hi arolittlebit,

I have some advice, I hope you will be able to try it out and I hope even more that it works. I am really into natural health both for me, my hubby, and for my furry family members. My aussie mix is free of any health problems but my pug that I adopted recentlly had terrible allergies. Her past owners used to take her to the vet every 2 months or so for steroid shots for her swolen, bloody ears She would rub them against everything, she'd rub them until they would bleed, then rub them more and get blood all over everything that she rubbed against. It was sad, and kinda gross too, poor thing She also had no hair on her feet because she would itch her feet too and they would get a little swolen and dark pink. Anyway, to make a long story short, I gave this supplement called Prozyme to my dog for general health, because I want him around forever, and as soon as I took this pug in and of course started her on Prozyme too, the swealling went down a huge amount in her ears! Her ears cleared up almost 100%, then I got lazy and forgot to order more and I ran out, well, her ears got real bad again and I was able to see how great this Prozyme stuff really was. In case you have not heard anything about it, it introduces enzymes necessary for health. Enzymes are often killed/destroyed in the processing of foods, even the high quality processed foods have lost alot of their enzymes. It's not too expensive, I buy it by the pound for less then $20. I don't remember who I bought it from this time but I do a search on your browser for "prozyme dog" and you can compare prices. It's also great for cats and other animals (birds, horses, rodents, you name it).

Hope it helps. I know how frustrating it is to see that happen. Before I got this pug I had a yellow lab for 13 years who could have really benifitted from it, he had skin problems too, but I just recentlly found the stuff.