any ideas

[Guest dee mac]

have a young dog here at the moment that we bred and he s shaping into a good keen dog infact hes everything you d look for in a young dog steady alert quiet in kennells and a real fire for work only prob is his coat .he s a smooth dog and he keeps loosing the hair round his flanks backs of legs and ears we ve tryed nu stock it cleared him up for few months then back it came he s been wormed like clock work washed in duramitex we even shaved him to try and promote new hair growth and he grew back after that too perfection dog was gleaming in top shape but this last few weeks he s been losing wee bits here and there and after we dug him yesterday with the friction of being underground hes as bad as ever with his legs and under belly and head worst of all any idea s on what maybe causing this just too add none of the other dogs are affectted only him . could it just be his blood maybe allergic too something in his grub too be honest we are stumped so any ideas or probable causes are welcomed

[jetro 5,349]

too much protein in his food maybe.

j.

[craigyboy 1,274]

what are you feeding him mate

[Bruen 3]

Prob just bad skin mate has he been the vet

 

[Dunkanon 380]

Sounds like mites, had a bitch with similar problem, used to come an go. Tried all sorts and the vet was bloody useless. In the end I used permethrin cream its a treatment for scabies on humans, you can buy it on Internet or at chemist cleared it up within 2 weeks and I only used it on her once.

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

put petroleum jelly on the bare patchs, should sooth the skin and aid hair regrowth while u find the cause.

 

straw can bring in mites, poultry as well

 

 

Edited October 3, 2011 by Carraghs Gem

[hogs head 19]

Ya seen that with a bitch i had went to the vet gave me zertex its an antatis cost me in all €50 got home show the miss and she said there loads of them up in the press €3 in the chem cleared it right up

[sounder 9]

too much protein in his food maybe.

j.

could be the above i bred my waterford dog and got two pups back the same way, he was feeding them with powdermilk i think to rich in protein for them ,also i got a advocat for them it a spot on , in a week or so they all clean up hair is back with a good shine on them afew swear on it ,no harm to try it

atb with them hope you get to the bottom of it ,

atb sounder

[dev 226]

Dee, P had a problem with judge's coat, turns out it was his grub. He bought a bag of skinners chicken and rice dog nuts,and after 2 weeks his coat was back in great nick.

[mick c 411]

sounds like what my mates dog had . he swapped his food to gluten free and that sorted it

[LAZYBALLS 12]

to much red meat and red mills dee get sulphur and put a drop over his food it cools the blood

[jam1 8]

Get some regain!'

[Simoman 110]

As others have mentioned, almost certainly linked to either diet, straw/hay as bedding if he has been routinely treated for parasites..........

[drifter 1 50]

I have same problen in a black dog of mine, tried food, treatment for mites etc bedding everything you can think of and he still has same problem, not all the time but just when you think you have cured it he will break out again, the line he is off has a history of it but nobody seems to know the cure.

 

Atb Drifter

[smasher 1,055]

Stress is another cause of hair loss,maybe being penned up close to a more dominant dog,something putting the dog on edge,a dog in some kind of pain can also cause hair loss,