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Have basset hound and need pyoderma remedies

Posted By Audra (Spokane, Wa, Usa) on 11/25/2012

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.

Replied by Steph (Fredericksburg, Va) on 01/15/2013

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.

Replied by David (Greenwood, Ms) on 01/19/2013

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.

Replied by Debbie (Riverside, Ca, USA) on 04/10/2013

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.

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