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Our boy has atopic allergies but he also had a sensitive stomach and would throw up at the drop of a hat. He was also VERY fussy with the dry food we were giving him. We've found that the Advance Turkey and Rice has helped with this - not the atopic allergies so much though but he'll even eat this dry food by itself if it's in his bowl. We also give him sardines as well as vitamin e oil or flaxseed oil in capsule form occassionally. We also limit the amount of red meat we give him as he seems to get more rashy when this has been his main diet. We found that getting another dog also cured the "fussyness" with food No more turning his nose up at dinner time now - he's straight in there!!

Oh that's such good news, we had Lotti's done when she got desexed (wanted to get them out while she was under rather than put her through going under twice). However, some have grown back. Not as thick as the first lot but the vet said that since she's not even two yet that some would grow back in all likelyhood so we will have to get those out too, but when she's older. I think a few have fallen out though as they're harder to see and her eye isn't weeping anyhwere as much. Poor little thing, hate seeing her 'cry'. Well my fingers, arms, legs and toes are crossed for Molly!!

Hi there trying to find out what my girl staffy has developed this afternoon. Our boy is currently being treated for a wandering dew rash and secondary infection with a cortesone injection and atibiotics however we have notice that our girl has a heap of littl lumps on her back, mainly on her rump area. It's like acne or a lot of mozzie bites. Didn't know if it was from the two playing together (often they get a couple of sraps etc) or hot spots. I've never encountered hot spots before but have heard people mention them often on DOL. They came up quite quickly this afternoon and looked like mozzie bites then turned more into pimply type sores (only small) they got fairly inflamed where you could notice the fur sticking up where the bump was but it seems to have gone down now. Thought it might have been a bit of a mozzie attack with the heat we had yesterday in Newcastle and the rain today or maybe it was just due to the heat?? Any suggestions on what it might be would be great. Hoping it will have gone away by the morning

Well we're back from the vet and when he saw the boys belly he said "oh boy you're a mess" so he's had a cortesone injection and is on antibiotics for 4weeks as he has a secondary infection from all of his scratching. Anyway, here's hoping it sorts him out. He'll be getting another bath tonight as he's starting to get a bit stinky.

Thanks Calliech We're off to the vet tomorrow. I've been washing him in the aloveen and he seems much more relaxed after this. He actually seems a lot chirpier today. I was getting quite worried as he often sat with his ears pinned back constantly licking his nose which I think is a sign of anxiety but he hasn't done that in a few days. He has had all of those skin tests you mentioned. When we first got him as a pup he had demodectic (sp) mange which we treated and cleared up but he was still always ichy and seemed like he had dandruff (the vet said this was cause he was oily??). We've tried diet and we cleared ALL of the wanding jew from our own yard (it's a bast*rd) and he was going really well - UNTIL we took him to our friends place which had HEAPS of wandering jew up the back. When we got home I noticed his belly was covered in heaps of little blisters or pimples and I remembered that the vet mentioned this is what to look for with wandering jew allergies so I'm pretty certain that's whats caused it. The one thing that does annoy me a bit with the vet and his itchyness is she keeps putting it down to him being a blue staffy and basically gives the impression of "thats just the way it is!!" But we'll see how they are tomorrow.

Hi Just reading through the posts with interest as my staffy has always had really sensitive skin (as a lot of them do). We just had him going well with no rashes, scabs and no chewing/licking/scratching himself and his fur was starting to thicken up and then we took him to a friends house for the weekend and he found a massive patch of wandering dew to hang around in. As you could imagine a rash flared up pretty severely and it just won't clear up - I don't think the humid days we've been having has helped. It's been over 3 weeks now and I'm washing him twice a week to sooth the itches and heat etc and using an oatmeal shampoo the vet recommended. I was just wondering if this Hexal that everyones speaking about would benefit him He won't leave himself alone which doesn't allow his skin to heal - would a cortizone injection help do you think?? We give him Omega3 oil suppliments as suggested, he gets sardines with his dinner, I've been putting vitamin e oil on his scaby bits to heal them (he absolutly LOVES eating the empty gel capsuls - strange thing) and rubbing an anti-inflamitory cream (can't remember what it's called) that the vet gave me for the next time he got a rash. I just want him to leave himself alone for long enough so his skin can repair. I feel so bad for him, I get eczma and I know how bad itching skin is.