Skin Allergy Remedies for Pets Questions

Updated: 11/05/2008

ITCHY BEAGLE

DOG LOSING FUR

SORE FEET

LAB MIX WITH DRY CRUSTY NOSE, COAT, ELBOW PADS

ROTTI WITH SEVERE ALLERGIES

YORKIE PUPPY WHO SCRATCHES

NATURAL REMEDY FOR HER PET'S EYES

DOG HAS YEAST OR MANGE

WALKING DANDRUFF IN DOG

HELP ID'ING AND CURING DOG'S RED, SWOLLEN SKIN

BULLDOG SCRATCHES AND BITES HIS PAWS

DOG DEVELOPED SKIN PROBLEMS

ITCHY BEAGLE
11/05/2008: Bob from Norfolk , NY writes: "hi can you help my kloe she was fixed in july 08 and now she has gained 10 pounds and her rump is very itchy when my kids itch her back side she puts her head up and licks the air she does not smell and her coat is shinny and smooth just wondering if anyone has had this problem thanks all. "

11/05/2008: Jane from Seattle, WA replies: "To Bob: you may have to change your dog's food. Or lessen the quantity that you give her every day. She may also need more exercise. Our golden retriever also gained weight after getting fixed. I had to give her less food and more exercise to keep her weight down!

Dogs get ecstatic when their rumps are scratched like that. They go into a bliss zone... it's hilarious!! I wouldn't worry at all about that part."

11/09/2008: Dog Mom from NY, NY replies: "My mixed breed has had dry/itchy skin so bad that she would chew herself until she was raw. I used to give her a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in her food (I feed her twice a day.) That helped, but someone told me that is why she had a weight problem. I them read one of Ted's posts that said that most dog foods do not include all of the needed nutrients. He suggested fish oil. I now give my dog 2 1000mg of fish oil capsules twice a day. She looks like she has slimmed down and her coat is softer and shinier.
Hope this helps. Good luck."

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DOG LOSING FUR
09/23/2008: Grace from Los Ageles, California writes: "my dog started shedding her hair i changed her food to a salmon food for healthier coat but then i noticed she was getting a rash in her stomach and stoped giving her that food! and also i wonder if its related to me cause im pregnat if that has anything to do with it! can u please help me with my question please!"

SORE FEET
09/18/2008: Patrick from Wasilla, AK writes: "does anybody know a way to stop a dog from licking and chewing his feet until they are raw and sore?"

09/18/2008: Earth Clinic replies: "Yes, a few readers have submitted remedies for this ailment. Check the following pages for more information:

Yeast Infection Remedies for Dogs
Allergy Remedies for Pets"

LAB MIX WITH DRY CRUSTY NOSE, COAT, ELBOW PADS
08/13/2008: ANNA NACIAS from ALLENTOWN, USA writes: "HI,
I HAVE A OLDER FEMALE LAB/SHEP SHE HAS BEEN HAVING A VERY HARD DRY CRUSTY NOSE,I WAS TOLD IT MAYBE LUPUS OR ALLERGIES SO IVE TRIED A FEW THINGS BUT NO LUCK, SO DOES A/ BODY HAVE ANY REMEDIES I CAN TRY? ALSO WHAT ABOUT FOR A DRY COAT AND HARD ELBOW PADS WHAT WOULD BE SOOTHING FOR HER?THANK YOU."

ROTTI WITH SEVERE ALLERGIES
07/01/2008: Missy writes: "To Ted,
I am besides myself on how to care for my 7 1/2 yr old Hound, Rotti, whatever mix, he's a precious dog that I picked up from the Humane Society when he was 5 months. For the past few years now he has developed allergies & of course I've taken him to the vet & the first vet he was seen by gave him allergy shots, did a deep cleaning of his ears & he seemed to be fine for sometime. Then it came back w/a vengeance!! So off to a different vet who said he had yeast, fungus & they couldn't say what else until he was seen by a Dermatologist, which would have been an additional $500.00 or more. I decided to look in to natural remedies since that is what I do for my own health. Cosmo's issues are, his skin has turned black on his belly, he bites, scratches, chews & licks himself nonstop. The vet said he had what they refer to as elephant skin, & he seems to have developed dandruff flakes on the top of his head, which I perceive is due to the scabs that have formed on his head from all of the non stop scratching. He has scratched his face so badly that his eye has become swollen & he is losing almost all the hair around his eye & snout. I have began to give him the ACV w/some plain yogurt in his food, rub him down w/it as well, I've also began to rub him w/organic coconut oil. He is so full of scabs & he scratches nonstop that I don't know what to do to help him anymore. It is just breaking my heart to see my little guy suffering so much, do you have any advice that I might be missing?? I want him to feel like he did before all of this happened, which all started when we had a tick infestation. Although the ticks have been gone for about a year now, he is still a mess. Please help me!! I don't know amounts to give or perhaps a better diet etc, so if you can give me some help I would be much grateful!!

Thank you. Missy"

07/08/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "What I do know is many food sources are that are now affecting even dog food, especially is the lack of omega 3. Therefore the addition of fish oil one capsule mixed in the food, along with some flaxseed oil may help. It will take about a week to see improvement. Dogs seem to respond to the fish oil/ flaxseed.

The addition of 1 teaspoon of baking soda in one half liter of drinking water may also help, will reduce the problem skin in a matter of hours. This is used only when there is a skin problem, a longer term maintenance issue is the 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda per liter of water. A more powerful remedy is the 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in one liter of drinking water, but because I used less here, its effect in improvement maybe gradual.

If things is not working out as planned, due to non-nutritional causes, then I would try the borax and peroxide remedy, unrinsed. It has some antiviral properties. This would handle the fungus issue and parasite causes on skin."

07/08/2008: Debra from East Hanover, USA replies: "Try using Witch Hazel, my roommate has a Pit Bull which had the same problems to what your dog has. Try to dab his fur with some Witch Hazel every two to four hours. I used this rememdy on the Pit Bull and know his fur has healed up and helped with the smell that was coming off his body. Also try to add some brewers yeast tablets to his diet."

YORKIE PUPPY WHO SCRATCHES
06/06/2008: Vanessa from Stuart, Florida writes: "Hello, I hope you can help me, I'm a little confused, I have a 5 month old yorkie puppy, she is on a raw diet with a little bit of holistic dry food. A couple of weeks ago she started scratching her neck and biting her paws, I've been searching for fleas but found nothing. I don't think she has lost any hair and I don't see any marks or redness on her skin. Can you please give me an idea of what I can try to ease her scratching?.... I would really appreciate your advice.... Thank you"

06/07/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Vanessa:

Assuming the dog doesn't have hot spots, mange sometimes the skin has a fungus condition, which is helped with either soaking with a white distilled vinegar or a more effective remedy a 5% solution of ammonium chloride, for a couple of minutes then rinsed with plain water.

In the long run this skin problem might be helped by adding 1 teaspoon of baking soda in a one liter drinking water as the baking soda helps the digestive process, especially proteins."

NATURAL REMEDY FOR HER PET'S EYES
11/23/2007: Susan from Phoenix, Arizona writes: "I used on my little toy chihuahua peroxide and AVC worked for my puppy, but now I have another problem, I would like to know what natural remedy could work for her eyes, they're getting watery with a discharged.Please if anyone could help me or give me tips for her relief."

DOG HAS YEAST OR MANGE
11/01/2007: G.D. writes: "Ted, I hope you can help us! Our newfoundland dog we believe has yeast or mange. She has red skin, black spots like pigmentation and scratches until she bleeds. .Also, her hair is falling out, and her skin is VERY dry. We think this started 2 years ago with her ears, they smelled terrible and she shook them nonstop. Her ears still smell, but they don't seem to bother her much. However, she does have a discharge that comes out of her eyes, so each morning her eyes have to be cleaned just so she can see. Our vet says it is due to her hormones and she will get better in time, and this past summer our vet put a flea control on her which seemed to make her problem worse. We've done the mange cure, followed your directions and it seemed to help a little, but was not getting rid of her problem and symptoms. We've also tried ACV, and TKO, and she might seem a little better at first but still scratches and bites at herself. We have started to feed her a complete natural diet with little or no grains. Could you please tell us what else we could try. And what we could use on her skin for the excessiive drying. Would the Milk of Magnesia you've spoke about be good for her? Please respond as soon as possible Thanks G.D. and K."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "A common remedy for a dry skin condition is evening primrose oil, one teaspoon mixed in a dog food. A dog's skin falling off is often insects, but can be certain staph bacteria for example. As an emeergency remedy I used, milk of magnesia (no aluminum) mixed with water at a ratio of about 1: 2 (which means one part water two parts milk of magnesia solution). The milk of magnesia kills off the invading staph and other bacteria whenever H2O2 and Borax fails to work. As a warning, the milk of magnesia may cause the dog to have a mild diarrhea, but it seems to help some detox. A baking soda 1/2 teaspoon per liter of water will help raise the dog's immune system. On the other hand 1/8 teaspoon only once a week of borax mixed in one liter of drinking water will help the dog raise the hormones.

As to other remedies that may help, the opening of wounds can be healed faster, some aloe vera is applied or in some cases that has helped me was the application of milk of magnesia, than this is followed by a vaseline to prevent further infection in case things do not work out.

In some cases a certain mange can be resistant to H2O2 and borax treatment due to a REINFECTION. If this is the case the H2O2 and borax is redone, but this time the dog is quarantined in a small room or cage that is sterilized and clean during the treatment period. I have found this method to work quite well in case the H2O2 and borax didn't work initially. I suspect that there is a small hives of mange somewhere in the house that the dogs get reinfected, and hence a quarantine the dog in a clean sterilized area, instead of allowing the dogs to roam around a large area seems to do the trick."

WALKING DANDRUFF IN DOG
10/13/2007: Lorraine from glasgow, uk writes: "hi, i,m trying to cure my dog from walking dandruff. i don't know what doseage to give him, i can get the symphytum tablets here but find it hard to get the helleborus tablets.could you please advise me on what amount i give the dog and where to buy helleborus tablets. thank you, lorraine."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "'

Dear Lorraine:

Both herbs maybe toxic for internal use and at least what I know is used for external purposes applied to the dog. Some historians believed that Alexandar the Great died from hellebore overdose. Hence, I think such use is best confined to an experience herbalist, as certain hellebore species can also be not safe and there is a distinction for each of the species.

Symphytum is generally safer to use, although long term use is not recommended, but I also doubt its insecticidal abilities, neem oil would be a more ideal substitute. But my own experience with both of these were of limited in killing ability on the insects, and hence, borax seem to be much better in my own use.

The use of borax the toxicity on the dog is very difficult to achieve if the use is in a manner of washing the dog however and with no rinsing, as the toxicity of the borax is about equal (LD50) to the toxicity of salt, or a least close enough.

Whenever the solution, hellebores or symphytum (usually prepared as a poultrice), the dog has a bad habit of licking whatever is on its body, hence, a cone is placed on the head to prevent that.

However, my own uses and successes I used a much less toxic mineral, such as oversaturated borax dissolved in 1% H2O2 which comes from the 3% H2O2, diluted.

This is then applied throughout the dog's body, and done on a daily basis, no rinsing. The remedy has a lot of successes with mange, although I am finding this to be quite good in getting other problems of the dogs, including, mites, fleas, and walking dandruff. Again after the solution is applied to the dogs entire body, no rinsing or drying.

The dog is left to soak the solution, and once applied, stay away from the dog immediately as he will try to shake off the solution.

The key appears to be that their eggs, especially during rainy season causes reinfection of them. Hence, the solution can be sprinkled, heavily in the area where the dogs resides.

A modified more stronger application is to put 1% H2O2
in a liter of water, and then add several teaspoon (say 5-7) borax and stir it. It would seem more borax undissolved is desireable, then use this as a daily bath. In my own experience, this is the solution that I used with a lot of successes, and not just for mange. Most insects of mites, fleas, and walking dandruff take more time because of the eggs that is scattered around the house, and sometimes the rainy season has a major factor on reinfection on the dog, a daily application of about month, will usually get rid of the infestation.

Walking dandruff is somewhat infectious, so the area should be applied of the solution.

P.S.' In case a natural material plant material is desired, orange oil 5% diluted in 30% alcohol, plus borax saturated might be better subsitute, and the orange oil are easily found. The orange oil is a powerful insecticide, while it has minimum toxicity on animals."

HELP ID'ING AND CURING DOG'S RED, SWOLLEN SKIN
07/22/2007: Misty writes: "Hello, I live in Seattle, WA and we own (3) Bassett Hound dogs. One of our dogs has a really bad problem. He has had it for at least 2 years now. We took him to the vet and we have tried every cream, lotion, ointment, pills, injections, etc. that you can think of. Also, our vet told us to go an allergy clinic which we did. Our dog got allergy tests and shots. Anyways, with all that said..my dog is STILL having the same problems. Nothing the vet gave us worked. My dog has loose sagging skin under his armpits and they are VERY red. His paws (in between his toes), his neck, legs, and some parts of his belly are all VERY red as well. His hair is thinning in some areas and other areas it's gone. He constantly licks, scratches, and bites all over. It looks like he has "raw" skin. The vet did say 2 years ago it was yeast that was between his toes and under his fat armpits, but nothing the vet gave us worked. Also, the problem has gotten a lot worse in the past year. The redness is spreading down his legs and parts of his belly and his paws are really bad. I read the websites information about mange and yeast infections. I still cannot tell what the differences are between the two. The website said both mange and yeast infections cause red skin, hair loss, licking, itching, etc...so how are we supposed to know the difference? Also, I read that yeast causes darkening of the skin...my dog does not have any darkening of the skin...it's just "raw red" skin all on his arms, armpits, paws, and belly. Also, I heard that if he does have yeast. his armpits and paws would smell bad, but his armpits and paws do not smell bad to me So, I do not know if it's yeast (like the vet said 2 years ago) or if something else like mange. My dog is 3 years old and we have had him since he was 5 weeks old. Also, he does not have a lot of energy like my other two dogs. It might be the raw red skin that makes it hard for him to run and play with the other two dogs. My other 2 Bassett's do NOT have this problem. Any suggestions on what I could do to help my dog would be GREATLY appreciated. PLEASE let me know how to help him soon because he is miserable. If you could provide me with home remedies to solve this problem and food choices for him and any other things you think of that would help him would be great! Thanks so much,"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Misty: It doesn't matter about identification since the remedy is safe. Besides regardless of the what it is, the remedy is still the same: borax in 1% hydrogen peroxide solution. Do that once every day. If no improvement (in 3 days), then it's probably a staphylococcus, in which case, I would bathe the dog or apply the lotion made of magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesia) with some epsom salt (in one cup of milk of magnesia, I may add 2-4 tablespoon of epsom salt). If that works then I might add a small amount 1/16 teaspoon of epsom salt in one liter of drinking water for only a couple of days. If the dog has low magnesium, quite often allergy shows up. For a yeast or even most sickness of the dog, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda added to the drinking water for a couple of days will also reduce the yeast infection. The yeast infection issue is due to a fungus, which if borax 1/16 teaspoon is added along with the baking soda in one liter of water can also take care of it. Besides those remedies also addresses dog's nutritional deficiency for bicarbonates and boron, and even if it does not directly address a very specific condition, the dog will generally get better and in some cases get cured, because of a deficiency issue. It's all about trying them out when I know those remedy are designed to address deficiency issue which makes it important that those should at least be addressed first."

BULLDOG SCRATCHES AND BITES HIS PAWS
07/03/2007: Shelamar from Cleveland, usa writes: "My English Bulldog scratches and bites his paws bloody between the toes because they are so raw have formed blood blisters it seems that I can barely touch him with a damp cloth and he will bleed. I have tried the mange cure and I do not believe his ailment to be mange actually I think it has caused more damage than good. I have tried neem oil and it seems to work. I have tried the staight acv over his paws he will continue to bite himself raw. I will feed him a holistic diet right now I feed hime merrick buffalo and venicin he seems to tolerate it. Oh yeah he smells awful around the face where his skin is just raw and bloody from scratching. The vet dipped him in Mitaban and he is on cephelaxon for the past 3 months with no help. Please help I have tried about everything and I hope I will not kill the poor dog in the process of trying to heal him. I try to go a day or 2 without anything on the dog but it just seems to get worse"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Shelamar: If the condition is not due to mange, than the issue is either due to staphylococcus problems and or a severe fungus infection. It is often best to try a simpler remedy with 1 tablespoon of magnesium hydroxide, 1 tablespoon of magnesium sulfate (epsom salt) and 1 tablespoon of borax (anti-fungal properties) in one cup to one and one half cup of in 1% hydrogen peroxide solution.

It is possible that ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate or ammonium chloride can be added (about 1 tablespoon also as it has antifungal properties, but this can be left out because borax should handle most of the problem). The solution is applied (using a latex glove to the area of the face and other, without rinsing.

However the mentioning of blisters, is one other issue that the condition can be shingles or viral cause. Therefore, a 1 tablespoon magnesium chloride (or possibly epsom salt) plus zinc chloride 1/4 tablespoon zinc chloride in one cup of water can be applied as frequently as possible to the less sensitive areas such as the paws FIRST to see if it irritates the skin. The second remedy is antiviral and ideally is applied every hour or so for at least 6 times a day, the blisters should generally be gone the next day. It is quite possible that the unknown microbes involved appears to be acid resistant and therefore an addition of 1 tablespoon of milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide solution, but NO aluminum please) added to this could strenghten the kill much more effectively. This should generally be applied as a topical solution.

Hopefully this remedy deals with flesh eating bacteria and viral (staph and shingles) which is the other remedy that has worked in case mange was not the cause. "

DOG DEVELOPED SKIN PROBLEMS
12/10/2006: D writes: "My boyfriend's sister, who lives in Hawaii, has a lhasa apsa (7 years old) who recently has developed terrible skin problems. This dog lives outside. She used to have beautiful skin, but recently it became discolored.. not as smooth anymore. She scratches incessantly until she bleeds. The vet does not believe it is a flea problem. Told her to feed it benadryl and bathe her with special shampoo for allergic skin. She feeds her Purina Lamb and Rice formula. Do you suggest the mange treatment? Also, things would improve if the dog were taken inside, don't you think? Thanks much."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear D: Yes, give the dog and do the mange treatment. However, give the dog 1/4 teaspoon of borax per liter of water is best. If this doesn't work, consider giving the dog more borax baths. Borax often does the trick. Peroxide ix limited only to once per day maximum, however all dog foods are not healthy. Switch over to semi cooked liver or meats and small amount of vitamins and minerals, flaxseed oil and evening primrose oil. The dog doesn't need to take supplements often. Usually one or two days."

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