health conditions of eskies
By ladybug565
@ladybug565 (2216)
United States
August 29, 2007 12:23pm CST
does your eskimo have a skin condition or allergies? mine is allergic to fleas if he gets just one forget it! I have to go to the vet and get the advantix type of flea controll. also every summer around september he pulls his fur out mostly on his tail. Is this a condition that is normal for the breed?
2 responses
@alamode (3071)
• United States
29 Aug 07
I'm not sure... but my schnauzer does the same thing! He's got a nekkid backside by Sept. Even the flea controls don't help--- we bathe him in Dawn and use Beaudreau's butt paste on the raw spots... works well! WHEN we catch him, that is!!
@ladybug565 (2216)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I make sure i treat him for fleas before the season starts and I keep a close eye on him to make sure he hasent got any. thanks.
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Ours are all house dogs (and bed dogs) and for him, I don't think its fleas... or one of US would have a bite! I think its probably just heat, but I hate to see him that way! We get him trimmed down every few weeks during the summer, too... he's gone thru this for 12 summers, poor guy!
@ladybug565 (2216)
• United States
30 Aug 07
yes mine is an indoor dog also and he dosent have any fleas either. poor baby is just so itchy.
@beaniecat (329)
• United States
29 Sep 08
My American Eskimo has skin allergies too. He was itching so bad he had raw spots. I finally took him to the vet and he got a shot. He's doing better. The doctor said he would have trouble until after we have our first frost.
