Bald spotsQ: My dog has bald spots on each side of her tail and her skin is always itching. A: Check for presence of fleas with fleacomb as well as have vet check anal sacs and rule out other allergies. try corticare shampoo from 1800petmeds and oral benadryl at dose of 1/2 mg per pound orally twice daily. if no help see vet
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Flea collars and frontline plusQ: Our cats have been infested with fleas for about 2 weeks, and we put sergeant's flea collars on them, to no avail. would it be safe to start using frontline plus on them now? if not, how long should we wait? thank you. A: Remove the collars and apply the frontline plus.
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Severe itching, constant scratching, increased intake of waterQ: My dog is a 10 yr old beagle/corgie mix. for the past week she has been scratching, rubbing & licking herself so much that patches of hair are missing. she works so hard at scratching that she pants - endlessly & drinks tons of water but really does not seem to have increased urine output. in addition, she is refusing to eat her food except if handfed. i am certain this needs futher workup but what can i do to relieve her apparent misery? A: Try corticare shampoo from 1800petmeds every few days from 1800petmeds as well as antihistamine like chlorphenirmine at dose of 4 mg twice daily but should take to vet for complete workupa t this age
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Possible ear and skin yeast infectionQ: I have a 5 year old cocker and he constatly chews and itches at his skin. i know cockers can develope yeast infections in their ears easily. is it possible that he has spread his yeast infection to his skin by scratching at his ears, then scratching his skin. i want to relieve his itching but i dont have a lot of money right now to be taking him to the vet so they can tell me what i allready know. is there anything that you could recomend or any medications that i could purchase to help him out. thank-you, clay A: Only thing i can suggest is to shampoo skin with antifungal shampoo such as ketachlor shampoo from 1800petmeds every few days as well as giving oral benadryl at dose of 1/2 to 1 mg per pound orally twice daily to see if helps with allergies. also try adding prozyme and brite coat xs to food which can also help long term as well as try low allergy natural diet like california natural lamb and rice diet by natura brand which is good for this breed long term really needs vet visit which is necessary to diagnose yeast
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Bumps on my puppyQ: I have a 6 week old pit bull puppy that i love dearly, and just this past week, he got some bumps on him that appeared to look like misquitoe bites, but now the bumps have yellow puss and they have spread all over his necy, on the top of his head, and the itching appear to be severe, what can i do for my baby? A: Need vet visit as likely needs oral antibiotics and workup for mange, etc. for now consider shampooing with chlorihexiderm shampoo from 1800petmeds every few days until vet visit
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Health dog breeds explanationTerms used in this page:
health, wellness - a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"
breed - a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"
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