Yes - this is the important point - "just not loads of them".
A greatly varied diet is what dogs thrive on, just like us. I am dead against feeding the same food day in day out, from a packet or tin. Dogs can tolerate all sorts of horrors in their diet - they love poo - as long as their gut...
I make up a supplement of garlic granules, yeast and linseed oil which I feed to my sweet itch boy all year round. Then at the start of the 'season' (about April) I spray him with sweet itch lotion twice a day and brush it in. It has benyl benzoate in it and really works well. He's got a full...
My sweet itch boy does do well on sweet itch lotion (really cheap on ebay) and special sweet itch balancer which has yeast etc in it.. He doesn't need a rug as long as I start the treatment before the midges start to bite. He keeps his mane and tail reall well now.