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My young Pit Bull has recurring skin hives and constant itching. Help!

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pit Bull Terrier | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 5 months old | 60 lbs

I have a blue nose pit, he is a yr and five months old. Just lately he has been braking out with looks like hives all over him he itches it constinly they started to go away but came back just as much if not more.

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on November 21st, 2017

Hi there and thank you for using pet coach to address your concern. What you are describing could be environmental or dietary allergy. I would recommend starting Benadryl to see if this resolves the hives. You can find information on Benadryl by following the link below. I would also recommend bathing with a shampoo such as Douxo PS calm shampoo and bathe twice weekly until resolved. If the hives get much worse or do not resolved that I would recommend having a veterinarian take a look at him. I hope this helps! Please feel free to contact me with any other questions or concerns that you may have. https://www.petcoach.co/canigive/dog/benadryl/

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