My Itchy Dog

[robinh]

Dry air can definitely make a difference to their skin. It can get really dry in our house too with the furnace running. Like Karen said, if you can run a humidifier it might help.

[dukedogsmom]

Dry air is probably it. My skin has been a lot drier. However, he's changed foods several times. He quit eating what I was feeding him when he got here. Hadn't thought about the protein thing. I've been feeding him Proplan turkey and beef canned food. He can't have any dry since his operation. I still haven't found a job so can't buy a humidifier right now. Should I give him a little more fish oil?

[chocolatepuppy]

How long has he been taking the fish oil Val? Sometimes that type of supplement can take a while to work.

[dukedogsmom]

Only been doing it about 2 weeks. I have seen an improvement, though.

[Cataholic]

Switch his food over to something fishy, too. Chicken and beef can be big alllergins. Jasper eats sweet potato and fish, only. He also takes a omega 3 and a claritin. Together, all that helps about 75%. Right now, in non allergy season, he is pretty good. When we get to prime allergy season, he falls back to about 60%. But, it is a heck of a lot better than what it was.

[Woodnymph]

One of the most common things that cause itching is feeding grains to dogs. If you think of it - they aren't cows. We have been using Taste Of The Wild-Bison for a few years-3,1/2 I think. It has NO grains, no dyes, no additives...It is about $45/30 lb.bag at Tractor Supply. There are other varieties too, but I stay away from the Salmon- was worried about heavy metal contamination, like Mercury. Also if you feed fish oil, you have to worry about the same thing. I had Katy on Nordic Naturals Omega Fish Oil- totally safe. She was on it for six months. Her fur is beautiful. It was about $70/180 capsules...I brought it at the health food store. Hubby's friend had a pitbull with serious skin problems. Nothing worked. We had him switch from a grain food to ours and dog's skin -sores-bumps-rash-all cleared up. It's been 2 weeks. Grain is a CHEAP way for the dog food companies to make more $$$.. Causes stomach issues also.