For those of you with allergic/itchy yorkies...

[abbykat]

If your yorkie has ever been so allergic that they ended up with infected bumps on thier skin, and you've managed to get any improvement other than with antibiotics/steroids please tell me:

A) What you are feeding them, brand and blend?
B) What shampoo/conditioner?
C) What kind of skin anti itch spray?


Thanks in advance for the recommendations. BTW I need foods without corn and chicken as we are pretty sure my little one is allergic to them.

[Patti]

Cali scratches ALL the time I had her allergy tested nothing, I switched her food to no corn, wheat etc still sscratching. Meds don't help. When I had Maya at the specialist dermatologist I mentioned Cali's problem and she said even with the testing it doesn;t mean they aren't allergic to something. SHe said her and other dermatologists around the country believe most allergies in dogs is food related and said I would need to do the food elimination diet, I don't know what exactly that is but I plan on making her an appointment as soon as I recover from Maya's expenses. I will let you know what I find out,

[SophieRose]

Did you have a skin scraping done by the vet?

[chachi]

I would look for natural balance fish and potatoes

[shadream]

I took my Charlie to allergy vet and ran gamut of test. Was finally ready to put him on daily shots, when I went to inquire about having them made up my vet told me about a new drug called atopica, it is like a miracle drug, he still has a bout now and then but it is much milder than he ever had before and it will only last an hoiur or so instead of weeks on end. Charlie was tested and found to have allergies to corn and tomatoes(many healthy dog foods contain tomatoes) and strawberries and certain kinds of molds on these items, He has contact allergies as well as food allergies.

He eats canidae(they have a lamb and rice formulas as well as chicken and rice, he also eats their canned food, and I use nutros natural choice small puppy bites
Chicken meal rice and oatmeal formula(might have formula without chicken, not sure) Also have fed the allergy formula fish and sweet potatoe by Natural Balance. I do alot of cooking as well, chicken hearts and gizzards boiled and potatoe and rice with it or scrambled eggs and sometimes stewing beef that i mix with his dry food. I know this is frustrating, but ther is hope.
Don't give up!

[abbykat]

She's been seeing a dermatologist for over a year now. He presribed d/d salmon and potatoe but I'm considering switching her to the natural balance fish and potato and if that doesn't work, maybe the duck and potato. Atopica is a brand name for cyclosporine and apparently Bailey's dermatologist actually did some of the studies on it. (I've seen them online) When we started treating Bailey atopica was not yet available in Canada so the vet presribed Neurol which is pretty much the same thing (cyclosporine)..Yes it's been working well, stopped most of the "bump" outbreaks and cleared up problems with her mouth that antibiotics wouldn't fix. Unfortunately the drug acts as an immunosuppressant which makes it easier to get other infections. She's gotten eye, ear and bladder infections since going on cyclosporine. Still the drug was giving her considerable relief. Unfortunately during treatment for her UTI, we discovered protein in her urine. After almost a thousand dollars in follow up blood and urine tests, none of her other levels are out of whack. The vet and I now think the problem may be caused by the drug, so we stopped giving it to her. Now we have to wait awhile and retest her urine to see if the protein level goes back down. Anyone planning on trying cyclosporine (Atopica, Neoral) I would recommend having a urine test to check the protein level before you start the drug and again after being on it a few months.

[shadream]

for the heads up on atopica, I will be seeing vet in the next few wks and will have blood work done to check protein levels.

[MINNIE'S MOM]

I have the same problem for years .I been reading YT and got some good recommedantions . I change Minnie's food to Wellness all natural no preservatives ( lamb and brown rice) also missing link and dermcare is a liquid caplets ( petsmart) is been only 2 days and i see the different on the allergies itching and scratching also i give her a bath today and her hair was much softer and easy to detangle but i don't know if is the dermacare caplets or if the missing link but something is helping my baby .

[jvwheeler]

Gin used to be itchy and bumpy, we changed foods (took them off Iams, just in time it seems), use hypoallergenic shampoo and added missing link. She doesn't break out anymore, but I couldn't isolate the solution, just one of those things--or maybe all of them.

[RLC12345678]

The FIRST thing you need to do is put her on a new food. I would go with Natural Balance...either Duck and Potato or Sweet Potato and Fish. That is the only thing I found to clear up my Hobbs' dry, itchy, dandruffy skin.

[irbrenda]

I was told Ralphie had staph infection. He was on 2 different meds for 40 days and he seemed to have cleared up for about 3 or 4 weeks. And now, the bumps are back. Either he has staph again or he's allergic to the Hill's U/D prescription food, which I hate. I have been adding Missing Link to his diet and his coat is very silky again. It was dry and flaky and bumpy before.

Unfortunately, I cannot change his food because of his stone problems. ONe surgery was enough for me. I was told I could change his food to whatever I wanted if he remained on special medication for the rest of his life, and that's not what I want to do either. So I'm in the middle again.

[abbykat]

The dermatologist already tested for and ruled out staph, fleas and all other extrernal parasite type problems. Ours is definitely allergy, he thinks inhalant/contact while I'm not convinced we've eliminated diet as a (main) problem.

[milomlo]

My Cody only gets itchy and bumpy in April. So I think he actually has seasonal allergies.

[abbykat]

Started Bailey on Natural Balance Duck and Potatoe today and she loves it! Still gulps most of them whole = ( wish this food came in a bugger kibble to force her to chew. So how long should it take before i see if she's scratching more or less? I thought I had to wait about 6 weeks...can anyone confirm or deny this?

[MINNIE'S MOM]

Get the Missinglink also (Petsmart).I see a difference in 2 days ,Today is the 3 day and it looks better every day . GOOD LUCK