MiaFurrow&HenryWrinkler

Hi Everyone Thanks so very much for all your advice. I am keeping them on steamed vegies (carrots/sugar snaps/beans/brocolli and cauliflour ) and also chicken until I can see an improvement. Will keep you all informed. Also I will get some pics on here as I have discovered most of what we have taken is them sleeping !!! (they try to eat the camera when they are awake) Mel, Mia and Henry

Hi Everyone Thanks so very much for all your advice. I am keeping them on steamed vegies (carrots/sugar snaps/beans/brocolli and cauliflour ) and also chicken until I can see an improvement. Will keep you all informed. Also I will get some pics on here as I have discovered most of what we have taken is them sleeping !!! (they try to eat the camera when they are awake) Mel, Mia and Henry

Hi Showdog the breeder recommended eukanuba however they dont like it. I have them on the supercoat biscuits, they eat them and apparently like them. I will try fish for them, I have given them salmon and dory before, grilled and plain and they loved it. Can you recommend a great quality fish based dog food if there is one or do you recomend they take fish oil tabs or just have fresh fish? Hi badboyz I have just come backfrom the vet and they tested for mites, its negative. They are now suggesting cortisone pills for a couple weeks and have told me its excema. I just want one correct diagnosis!! The vets are probably just as confused as me as the breed seems to have a comprehensive range of possible health issues! Do you have any advice for the treatment of doggie excema? they have also told me to exclude wheat, and check if the protopet has wheat in it. I am really not keen on giving them more drugs of any kind but as a short term relief I feel i have no choice. I would prefer to cook for them myself at this stage, at least i can keep it pure and monitor what may cause these inflammations if it is excema. I just want my babies to be happy, comfy and healthy but between 3 vets I have been given 3 different diagnosis' for the same symptons... its hard to know what is right. Im reading every book and website i can, any advice is so very very appreciated. I know I have alot of questions and Im grateful for anyones time to consider my queries, I originally thought I was prepared for the breed after waiting 10 yrs and reading all about them. Clearly it was the practical experience I was missing that really counts!!! Mel, Mia and Henry

Hi thanks for the reply. I have had the name Henry Wrinkler in my head for 10 years while I waited for the right time to get a sharpei and Mia Furrow was created by a friend, a suitable match I think! Furrow Fawcett was another name we came up with, but Mia suits Mia. They have not been tested for mites, I am about to take them to the vet as I also have been getting a rash on and off between my fingers and through 'googling' I have discovered it may very well be mites. I thought it was just from them chomping on me as they do! Do you think it would hurt them to bath them for mites anyway if the vet here cant decide what it is again? I feed them LOTS ! I spoil them rotten!! They have lamb shanks a couple times a week, steamed vegies, supercoat biscuits for pups (they didnt like the eukanuba) and also protopet pet polony stuff. They will not eat canned food, cant blame them really after me giving them shanks!! They are 5 months old nearly and just the absolute joy of our lives! I cant get hold of the breeder at the moment as she is on holidays. thanks so much Mel, Mia and Henry

Hi, Im wondering if anyone can help with a query. My 2 babies Henry and Mia (sharpeis) have a spotty skin condition, they have both been on antibiotics for nearly 4 weeks, much to my dismay. The skin has not improved, infact Henry's has gotten worse and now he has taken to chomping on his hind legs to relieve the itch. I live in rural WA and I am sure the vets here are not properly versed in Sharpei care as they have missed this as a condition and just said it was normal. I bath them with Malaseb up to twice a week (we have lots of red dirt here) and Im about to try resisoothe as a 'leave in conditioner'. The vet who put them on the antibiotic was from Perth and they said it was folliculitis. It is now on their legs, where it used to be only on their backs. The spots are smaller than a centimetre but there are many now. I am terribly worried Im may be missing something like a mite or worse, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mel