dollyrocks02
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Hi Guys,
I've never posted in here b4, and I apologise as this could turn out to be long!! I'm looking for some advice on my little dog. He's a 6year old JRT x Maltese terrier. He's totally beautiful and the most wonderful, happy little dog you could ever wish for. We live at a village shop and he loves all the customers as they do him - especially the children. He loves socialising with everyone and is generally a really bright, happy chap.
However for the past week or so we have noticed that he has become quite depressed, uninterested in anything, all he wants to do is lie in his bed or tuck himself away in my mum's post office. He has also been scratching like mad - he lies on his back and scratches his back like crazy - his hair is falling out in clumps and there's even some bald patches developing. We've treated him for fleas with Frontline and he's been wormed. As you can see from the pic below (hopefully, if my first attempt at uploading a pic has worked!) hes a fluffy boy and needs regular clipping - which he's no-where near due for. His skin isn't red, flaky, scurfy, weepy or dry.
There are two things that jump out at us that could have something to do with Bill being under the weather : 1 - He comes with me to the yard most nights when I do my horse and in true JRT fashion gets into most things. He sniffs about for Rats etc, but up until about 10 days ago had never even got close to one but one day when my dad was doing my stable for me he heard a funny noise and he thinks that Bill had caught a rat, he had dropped it, dad then knocked it on the back of the head and thought nothing more about it.
2 - About 14 days ago we had our carpets cleaned at home, they were shampooed and treated with a pet treatment for unwanted guests etc. Obviously the chap who did the carpets knew we had a dog and knew he'd be on the carpets, so the fluids used were pet - friendly.
So, mum took Bill to our vet on Tuesday - he thought he'd had an allergic reaction to the carpet cleaner stuff and gave him an anti-inflammatory jab and applied some drops like frontline to him for fleas and fox - mange?? Told mum we should bath him as much as poss as it would make him feel better and would wash any residues from the carpet cleaner etc off his coat.
Well its now Friday and there's no real improvement in the little chap. He's soo depressed and all he wants to do is sleep and be on his own - very unusual he always wants to be by your side. I took him out to the field last night and he seemed ok, but not his usual bouncy self.
Sorry this is soo long but I wanted to explain in full!! Any suggestions?? We're taking him back to the vet tonight.
I would be really grateful for any insights/help/suggestions, although I may not be able to reply as am having trouble with home internet and am at work at present - altho I might be able to read any posts on a friends computer!
This is my boy :
Thanks in anticipation!!! And Lots of Cookies and Ice cream if you've got this far x
I've never posted in here b4, and I apologise as this could turn out to be long!! I'm looking for some advice on my little dog. He's a 6year old JRT x Maltese terrier. He's totally beautiful and the most wonderful, happy little dog you could ever wish for. We live at a village shop and he loves all the customers as they do him - especially the children. He loves socialising with everyone and is generally a really bright, happy chap.
However for the past week or so we have noticed that he has become quite depressed, uninterested in anything, all he wants to do is lie in his bed or tuck himself away in my mum's post office. He has also been scratching like mad - he lies on his back and scratches his back like crazy - his hair is falling out in clumps and there's even some bald patches developing. We've treated him for fleas with Frontline and he's been wormed. As you can see from the pic below (hopefully, if my first attempt at uploading a pic has worked!) hes a fluffy boy and needs regular clipping - which he's no-where near due for. His skin isn't red, flaky, scurfy, weepy or dry.
There are two things that jump out at us that could have something to do with Bill being under the weather : 1 - He comes with me to the yard most nights when I do my horse and in true JRT fashion gets into most things. He sniffs about for Rats etc, but up until about 10 days ago had never even got close to one but one day when my dad was doing my stable for me he heard a funny noise and he thinks that Bill had caught a rat, he had dropped it, dad then knocked it on the back of the head and thought nothing more about it.
2 - About 14 days ago we had our carpets cleaned at home, they were shampooed and treated with a pet treatment for unwanted guests etc. Obviously the chap who did the carpets knew we had a dog and knew he'd be on the carpets, so the fluids used were pet - friendly.
So, mum took Bill to our vet on Tuesday - he thought he'd had an allergic reaction to the carpet cleaner stuff and gave him an anti-inflammatory jab and applied some drops like frontline to him for fleas and fox - mange?? Told mum we should bath him as much as poss as it would make him feel better and would wash any residues from the carpet cleaner etc off his coat.
Well its now Friday and there's no real improvement in the little chap. He's soo depressed and all he wants to do is sleep and be on his own - very unusual he always wants to be by your side. I took him out to the field last night and he seemed ok, but not his usual bouncy self.
Sorry this is soo long but I wanted to explain in full!! Any suggestions?? We're taking him back to the vet tonight.
I would be really grateful for any insights/help/suggestions, although I may not be able to reply as am having trouble with home internet and am at work at present - altho I might be able to read any posts on a friends computer!
This is my boy :
Thanks in anticipation!!! And Lots of Cookies and Ice cream if you've got this far x
