Any suggestions for a dog with skin problems?

I have a rottweiler/blood hound mix she is 3 years old and seems to have really dry skin. She constantly knaws away at her skin and she is losing her hair because of it. I give her a bath every week but she still seems to be having a problem. I have taken her to the vet and she was given antibiotics for an infection, it went away and now I do not know if it is coming back or if she just has dry skin.

Any suggestions for a dog with skin problems?
Your vet needs to do a scraping. It certainly sound like mange. Is there a chance that this dog has any pit in it? They are notorious for having demodectic mange. Any dog can get it, but pits seem to have more immune disorders.
Reply:Take her back to the vet and let him/her decide. You should add fish oil pills to her diet (I break them open and mix them into my dog's food).
Reply:Antibiotics suck.


Research BARF and give it a shot for a month!


Best of luck to both of you!
Reply:herbal teatree oil and rub in skin
Reply:people will probably tell you that youre bathing your dog too much and it is therefore ridding the natural oils on your dogs skin.
Reply:try tea tree oil
Reply:If you keep your dog outside, the sun might be causing it. My dog has a skin problem where she isn't supposed to be in the sun, but we can't have her in our house.
Reply:What are you feeding him? Most purebred rotties have allergies to corn, chicken, and wheat. Symptoms of allergies include: dry flakey skin, chewing/licking paws and legs, itchy ears, smelly ears, shedding (even bald spots), and gas. There is an allergy test for dogs, but it's expensive and most of the vets I'm friends with say that they aren't 100% accurate. In addition to having the vet check for the skin infection, you might try switching dog foods. Make sure to read the label because some "Lamb and rice" food still have corn and chicken.
Reply:Try using baby oil 10 minutes before her bath. Make sure you wash out all of the baby oil after her bath to keep her coat shiny and healthy.
Reply:Try switching her to a very high quality dog food. Shedding and dry skin are signs of poor nutrition.





You could also run down to your local Walmart or Pet store and pick up Brewers Yeast tablets.........these are great pills that will help with dry skin, and it also helps maintain their coats.
Reply:rottweilers have notoriously dry skin, and I have found that Hartz Infusions with vitamin beads-skin %26amp; coat shampoo keeps the itch away. A good daily brushing will help too!
Reply:take it to a vet they should be able to tell what is wrong if it is dry try giving it baths more often
Reply:that happen to me to with my dog and i went away
Reply:You can put on him skin some white vinegar {the real one} and leave on for 15 minutes and then rinse off with warm water this is going to help a lot.
Reply:Hi I would take her back to the vet and have them check to make sure the infection is gone. Also have the vet check for flies or lice as thy can also make a dog loose their fur. If the vet can't find out what the problem is then try bathing your dog with a all nature product.
Reply:my MIL dogs does the same thing. a bath every week maybe be part of the problem. you are drying it out too much. Mine get dry skin in the summer too but i only bath them once a month and they seem fine. Talkto the vet again. she may be allergic to her own fur. i know it sounds retarted but my aunts dog was allergic to her fur too and would bite and dig at it till it bleed.
Reply:You may be over bathing it, that type of dog should only be bathed about once every 3 weeks. What kind of shampoo are you using on her? Only use shampoos made for dogs, ph is different with pple shampoo.


Have you tried diet change, it could be from some food allergy.


Benedryl will relieve the itching and gnawing.(1 mlg per lbs of dog) Pills are 35 mlg


Are you totally sure your dog doesn't have fleas? Just like when we get bit my a misquoto, the bug may be gone but we still tend to itch it.


Just a few ideas to start, Good Luck
Reply:Food allergies are not as common as others are mentioning (I think a figure I heard was less than 10% of problems with skin are allergies). Of course, a food change wouldn't hurt- I feed Eukanuba.


I have a bloodhound and right now I have her on antibiotics for a staph skin infection. She's previously had bacterial pyodermas. The vet I took her to at the University of GA said that skin problems (for the bacterial pyoderma) can often be caused by irritation from fleas. I didn't think she had fleas because I had never seen them... well, I sure found them last week- JUMPING ON ME!! So I got her some Frontline, maybe that will help. However, the latest vet said that the staph was probably picked up outside- but she's an inside dog, so I don't get that.


Basically, it's probably not "dry skin"- there's probably some sort of cause. Get a medicated shampoo if you don't have one- that will probably help with the itching. Another vet (don't ask why i use 3 vets!) mentioned I could give 50mg of benadryl a couple times a day to help with itching.


Hopefully you'll figure it out- I'd love to figure out the skin problems with my dog. Good luck.
Reply:You could be bathing it too often and with a shampoo which doesn't agree with your dog.


Dogs don't need too many baths, as it removes the natural, protective oils from their skin.. If you keep them in a pleasant hygienic place they pretty well keep themselves clean.


My dogs never pong and I hose them down, without shampoo about once a month, or sooner if they get mucky.
Reply:Outside dogs usually have a highier chance of getting skin problems than inside dogs will.Rottweiler's usually do not have skin problems even if they are outside dogs, but bloodhounds usually have slightly dry skin in either condition.





However, one thing you are doing wrong is giving her a bath every week. A dog's skin is totally than a humans. Humans are able to take baths every day to every other day with out drying out their scalp or hair. Dogs, unlike you and me, have an excess of oils in their skin that are neccesary to help keep their skin from drying out and creating skin irritation. Dogs only need to be bathed at most once a month. If skin irritation already exists, then you should bathe her with a medicated or oatmeal shampoo. If she has fleas this would further irritate the skin, so make sure she is free from infestion.





If she was brought to the vet, given medication, and it went away, then just go back to the vet. If you are not sure, then I'm pretty sure that a VET, one whose job it is to know these things, would know.