skin issue

[cjbjrb]

my french has had an ongoing issue with his skin hes 10 months, his skin is flakey and he stinks more often between baths. i have changed his food to grain free and chicken free ive tried using fish oils ive taken him to the vet and hes been put on medication with shampoo but none of this has worked. as i said hes flakey and stinks and sometimes it looks like he has pimples behind his ears in his paws and stomach and they turn scaby. has anyone had this problem or is it a a thing he will grow out of

 

[Smart_Family]

Could it be yeast? What's the main protein in the food he's on now? He may be allergic to that or something else in the food.

 

[cjbjrb]

I took him to the vet for yeast and she gave my pyoben ( i think) and meds nothing happend as far as his main protein he on earthborn with the bison but ive tried the ocean feast as well and ive tried wilderness duck ive tried a raw egg daily oils everything. its weird because he doesn't itch or chew at all only thing i can thinl of is maybe its the trifexis

 

[Smart_Family]

It could be. I would take him off it and see what happens. I'm glad he's not uncomfy!

 

[cjbjrb]

problem is he was off it during winter

 

[Smart_Family]

So did it happen while he was off it too or did it start recently?

 

[cjbjrb]

it been goin on for the last 5-6 months just started outta nowhere

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he also has bumps sometimes and red skin

 

[cjbjrb]

he also has bumps sometimes and red skin

 

[allformyk9s]

How much fish oil are you giving?


Mine get fish oil every day but were flakely, I was only giving each 1 tab. - in talking to my friend whose fed raw for yrs told me how much I should be giving them, turns out I wasnt giving enough fish oil so bumped them up & they are looking better.

 

[angelbears]

has he been on antibiotics?

 

[allformyk9s]

Sounds like it could be an allergy to something .... hmmmmm Did they do a skin scrapping at his appt? Is he loosing patches of hair?

 

[cjbjrb]

no patches just seems he sheds alot and he has been on antibiotics could it be st. augustine grass?

 

[angelbears]

Could be a yeast imbalance caused by the antibiotic. Does he smell like corn chips? How about his ears? Smelly and or gunky?

 

[cjbjrb]

the antiobiotic was given months ago this has been goin on for a long time a friend of mine just said " it's probably hotspot from st.augustine grass my dog i severly allergic to it" and this will be his first summer in florida but this has been goin on all winter as well and my vet doesn't seem to know, i wanted her to do scrapings but she wanted to try shampoo and meds first

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yea he smelled like corn chips but not bad and i clean his ears weekly its not fun hes 128lb.

 

[cjbjrb]

yea he smelled like corn chips but not bad and i clean his ears weekly its not fun hes 128lb.

 

[angelbears]

even though it has been months since the antibiotic, it could have been the trigger that started the yeast imbalance. Any sugars or starches will continue to feed the yeast. We fought this for years,spending a fortune at the vets, and until we went TOTALLY raw nothing helped long term, including Pyoben.

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Try a 160 pound gobberhead and you have to do it twice a day. YUK

 

[angelbears]

Try a 160 pound gobberhead and you have to do it twice a day. YUK

 

[cjbjrb]

i meant it started before the antibiotic maybe i do need to go raw but know nothing about it

 

[allformyk9s]

Well you've come to the right place to learn about raw :lol:


There are quite a few of us who feed raw - there are a lot of threads in here & feel free to ask away ...

 

[angelbears]

Ours started out as puppy acne. Being what I thought was a good mommy, we ran to the vet every time he farted just to make sure he was okay. Unfortunately; it just kept getting worse. After a ton of research we figured out that he had a yeast imbalance, probably in conjunction with genetic predisposition to bad skin. Please proceed with caution with antibiotics.

Raw is very scary at first but is almost as easy as kibble once you get the hang of it. There are some threads on here about raw feeding and there are a few of us who will always try to answer questions.