Itchy dog

[fmay]

One of our border terriers has an itch - she rubs herself up and down on coconut matting and scratches herself on and off through the day. I have just stripped her coat and her undercoat is quite sparse and dry.
Any ideas?
If we put lotions or potions on her the other dogs lick them off.
She (they all) eat Bakers and she will not eat it with extra olive oil etc in it.
'Nettle' tablets seemed to help for a while.

 

[Maesfen]

Try sulphur tablets, our Border, Ben, does just the same but almost makes himself raw with it - I think he's just a pervert!!

I use the little homeapathic ones, can get them from any chemist/health shop and give him 1 or 2 a day wrapped in cheese; it does seem to soothe the skin and stop the scratching but so he doesn't get immune to them I only give when they're needed if that helps.

 

[fmay]

Thanks - I've heard that sulphur cools the blood. I've got some sulphur soap that I might try on her. Do you think that putting te tablet in butter (or cheese) also inceases the 'fat' that they get?

 

[Maesfen]

tbh, I've used it cos Ben loves it, never thought about the fat thing at all!!!!!

He only gets a very small piece or part of a slice so not a huge amount else he'll spit the tablet out and they are so small you can't find them again! Should think a bath in it would be a good 'kick-start' too.

 

[piebaldsparkle]

My JR gets itchy skin, but I found a spoon of liquidised spinage mix with honey in his feed stops him itching. I buy the frozen spinage and then liquidise with a squirt of runny honey. He get two table spoons a day when he is itchy. I have no idea why it works, friend gave me the tip out of a dog magazine, she also gives it to her Springers.

 

[Sooty]

Our JRT developed itchy skin some years ago, and seems to have grown out of it. However, at the time we found switching her to a wheat-free diet made a huge difference, along with frequent baths in some coal tar type shampoo we got from the vet. The James Wellbeloved kibble is hypo-allergenic, really suits ours and I still use it now. Just wish they sold it in Tesco!