[YEA]  06/13/2013: Jackie from Yaxley, Peterborough, United Kingdom: "I have recently spent over £1,500 having surgery on my dog for a lip fold pyoderma. She is 12 years old and I thought it was her last chance. It came back almost straight away and I was so stressed as I didn't want to have her put down, but didn't have the money for procedures that the vet suggested. As a last resort I looked into a natural cure and by chance found this site. People on here seemed to recommend natural coconut oil and/or Allicin. I don't know which cured my dog, but within a week of using both these (relatively cheap alternatives) my dog is not only cured but fitter than she has ever been. Thank you so much to those of you who posted these remedies. Without you my dog would no longer be here."

[YEA]  06/19/2009: Leah from Chicago, IL: "Hello Pyoderma Sufferers!

I writing to help those of you who would like to start a homemade diet in order to cure your pup's pyoderma. I have two healthy happy dogs (ages 1yr and 4 yrs) that have been on the raw diet since birth. It is actually very cost effective in comparison to that expensive kibble, and they have never had a single health problem to speak of.

I don't know if you could call it "preparing" their food, but I do pull it out of the refrigerator or freezer every morning...haha. It's really easy, and with a bit of guidance/education, you'll be on the right path in no time.

Example Day of Meals for my 4-yr-old Shepherd/Lab

Breakfast:

1 raw chicken back (yes, with the bones!!! She can easily rip through these in seconds!!)
1 slice of raw beef liver
1 capsule of fish oil

Lunch:

1 large raw turkey neck
4-5 raw gizzards


Dinner:

1/4 lb raw ground bison, beef, or lamb
1 raw chicken leg quarter


You don't have to cut it up, tenderize it, or grind it--you simply hand it to the dog, and that's that.

If you're JUST starting a raw homemade diet today, make sure to start gradually! Start with one protein, like chicken, and feed that only for one week. You could feed raw chicken backs or necks in the morning, and then kibble in the evening--that would be gradual. You need to give your pup time to build up his/her natural enzymes and stomach acids. NEVER EVER mix dry food with raw food--the digestion rates are so different that it would make your pup's tummy unsettled.

Also, if you run into a little bit of diarrhea, don't be discouraged--YOUR PUP WILL ADJUST--I PROMISE! In order to combat loose stool, simply add 1 tablespoon of plain canned pumpkin (not the pie filling) to the food. You can also add a probiotic capsule and a capsule filled with cayenne pepper to help with the adjustment.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

Let me know if you have any questions.

-L"

03/22/2013: Corey from Oak Hill, Ohio replies: "What type of antibiotic do you use for pyoderma."

11/25/2012: Audra from Spokane, Wa, Usa: "Our beloved Basset Hound has pyoderma. He has been treated for the past 1.5 years with 2 different types of antibiotics (Amoxicillin and Clavamox) along with high dosages of Prednisone. He is 3 years young. During the past 1.5 years, I don't think he has been more than 30 days without antibiotics if you were to add them up and more than 15 days without Prednisone. We have also given him Benedryl to help with the itching. Nothing seems to help though. They are now sending us to a dermatologist.

We have been bathing him with several different shampoos, all of which have been vet recommended. The latest being CortiSoothe, however we have gone though numerous bottles of KetoChlor which has the Chlorhexidine that the vet says "helps cure" this problem.

It started out under his arm pits (as little bumps with no scabs, looked like heat rash) and then went to his groin area. Now it is all over his body. We do comb him and get the scabies, as we call them, off of him and then wash him every 2 days. He is losing hair in patches. We also put hydrocortisone ointment under his arm pits every night. He wears a t-shirt so he doesn't lick his arm pits and the bend of his arm. We also put hydrocortisone ointment in between his toe-webbing when it gets really inflamed and then put socks on him.

I should say that he has been allergy tested. I have spent over $5000 on this pup and he is a rescue dog. We treat him like he is one of the family and want to help him live a very long and happy life.

We cook for him. He gets venison, rice and green beans, twice daily. He also gets a fish oil supplement and olive oil.

He is on 20mg of Prednisone currently but no antibiotics. What can we do that we are not doing to help him? Please help!!!!

As of this typing, we are changing his bowls to metal since they were plastic.

We are up for trying anything, as you can tell from above. Thank you."

01/15/2013: Steph from Fredericksburg, Va replies: "Hello. I wanted to comment about the high dose of Prednisone. Be careful because Prednisone usage can cause pyoderma in some dogs. Ask your vet about reducing the amount of prednisone to see if that helps improve the skin condition. You may also want to ask about adding a medicated wash and a steriod based ointment to apply directly on the infected areas."

01/19/2013: David from Greenwood, Ms replies: "I have been using allicin garlic capsules for my jack russell and it is clearing up his infection. I give one a day, put in a piece of meat."

04/10/2013: Debbie from Riverside, Ca, USA replies: "My German Shepard has Nasal Pyoderma so I have been researching this a lot. Here is a really good link for pyoderma, and it says that cortisone steroids can be bad for pyoderma and cause a rebound effect, which can make it keep coming back. Here is the link: http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/health/pyoderma.htm

I am just starting with the Clindamycin antibibotic and use chlorehexidine to clean it. We shall see how it goes."

10/25/2011: Timh from Louisville, Usa replies: "Tomcat, no expert here but I will say what I do for my kitties as maintenace. A few grains of milled flax seed cleans the colon (about 4 times yr). A filthy colon could be the root of all the symptoms you provided. Also, I use a dropper of Colloidal Silver about once wk to keep infection at bay. Hope this helps."

12/01/2006: Laura from Hartford, WI: "We are having some other problems, she keeps getting pyoderma. The vet puts her on antibiotics and it clears, but when she is done the pyoderma comes back. Any suggestions? Thank you so much for the mange cure. I was so afraid of the dip."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Laura: Pyoderma infection is a simple bacteria infection a found in the the skin of the dog called Staphylococcus Intermedius. Often changing the diets of dogs from ready made dog food to home cooked food will help. For some reason, the ready made dog foods lowers the dog's natural immunity since there is no natural enzymes in them, while a partially cooked liver and meats will often help.

However, it is necesary to prepare a wet paste of sodium bicarbonate and borax (50:50) using a 1% hydrogen peroxide solution to prepare the paste and apply in area of infection. Four applications per day should stop the staph fairly quickly.

The drinking water of the dog should, for temporarily add 1/4 teaspoon of NATURAL sea salt per liter of water to the dog. Sea salt are quite alkaline forming where its pH is between 7.5 - 8.5, making an ideal addition.

The best kinds of sea salt, amazingly enough is not found for human use but for pet shops that sells aquarium. There are many brands, but they should be natural sea salts and most would be o.k. If this doesn't work of for a week add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda per 1 liter of water to the dog's drinking water. It takes about 2 weeks for a noted improvement.

As a warning, dogs on antibiotics will get yeast infections if given too long. If the dogs happens to be eating ready made dog food this will be much worse. In my opinion, giving treating yeast/fungus issue are a lot more difficult then bacteria and viruses. I often call these fungus, the ultimate bioweapons, as it is extremely difficult to contain or rid off. So be on the watch for this. A dog will vomit, when they do get yeast infections and it appears to be like anorexic condition or acid reflux thing. If this symptoms is shown, antibiotics should be stopped and it will give the dogs to recover from additional symptoms faster."

01/14/2012: Sarah from Brooklyn, Ohio replies: "What is the exact mixture required? Do you rinse off the paste or leave it on to dry? My boxer mix's skin is infected and is turing black in spots. I have had her on and off Ketoconozole, but am afraid we are starting to tax her already low immune system due to allergies."

02/03/2012: Jane from Paramus, New Jersey replies: "My Spinone Italiano also keeps getting bacterial infections in the folds of her mouth. She's been on antibiotics throughout the year, it goes away and then comes back. Based upon where the infections are, she is not a candidate for the lip fold surgery. The doctors are looking for other alternatives. Any help is appreciated. She is only 7 years old."

02/24/2012: Nicole from Deerfield Beach, Fl, Usa replies: "Diet is an important factor but clean water is also important when dealing with pyroderma especially in dog where outbreaks are localized to the mouth. The bowl the water is in is also very important. Plastic bowls commonly cause pyroderma. If your dog suffers from pyroderma that reoccurs check the water bowl, if it is plastic replace it with a metal bowl and see if that helps."

05/01/2012: Looneygirl from Houston, Texas, Usa replies: "You might look up more on this info but when I went thru several breast cancer surgeries & antobotics I got the thrush or yeast infections in my mouth so bad and it was painful. The doctor would call in a prescription everytime. My nurse friend got me over the counter Acidophilus/probiotics to start using before my next surgery and then I read somewhere that Povidone-Iodine Solution, 10%. Rince in the mouth does the same thing for mouth yeast infections. I read they use this in poor countries instead of the expesive big pharma cure. It is that purple red stuff that I came home with stains with they use before surgerys. It works. Just don't let your dog drink it it should be for a wash out only. I am a big user now of iodone tinture & the bedidine for many things and also take iodine supplements which is a bit controversal but I take it in limited doses."

01/17/2013: Doll33y from Up, Michigan replies: "Italian vinegar type salad dressing also helps with yeasty mouth infections for both humans and pets. Eat a salad or put it on vegetables or meats. Seems to be a nice easy solution instead of medicines."

06/19/2011: Kristin from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada: "Dear Ted,

Our 10 year old chesapeak bay retriever has chronic pyoderma. He used to get it once a year, now it is constant and the antibiotics don't seem to be effective any more. Our last round (the 4th or 5th this year) did not seem to have any effect. Is there a way to cure without antibiotics?"

06/27/2011: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Yes, tannic acid mixed with DMSO 70%, and apply the skin. Tannic acid is prepared 5-15%, preferably 10% in the DMSO 70% (which is 30% water and 70% DMSO). It is applied onto a clean dog externally. It works in 15 minutes. This should help, if it doesn't you can add some Lugol's iodine solution mixed into it, say another 10% of the mix.

Some misinformation correction is needed. MMS or sodium chlorite, or hypochlorite, or any chlorine bleach has exactly the same antibiotic effects (or disinfectant) effects as do the Lugol's solution or iodine solution (PVP-I). The only difference is that chlorine disinfectants or MMS has side effects associated with chlorine overdose. Iodine is needed by the humans and provides less side effects and won't cause severe side effects and its cures are more permanent then MMS or chlorine disinfectants. You can test the presence of chlorine in MMS by "activating" with chlorine paper test with citric acid. So use Lugol's iodine when making such a mixture is better.

Ted"

11/25/2012: Goddaluvme2 from Ogden, Ut replies: "Get some Neopredef powder and some Malaseb shampoo and use as directed on the bottles. The Neopredef will help dry and soothe the seeping oozy areas of skin, the shampoo works wonders too!"

05/09/2010: Gabrielle from Brighton, Ontario, Canada replies: "Give you dog Bee Propolis in liquid form from the health food store or from china town herbal store you can use it on the outside and also put it in to the food.

Want to cook, take vegetables from your fridge, whatever you have, take chicken liver, a cup of lentils, cup of rice, cup of noodles cup of millet add sea salt, pepper corn and Kelp buds.

boil cut the chicken liver in small pieces store in the fridge. Gives you 5-6 days' food when you serve heat a portion add fresh vegetables, fish oil, flax seed ground, spirulina, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar ( Glass Bottle ), brewers yeast and digestive enzyms. Don't give onions or Raisins.

In the morning bake a sweet potato or apple in the micro, add some plain Yogourt, cinnamon ,cloves, cardomon, dab of butter. For a treat give him some real bones he needs the calcium. No bad breath no constipation. he will never eat the take out food again."

08/31/2011: Roxie Ann from Sandwich, Il replies: "Is it safe to use borax and baking soda remedy on cats? My cat has pyroderma and is not responding to multiple natural approaches- essential oils (diluted of course), probiotics, ACV, olive leaf extract, herbs, and a couple other things. I'd like to try the remedy listed for pyroderma and mange. But they are only listed as helping with dogs. Just want to be sure my cat is safe. Thanks!"

09/29/2012: Snocouchs from Berwyn, Illinois replies: "My 16 year old dog got pyoderma on her back. I washed the area off with lavender oil soap, rubbed coconut oil on it, and add a tablespoon of coconut oil to her food twice daily (she is 44 pounds). After the affected area dried up and stopped weeping (about 1 week later) I gave her a bath using coconut oil soap.

I am going to continue to add the oil to her food since she likes it and it also adds important enzymes and fats I believe are lacking in her food. She eats a dry food that is grain free."