Dog With Bald Spots

RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Di (Guest Post) (11/14/2008) My dog had 3 spots on her back that looked like she was injured somehow. There was no other animals near her, and no way that she could have hurt herself that we could find. The 3 sections fell off in lumps of dried skin with the fur, and left her bald. I've had the vet check her twice, and she still has no hair in these areas- it has been 5 months now. Her skin has blackened there, and no hair yet. No mites, etc. It is a mystery. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post by shirleyamh (25) | (09/01/2008) Contact I feed my dogs an egg every now and then. This keeps their skin and coat shiny and healthy . Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Angela Ireland (Guest Post) (09/01/2008) My Chihuahua too has developed bald spots, two on her back and one on her belly. I think is is getting better with a couple of drops of tea tree oil mixed with either petroleum jelly or olive oil. It was very sudden and the hair that came off seemed to have a crusty skin underneath and the hair came off with the skin. She was scratching at first but seem ok now. The first spot was regrowing when I noticed the second spot. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Amanda (Guest Post) (08/18/2008) My puppy is a 6 month old cocker spaniel, recently she developed a bald spot on her hind leg, on the outside, then she got another on her chest. They are pink colored, but look like they have little tiny black spots, they do not seem to bother her. I took her to the vet and they told me it was an allergy to her food, or a lack of nutrients/protein. He recommended that I give her a higher grade dog food, she is eating now Pedigree Puppy. What is your recommendation for me? I have never had this happen with any of my dogs. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Amanda (Guest Post) (08/18/2008) My puppy is a 6 month old cocker spaniel, recently she developed a bald spot on her hind leg, on the outside, then she got another on her chest. they are pink colored, but look like they have little tiny black spots, they do not seem to bother her. I took her to the vet and they told me it was an allergy to her food, or a lack of nutrients/protein. He recommended that I give her a higher grade dog food. She is eating now Pedigree Puppy. What is your recommendation for me? I have never had this happen with any of my dogs. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By becca (Guest Post) (08/14/2008) Found my dog going bald two weeks after rabies shots. It was in the area where the shot was given. Doc prescribed prednisone and vitamins which appear to be Omega 3 fatty acids. Said my shi tzu developed an allergy. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By LABBY (Guest Post) (06/26/2008) I have a 3 yr old black lab who since we got his hair shaved down, not bald, for summer, is losing all his hair. It started off as a little patch, now all over. He looks awful. We took him to the vet, she did a skin scraping, no mites, no infection,its not mange, just dry skin flaking off. Told me to use fish oil twice a day in his food. Two capsules. And use a shampoo with chlorehexidine. It has been almost 2 weeks, no better yet. She also told me, she noticed people who were feeding their pet Beneful were having skin problems. Use food with omega fatty acids in it. I will update on progress. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Ms. Wu (Guest Post) (04/13/2008) My chihuahua has had a bald spot on the side of his arm for a little over a month now. I spent so much money on tests... skin scraping, fungal culture, skin impression, ointments, which all came out negative or have not helped. The vet is now optioning a biopsy in which my dog will be sedated for several hours and a part of the skin at the affected area will be removed and he will be sutured. I think this is extreme and want to leave that as my last result. Anyone have any advice? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By (Guest Post) (01/17/2008) My dog had the same problem and we took her to the Vet and we found out she had mites. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By kristen (Guest Post) (06/25/2007) At the beginning of this week my dog developed, not a bald spot, but it was bleeding and red on the skin of his face and i would wipe it off, but it's still moist and like gooey. if i pulled on the hair to get the dry blood off, the hair would come out in clumps attached to a clump of blood. it spread and it's now the sixe of a tennis ball, maybe bigger and now he's developing the same thing on the other side of his face. i have no idea what it is and the vet won't see him until thursday! im sooo scared any advice? Report Spam or Abuse RE: bald dog Post By patty (Guest Post) (05/28/2007) I just got a chihuahua she has no hair...the owner says she has allergies,,Can you tell me if this is true or if she actually has something wrong with her? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Evelyn Hornak (Guest Post) (05/22/2006) My 6 month old started to get a bald spot on her right front leg and it has expanded to a large area above it and is getting worse. The vet said the skin is healthy and a scraping showed no mites. He thinks she had a reaction to her baby shots. It's getting worse even with the cortisone shot. I think she will be bald if I can't stop it. She's on a human grade food and is very healthy. Any idea what's causing this. It's been very expensive and nothing is working. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Lizzy (Guest Post) (05/02/2006) My dog has two bald spots, one under his chin and the other on the outside of his front leg. He doesn't itch or lick them, they just appeared one day. They don't look like ringworm or mites. I guess it could be an allergy, but like I said, no itching! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post by Dr Beth (17) | (03/01/2006) Contact Please check out the pet place page on www.abundantlifeessentials.com you will find most of your answers there. Are you using flea and tick treatments? These are the most common cause. Also diet must be bad. The best thing you can do is feed your dog only lamb and rice or this homeade mixture brown rice, chicken , lamb or buffalo, 1 raw egg and fish oil. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post by kidrocks (1) | (03/01/2006) Contact Ausie with a bald spot I have a 3 year old Ausie that developed a skin irritation, and a bald spot on her back that the vet said was most likely self inflicted. He gave her a cortisone injection and 2 weeks of antibiotics and me, a $100.00 bill! She is on Nutro dog food, so cheap dog food is not the cause. Her skin always is dry (and has Linatone added to her food for at least a year now). The spot has not improved. The skin is dry, but no irritation. She does not bother the area. Does anyone know if the spot will fill back in with fur. The vet said it would, but after almost two months, now it has not. I fount it interesting that someone wrote that you shouldn't use plastic bowls. Both of my dogs have plastic water and seperate food bowls. Hummmmmm??? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Diana (Guest Post) (02/08/2006) Could be mange..caused by a mite check with the vet immediatley it can be spread to other animals easily if this is what it it Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Claudia-MD (Guest Post) (02/08/2006) I think this is best left to the professionals- check with your vet. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post by Megan's mom (39) | (02/07/2006) Profile | Contact One of my puppies had spots like that, and I took her to the vet. She had red mange which is cureable. But, it can be a simple form that is not expensive or it could be the one that the dog has to have dips every two weeks to cure it. This is passed on by the mother usually I was told. The mother came to us pregnant and had no signs of hair loss at the time ,but, I did find out that she had lost hair when she was a puppy. bingo!! She had 8 pups all but, one went to the North Shore foundation in Rhode island whic is a no kill shelter.Good luck , I hope this helps, oh, the vet gave me a cream for my pup called Goodwinol Ointment and this cleared her up beautifully. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post by nancyec (36) | (02/07/2006) Contact You need to take her to a vet first. Years ago, my dog had some kind of skin irritation thing that required biweekly dippings for about a month to clear up. Hope it's not whatever that was. Additionally, my vet told me that lots of dogs develop an allergy to plastic & to always put her food & water in a ceramic or glass dish. That helped a lot. The best dog shampoo I've ever found for any type of skin condition is Sulfodene (I've tried several). My dog is almost 17 now & she gets these "old dog skin cysts". It had gotten to the point where I had to bathe her every 2-3 days just to keep her skin under control until I found Sulfodene. Now we're back to weekly baths. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Carol (Guest Post) (02/07/2006) When my golden retriever had that the vet said it was allergies.. He gave him cortizone shots for it.. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post By Robin (Guest Post) (02/07/2006) The itchiness sounds like allergies to me. The best thing to do is to take her to your vet for an examination. In the meantime, you can probably get some relief for her from the itching by giving her medicated baths, specifically dog shampoos containing oatmeal, and also feeding her a good diet. Don't ever buy cheap food! It's not worth it! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog With Bald Spots Post by WIsgal (186) | (02/07/2006) Profile | Contact Take her to the Vet. She probably has an allergy to something. Report Spam or Abuse