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Baxter Tiberius
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Usually a bad thing, especially with this breed.
But I've discovered something, at least with Baxter. He has constant skin problems, but I constantly find him laying in his patch of grass which he pees and poops on. Additionally from time to time he will have an accident in his bed, which of course he lays on. I have washed the thing five million times at least.
Anyways, the point is, a lot of the skin conditions (severe red marks) i thought were from food. Then the vet suggested neosporin and I was shocked to see them clear up almost immediately overnight. That tells me bacterial. Not allergic....
Earlier this week I was getting in the shower, and in waddles Baxter. Im like "Oh really, are you sure you want to be in here?" He just looked at me and sniffed his nostrils at me. So I turned on the shower, and washed him down. But with no soap. No shampoo. No nothing. Just water. He'd been playing with the dogs at the daycare, which I am confident gets him quite dirty, and possible infections, etc.
Three or four times this week he's had a water rinse (no soaps or anything) while I showered, and ... his skin looks better than I have ever seen it, since the day I got him. All the red marks have gone "skin color" and are healing perfectly. Everything is clearing up beautifully, and his fur just looks brilliantly fluffy and healthy.
Maybe it was a contact dermatitis of some sort, and I am rinsing off the allergens. Maybe rinsing off any residue of feces and urine is whats helping. Do dogs sweat? Maybe thats part of it. Surely plain water won't hurt them or cause issues right? If so ... i may keep this up.
I swear this dog eats the same food I do, and now he may even be showering on the same schedule. I mean why not right?
Any thoughts?
But I've discovered something, at least with Baxter. He has constant skin problems, but I constantly find him laying in his patch of grass which he pees and poops on. Additionally from time to time he will have an accident in his bed, which of course he lays on. I have washed the thing five million times at least.
Anyways, the point is, a lot of the skin conditions (severe red marks) i thought were from food. Then the vet suggested neosporin and I was shocked to see them clear up almost immediately overnight. That tells me bacterial. Not allergic....
Earlier this week I was getting in the shower, and in waddles Baxter. Im like "Oh really, are you sure you want to be in here?" He just looked at me and sniffed his nostrils at me. So I turned on the shower, and washed him down. But with no soap. No shampoo. No nothing. Just water. He'd been playing with the dogs at the daycare, which I am confident gets him quite dirty, and possible infections, etc.
Three or four times this week he's had a water rinse (no soaps or anything) while I showered, and ... his skin looks better than I have ever seen it, since the day I got him. All the red marks have gone "skin color" and are healing perfectly. Everything is clearing up beautifully, and his fur just looks brilliantly fluffy and healthy.
Maybe it was a contact dermatitis of some sort, and I am rinsing off the allergens. Maybe rinsing off any residue of feces and urine is whats helping. Do dogs sweat? Maybe thats part of it. Surely plain water won't hurt them or cause issues right? If so ... i may keep this up.
I swear this dog eats the same food I do, and now he may even be showering on the same schedule. I mean why not right?
Any thoughts?
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