Please help me?

my dog has had a skin rash for a few weeks now and it has gotton worse vet told me to give her benadryl at firsts to stop the itching but now it has spread and it has gotton so much worse to the point i had to take her back to the vet and they did a skin test and said it wasnt mange and to just give her baths like once a week her hair has fallen out all over in little patches and she has scars all over her body and it looks like hives,chicken pox,or just a very bad rash i cant afford to keep taking her to the vet regardless of what some of you think i love my dog it gets so exspensive and i have 2 other dogs that i have to take when i take her and plus im not getting anywere ive taken her to 2 different clinics and the same thing im just wondering if anyone has heard of this b4 the vet said to just give her warm baths did that today and plan on doing it tomorrow please any help will be very appreciated very much please no mean comments im trying my best to help my lil babies|||Dermatitis is not easy to diagnose, I mean find out which one and which cause it has.





Have you got any specialist vets for skin diseases and allergies? It's worth see one. I have had problems with two of my Pointers.|||It sounds like hot spots. Pet stores have hot spot spray that you can use on a daily basis. I would limit the baths to every 2 weeks because overbathing will dry out the skin even more. You can also try using a human leave in hair conditioner and spray that on every 2 days and rub it in.|||Ok. What are you feeding your dog? Check the ingredients and if you see by products, or things such as chicken meal, or corn THROW IT OUT. Corn and corn gluten meal (basically same thing) are the main cause of skin allergies. My dog had this same exact problem. Please e-mail me if the food is the problem and I can recommend good holistic foods, and help you through the transition of changing food etc etc. My e-mail is baby_7991@yahoo.com If you have Yahoo! Instant Messenger, my screen name is baby_7991|||go 2 the vet|||You might want to start your dog on a raw diet. She could be reacting, in part, to her diet. Wheat, corn are common ingredients in dog food which dogs are sometimes allergic to. Here's a site with info on raw feeding:


http://www.rawdogranch.com





Did any of the Vets suggest a treatment, like a cortisone shot? Or any supplements to her diet? Also, I am surprised they told you to bathe her in a warm bath. I have two dogs with sensitive skin and they get cool baths. One gets a cortisone shot once a year around the beginning of summer.


Dogs can be allergic to fleas, too, and break out like that and then itch and tear themselves up-even if they only have a flea or two on them.


What did the Vets suggest you do besides warm baths? I'd think they would have suggested a specific sort of shampoo.


My dog's skin looked the best with the raw diet, but after moving I now have little freezer space so they eat Nature's Recipe Venison and Rice.


Sometimes you have to see which food your dog takes to best, but watch common allergens mentioned above.


Overbathing is bad too, and bathing more than once a week if that is what the Vet told you to do, could be irritating her skin further.


My dogs also take supplements for skin and coat incl:


3VCaps, Skin formulation for dogs- has Omega 3, Vit A, D and E in it.


AND, NutriVed- Roast Beef flavored- for skin and coat.


You can get Ester-C for dogs, in large pet stores in their vitamin and supplement section. It helps bolster the immune system. Hope your dog gets better soon.|||I have a dog that seems to have the same symptoms.After many visits to the vets and home remedies he has been diagnosed with flea allergies.We used to give him weekly flea baths but it didn't help.Finally we put him on advantage monthly flea drops(you can get them from the vet or major pet store)and some cortisone spray and hes a new dog!|||Hi you have been given good advice with the dog food..now I have 1 more...the shampoo itself, my dog Charlotte went on for almost 6 years of itching every summer when we almost always give them more baths. Well 1 day I ran out of her shampoo and use'd my natural soap. Well you can guess my surprise when se stopped itching!!! Now I preach it....itching may be due to dog shampoo..there is lots of soap out there try it. Dog shampoos have lots of chemicals.|||I really would try baby7991 suggestions. there could be something in the food, my guess is that you already have gone thru your list of possiblities. Do you feed table food?seasons for animals can be dangerous. check sleeping area. use sheets instead of something that would make the dog to warm.I would make him a cool place to sleep to help reduce the itching.lots of cool baths/etc. as for the warm baths, I'm sure its to help bring out the infection in the hopes of reducing it. so try first the warm bath as the vet suggested than the cool bath after. Put some cortizone ointment on infectd areas. Now you say you have 2 other dogs, do they have the same conditions?if so than check in all common areas all dogs are using/eating/playing in.etc. If not, than go over what that one dog does in the day, places he went that others had no contact. Just anything different. After all we are the ones who knows our dogs better than anyone else. We learn to read them so to speak. I have 3 dogs myself had to nurse one recently back from almost dying.I would try just about anything my heart felt would help and be comforting.since it isn't mange, what did the vet say it could be?research that,find what seems similar to your dog, and go from there.I wish you the best and would like to know what worked when you find it, for you will.