problem with hair - Page 1

ok so i have a female import when she came she was beautiful lots of hair then about 4 or 5 months later came in heat lost some hair and then more and then more we bred her the she started to itch and then really itch so we changed her diet ( which was fine prior) she started to itch so bad she was straching her back on anything she could it was one spot mostly we changed to all the good stuff which minimized it but did not get rid of it then she had her pupsthe itching has become less and less and now she does not itch and has even eatten the food she was one before BUT SHE STILL HAS NO HAIR ITS BEEN OVER THREE MONTHS SINCE PUPS SHE WILL BE IN HEAT AGAIN AND SHE STILL LOOKS LIKE WELL YOU KNOW DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEAS OR HAVE ANYONE HEARD OF SUCH A THING SHE HAS BEEN ON EVERY SORT OF VITIMAN AND OILS AND I STILL CANT GET HER HAIR BACK

Take a breath, try to find the return key, or comma or period... hard to read! its summer, she may get her hair back next season. Check thyroid function. Could be hypothyroid. Check for fungal infection. Try Nupro supplements. Google it.

I have a female that has allgeries and when she had a litter on top of that she was bald! We changed her food No corn, or by products to Nutro Max and it has all the fatty acids one dog could ever need. And since then she has not lost one hair (she has gotten a little oily but I just bath her but then bald!) there could be a hot spot that needs to be treated ( it can be caused from a flea bite (just because you don't see them does not mean ther isn't any), mites (when having a litter it puts a huge strain on the dam, this is about the time she will have problems with mites if her immnue system goes down), ear infection, there are two other thing (too early in morning) What did you vet say?

Take your dog to veterinarian. Have the skin scraped for Demodectic, Cheyletiella and Sarcoptic mange and tested for allergies. Changing the food is only effective if it is a food allergy and you found out exactly what your dog was allergic to in the food. The allergen could be something in your dogs environment. Some dogs are prone to allergies and are allergic to many things just like humans. It could be a mange mite. Either case allergies or mange, once the culprit is found and dealt with, could take months, years for the coat to come back to its healthy looking condition. So dogs will never look the same if enough damage is done to the skin and hair follicles. Best thing is find a veterinary specialist and be truthful in what you have done with her in possible causes and what you are doing to try to heal her. Try to find a specialist, otherwise the well meaning but inexperienced local veterinarian will take your dog for observation and then get on the Internet, call friends and ask just like you are doing while charging you for kenneling time while they collect information to begin to experiment on your dog. The expert has been down the road a few times and then some. So in the long run will save you time and money. Veterinarians are like so many other things in life. You get what you pay for.

Thanks everybody but she does not have the itching problem now just a no hair problem. We are all a big family here you would think if one had mite or mange or whatever the other dogs would also. All the dogs are very healthy and have vet checked ok. But i will check the thyroid now she is not pregant. She may have messed up hair follicle when she was going through her issues i dont know. I may try the food if it happens again i just want her to look like she did when i got her. The food wasnt and issue until heat cycle and pregancy.