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hi from africa
the ancestral home of all our beautifull dogs
i cant believe our farm braks have travelled so far and wide
brak is jargon over here for the mongrels that frequent most farmyards
im not sure if its english or afrikaans
actually i guess its only the top class aristocrat farm dogs that can afford to fly to the states or to russia
that russian beaut aint no brak
where did you get him from valeria if you still here
and how is the allergy two years later
i joined this site hoping to find lots of allergy threads
valerias 2010 thread is all i see
our much loved zahrah has pink skin between the toes is worst
then the back of her paws
under her armpits gets quite bad
and the soft tummy skin also gets a pink rash which comes and goes
the vet says allergy and we trying a few things
id love to hear from someone else whos had this pink skin thing
at present it doesnt seem to worry her but ive caught her nibbling the paws so im sure its itchy
we petrified it escalates
has anyone had something similar
rob
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Hi,
My Bella had a skin issue. I think it was a yeast problem. I have heard that putting them on a RAW diet and no grains should help. It is probably caused from the food she eats. That is only my opinion. My new pup who is 9 months old is now on a raw diet and thriving. Good luck!
~Lisa
Rob don't forget to add pure salmon oil or a fish base kibble. Good luck man.
hi
im doing all that and she doesnt seem to be sufferring
but the pink tummy comes and goes
and today the back has taken a turn
her back is a mass of little hard pimples
i still havent heard from anyone who has solved the prob
what happenned to valleria skin prob
help
rob
My boy was struggling with skin problems, tummy had red patches, patches on flanks that would lose hair. The vet throught it looked like a staph infection (he could not do any scrapings as my dog is unapproachable by strangers). The vet put him on a course of antibiotics and his skin is finally healing.
Hi Rob,
A couple possibilities come to mind. It is possible you are dealing with a food allergy (I assume your vet has done a skin scrape and you are using external parasite prevention). There are several prescription diets for this that include hydrolyzed proteins. A novel protein diet may also be a possibility (duck, venison, etc). There are many formulations available for this as well.
Another possibility is that your dog suffers from Atopy. There is a good drug out on the market called "Atopica" which your vet may be able to prescribe for treatment.
The third route is to do skin allergy testing followed by a series of injections.
I can't really say what the best route would be to go or recommend a treatment since I haven't examined your animal (I'm a vet) but I thought I'd drop some info your way. Skin allergy problems can be a long term and frustrating thing some times. Best of luck to you and your vet in getting it under control.
Jamie
Thanx jamie and carrie
yes we have been there etc
atopy doesnt ring a bell
but we had a scinscrape
and she doesnt have fleas
although i recenly found three ticks on her
i didnt mention this to my vet
is it relavent ?
then we thought diet so he prescribes a prescription diet for eight weeks and it didnt go away so we have to believe its not food
then a few weeks later this latest flare up
we always watch the red tummy and paws so didnt worry about her back
then suddenly her whole back is covered with hard little bumps that i assume are infection cause we got antibiotics and cortosone to take
when it settles again we going to try daily allergex and aditional cortosone when needed
but i see this sallergy as a death sentence if one cant cure it the dog gets worse and worse till its quality of life deteriorates and she starts suffering
and thent what
luckily my vet made one comment that might save her
he said inland these allergies are rare and we could always move to the transvaal
or more likely find a transvaal home for her
at the moment shes still a happy friendly protective perfect boerboel and much loved family member
and my surfing buddy
so im praying for a reprieve
rob
Hey Rob,
As you are finding out, skin problems can be very complicated and frustrating and dogs are allergic to a lot of things besides their food. Here is a link to some info about atopy.
http://rottweilerhealth.org/pdfs/march_derm_hiller_02.pdf
The link is from some rottweiler site but the article was done by Ohio State University. They have done some really good work in this area and a board certified canine dermatologist I heard give a lecture recently at Southeast Veterinary Conference talked about using the "Ohio State Protocol" which is a combo of Atopica and Ketoconazole if I remember correctly.
Best of luck to you and your vet!
Jamie
Rob, I don't know if you use flea and tick prevention like Frontline etc., but if you do maybe you should eliminate that to see if that is the cause of the allergy. I refuse to use it anymore on my animals. My first bb got AIHA after putting Frontline on her. It could just be a coincidence but something triggered her immune system to go haywire and we never found the cause. Then my new bb got terrible runs after being treated 3 months in a row. I stopped using it and he has been fine ever since. Just a thought.
~Lisa
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