Skin And Coat Flaking

[Guest argolola]

Rudy's coat had huge white flakes coming off at the vet's office yesterday, plus a very dry and rough coat, with some hair shedding. He and Lola have been on grizzly salmon oil for 6 weeks. He shows no improvement, however, Lola's hair is so soft and long, it's starting to curl up on her legs...lol.

 

Any suggestions? Thanks so much!

[racindog]

I had one greyhound with "dandruff' white flakes coming off. Lipiderm cured him. It is a patented type of fish oil I think but I have to admit that it did work-couldn't tell you why-I wonder myself.

[Guest SoulsMom]

I'm curious too, anything low-fat, not fish oil based that can help? After Soul's HGE illness we're off the fish oil. . . . or anything topical that can help?

[Guest ArtysPeople]

I really like Earthbath's between-bath spritzes: http://www.earthbath.com/between.html

 

It's like a leave-in conditioner that really helped with Arty's flakies last winter. Moisturized very nicely without being oily. I don't personally like the Mango Tango scent, but that may just be me. The eucalyptus/mint is my favorite.

[CaliforniaGreys]

I swear by EicoaDerm which has made a huge difference in both Misty and Wayne. Of course Misty is on Soloxine and I know that made a big difference for her. I took Wayne off it just to check and there was a really big difference so I'll never do that again. But it showed me that it really works.

[Guest Greyt_dog_lover]

When I had a blue doberman, she had horrible coat issues. We would put one raw egg in her dinner each night. I dont know how this would work with your "low fat" hound (soulsmom), but it did help with the skin issues and gradually her coat did improve, but not nearly what the other color dobermans coats would look like. It is a genetic problem with the blues.

[CaliforniaGreys]

When I had a blue doberman, she had horrible coat issues. We would put one raw egg in her dinner each night. I dont know how this would work with your "low fat" hound (soulsmom), but it did help with the skin issues and gradually her coat did improve, but not nearly what the other color dobermans coats would look like. It is a genetic problem with the blues.

Wow, I never realized there was a "blue" Dobe. Are you saying this is a genetic problem with blue Dobes or all blues?

[IndyandHollyluv]

My hounds get Heska F.A. granules mixed in with one of their meals -- www.heska.com -- it is an Omega 3 and 6 fatty acid supplement (looks like flax meal). Has done wonders for my brindle's coat, which felt like a scrub brush when I adopted him.

[Guest Greyt_dog_lover]

When I had a blue doberman, she had horrible coat issues. We would put one raw egg in her dinner each night. I dont know how this would work with your "low fat" hound (soulsmom), but it did help with the skin issues and gradually her coat did improve, but not nearly what the other color dobermans coats would look like. It is a genetic problem with the blues.

Wow, I never realized there was a "blue" Dobe. Are you saying this is a genetic problem with blue Dobes or all blues?

 

 

Genetic problem with the "blue" doberman. Blue dobes are actually silver in color, just like a "blue" greyhound.

[greysmom]

Dude has a dandruff problem when he's under stress or very nervous - like at the vets. The white flakes really stand out on his black coat. Interestingly, our black Great Dane also had this problem. Never happened with either when we are/were at home or doing something fun away from home.

 

greysmom