my bedlington whippet's coat

[wardy.s.s. 3]

iv got a bedlington whippet x bedlington greyhound over the past few month she has been losing her fur from the outside of her back legs, belly and the top ov her head. She also got two bald spots one behind her right eye and one on the side ov her head. thankfully these are now starting to grow back but she is still going bald on the rest of her body. does anyone know what it could be or if they has experienced this before with there own dogs, and how or what you treated it with. thanks

[TOPPER 1,809]

look at the dogs diet sounds like your giving to much protien in the diet , i take it theres no sign of mange or ringworm but iam pretty sure its diet related put some pics up

[doglad1 32]

What are you bedding her on?

[wardy.s.s. 3]

look at the dogs diet sounds like your giving to much protien in the diet , i take it theres no sign of mange or ringworm but iam pretty sure its diet related put some pics up

 

shes on the red mills racer at 27% protein, iv ask a good greyhound lad i know and he sez he duznt think its the food, another good way of seeing if its to much protein is feeling their ears to see if they hot so i tryed that and they were fine, she is allso kenneled with another dog but that hasnt showed any sign of loosing fur so it cant be flee related, plus iv made sure shes had her wormers and flee treatments when they due. i onestly dont have a clue what it could be, i just hope someone else might so i can sort the problem.

[wardy.s.s. 3]

What are you bedding her on?

 

paper bedding, change it every week aswell.

[doglad1 32]

Is it pissing in the bed?

[doglad1 32]

Is it red and is the dog scratching at all

[doglad1 32]

With what you have said mate it could be demodectic mange and its caused by burrowing parasites in there hair follicles.There is a good chance it could clear on its own without treatment, depending how bad it is you could go to the vets and get them to send a scraping of the skin to the lab to be checked out.But iv heard that camrosa ointment is good stuff for promoting good skin condition which is what you need to redevelop hair loss.Go on the website and it should tell you more

[skellyb 8]

Got a dog (deerhound/greyhound) with similar problem.

Just before christmas took to vets, had scrapes done and showed clear so blood samples sent away and whilst waiting for results bathed in maloseb and then applied advocate.

After christmas blood samples results back, no problem with thyroid and only thing showing was borderline zinc deficiency. So lowered calcium in food and giving egg plus wheatgerm or ground up pumpkin seeds with food to try and up zinc levels.

Back at vets last week for 4 pinch biopsies and should get results this friday.

Bloody doing my head in, daft thing is, its probably stress (rescue dog, badly treated, had her about 3 months) and will probably settle down in a little while without all this fuss but you never know .....

[wardy.s.s. 3]

no niver of them are pising in the bed, and shes not red or itching much iver. thanks very much 4 all you replies i think ill give that camrosa ointment a try. cheers evryone atb.