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Hello,
My adopted dogs neck had slightly thinning hair where her collar sits when we got her but it appears to have got worse, the skin looks absolutely fine and isn’t dry but there is a roughly triangle shaped bald patch. Is this because the collar is rubbing or something more sinister? I know the collar isn’t too tight because I can’t fit multiple fingers between it and her neck but she does pull an awful lot on walks. Her hair around the armpits!? Of her front legs seems to be thinning as well. We took her to the vet as she had a rash on her tummy but he said it was very very mild skin allergies (she’s a little jack Russell cross, no idea what with) and it has gone away but she still does get the odd slightly red patch but I think that’s because she had a harness on today instead of a collar but it was on loosely. I’d love for her not to have to wear either indoors but she has managed to escape from the front door on a couple of occasions. She also has half a ring that is black in colour around one of her nipples, it looks like dirt but I can’t seem to get it off, is this normal? (She was spayed end of November if that any relevance and also she’s just over 2yrs and 2 months) She’s our first dog and we’ve had her just over two months so very new to this so any advice would be incredibly welcome as I don’t know if I’m worrying too much, many thanks.
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Things to consider being that she’s an adopted dog (rescue dog):
Over-vaccination (very very common for rescue dogs). All dog vaccinations cause allergic reactions, period. Make sure you are NOT doing this. Do your research on over-vaccination by going to this website: vitalanimal.com
Homeopathic Vet: Dr Will Falconer
You won’t be disappointed in his website, you’ll learn so much from him.
Another good website to research and learn is: dogsnaturally.comBagged Dog Food: All brands are not good with the exception of Acana or Orejin. Basically feed raw; i.e., chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken neck, ground turkey, low fat ground beef. A good website for very good dog food (often on special w/free shipping) is: onlynaturalpet.com
Owned by a Holistic Veterinarian with very stringent food manufacturing guidelines.I’d just use the harness until the red skin is cleared up
Teach your dog to sit and stay well back from the door before opening it so no escape happens, or when going to the door keep a long long leash on dog so you can step on the leash to stop the escape, but really better to train to sit and stay for just about anything.As for putting something on the irritated skin, I’d use primrose oil or (non-refined) coconut oil; plus you can add either of these oils to their food (about 1 teaspoon for your size dog) on his/her daily meal.
More importantly feed your dog as well as you can afford and as well as you would feed yourself.
I have 2 dogs (German Shorthair Pointer; Golden Retriever) both 1 yr old and have fed raw since acquiring them and not vaccinating them after their initial puppy shots and their 1 (and only) rabies vaccine. They will get no more vaccines. If I go on holiday, I find a pet sitter to take care of them while I’m gone. Both dogs are super healthy, no itchy skin, no fleas, no smelly ears or smelly coats, just exurberant and super healthy dogs who love their only naturaly pet food plus the raw food I add to the mix.
Good luck
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It happened with my dogs as well. We thought the metal chain is causing it so we changed to a nylon one. Still, it kept on becoming like that. We decided to use body harness on them, and thankfully the bald patch disappeared.
Regarding the health concern, my vet does mention that this might be a symptom of an underlying medical concern. So, have it checked first. 🙂
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