6 month infirm puppy, she have bit a great deal of fur bad paw hip.?
Question: Had her at the vet twice the past two weeks, she have no fleas, no mites, vet did skin scrape, but zilch to be found, had two injections and a course of antibiotics..she is still chewing her fur rotten...any suggestions before I steal her back to the vet..she is on pedigree puppy food...appreciation for any help...Jackie...
Answers:
Try upgrading her food, she may hold a food allergy. My preference is Nutro Ultra, but not a soul food is the end-all-be-all, it is whatever your dog thrives best on. Go to a pet store, not a grocery store and look around here. Some great brands are:
Wellness
Canidae
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul
AvoDerm
Bil-Jac
Eagle Pack
Solid Gold
as well as lots others. If you decide to try a fresh food, be sure to introduce it to your pup slowly to avoid gastrointestinal upset such as diarrhea.
1st week- 3 parts Pedigree:1 part modern food
2nd week- Equal parts 2:2
3rd week- 1:3
4th week- All new food.
If when you add on more of the new food your pup get runny poop, scale put money on the amount of new food. So if at week 2 you run to equal parts Pedigree to new food and your pup get soft poop, go support to a 3:1 ratio.
If you do go to a highly developed premium food, buy a small bag first to form sure that not only does your dog like it but she tolerates & thrives on it. Do not assume that PetCo, PetSmart or another big box store is the least expensive source for premium foods. More repeatedly it is your local pet store/boutique that has the better price. Be sure to ask what their return policy is, various manufacturers will re-imburse a store if a client returns an plain bag of food that their pet snubbed or could not tolerate. You might involve to keep your taking in lay down to make a return.
If you do suspect a food allergy and cannot find a food that your grrrl truly thrives on, you can consider cooking for your dog. It is easier than you would reckon, you can cook up a LARGE batch, portion out individual servings into baggies, freeze them, and when time to serve, only just nuke it for a few seconds and voila! Fresh doggy food.
Good luck to you and your pup. Nothing hurts as much as not one able to assistance your baby be comfortable and stop hurting.
sounds approaching she has an allergy to something. It may be to dust, or a detergent that you are using surrounded by her blankets. Try doing a good scrub down of the house and febreezing everything. It may settle her allergies. OR, she may hold been bitten by something. My dog get bitten by spiders and she will chew and pull her quill out. I just monitor it and preserve it clean. It clears up surrounded by a few days.
could be an allergy that is cause it or a form of eczema. A friends do gets eczema surrounded by his paw and is always licking/biting them.
Best entity to do is take her support to the vet. Good luck
My spaniel pup used to chew off his fur when we go on holiday and left him near in - law. We would come home to a bald patch on his hip. Vet said it be anxiety. He didn't chew at all when we be home.
hi Jackie
Sorry to hear about your trouble, what breed is your puppy, you are doing everything you can, own you bath all the same, could it be the shampoo or even something silly like mat freshner. Have you rang the breeder, they may be capable of give you suggestion. Its sounds more likely to be an allergy.
Hope this might back, good luck.
Is she itching any where on earth but her paw? Sounds like she could own an allergy (maybe food related). I would ask the vet about this and seize his recommendation on a food to be exact for allergies. (I know Science Diet makes one, but that brand can really hit the wallet. Maybe he can suggest one i.e. not so much $$$$) However most vets go Science Diet in their clinic, so if yours is one you will hold to tell him you are looking for one that will facilitate but costs a little smaller amount. (unless of course you do not mind the price). If allergies you can distribute benadryl for the itch but you need to tell to the vet about the doseage as it will oscillate due to the pups weight.
Another article can be a nervous tick. Do you spy her doing it at any certain time (i.e. while you are gone, after she have done something she should not have done, or when you hold company)? She may get her nerves adjectives worked up and chewing her paw is a comfort zone to her. If you notice a shape like this. Just reassure her she is ok and here is nothing to be anxious about. If you are gone when this happen try an article of clothing that belongs to you (after you have worn it) that she can cuddle while you are gone. It will hold your scent on it and she will feel close to you.
Habit: no authentic reason only enjoys doing it.
tell to your vet about applebitter spray. it will not mar your pup, but it will have a impressively bitter taste and she will not want to chew on it anymore. (if she have a rash or sore it will BURN please do not use it until the impulsive is gone. Put an antibiotic cream on the rash first.)
We just this minute had alike problem with our dog. We took her to the vet and they put an e-hat on her. After the fur be grown back we took it past its sell-by date and she started biting her fur off again. Instead of taking her pay for to the vet we went to Petco and bought Petgold Bitter Break. You spray it on the spots where on earth the dog has be biting. It has a bittering agent that will discourage the dog from biting. So far it have worked great for our dog. It's a medium sized bottle that costs roughly speaking $8. Good luck. I hope this helps.
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