Okay soo I work at a pet store,and I deal with all kinda of animals all day..from dogs and cats,to fish and hamsters,and reptiles and bugs..soo my hands are constantly getting dirty and roughed up. Especially when dealing with the fish,the water from the tanks drys out my skin and nails really badly. So the problem is,I can never get my nails done,the nail polish never lasts longer than a couple days,and my nails get soo brittle and dry. Is there aanything I can use to put on my nails that will actually make them look nice,and last through all the stuff i deal with? I just want them to look nice and healthy,and if possible,have some color on them lol. Pleasee help!

My dog had a pin put in his leg 2 weeks ago, last night the top of the pin was sticking out through his skin, he’s in the vets now but want to know what could cause this as i know the vets are going to blame us, he has been cage rested other then to go to the toilet, and to walk on the lead up the road, he’s been using the leg very well up until now. we have had a lot of problems with the vets during this and i want some information so i can the vet excatly what i think.
The reason i wanted some advice is the vet left it a week before he did an x ray then said he must of broke it after we first took him, so i don’t know if he would of needed a pin if the vet didn’t leave it a whole week. so now we have little confidence in them the only reason i took him back there is because they know the history and i will not pay depending on the outcome.

We moved into our house about 2 months ago and maybe a month later someones young large dog took up here (he loves our 3 kids & dogs). I’ve asked around who’s dog he maybe but no one knows. But the problem is his front left leg has been broke and healed very wrong. he favors his leg alot and the bone feels & looks like it’s starting to stick out of him more (it’s about to go through the skin). I have grown to love this dog and he helps us when our livestock gets out to catch them. I know he belongs to someone because he came home (here where he always stays now) with a flea collar on then 2 days later it was gone. I can not afford to take him to get his leg fixed and he’s not legally our dog but we love him. What can we do for him. I feel so sorry because I know he is in pain, I can see it when he walks and sits because he favors his leg. plz help!

My puppy is a Registered Carin Terrier that we got from a local individual breeder. He is male and 14 months old and seems very healthy nice coat teeth ect. but sometimes he will bite in a serious manor and he has broken the skin on me and my oldest son of 3years. Most of the time he is pretty well behaved for a puppy but I’ve noticed that the aggression seems to show it’s ugly head when my son will be playing with one of his own toys and the dog will run up and take it from him and it’s when my son goes to grab his toy back that our puppy growls and just bites the heck out of him breaking the skin! Then I will immediately correct the puppy by putting him on his back and holding him down until he fully submittes to me but when he gets up he will try to bite and he has succeeded 2 times now and broke the skin and I actually was bleeding a little more than a little if that makes sense. I’m always consistent with his training so it just worries me that maybe he has a neurological problem or something just because he gets extremely vicious when he does this! I just want to know if this sounds normal and I shouldn’t be worried or not?
Actually I made a typo, I meant to say 14 weeks not 14 months! I have small children so I think that’s why I’m so used to refereeing to ages in months sorry.
To the last person who commented if you knew anything about dogs you would know that there are physical traits that can Que you in on inbreeding and if there was inbreeding that would explain the behavior problems so that’s what I was getting at! As far as the pinning of the dog goes, I actually received that advice from a dog trainer with for one of my past dogs and that is the way that Caesar teaches as well! To clarify what I do when I correct my PUPPY I do not aggressively pin him or hit him I calmly and assertively turn him on his back and prevent him from biting me or getting up until he stops squirming! Yeah and I’m pretty sure keeping my son and the puppy separated would only make things worse since keeping dogs away from children would make them unfamiliar with children and when dogs are unfamiliar with things guess what behavior that have a ”Tenancy” to show aggression yes people that’s right aggression!!! I never said I just let him go at it with my son i always supervise!
I’ve been around dogs my whole life, I have read a whole lot about dogs as well! I worked in a vet as a tek assistant for 2 and a half years so I’m not a person who needs “Dogs for Dummies” here! I have talked to Veterinarians that I worked with about behavior problems sometimes being linked to inbreeding and how from the inbreeding they can have neurological defects that can cause aggression! but since I have never owned a Carin before I mostly wanted the opinions of people with carin’s to answer this question since also thought maybe it could be due to the breeds typical behavior if not corrected you know since every breed has their tendencies! It would be awesome if someone maybe who has actually had a Carin could maybe tell me if their Cairn showed some similar behaviors and that with proper training their puppy grew up to be a great dog and that it is typical of Cairns to show behaviors like this but you need to stay on top of their training!
For the record You people are all so rude, it’s ridiculous! When someone asks you a question it’s not necessary to treat them like a complete dumb ass! I’m sure glad I’m not some extremely sensitive, depressed person other wise I’d probably be taking a whole bottle of sleeping pills to end my life right now! It makes me sad though to see how us as human beings treat each other these days, since when was their something wrong with asking a freaking question?? I will answer my own question actually I wouldn’t want anyone to get upset you know! There’s nothing wrong with asking questions that’s how we all learn and for those of you that were rude who have children I feel sorry if your the type who gets annoyed with your children asking questions!!!
If you actually read what I wrote “Dumb ass” BITCH you would know that I never called anyone names! The thing the is so annoying to me is how all the time I read questions that fuck heads like you answer and their always so rude about it and the point that I was trying to make was that there is no need to be so freaking rude when someone asks a question!!! I know I need to do some more research by the way that’s why the hell I asked a question on here Retard! Oh and by the way when I said that keeping your dog separated from your child would make them unfamiliar with children I was talking to the person who specifically told me to keep them separated like all the time ya idiot! WOW someone has way to much time on their hands!

Over the course of the usmmer my dog has had some itching problems, at the beginning we noticed that he was scratching a lot so we gave him a flea bath and there were tons of dead flears in the water, the next day he was scratching again and then continued it so we bought this stuff that you pour across his back and it worked a little but not to well so we gave him another flea bath and more fleas cam off him so we bought more expensive stuff to put on his back and it kinda worked and we bought better flea shampoo and gave him another flea bath and stillhe scratched so we went to the vet and the vet gave us three pills to give the him everyother day we did and it didnt work so 5 flear baths later we buy this frontline stuff frpom the vet which is supposed to kill all of them over the course of a few days at least according to the vet and it didnt work he continues to scratch and now he knawing off peices of his fur and we think he might have skin problems but we gave him a flea bath and we could see a ton of dead fleas in the water so where guessig he just has fleas but is there any other recomendations for how to get rid of his fleas or hif he does have some kind of skin problem? cuz we dont let him get on any furniture or anything anymore and the vet told us that would help but it didnt so if any suggestions please tell me, also the vet has gfiven us so much anti flea stuff to give him im worried there might be some negative affects of putting it on his body even though where doing it in the proper doses
and how do we treat the enviormeant
um tk why do you assume i leave my dog outside hes inside all the time and when we go outside he always comes with us so uhhh yeah dont go sayin stuff that int true and assume that cuz he has fleas that we dont take care of him and we that we leave him otuside if i didnt like him i wouldnt have spent over 200 dollars on flea control products

I have a black lab, 5 yo that has been diagnosed with unspecific allergies. Her symptoms are constant licking of her paws, constant ear infections and sores/thick skin under her chin. She scratches and rubs her chin until it bleeds and its hard to watch her do it because it looks painful. She has ruined a few sheets with her blood stains.

She has been prescribed Temeral-P but I have read WAY to much negative things about it causing liver issues and other life threatening problems. I am just looking for something SAFE for her to take.

Has anyone ever gave their dog loratadine 10mg (clariton)? If yes, what dosage did you use? Was the results favorable?

Has anyone ever gave their dog diphenhydramine 25mg (benadryl)? If yes, what dosage did you use? Were the results favorable?

I am looking for a long term, affordable solution…… THANKS!!

i have this REALLY small border collie shes a runt and she bout the size of a small terrier (not a miniature dont believe in that) shes a purebred border collie though. anyways i THINK due to being a runt shes had some health problems. she itches constantly at her ears. its not mites or fleas the vet said it was stress. she had to have surgery at one point cause she separated the skin from the cartilage and shes impossible to keep weight on AND she loses hair ALOT not like shedding but loses hair to where she has bold spots. shes always been an inside dog til recently i had to start kenneling her outside i had to move back with my dad cause hes really sick and due to breathing problems i couldnt keep them in the house. BUT everything has dissapeared her ear is healed her fur is real THICK and shes gained bout 5 pounds! its weird. does anyone know why this would be? i hate having her outside its KILLS me but now i feel a little better knowing how healthy shes becoming. and even being outside shes super spoiled has a over sized doghouse with an over sized fluffy dog bed auto waterer and in a 10×6 size dog kennel lol so shes defiantly SPOILED. anyone know why this happens? im not complaining i LOVE it but im super confused

I have a 2 1/2 yr old cocker spaniel. I feel so bad for him and I am desperate for help. We had him on California Natural food after thinking it might be a food allergy. He was getting progressively worse and I now have him on Wellness Whitefish and Sweet Potato (was told might be allergic to beef/chicken/lamb) He has been on that about a week now but not showing any signs of improvement. He itches himself constantly and chews his paws nonstop. We have to keep a cone on him and if we take it off, within 10 minutes his skin is so red it looks like it will bleed. I have him on Fish Oil caplets. I give him oatmeal baths and today I even put Cortizone 10 on him. We are to the point where we are considering giving him up to a rescue. Our vet constantly says “he is just an itchy dog” (we have taken him in SEVERAL times as well as to other vets) and we have tried steroids, benedryl, Zyrtec, Claritin, etc with no help. He is getting worse and I do not want to give him up. He has other problems as well that may be related. He has severe separation anxiety and OCD. We have tried the prozac and other “calming” drugs but they do not help.
Like I said… SEVERAL visits to the vet and FLEAS are not the problem. We keep him on Frontline and have another dog in the house with no itch problems. We have never had any flea infestations.
When he is on a combination of antibiotics, yeast infection medication, and steriods he is managable, but long term on all of those drugs is not good for the dog. He also gets lethargic when he is all drugged up and I hate seeing him like that. I am looking for a natural solution that doesn’t include shots and more drugs. All vets do for him is put him on drugs. We recently put him on a very expensive Atopica drug and it did absolutely nothing for him.
He gets zero human food and is on the same brand of treats. I took away his rawhide bones and any other kind of treat he used to get. I know it takes awhile for the food change to affect him, and he will stay on this food for several more weeks.

my husband and I have had our maltese x schitzu for about 2 years now and over the past 10 months she started getting very itchy and red, he fur fell out and all around her eyes turned black. we took her to the vet after trying various shampoos and creams and environment changed only to find out she is allergic to over 35 different things, including grasses, polans, dusts etc. We are currently have her on antihistamines that the vet plans to reduce over the next 6 months and they work great, however last night my husband forgot to give her just 1 tablet and she flaired right back up again. she is in agony until the tablets kick in and smells really bad because of all her dead skin.

I am worried that she will start up again when we stop the antihistamines and the vet said that desensitization would kill her because there are so many allergies, we cant get rid of dust and grass and the other things she is allergic to and if we find a new home for her she will end up with the same problems.

She is also on a special diet because she is allergic to food.

what else can we do to help her?

My dog Major is constantly itching, and I don’t know why. He doesn’t have flea’s, And I can’t figure out why he keeps itching. He is a Bichon breed. His Shampoo is called ” Fresh Pet Top Performance Shampoo”
I don’t know if his shampoo is to strong for his skin or not.

Please, If you know anything about the Bichon Frise breed, Try and answer my problem!

Thanks,
Gillian

Well to start this off I really don’t mean to be mean by this and I really just want to help her so her life is better, people are constantly bullying her and guys don’t want to be with her either. Her teeth are literally turning black, she says she was born with no enamel on her teeth and that’s the reason. I asked her if there’s anything at all she can do about that like something that can help but she refuses to see a dentist because she says they will “pick her apart” and she says that “there’s nothing she can do about it”… She’s literally waiting for her teeth to rot out of her mouth and when they do I’m afraid she’s going to have some terrible health issues.

She has very oily skin and a terrible acne problem which causes her to wears tons and tons of cover up.

Next is she never washes her clothes and rarely wears deodorant (apparently her sister always steals it from it so she says). I even gave her a really nice shirt so she’d have something to wear and I asked her what ever happened to it a month later and she told me that her sister probably stole that too -.- She’s careless with her stuff and leaves all her clothes all over the floor. Her house is horrible, but I’ll try to explain. There’s flies and dog “you-know-know” all over the house. They have laundry all over the floors and dirty dishes all over their kitchen. Ants crawling around where they eat and they’re so lazy they leave old food and drinks that got spilled on the floor for months.

Also, she just can’t be herself. She’s constantly got a new celebrity shes obsessed with and has to be exactly like him or her(she never has her own opinions). -.- How can I help? I’ve already tried the taking her to the mall and suggesting her to buy stuff that would help her like some nice clothes but she’s too stubborn and never likes anything. She usually just blows off her money on something she doesn’t even need like a Jonas Brothers shirt that was way to small for her…
Also all my other friends are embarrassed to be seen in public with her and think she’s weird. Just recently I planned a trip to the mall and everyone bailed because she was going…she how great of friends they are… -.- I think the reason for her celebrity obsessions and weirdness is just because she really has like no social life and just uses those things to fill the gap. anyway any advice? What can I do to make her more presentable and clean so people will actually give her a chance and talk to her and be her friend? She doesn’t think she has any problem and thinks she’s the most gorgeous girl on the planet and everyone else just laughs at her.
I don’t even know what advice to give her though??? That’s what the question is asking D:

For the past several nights and even during the day I feel small pinprick like bites in various spots on my body…mostly around the face area. I don’t see any visible bite marks, but still feel like there is something on my skin. At night in bed I feel this all through the night..again mostly on and around my face area. My dog seems to be affected in the same way visibly scratching around the eyes, nose and muzzle. I can find no evidence of lice, fleas, or bed bugs so far, but there something definitely crawling and biting me. Could someone shed some light on this for me and perhaps offer a solution to the problem?? Thanks.
*Also, I really had a hard time choosing which category to post this question. If you have any advice on where would be a better place to post that would help as well.

Hi everyone, I have a mixed breed dog having these problems. Went to several vets multiple
times desperately searching for any solutions that could help my dog. It’s heartbreaking to see her suffer..

Problems:
1) Scratching:-top of head, near eye area (eyelid)
-mouth (lower lips)
-neck
-area behind front leg
-paw biting

2) Small red lesions on spot (hairless due to biting); hairless + lesions on:
-both thigh
-area above thigh, stomach (pratically on areas she could reach)
-legs
-Looked through her fur, no ‘flea dirt’

3) Vet’s Diagnosis:
-skin scraping containing some sort of skin parasites

4) Treatment Done:
-Frm vets: anti-histamine, loads of oral medications frm multiple visits, 3-shots injection for frm vet (1 week between each shot)
-Home:Frontline sprayed, bathing once a week (same moisturizing shampoo used since puppy),

5) Description of Dog:
-10 months old, medium size, medium long fur, active, stayed indoors (nvr goes out frm house), no other animals in house (however, stray cats & neighbors dog sometimes passed by house), normal appetite & bowel movement

6) Diet:
-Current = NutriEdge Holistic salmon & rice formula; Contain no corn;by products;flavor;fillers;BHA/BHT)
-Diet since puppy was Pedigree chicken & egg > scratched;changed to lamb formula of different brand (she wouldn’t eat it, & it’s very expensive!) > changed to NutriEdge Holistics > still scratching!

7) When she started scratching/biting, went to vet last month, & weeks after 3-shots injection, started scratching back. Sprayed Frontline. Scratched after few days. Now scratching/biting even worse. I suspect food allergy at first, but right now I am clueless. Desperately need some solutions or suggestions for my dog, thanks..
Thanks for all the responses I’m getting from u guys! This is all I need right now, some alternative methods. Out of all the solutions given, maybe a few of them could help improve my dog’s condition. (Oh, the vet mentioned scabies for skin scraping test). Thanks again! All of you guys deserve to take the Best Answers thingy!

About 4 years ago we saved our Shih’Tzu from the pound. She, however, came loaded with problems… one of which is very bothersome. Usually within 2 days of being washed, she begins to eminate a very fowl odor and her coat seems oily. She always feels very warm to the touch and sweats on her back and belly. Being as it’s said that dogs cannot sweat, this sparks some concern. My hand actually comes up wet when I hold her. She is constantly scratching and after her last trim we could see red spots on her skin, similar to a rash . I have used cortizol for these spots and it seems to help a bit, but the problem still persists. We’ve asked our family Vet, but he stated he didn’t think there was an issue. Multiple people who have visited and other family members have also noticed that she’s extremely warm and sweaty. Can anyone tell me what is causing this?

I do know that these dogs tend to get dry skin and you have to put lotion on them and they need additional calcium, but I don’t know if there are many other problems you need to be aware of with this particular breed of dog. Anyone have one of these types of dogs? Personality traits too?

I seem to always be able to get rid of my acne but in just a couple of weeks to 2 months, some come back. Like 3-6. But my blackheads don’t disappear.
– What is the BEST face wash/kit to use? I use Aveeno face wash, Clearsil Ultra kit, and my back up Clean & Clear kit when my other kit runs out.

Continuing to the acne problem i have, i have this MAJOR problem…its very embarrassing for me to put this on here but i need to know how to get rid of it … ok … i have acne on my vagina … i tried to get rid of it but nothing is working …
– Is there a type of medicine i should use to get rid of it? How do i keep it clean and healthy and acne free?

Now onto my body issue, i try many things to lose weight but nothing is working. i exercise regularly and eat right. I don’t like water so i drink flavored water. 0 calories and carbs and 0 sugar; naturally flavored since i have been told that naturally flavored is fine. I lose 500 – 1000 calories a day. I always drink water ice cold since i read drinking ice cold water burns more calories. I am 4’11 and 120lbs. I want to be 95lbs. I have been working on this for about 2 months (1 day after school let out) and not 1lb. i kept a journal of everything. i wrote down everything i did to lose weight the amount of calories i eat, the amount of calories i lost. I used this Lose It app on my ipod to help me know my calories i ate and lost. I didn’t think it would work but my best friend tried it and she lost 40lbs in the past 3-4 months. so i thought i would give it a try …
– Can someone tell me what i am doing wrong and what i should be doing to have me actually lose weight?
– If your wondering what exercises i do, i run on my treadmill at 5 mph for 30min (I would do it outside but im insecure of my body), i dance for 1 hr (hip hop), aerobics (step aerobics – 30 min. hula hoop – 30 min.) , walk (with dog – 30 minutes. on treadmill – 30 minutes; 3mph.)

My deadline to all of this is by the end of November at least or December at most.
– my goal to be 95lbs. ( 25lbs that i need to lose)
– acne on my face/ vagina

I’m terribly sorry for you to read my problem … but im so very glad that you took your time to read this and i hope you can answer if you can’t, im sorry my problem wasted your time.

Thank you!
Acne on your vagina is possible. i researched about it and it said it’s not a common place to get them but you can get them.

So my little brother has very bad Eczema , his skin is always dry , and hes ALWAYS scratching .
we try to keep his skin moisturized by using vaseline , yes weve taken him to the docter / skin specialis / dermatologist , evrything you can think of ! we even took him to dominican republic to see if they have any natural remedies , they did something they call a ‘biosi’ , and thats where they take a peice of his dry skin and they run test on it to see whats wrong , and the docter said its genetic and it could of been bacteria that got in during the C-section i think , dry skin runs in my family but its not that bad .

but my main question here is does anybody have or know anyone that has this problem ? or any remedies ? atleast to stop the itching and scratching , everytime we try to give him a bath it burns his skin of scratching so much , he could bearly go outside becuse of the sun , also hes allergic to ALOT of things and by a lot of things i mean almost everything as in dogs cats all difffrent types of tree , grass , hey , peanuts , almonds , wheat , – so many allergies omg :/

but i just want something to help him sleep better at night because hes constantly scratching , and he doesnt let my mom sleep in the middle of the night :/ , and my mom gets very stressed about it , is there anything we can do to help stop the itching and scratching ?
also he just turned 4 July .. if that helps lol

I Have a 5 month old maltese, poodle cross, and now the whole house smells like dog!!, I also have a shusitsu,staffy cross, and have had other dogs, no smells in the house, its a musty, heavy smell, she’s bathed weekly, blankets washed weekly, sheepskin also. she dosnt smell to lilft her an smell her, its just and unpleasant odour in the house. the house is vacuumed every morning as well, can I buy a shampoo that will rid us of this, I know fleas cause and unpleasant odour, and skin problems. am at a loss as to what to do for us.

Here was the 1st question I posted:

http://answers.yahoo.com./question/index;_ylt=Au90C9vgSifrumlS18QpDTTsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100901075855AA1Ky4j

I just did some research on thyroid problems in dogs and found out that there are such things as hyper and hypothyroidism. Since my dog is all skin and bones eventhough I’ve tried feeding him a LOT of food then I guess he might have hyperthyroidism. What do you think? Is there a possibility?

My partner has a rather large dog. <100 lbs English Mastiff. The dog sheds all the time and drools everywhere. I actually like animals, but my problems is I am very allergic to them, I also have moderately severe asthma. I wanted to try being around the dog and seeing if I could tolerate it. I've taken the maximum amount of antihistamine. At first it was alright, but as the allergy load in my body grew I couldn't handle it anymore. I began to break out with skin rashes and then had breathing problems as well.

My partner and I want to get married. I am now also 10 weeks pregnant. My allergies are even worse as a result of it. My partner says he won't give up the dog till we are married. In the meantime I have to be exposed to it in his car and anytime I go to visit him. Anytime I mention how difficult it is for my allergies - he piles the guilt trip on me. He makes it seem like I'm some animal hating nazi and assures me trying to have him give up the dog is paramount to putting it down because "she's too old for anyone to want now". On top of that, he won't even admit my allergies are from the dog. He blames it on the dust in the house or the mould in the car and not at all from the dog dander which is a known allergy for years and years. I've had allergies since I'm 6 months old and have been hospitalized for my asthma and allergies several times in the past.
He also tells me giving up the dog is going to cause problems with his mother because _she_ likes the dog so much.
There is a 25-50% chance my child will have allergies as severe as mine. How can I convince my partner that giving up the dog without putting the guilt trip on me is the best thing? I am under so much stress from being unexpectedly pregnant and suffering from such bad allergies I cannot handle this anymore. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Do I get him to speak to my allergist? Do I have my parents speak to him? What can I do to convince him my allergies are real and that he needs to take action without a guilt trip?

When I take my bull terrier for walks he’ll just decide he doesn’t want to move any more. He’ll flop down on the ground and just lie there.. LOL

It’s not from two much work. Last time he did it we weren’t even a block from where we started and he just flopped down on the ground and laid their for about three minutes before he got up again.

Not something he needs to go to the vet for. He see’s the vet like every other week or once of month for skin problems.

Anyway I can stop him from laying down while walking?

I have a 5month old beagle/min pin puppy named Jada. She is perfectly healthy and up to date on all of her shots and vaccinations. She is spayed. She had her last shot about 2 months ago. I noticed 2 days ago she has a lump the size of a pea on her right side right by the ribs. It seems kind of hard but I can move it all around so its basically right beneath her skin. I was concerned and took her to the vet. The vet said its to small to take a biopsy of it and it may be from a vaccination she got and could be sore tissue that may take a couple of months to go away if it goes away at all. (I don’t recall her getting any vaccinations right above her ribs!) He said if it gets bigger to contact him but im still really nervous. Ive read many things about fatty lumps but ive read those are mostly in older dogs. Also it doesn’t seem to hurt her i can push on it, squeeze it move it around. The skin on the outside is normal. Does anyone have any similar story or anything to put my mind at ease. Ive read all these tumor things but I couldn’t imagine my little 5 month old baby to have a tumor =( . She is a very energetic happy little pup. She hasnt had any fleas or ticks and is on a heartworm preventative as well as a flea and tick preventative that i give her every month. She has been on it for 3 months and hasnt had any problems.
thank you everyone for the advice..it helped alot..i feel better now =)

I feel the need to Wash my hands if I touch something I feel is unclean.
I have image issues (bdd) and i think my skin is gross and dirty , So i fear that if i touch something that could be unclean I HAVE to wash my hands just incase I Don’t and i touch my face ( due to the bdd i touch my face to feel whta ii think is their is still there)

But i can cuddle my dog and have no problem as long as i can wash my hands after.
I also touch my bedpost everynight before i go to bad, so nothing bad will happen i have tryed not to but the urge is to strong But once iv’e done it i feel at ease (stupid ahy)
I do have niggly thoughts saying maybe you should wear gloves or put anti bacterial cream on before you touch things Or your tooth brush must be crawling with germs but so far i have been able to resist these urges.

So is this just haboy and cleanliness or cou;d it be early signs of Ocd ?
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habit*
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i guess it’s okay then as it hasn’t yet distrupted my daily life, other problems i have do that .
scrap that i meant hasn’t disrupted

Hi.My dog Gabby is a five-year-old yorkie. She has some sort of skin problem; it is mostly on her hind left leg, but she has a few on the back on her neck, her ears, and her feet. They look like regular scabs like people get. They seem like they itch, because she’s always biting them, and even though we try to stop her, she still gets hair out of the area the skin thing is. I think it might be eczema, because they say it can be caused by heat and we live in Arizona, but the pictures I’ve seen don’t look like her’s. They’re redish, brownish and she has skin that she’s bitten off all around them. We would try a cone, but then she wouldn’t be able to eat while we’re gone during the day. If you know what it is or a website that does please tell me

My son is 3 and has had eczema quite severe since he was a baby.He sees a dermotologist and is recieving treatment and his skin is always well moisturised.I am just wondering how much our dog is adding to his problems.He had a blood test that came back positive on dog allergy although his main allergy was to house dust mite.We have taken many steps to keep the house dust free we groom the dog and bathe he weekly.I started using a product last week you rub into the coat to help reduce the amount of allergens on the dog.Does anyone have any other suggestions I could try?Anyone else had this problem?Any advice is very welcome it would be very hard to part with our dog and would hope to avoid that as she is loved by all the family.