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Nothing is helping dogs itchy skin

Posted By David (Melbourne Australia, Victoria, Australia) on 03/05/2012

Hi my name is David from melbourne australia. My dog pepsi started getting itchy spots that started of red and then black and scabs. She itches all night and day then the hair disappears in those spots. I have been to the vets and the gave her a course of anti biotics and a cortizone shot and I also washed her several times with honey and oatmeal soap, nothing really worked. I used dermaid cream from the chemist which helped but now it's started again on her stomach and legs. I was just reading about apple vinager cider. Does it really work or does mine sound like pepsi has a mange type of disease? I am very lost at the moment so any help would be great. Poor pepsi is also a stroke victim from years past, but she has so much spirit, even with this and her legs not working properly she is still so happy. Can someone help?

Replied by Marianne (Berlin, Germany) on 03/05/2012

Dear David: The problem your dog has sounds just like the problems we had with ours since last May. She was diagnosed with demodex mange plus some unknown (most likely) food allergy. We are on our way to a recovery but let me tell you it takes some time and patience. It is not finished yet but the hair is growing back and she is a lot healthier and lively. She still itches but we don't know if it is the itching that all dogs have or if it's abnormal. Hard to tell.

Anyway, here is what we did. My very first advice to you is stop vaccinating!!! Read the following web-sites to start with:

http://raraCvisherb/com/mange.pdf (this site shows up if you put the following words into google: Canine Mange A Holistic Approach

http://mythicaldanes.com/healthtraining/vaccsCO.html

http://www.myspace.com/highlifepits/blog/397579455

The second advice is to start on a raw meat diat. You'll find plenty of books and internet infos.

The third advice find yourself a homoeopathic vet who will be able to detoxify all those vaccinations, antibiotics, cortizone and other bad things which have ruined your dog's immunesystem and start healing her immunesystem.

You'll find plenty more advices on this website from earthclinic. Some we tried and some helped.

If you would like to hear more, please, feel free to contact my via mail: marianne-jaedick(at)t-online.de

Good luck, Marianne

Replied by Jeane (Quezon City, Philippines) on 03/18/2012

Hi, David! I think apple cider vinegar is great taken orally, but you may want to try white vinegar on her externally. We make our own shampoo by mixing about three caps full of white vinegar into the most natural soap we can find here. We actually use bar soap and dissolve it in water then pour the little bit of vinegar in to make the shampoo. We prefer to use bar soap as that's the only soap made from coconut oil that we can find in the market. We keep whatever extra we make in bottles and use the shampoo for every bath. We also make a spray of white vinegar in water for days in between baths. We make this spray a bit stronger though and also rub the solution into the skin for a more thorough application. But for flareups that may still be tender and may sting with vinegar, we use warm tea instead. Hope this helps your Pepsi!

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