My chihuahua is close to 10 years old and has always had seasonal skin allergies and flaking in the fall months. I've taken her to the vet and all he wants to do is inject her with hydrocotizone. I fear that this is taking time off of her life although it helps. She is on a special diet, high in OMEGA fatty acids, etc. and I don't believe it's a food allergy niether does the vet.
The poor thing is miserable, any SERIOUS suggestions?
2006-12-19 12:57:59 · 5 answers · asked by Jodie H 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
You could gradually switch her to a food like Royal Canin Chihuahua, specially formulated for that breed. Then ask your Vet about 3V Skin Caps which is a supplement containing Omega 3 and Vit A, D and E which work together to improve skin and coat.
No harm in trying. It has helped my dogs, two of them have sensitive skin and one used to get cortisone shots regularly.
Also, how often do you bathe your dog and what with? Maybe the Vet can suggest a medicated shampoo that will help her skin and coat, or get a hypoallergenic shampoo from your area pet store. One woman I know adds a benadryl capsule to her dogs shampoo. It works topically in this way.
2006-12-19 13:07:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you use any flea and tick treatments on your dog? It may be the problem. My lab/springer mix suffered from skin allergies resulting in problems with flea and tick treatments. You may also want to consider changing the dog's food to possibly a organic type food or one designed for dogs with sensitive skin. The Nutro line has some really great foods and my dog did very well on the sensitive stomach formula. Once I put her on this food and took her off Science Diet(which is one of the worst foods for dogs) her skin cleared up(she was always scratching and had white flaky patches on her joints). She still had problems with flea and tick treatments, but I found that Sergeants Rid Flea and Frontline didn't bother her.
2006-12-19 13:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by hazeleyedbeauty1967 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe you should change it's food just temporarily, to see if that's it, cause you never know, and worse case scenario, your dog gets tastier food. ^^ How often do you bathe her? And what shampoo do you use? She may be allergic to the shampoo, I would get her a special type of allergenic shampoo...And maybe to spoil her, or help her feel a little better, I would get her a sweater. ^^ Anyway, good luck!! I hope everything works out okay. Happy holidays.
2006-12-19 13:04:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of our dogs had that problem. What corrected it was a humidifier and using tons of conditioner, unless allergic to it?
I hope that does the trick?
Best of luck to you! & Happy holidays!
2006-12-19 13:43:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two items available at PetSmart for this problem:
http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441775969&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302026128&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&bmUID=1166580712204
http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302026125&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441775330&bmUID=1166580721016
I'm sure most good pet stores have similar items.
Hope this helps!
Vince
2006-12-19 13:16:19 · answer #5 · answered by Vince 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋