Itching

From your answer i can glean that it could be either an allergy or due to chicken in its diet.My dog is used to meat and chicken.We give it a supplement called home food plus along with its food to make up for the shortfall in vitamins etc.My dog is now almost so how do i wean him away from a high protein diet?

I boil the meat or chicken and the dietary supplement and give it to him at lunch.At dinner i give him a couple of boiled eggs.I'll take him to a vet as you have advised.I'm only taking your opinion which to me appears good.I'll leave the final decision to the vet.

Well, picjim, I am not a veterinarian to make a diagnosis for your dog, even if I'd like to. I have only told you what I did for my dog. It isn't sure that what worked for my dog will work for yours, too. That's why I told you to ask the vet. But a low protein diet can't harm an adult dog (you may ask the vet about this, too). It could be difficult to wean him away from the high protein diet, but not imposible. You know, a healthy dog can refuse the food he don't like for a day or two, but eventually he will eat it. You can first try to reduce the amount of meat from his meal. You can use some low fat yoghurt to make his food more palatable. How do you give him the meat? Boiled or how?

Your suggestions are very useful.I'll try and introduce vegetarian food into his diet.I'd be grateful if you could provide names of the valuable websites you've mentioned.My dog roams free during the day in our backyard.As the day temperature warms he prefers coming indoors.

Here in Australia, we have vegepet.com & veganpet.com.au. There are probably some more closer to where you live; you can try googling vegan dog foods... your local vegetarian / vegan society will also be most helpful in directing you the best deals in your locale. It's not so much a matter of having more vegan foods that will help your dog, the benefits will only be seen when there are no animal products in the diet; but this will also take time to get the full benefit. It's not a quick-fix, but it looks like you've tried a lot of expensive quick fixes already. This should also save you a good deal of money, which of course, you can always spend on your dog :-)

What you say could be true.The vet gave an injection and prescribed some tablets for 10 days.I'm hoping this will do the trick.I'll ask my vet for food which supplements my dog's diet with extracts of fish.

Thank you for your suggestion.I've been to the vet yesterday he was under the impression that this was some infection my dog picked up from the street.The vet gave him an injection and some medication.I'm hopeful that he'll be rid of the skin problem after completion of the course.

I'll try vegetable cooking oil.The additional fatty acids as you say might do the trick.I've been giving him chicken with skin.Thanks for your help which i'm sure will prove useful.

My dog was also given a shot and it seemed to subside before reappearing mildly.Could you tell me what was the medication prescribed to him.I can check with my vet.I suspect its mites or an allergy problem.Happy mylotting.

Upon confirming that my dog have mites problem, the vet gave him a jab a week for three weeks. After that, another check was done. Even thou the problem is solved, the vet gave him another 3 jab, each weekly to ensure that everything is good. As for the name of the medication, I am sorry but I have thrown the bottle a while back. Why not bring your dog to the vet and ask him to check for possible mites infection.