Help! Crazy itching and red irritated skin... - Page 1

A friend of mine has a female 8 month old shepherd. She came to me because  her poor dog has terribly red irritated, itchy skin and is actually losing her hair in spots. She has changed foods a couple of times looking for a no grain (corn, wheat, wheat gluten etc) kibble and is now trying Diamond naturals lamb and rice (I know, I know) she is also offering an egg twice daily. Here is her original message...

i was wondering if your dogs have dry skin? my dog has awful dry skin. The vet told me to put a little veg oil in her food, i did but it is bad! i use oatmeal shampoo, still bad dry skin. If your dogs have/had it how do you deal with it??? btw i give her food that has no dye also. Idk what to do=(

What advice would you give that I can pass on to her...

Thanks,

Shannan  :)

PS:  if you used plain vegetable oil, that is soy based and NONE of my dogs can use anything with soy or flax seed or any flax oil.  Also if they are getting eggs twice per day that is tooooo much, an egg 2 per WEEK would be OK. 

PS, PS:  all of my guys were itching no matter what kind of dog food I put them on.  I went to raw and all that stopped.  also cleaned everyones teeth nicely and lots more benefits which I am sure you have read about,  if not, might be a good idea to look into it.

Good luck  Nan

Thanks Nan... I had mentioned the Soy and Flax Seed being a problem, I personally feed a raw diet  as well so I have no trouble like this... I figured this was too much egg... I just feel badly for her and her dog...

Shannan

Hi Shannon,
     The pup needs to have a skin scraping to see if it has a external parasite issue, or is having a skin infection. Did she take to the pup to a vet yet?  Once the itching starts during the summer all kinds of things happen, the dogs comfort needs to be addressed.
Always,
Cee

Hi go to this web site and have a read it may help havent tryed it did not have a need to thank god but a friend dog 7 months old had the same thing she had to bath the dog for several weeks in a solution that the vet had given her but she has been on this web site and has bought the products to try her pup is getting a lot better now this web site is for dogs and horses www.aromesse.com hope your pup gets better soon good luck let us know how you get on
Rosey