Ok, so I have 3 brothers a younger one and two older ones. One of them is 19 years old and the other is 23, I myself am 18 years old. My 19 year old brother has some really serious anger problems I mean serious anger problems. He drinks and smokes weed most of the time and is a real problem to this family. I haven’t talked to him for like 6 to 7 years and he is still living with our family even though we had so much problems with him around. We don’t communicate and I kinda am glad we don’t cause I know we would get into a fight, ’cause of what he says to my mom and what he does to the dog. He curses at my mom when he’s pissed and the dog doesn’t like him so whenever he’s close he growls and then bites him and when he bites my brother, my brother gets mad and hits him. That’s why I don’t want to talk to him because then we’ll fight and I don’t want to do it because of my mom.

Just recently us brothers got into a fight. It all started when he picked up my dog, Milo(a Chihuahua), from his skin and was hurting him(btw he took him by force from my younger brother). Then my oldest brother, which is 23, was like wtf and trying to talk some sense into the 19 year old, but all he would say was “I don’t give a fuck” or “Fuck You!”, “Shut the fuck up, bitch” “fuck all of you” and so much shit like that, which came to provoking my oldest brother and lead to smack the shit out of him and me and the youngest one came in to brake them up, and all my 19 year old brother was saying was “Fck you guys! You need 3 fcking people to take me down(when really we were just braking them up)” and he said to me “You’re not fcking strong bitch(I wasn’t even using full force haha)” I have never been so mad in my entire life like that, I didn’t even know how much I swore at him. Until it was calm for a while, and my oldest brother was trying to calm him down and talk some sense into him, he kept calling us “Fckers”, “B!tches”, or “I can fck all of you up” or “Seriously, I want to kill all of you”. As my little brother was trying to talk some sense to him, the 19 year old pushed him and then I don’t know what happened from there cause I got soooooo mad that it just went black and the last thing I remember was me on top of him holding his wrists and saying “Don’t fcking touch him!” I can’t remember if I punched him or just tackled him, it was weird… and then my oldest brother calmed me down and I got off and then they talked on and on, which got me to believe that my 19 year old brother is mental or just really stupid, ’cause half of what he said didn’t make sense or it was just so stupid that even a 7 year old knows more then him.

After that nothing really happened, we just went back to doing what we were doing in the first place. If you guys think AA meeting or some other thing like that will help, well think again ’cause he is too stubborn to go to one of them and he even said that he doesn’t want to change I think his exact words were “I like being mad”. This is not the only problem we had with him though, there were several times that he got so mad like that, like one time he came him drunk and punched a whole through the wall. It’s ridiculous. I don’t want him in this house anymore, because I fear my family is in danger with him around. My mom is too attached to her kids that she wouldn’t kick them out for anything in the world. He has anger issues and I want him to get better quickly or he might do something really bad that might scar my family forever. We can’t convince him to go somewhere that will help him, because he’s not willing to get better and he doesn’t like it when people tell him what to do. Can someone please help us? I feel like anything we try to do like send him to boot camp or jail it might get worse… Even if someone beats the crap out of him he won’t care and still do what he’s doing. He thinks he can beat everyone up too. So can someone please tell me what’s going on? please… for the sake of my family…
I really don’t think it’s the beer or any of that, because he rarely drinks anymore and get’s angry when he’s sober and getting high has nothing to do with anger problems, which is why I find it hard to believe why it’s illegal and drinking is not.

It all started 2 weeks after our dog got the lime disease vaccine, he is 11 a beagle/terrier mix and extremely healthy with no prior medical problems. First there was a bare patch that turned red and became a small lump. Over time it opened up into an open sore and grew to about the size of a golfball cut in half, and was only in the skin as you could get your fingers under it. Like idiots we let him lick it and it began to smell so we had it removed by the vet. Now about a week after it was removed we noticed other smaller than a marble cut in half sized lumps on his neck and back of his head. I haven’t counted but there must be over 5. We are worried that these will turn into the other thing in which case we probably couldn’t save him………….. What we are wondering is if there is any connection to the lime disease vaccine as we have now learned that it is not being administered by some vets and the vet we went to, (he hasn’t had to go to a vet for anything but shots his whole life,) and all of the problems started about two weeks after it was administered. They are just red lumps at first, the hole and smell was likely from him worrying it, what the heck are they? Have any of you seen these before? They seem only to be itchy and not hurting him but are growing and multiplying. Is there any connection the lyme disease booster?
No the vet didn’t completely rule it out, he just said he had absolutely no clue what it is. Right now it is looking rather grim, as he has developed soreness in his ribs for some reason. You can’t put pressure on his underbelly from his neck to the end of his ribs without him growling and snapping at you…I have no clue how this ties in but we may have to go back to the vet soon, though I don’t know what will happen when we do damnit.
I mean from the base of his neck, not the upper neck, so mainly just the ribcage. He also won’t go up stairs or jump into a chair, we think it is because of this.
OH! And he also had swelling under his neck about 5 hours after he got the booster, it was pretty bad but as we live far away we waited to take him in and though he go the chills everything went away.

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:

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 =)

My son who is 3 has had eczema since he was a baby.He sees a dermatologist and recieves treatment and his skin is well moisturised.He had a blood test and it was positive with dog allergy although his main problem was house dust mite and we have taken lots of steps to reduce the dust in our home.We have a dog and I am wondering how much she is adding to his troubles.I bathe her weekly and groom her,keep her bedding clean I started using a product last week you rub into the coat to reduce the allergens coming from her.Any other ideas I can try?We would hate to part with her I’m not sure how much difference it would make to his skin and I would hope to avoid parting with her she’s part of the family.

I’m almost 28wks pregnant, at the beginning of july i moved in to an apartment with my husband and son, and brought along my cat and my dog. I know it may sound disgusting, but one day i noticed some white worms in my cats poop. I’m already treating her for it but ever since i started getting a weird rash in my belly, arms and legs. they’re really frustating because they itch a lot, the thing is that i’m the only one and i never had something like this happen to me before. I have always been around cats, dogs, etc… or is it that because of my pregnancy my skin is more sensitive?

I just got a 4 months old Rottweiler puppy named Soda. I’ve had him only for about a week. A few days ago, I noticed he was bleeding on his feet, head (was told it was caused by skin rash–Soda scratched himself a lot and caused the bleeding). Later the rash turned really bad, Soda was bleeding on all 4 legs & head.

I have no clue how this happened. I keep Soda in very big steel cage and take him for walks every morning & evening & bathe him every few days.

After visiting a pet shop, I was told some possibilities that could be causing those horrible rashes on Soda:
1. FOOD – I’ve replaced his food with a more expensive brand since.
2. SHAMPOO – also replaced.

These are things I’ve done to help Soda’s rashes:
1. Wash wound with Detol (antiseptic wash) – Later I was old that this will make his skin rash become worse.
2. Applied meds (cream) but later replaced with a spray-type (more expensive) as per adviced by the pet shop.

Current situation:
Soda wound seems healed (dry), but it looks really ugly now with ‘dry scalp’ all over his body (kinda looks like the monster dogs in the movie ‘I Am Legend’), and it’s really smelly too. Now I noticed his hair is starting to fall off, a LOT of it, when I brush my hand on his body. A lot of his hair will just fall off from his body.

What should I do now? I’ve done everything to help Soda’s skin problem but nothing’s working. Please give me advice…What do I do next?

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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i guess it’s okay then as it hasn’t yet distrupted my daily life, other problems i have do that .
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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.

Ok so im 36 weeks pregnant and i have Absolutely no stds and or skin problems besides a few breakouts of eczema that i used to get as a kid. My belly and breasts are breaking out in red dots that start out small then get bigger, the biggest is on the side of my breast and it is about an inch big. I have NO idea what these could be….i change my sheets once a week, my dogs don’t have ring worm???????idk what is wrong It is only on my belly and breasts CAN ANYONE HELP

ok, back in june was the last time i spoke to her (im 37 weeks pregnant) and have 3 other kids (im 31yo) we moved into a brandnew house 1 year ago where we are not allowed to have pets plus i dont like dogs since i got bit when i was a kid but i like her dog as it is small and nice to me , so anyway mum and her partner come over and we all sit down to have a cup of tea, they have been over heaps of times before, so anyway her partner goes to the car to get “somthing” then in comes the dog running alover my house i was shocked and immeaditaly went and shut the door to the new babys room, i didnt know what to say so i didnt say anything but was very angry.
then she rang a day later and i let her have it, she couldnt beleive i had a problem ( i forgot to mention that my kids get skin rashes when they come into contact with animals and it is painfull and itchy) how ever she doesnt think they do.
so a week later she and her partner come to the door and because im heavily pregnant i was in bed with severe pelvic pains (i thought i was dieing it was that bad) my son answered the door saying mums in bed sick, but she took it like mum doesnt want to talk to you so she left, i was so angry to hear her say ” well we’ll just leave then” i couldnt yell out to her and my partner was at work i needed to go to the e.r but she didnt even think to see if i was ok, then a month later was the day that my brother died 3 years ago and she asked my sister to see if i want to see mum, i said no, now she is talking behind my back and getting both my sisters to side with her so now i dont speak to any of them.
i am full term with this baby and im guessing she will use seeing the new baby as an excuse to see me but she makes things so awkward when i see her and she will act all up herself as usuall eventhough ive just given birth and she will bring her partner who i really dont care to see as he is so fake, pretends he likes you but treats you like your beneath him. what would you think/do/say in this sich? thank-you very much for any answers.
ihave asked my partner not to call them when ive had the baby but i feel that then she will have more of a reason to crack it and this will just get worse and worse its always me that has to back down and pretend i was wrong so that i can get rid of the stress this puts on me, we used to be a close family untill my brother died but i dont think my mother has ever tryed to understand me really, its always about her needs.

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

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 small mutt who won’t stop itching her skin. Its become a problem. We’ve got allergy medicine from the vet. Switched shampoos to oatmeal shampoo. Going to the vet is getting expensive and nothing seems to be working so far. Any suggestions?

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.

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?

My dog has always had sensitive skin.
When she was a puppy, the spring flowers tickling her tummy gave her a rash… and this hasn’t improved with age.
Plants/grasses/flowers irritate her, then she starts licking and scratching, which if left start turning into a hot rash and sores (this doesn’t happen often as im usually very good at managing it)

I manage it by making sure she has the perfect diet, making sure she keeps away from really irritating plants like wandering dew. If she does get a reaction I wash her with medicated soap and keep her out of the garden for a few days…. if it gets really irritated I use filter bac (a zinc based magic cream we use on horses).

This always clears it up, and she doesn’t appear too bothered by it or in pain, its not like she sits there manically scratching 24/7. Its not an all the time problem, mostly in spring/summer.

But I was wondering if anyone knew of anything else I could do to help prevent it?

I’m fed up living this way since two years already… I’ve serious skin problems like dehydrated skin, seems that my pores are stuffed and covered with a glossy/smooth matter which looks disgusting… i even stink ohhell badly from everywhere on my body… including the scalp,it smells fecal or like dogs… hardly have i just bathed i start smelling… it’s always present and no fragrance can mask it… even the skin on my palms and bottom of my feet smell and became hard recently… under the armpits too… there’s nothing i cando actually… it all started 3yrs ago with alopecia on the head of course,theni kept wearing a cap like 10/24hrs daily and during the whole week.. after 6months it all started… and good for you to know that i was very tensed and stressed at that time… though i used dermatitis shampoos, antifungus powder, hydrating dermatological creams, antibacterial soaps it didn’t work…please i need help or else i’ll give up living… please. thanks (kept the head exaggeratedly covered with a cap for a year,it all started with alopecia… and started stinking from the head before spreading all over the body… it’s not visible but really stinks)

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

Okay, I work at a pet store that sells high quality and grain free foods such as taste of the wild, merrick, wellness, eagle holistic, evolve, nature’s variety, wysong, halo, etc. Well, today at work, I was reading an article about a new line of food we will be carrying from wysong called “Wysong Epigen” (it’s a dry dog and cat food), and the article is titled “Starch free vs. Grain free”. Here is the article: (ps – in your response to the article, I don’t want to hear you advocating raw food, I don’t care, all I want opinions on is the commercial dry foods, thanks)

“Starch is the fundamental problem is all kibble pet foods. “Epigen” is the first kibble pet food absent of this unnatural (to carnivorous pets) sugar source (starch is simply a polysugar). Grain free products have merely replaced grain with other, less healthy starches such as potatoes, peas, and tapioca. This solves nothing. It only creates a perception of benefit that, according to scientific studies, is not true. Starch is starch, whether it’s from potatoes and tapioca, or corn and wheat.

Starch-free Epigen represents a true first, and is an honest, natural, and healthy product. Grain free diets are marketed as “new”, “more natural” “more wild”, “just like raw” and “more meat”. All such claims are false and misleading.

Starch-free Epigen replaces the starch ingredients with proteins (the carnivore’s main requirement) and a wide spectrum of essential nutrients. Grain free products are not only laden with starches, they are nutritionally inferior. Moreover, studies have shown that by replacing grain starches with other forms. beneficial probiotics are decreased and pathogenic bacteria are increased.

Grain free products have only been falsely promoted as more akin to what dogs and cats would eat in the wild. Grain free diets have no science behind them and solve no health problems because they contain the same problematic starch that has been in all pet foods since the beginning. They do, however, create an illusion of benefit and uniqueness, but that only justifies an inflated price. What has driven grain free is marketing industry trending, hype, and profiteering.”

I am not a fan of this article. I have switched many people’s dogs with skin issues to grain free foods and have had GREAT feedback from most, and my dog is on Taste of the Wild, and his mild dry skin has disappeared. Do you agree with this article, or do you think it’s just marketing on Wysong’s part? thanks for reading.
we are not about marketing. We care about the foods for the pet. This is simply something that was faxed to us by Wysong company. I DO NOT like what they are saying, and I promote grain free feeding, and I feel as though this article does nothing buy bash it..

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!

Hey,

We have a 4 year old female miniature daschund named Georgi, just recently she has started losing fur on her ears as well as the top of her head…it’s more prominent on the back of her ears. I took her to the vet the other day which is where I work (I’m 17 and training to be a vet nurse) and she did a skin scraping and everything and said she had no mites, ringworm, yeast infection or anything, which is good but she is still unsure exactly why she is losing the fur there..it started a few weeks ago and has gotten progressively worse. The vet gave me Malaseb which is a medicated shampoo to try for 2 weeks, so far nothing has happened but I don’t expect much after 1 try.

She has Purina ProPlan Weight management dry food (being a daschund she is prone to weight gain..and this just keeps her stabilised at a good weight) she has lost 500grams on it and has maintained that for about 6 months now, which is really good for her as she was slightly above what she should have been. She has never had a problem with that food and she generally loves it. I know it isn’t the best but it isn’t the worse out there. http://www.purina.com.au/proplan/dog/proplanWeightManagementChickenRice.asp
She usually has a cup of that a day and at night time she will sometimes have a small amount of fresh chicken mince or some wholemeal pasta and mackeral fish as a treat occasionally.

I’ve added the website for it if you want to have a look, it does have a few grains in there would it be possible that this could cause a skin allergy and that might be why she is losing fur? Like I said she has probably been on the food for over half a year and she hasn’t had any problems yet…I just thought that might be a reason why. If so what food do you recommend? I just want the best for our dog and would like to know if there is a food out there that could help her with her skin? She has never had any skin/fur problems before and I would just like some advice. Thanks guys!
The vet said it might be the food so try the shampoo first and then give a new food without so many things such as corn and grains a go or do both..that’s why I wanted your opinion on what food and whether you too think it could be the food.
E.H Amos

The vet is a very good vet with honours…she has done a blood test on Georgi to test everything INCLUDING the thyroid we haven’t got the results back yet…I didn’t mention it because I wanted to see about the food first!
If the blood test come back with nothing that suggest a problem with the thyroid then we will go further…sheesh I was just asking about food not to get my head or the vet’s head ripped off. :S thanks to everyone else for their great answers
By the way I’m not the one putting all the thumbs down, all your answers have been helpful

My research re: Chiweenies’ lack of shedding and grooming needs is opposite of my dog. Got her from a shelter, so am not sure if she has other breeds in her mix. She looks and acts as I have read about them. Only difference is that Mandy sheds all the time and in copious amounts, even after brushing. Do these dogs have undercoats? Or is it possible that she has a skin problem? After inspection, the skin itself looks fine. Thanks.

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..

a few problems…..

my boyf just noticed his dog is growing something out of his side of stomach which looks like a horn? we think he’s got other ones as well

we recently cut his hair and bathed him and noticed now, he’s got white flakiness of skin, other small red sores oven his skin and what looks like a couple of patches of baldness

because he had a heavy coat we just noticed it just recently, he’s also got one of these horn things between his toes.

we’re also wondering whether he has lost weight as when he lay on his back his ribcage looked awfully thin.

does this sound serious (i read about cutenous lymphoma))?? (he recently got a big cyst cut out of his back the vet said it was a big skin cyst) we never knew whether it was benign or bad.

im worried in case its something serious, obviously we’ll take him to the next this week but im looking for some advice in the meantime

i would appreciate any advice thanks