Bald spot

[Pati Robins]

was there any flaky skin before it went this bad ?-as its usualy start with small flaky rings -its only flaky on the outside of the ring have you checked his skin for more spots that are began to form ?
not sure if this was asked before but is your dog wormed ? , have you changed recently anything -from food to cleaning supplies ?
in Uk vets prescribe for this type of thing prednisolone 5mg x 1 a day then slowly reduced after few days (steroid) combined with amox/clav 250mg x2 a day - this one contains penicillin-so if you are allergic to it use gloves to give the tablets to an animal , make sure your dig isnt allergic to steroids or penicillin before giving him medication -if he is stop giving it (both of drugs are prescription only) , as well as a weekly bath in a medicated shampoo -to see how its goes - it look for me like a sign of allergy , but its also easily confusing with ringworm - how long did he have it?
few of the dogs i had a pleasure to foster had this sort of thing , but with a 7 day course of this medications it all cleared up- i mean the hair started to grow back .I also supplemented them with salmon oil -as i swear by it since Shy had a bald patch on her tail -hair grew back within few weeks of using salmon oil -bare in mind that some bullies could be allergic to it , so monitor any supplementation
failing the course of meds i would suggest skin scarping

 

[Pati Robins]

I've got him on this food at the moment
http://www.bozita.com/en/Robur/Products/robur-breederxl/

Composition: Chicken (dried chicken 21%, fresh Swedish chicken 15%), maize meal, rice, special processed oat (SPC, 5%), maize germ, animal fat, chicken digest, dried Arctic fish, beet fiber, egg powder, potato protein, hemoglobin, lactic acid (0.6%), linseed, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, molasses yeast, yeast (ß-1.3/1.6- glucan, 0.05%), shellfish hydrolysate (contains glucosamine 0.05%), cartilage hydrolysate (contains chondroitin 0.004%).

could he be allergic to the highlighted stuff in the dog food ?
why would you feed large breed puppy food ? bullies are MEDIUM BREED so normal type of food is for them

 

[Leon van houkje]

The size of the biscuits in the size down are tiny and was scared he might choke on them

 

[Pati Robins]

dont worry he wont , i had dogs since i can remember and none of mine ever chocked on dog food , if you are worried you can supervise while hes eating

 

[aprilemari]

Composition: Chicken (dried chicken 21%, fresh Swedish chicken 15%), maize meal, rice, special processed oat (SPC, 5%), maize germ, animal fat, chicken digest, dried Arctic fish, beet fiber, egg powder, potato protein, hemoglobin, lactic acid (0.6%), linseed, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, molasses yeast, yeast (ß-1.3/1.6- glucan, 0.05%), shellfish hydrolysate (contains glucosamine 0.05%), cartilage hydrolysate (contains chondroitin 0.004%).

could he be allergic to the highlighted stuff in the dog food ?
why would you feed large breed puppy food ? bullies are MEDIUM BREED so normal type of food is for them

maize is corn, alot of bullies are allergic to grains (and chicken actually)

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[Leon van houkje]

I'd like to thank [MENTION=9105]Pati Robins[/MENTION] in a open forum instead of sending a private message to show how much good advice people give on this forum.
Leon's hair is starting to grow back after switching to orijen puppy food, I think it's helped been grain free and more % meat content compared to his old food.
When ever I'm back home in the uk I owe you a bottle of wine or a bunch of flowers you saved us big vet bills.
Thank you pati xx

Leon is echt en dikke boefje !!!

 

[Pati Robins]

Awww you are very welcome x im glad to help any time xx