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Dog scratching herself constantly
Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:55 am
Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:55 am
Got a 13 year-old beagle. She is always scratching herself. No fleas or ticks. She does have very dry skin. Inside dog but has dog door to go out on patio. She has allergy problems that she has had treatments for over the years. I put her on generic Claridin pills on vet's advice but since she's been on this medication she seems to be scratching more.
Is there anything to give a dog to help with very dry dandruff like skin.
Thanks.
Is there anything to give a dog to help with very dry dandruff like skin.
Thanks.
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:04 am to Homesick Tiger
Mine has skin allergies and fish oil pills keep them controlled pretty well.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:05 am to Homesick Tiger
A bath?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:07 am to bluemoons
quote:
fish oil pills
Just starting using them a few days ago. I hope that's the answer.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:09 am to Homesick Tiger
Good luck. Mine still chews her paws from time to time and scratches here and there, but not nearly as often or bad as she does without fish oils. Make sure you give her the right dose too. It seems like a lot, but mine is 60lbs and I throw in 4 with her food. I think they're 1000mg maybe.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:10 am to Homesick Tiger
Hope that works for you. Not sure about beagles but I know some dogs produce an oil for their cost and skin and shampoo can cut it. If you are washing your dog with shampoo it may be messing that up.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:11 am to Homesick Tiger
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:12 am to Homesick Tiger
This is the best thing I've found for my catahoula.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:12 am to bluemoons
quote:
1000mg
That's what I got but I've been giving her only one. Will step up the dosage. Thanks.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:15 am to DonChowder
quote:
DonChowder
I'll try anything. I haven't noticed that at the vet's office. What's the best kind of store to find it?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:16 am to Homesick Tiger
Fish oil pills and a sparky made with Apple cider vinegar and water. Google the mixture for the spray. Also, the ole Coro-steroid shot seems to help.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:17 am to Homesick Tiger
My vet told me the dosage for mine based on the kind of pills I was buying. I just get the human pills at CVS. Here's a chart I found laying out dosages.
LINK
And here's more info than I really care to know about fish oils, but there's good dose info in here.
LINK
It really does make a difference. I started just giving her a pill with food for months because I'd read online that it helped. Nothing changed. When I asked my vet about it, he told me to up the dose and it made a huge difference.
LINK
And here's more info than I really care to know about fish oils, but there's good dose info in here.
LINK
It really does make a difference. I started just giving her a pill with food for months because I'd read online that it helped. Nothing changed. When I asked my vet about it, he told me to up the dose and it made a huge difference.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:21 am to bluemoons
quote:
It really does make a difference.
I hope. She's kinda looking, and acting, like that 60 year-old circus mouse in the Green Mile.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:21 am to Yewkindewit
quote:Yeah... this too.
Fish oil pills
And if you have a Petco near by you can find the Vet's Best stuff.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:25 am to DonChowder
Thanks guys. She's got warts all over and just had rectal surgery for some busted blood vessels. Also has the fatty tumors. She's hanging in there though.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:44 am to Homesick Tiger
Could be the food she's eating.
If you are giving her chicken-based food, that seems to be a common problem.
You might want to switch her to a fish-based food... like Salmon. Anything but chicken.
If you are giving her chicken-based food, that seems to be a common problem.
You might want to switch her to a fish-based food... like Salmon. Anything but chicken.
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