Itchy dog

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I have taken on a clumber spaniel that has been a working dog and lived out. When I first saw him he was covered with scabs and scratching himself stupid, often drawing blood. He has been treated using Advocate by the foster home and a steroid injection two weeks ago. Whilst living out fosterer says he has not been scratching(although as hes been out he is not under observation as much as when he has been in at my house) and the scabs have mostly gone. Got him back today and he has been scratching again and nibbling his paws. The heating is off (I am freezing ) and he has been mostly outside today. I treated the house with Indorex before he came just in case it was fleas, but am of the opinion now that its possibly mites. He has two more Advocate tubes to use from the foster home. Should I persevere with these . He does not seem a stressy sort but is it possible its stress bringing out the itch ? He has not been signed over to me yet so Im hesitating to take him down the vet again (foster person is quite dismissive of vets!) The dogs he has been living out with have not developed anything.
 
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Have a look at the Aqueous range of shampoos etc. They are brilliant. I would also look at diet and maybe start again? Mine are on raw now as one was always itchy/scurfy/ill etc. Could be an allergy.
 
I've been using Seleen shampoo on new rescue who has itchy feet. She came to me on a grain free kibble (salmon) and was itchy then, since been on grain free lamb wet food but the shampoo had an instant effect. Back to vets this week but I've not seen her at her paws in over a week. I'm not convinced with her it isn't stress-she was in an awful boarding kennels for a couple of months before she came to me and she's had two major upheavals.

eta she was mainly at between her pads but she also had a scab on the same place on each front foot (now healed-they were quite deep) and also an area of dry scurfy skin on her LHS hock. (The kennel was a large concrete cell with no enrichment at all and the exercise area was just a bigger concrete cell with 5ft concrete walls-ghastly place although the owner seemed to really love the dogs you have to wonder that theses type of kennels still exist).
 
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he is on a raw diet, has been for at least a month.Thought he was over the itching as scabs gone but he has scratched all night. Hope Im not going to have to let him go back, wonder if now its turned into an allergy to carpets or house mites as his immune system must have been compromised. He has never lived indoors. Also Amymay he had a groom and shampoo etc before he came to me. Its so distressing to watch let alone for him
 
I would get your vet to take a skin scraping, there could be a whole range of reasons and the most difficult to treat successfully are under the skin. At least eliminate them before you move on to topical treatments?
 
Have you considered putting him on aloe vera? It's really helped my itchy pony. Vet recommended it when we ran out of ideas!!
They can be allergic to proteins, I believe chicken is no 1 in allergic response. Maybe go back to one protein at a time and see if that helps?
Also what raw food are you using? Some suppliers are better quality then others. There's an answer somewhere, will just take time to find it xx
 
Hi. Aloe vera would definitely be worth a try! I know it has helped with other people's animals as well as themselves. Please contact me. Xxx
 
JillA said:
I would get your vet to take a skin scraping, there could be a whole range of reasons and the most difficult to treat successfully are under the skin. At least eliminate them before you move on to topical treatments?
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Agree with this..... It could be bacterial,fungal,dietary..
Once you have a diagnosis......
Shampoo weekly with appropriate shampoo..( hexocyl,chlorexyderm for bacteria..mallesseb for fungal etc)
Eliminate grains from diet.
Change protein in kibble.try something that's new to your dog.
Brush coat daily to stimulate the circulation and get rid of scabs,dead hair etc..
 
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