Hi Dianna,

I’m glad your dog is feeling better. Thanks for letting us know that the head and shoulders clinical strength worked for you.

Take care,
Colby

We have a six year old rough collie who has had skin issues for at least the last for years. His annual shots always caused him great distress for several days. We used frontline and when that didn’t work for the fleas we tried advantix, but he still would have so many bites and hot spots, that we discontinued the treatments and just used flea comb daily. We used Organic Apple cider vinegar for the hot spots, which helped alot, but he still had flaky skin and fur coming out. We gave him a bath two weeks ago with head and shoulders clinical strength shampoo. We used about half the bottle and kept it lathered for 10minutes before rinsing. His skin has no sores and he has not been itching. This is the only thing that has worked for us. It did seem to slightly discolor his white, but that’s a small price to pay to see him feeling so much better. Thanks for letting us know about this. It sure worked for our collie.

It looks like your doing everything right for your baby Luisana, pitbulls and bulldogs are known for their over abundance of yeast, try giving him probiotics to balance out the yeast in his system, also you could try the neem shampoo at hennahut.com or the Sulfadene medicated shampoo that has sulfa in it to kill yeast.

Thanks for telling us about your Pekingnese and what you do for his skin allergies. Hopefully he’s feeling less itchy. Stetson has been chewing on his paws a little bit so I might try washing his paws on a regular basis.

Hi Marc,

Thanks for telling us your story. Yes, as you said for those of us who’ve tried nearly everything to relieve our dogs itching any suggestion is worth a shot. As you said though it’s best to consult with your vet before starting any new treatments.

Take care,
Colby

The active ingredient in the Head & Shoulders Clinical Strength Shampoo is 1% selenium sulfide. It’s not the normal product but it is an over the counter product. It comes in a normal sized shampoo bottle, which was plenty for my dog who was 70lbs at the time. I noticed it when walking through the grocery aisle and that it said for “seborrheic dermatitis”, which was how one of my vets described Bear’s skin condition. Previous to using this, Bear was on a special diet, got all sorts of supplements that did nothing, he got allergy shots, steroids, oatmeal baths, you name it – we tried it all and he was miserable til we used that shampoo. He had this problem for years and I spent a lot of money trying to find some relief for him. After his skin cleared up we went back to some Purina brand kibble, stopped all the shots, meds etc. and his coat was great. If you’re in the same situation, ask your vet if it’s worth a try.

my Pekingese also has allergies and was scratching and chewing himself raw, now its a whole lot better, he just scratches and chews a couple times a day instead of continually all day. I put him on NUVET and also PROBIOTIC PEARLS to balance the yeast that causes the ear infections and makes him feel itchy. I got him a doggy life jacket to keep him from scratching, its poofy enough that he cant scratch his ears or chew his rear, but he doesn’t have to wear it anymore. I put BurnJel on the itchy spots because it numbs the itchy skin. I wash him with SULFADENE medicated shampoo (same active ingredient as head & shoulders) every 3 days to keep the allergens off his skin and coat and prevent skin infections. I have been doing this for 4 months. The last time he had a flair up I gave him just one of the prescription pills he had left called “SIMPLICEF” and used a little ear ointment he still had called “MOMETAMAX”. I also give him grain free food.
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My dog suffered for years and I spent thousands of dollars trying to get him relief. We saw top vets, tried different diets, allergy shots, everything. Though an allergic reaction or a flea bite might start the problem, the skin gets worse because of a yeast or fungal infection. The vets seem to focus on dishing out antibiotics or antihistamines, even steroids, but none of those are gonna break the cycle of what’s happening to the skin.

It was pure dumb luck that we tried this medicated shampoo but I’m very grateful that my dog got to live the last half of his life without being miserable. His skin went from being red, smelly and almost weeping to drying up, healing and his coat grew back in. I started by shaving the fur surrounding the affected area. I would give him a bath and allow the shampoo lather to stay on him for at least 5 minutes. Then I’d rinse him off and shampoo him again, leaving the suds on for a shorter period of time. Then I’d rinse him really well and dry him completely with a towel and a hair dryer. From what I remember it seemed like day and nite, but I’m sure we repeated this process more often initially and then less as his skin cleared up and his coat was growing in. I’ll admit that I am nervous about posting this info online cuz I’d hate for any dog to have a negative reaction to the shampoo, so please test it out on a small area first & run it by your vet. Ask your vet about testing for yeast or fungal infection. But I promise you, we tried EVERYTHING before this and the poor guy suffered for many years. Wearing a cone was a daily routine for him. It was not until we tried the stupid dandruff shampoo that he was able to become a normal dog again. .

It is SO easy to feed raw. I buy raw meaty pork bones, raw chicken carcasses, raw chicken necks, and raw chicken wings, and I feed Snowie a mix of these over a month. He gets 900 gm of meat/bones per day, divided up in the day: for breakfast he gets a raw chicken carcass (300 gm), for lunch a raw meaty pork bone (300 gm), and for dinner some wings, or necks, or another carcass (300 gm). I also add raw veg and fruit to two of his meals, eg chopped raw spinach, lettuce, celery stalks and leaves, raw green beans, cooked butternut, pear and apple cores and the ends of strawberries (after we’ve used them for fruit salad) etc (NO bread, rice or potatoes) and I also add a TINY amount (a sliver) of garlic and a splash of flax seed oil, on occassion I also add a raw egg or some plain yoghurt, and I add some water just to mix up the juices and encourage him to eat the veg. I can tell you, he needs no encouragement to polish the bowl clean! And I love the fact that it takes him a while to eat his food cos he has to chew the bones. The raw meaty pork bone keeps him occupied for about 30-45 minutes, and then he continues to gnaw on the bit of bone that is left the rest of the afternoon. This has saved my furniture and garden a lot of damage! And it gives me time to work and do other things other than entertain him. And after a meal, he is sleepy and needs to rest from all that chewing. And the bones in his food makes his poos small and hard — they pop out like bullets when he poos and are so easy to pick up. And subsequently his anus is very clean and he has no anal gland problems.

Why would you want to spend so much money on canned and bagged food when a raw diet is easier and healthier, and in some cases cheaper? Since being on the raw diet, Snowie’s eyes are clearer (they used to be oozy) and he scratches less. He did have some fleas a month ago and chewed his skin where they bit him. I did put on Advantix — although now I read that Lori says this is really bad. He really inflamed his skin by chewing away at the fleas, so I will investigate the alternatives to the chemicals for keeping fleas off him.

Regarding buying the raw food, I buy it once a week at the dog club where we go for dog training. It’s sourced by a dog trainer so I know he’s getting the right kinds of bones, but there’s nothing stopping you from going to your butchery. I’m vegetarian so I have no clue when it comes to dead animal parts, so it’s easier to trust the dog trainer’s choice of meaty bones.