My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his

he is allergic to all bug bites . he chews on himself constantly and has terrible dandruff .we keep frontline on him ,and brush him pretty often . nothing seems to help .he stays inside but still chews and loses the fur .he is only seven years old, and we would like him to enjoy the rest of his life itch free .HELP !!!!

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My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

Vet check. Could be an allergy - food or environmental. I would have the vet do a skin scraping to see if there are any mites to determine if it is Manage. 2 types of manage - sarcoptic [contagious] or demadex. [not contagious] Demadex is a result of a weakend immune system. Mange is easily treated but takes awhile. We successfully treated 1 dog who had sarcoptic and then it went to demadex. It took him about 9 months to clear from beginning to end of treatment. He was treated with Ivermectin. We are treating another boy right now for demadex. No hair on him at all and covered in bloody wounds. We started him with the Ivermectin and it almost killed him. He was too sick [due to someone starving him almost to death] so we had to wait a couple weeks. We began treating him with Interceptor [a heartworm med] and he has responded great. We also had him on Baytril for infections in his skin. I don't know if your boy has mange, but I thought I'd pass on my mange info just in case. I see a lot of dogs in the shelter with missing hair, skin infections, etc., and they usually put them down because treatment/recovery process is slow. And there are alot Vets that misdiagnos it. Always breaks my heart because I know with the right diagnosis/treatment, they recover just fine. If it is not mange, not an allergy, maybe a different food and/or skin caps on the food to give extra hair and skin nutrition. The last thing might be boredom. Stress and lack of outdoor activity such as excersise leads them to become kinda neurtotic and they can chew themselves to bits. Best of luck to you and your boy.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

Use peanut butter.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

takie him to a vet

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

well that happend to my dog too and the animal docter told me when ever i take her a bath to put on garlic oil on her skin and a month later her itch stop and her skin is back to normal but u should really see of of those animal docters to see what they say

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

you are doing all the right things, try cod liver oil capsule. good luck!

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

ask the vet about giving him benadryl; it helped our Collie with his hot spots/itching.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

he could be allergic to the frontline. have you taken him to the vet for allergy shots? get iodine and put it on his skin for relief and get a t-shirt so he has it on and can not irritate his skin more by biting and itching it.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

he is probly itchy from dry skin... pour a can of tuna over his food and it should clear it up over a few days it like mositurizes his skin etc..

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

My dog had the exact same problem. I probably take him to the vet for professional help if I were you. We took our dog there and she's a lot better.

Hope this helps!

P.S. You can try olive oil, pour it over his food once a day. It helps their skin alot.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

What food does he eat? He could be allergic to one/some of the ingredients. Foods like Iams, Purina, Pedigree, Eukanuba, Science Diet, etc are total crap and shouldn't be fed. (Decent foods include Innova, Innova EVO, California Natural, Nature's Variety, Canidae, Wellness, Orijen, Solid Gold)

Have you gone to the vet? He can help diagnose your problem and get you on some medicine.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

Ok, this works for humans with poison ivy, so I'm wondering if it will work for dogs with a dermatological problem. Peel a banana, and then rub the inside of the peelings over the affected area. Do this every 6-8 hours or so for 3 days, and see if the scratching slows down. Best I can suggest. You can verify this remedy for poison ivy by doing a google search. I realize this is not from ivy! Just give it a try!

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

My puppy was losing hair on his stomach and I took him to the vet and they had me wash his stomach with iodine and let it sit for 10 minutes for a week once a day! It worked! His hair all grew back!

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

take him to a vet- dogs can get some serious infections of the skin , some caused by bugs like lice and scabies are something to worry about and should be ruled out by a experienced vet. other problems may be just involving the skin . diet can sometimes help- some issues can only be cured by medications prescribed by a vet- and are easy to solve. if your vet hasnt come up with a solution you should consult a different vet.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

my dog does that occasionally and we usually clean it out really good with hydrogen peroxide everyday and some times try and put some gauze on it! or maybe try getting a cone so they can heal! =D

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

He could be having a food allergy. You may want to change your dogs diet to a fish and sweet potato formula. "Wellness" makes it. And give your dog Fish oil pills. The Fish oil will get rid of the dandriff. The Omega 3 and 6 will put moister back into your dog skin. You also may want to try switching the flea treatment to "Revolution" That helps with all internal parasites including heart worm as well as killing flea and tick.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

there's a product called atopica - it's a cyclosporine which blocks the allergic responses in dogs.. it usually causes the pet to become nearly to completely itch free - but used only in sever cases of dermatitis. the most common side effect is GI upset because castor oil is used in the capsule but giving the product on an empty stomach helps, or adding pepcid twice a day.

the cost of the product is quite high until they get all the patents finished on the product - but the people i know that have used it, swear by it and say that it's worth it. try discussing it with your vet to see if it's the right medication for your pet.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

I have the same issue's with our golden. We have had her at the vet a few times for this. We had to try giving Diphey hydramine first. We gave her four pills a day. This didn't seem to help her at all. So now we have steroids that we give her when she starts to itch. Also if he has been itching its possible that he has got a infection from itching so hard. I was finding scabs on my girl. She got so bad at one point that she would just do this shaking thing every time she would get up.Her legs would kick and body would just shiver as if some thing were crawling on her. This time a year is the worst for her. There is just some thing in the air that does not mix with her. So if I was you I would make a vet appointment and start working on some ideas to help your boy out. I hope he gets better... Also we have to give our dog a bath every week with a medicated shampoo.

We also have to put a cone on her when we go places. Other words it hair all over the place when we come home. I do not like to give her the Prednisom (steroid) every time I have to go out to the store..

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

Sounds to me like this dog has a skin disease. It could be ringworm and it could possibly be a type of mange. Either way the dog is going to suffer if the condition isn't cured.

I know of a home remedy that could possibly cure the animal of the condition. If you're willing to try it, I am sure that it will work. If not then I recommend a trip to the Vet.

I have seen this procedure work many times with many dogs. It is messy and the dog would have to be kept outside until the treatment wears off.

The treatment is as follows. Change the oil in your motor vehicle. The older the oil the better. That will give you a minimum of approximately four quarts of oil. Find a store that sells sulphur. Mix one 3 ounce box of Swan Sulphur in the oil. Put on some plastic gloves. Mix the sulphur in real good. Bring you dog outside. Take the mixture with your hands and rub into the dog's fur until it soaks the skin. Do this especially in the affected areas.

Leave this mixture on until it wears off (about two weeks). Once the treatment has worn itself out of the fur, bathe the animal. In about six weeks your dog will have a beautiful radiant coat of fur.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

Try using Vitamin E lotion. It worked on my dog.

My german shephard has some serious skin problems , and often loses the hair on the rear part of his back .?

Has he had bloodwork done recently to check thyroid levels? Skin problems can be a sign of thyroid deficiency. That's how I found out my dog has it. If he does, the pills for it are really cheap.