My dog has dry dandruff, greasy coat, and scabs. What should I do?

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Dry dandruff type skin, coat feels greasy, a few crusted scabs. Dog seems happy and healthy otherwise. Pet's info: Dog | Bull Terrier | Female | unspayed | 10 months and 27 days old

Kevin Sanada, DVM · Accepted Answer

The skin is unhealthy for some reason. This is usually caused by some irritation of the skin. The skin is most commonly irritated from allergies, fleas, mites, or inappropriate bathing. The irritation can then cause the skin to get infected with yeast and bacteria. The best thing you can do now is give a bath with a medicated dog shampoo (you can find this at the pet store). Follow the shampoo with an oatmeal or aloe conditioner labeled for dogs. Repeat the bath every other day for two weeks. If that's helping, then repeat the bath every week for a month. If all is good after that, then she should be OK to have a once monthly bath with normal dog shampoo. If the bath is not helping, or she's getting worse, then she needs to go to the vet. The vet will be able to determine if something else is wrong and if further treatment is needed.

My dog has dry dandruff, greasy coat, and scabs. What should I do?

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