My first Golden suffered from Mange. I agree... it is no reason to put a dog down. If you go to the pet store (go online if you don't have one near you) they have several different kinds of mange medications you can get. I use to get the dip since it worked the best for my girl. I priced it at Pet Supply plus for only $14.90. You take a capful of the liquid and put it in a gallon jug and shake it up real well. After giving the dog a medicated shampoo bath, you take the dip and just pour it all over the dog starting at the neck and working down to the tail. It smells potent at first but after the dog dries the potency is not bad at all. I gave her the dip about every 3 weeks in the summer and less frequently in the winter. It worked wonders.

That is all I did and she would get so bad her skin was raw if I didn't take care of it fast enough. Usually in the summer if she swam between dippings and if she got real bad, I did it more frequently but due to the chemicals, I tried not to do it too often. The bottle would last almost an entire year so I paid under $20.00 for an entire year of treatment!