  We will do new xrays at 24 months and hopefully ( please pray) he will be at least fair not dysplastic.  Any good advice of helping this right hip?!?!?! We switched to Blue Buffalo Freedom to help with the skin and the pano is still hurting him but we and he is dealing with it.