Dog skin issues: itching, hair loss, red spots. What home remedies?

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My pet as got skin disease we hav tried taking him to doc many times but it is nt healing up it as got itching chewing and hair loss and read spots and some times diarrhea its a male pomorien dog can u pls help me out with home remedies. Pet's info: Dog | Pomeranian | Male | neutered | 6 years old | 14 lbs

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA · Accepted Answer

I'm sorry to hear that Bubblu is having this problem! Skin issues like this can be very frustrating to deal with. Unfortunately, it's hard to suggest any specific treatment options that might be helpful without a diagnosis - different types of skin disease require different treatment, so it's important to find out what the problem is first. I'm wondering if your vet has ever done any testing to help determine what is causing Bubblu's skin problems - things like a skin scrape, skin cytology, bacterial or fungal skin cultures, allergy testing, or blood work. If so, it would be helpful to know the results. If not, the next step at this point would definitely be to have some testing done to help diagnose the problem - if your current vet has not suggested or recommended this, I would seek a second opinion from another local vet or request referral to a veterinary dermatologist. In the meantime, you could certainly try something like a medicated bath with aloe and oatmeal dog shampoo to help soothe his skin a bit - this will not treat the underlying problem, but may at least help to make him a little more comfortable until you can get a diagnosis and a more definitive treatment plan.

Dog skin issues: itching, hair loss, red spots. What home remedies?

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