While this site discusses many things to do with skin allergies, as the home page mentions, allergy to inanimate things and contact allergies, food allergies tend to be the major issues for well kept dogs. But this doesnt mean that a properly supervised and cared...
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January 4, 2016 Jenny
dog allergy
Have you ever seen a dog scrape its bottom on carpet or grass and drag itself along. Yes women particularly find this a bad look, while some others find it humorous. The reality is that its usually some form of medical condition that hasn’t been...
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December 31, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
While its great knowing what anti fungal medications are good for dogs, not all shampoos out there have them. THE TWO MOST COMMON TREATMENT SHAMPOOS active ingredients For a long time there was only Maleseb anti fungal shampoo. It has 20g/L chlorohexidine (anti bacterial) and...
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December 27, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
How the dog fungal infection begins: Primary idiopathic seborrhea (skin disease most common in dogs) is characterized by a defect in keratinization (or cornification) that results in increased scale formation, occasionally excessive greasiness of the skin and hair coat. … WHICH leads to secondary inflammation...
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December 15, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
The previous two blogs looked at what causes fungal disease in dogs, which breeds are most prone and the most regular treatments for dogs. In practical terms, a dog that gets a greasy coat regularly might be more prone to increasing the population of fungal...
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December 9, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
Malassezia dermatitis (dog fungal infection) diagnosis If a vet suspects that your dog has a fungal infection (from their scratching and the appearance of the skin … there are several methods used to determine it Methods of collecting samples for diagnosing yeast dermatitis in dog...
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December 4, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
Causes of dog yeast skin infection As anyone who has showered in a public shower block will know, it is very easy to pick up ‘athletes foot’ or common fungal infections between the toes. This is because the skin is host to many bacteria and...
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November 29, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
Dog Test skin allergy for fungal Dogs can either acquire a fungal infection on its own, or as part of a secondary infection because of a skin allergy. The typical scenario as part of a skin allergy is that contact allergy from grasses makes the...
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November 25, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
Dog skin allergy OR thyroid issue = get Tested While some skin conditions such as a flea infestation are obvious signs of skin allergy and related secondary conditions, many ‘skin allergy’ conditions can actually be things that are more serious and more dangerous to your...
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November 12, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
How does grooming reduce dog allergies? If a dog has food or inhaled allergies, then clipping can still help but not as much as if it is because of contact allergies. For you see that food allergies can still manifest themselves on the feet of...
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October 12, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy, Exercise
One of the major things that many dog owners forget about with their dogs (besides walking them regularly) is their grooming condition. I know a lot of owners that take their dogs out as a celebration (instead of every day) and get their dogs clipped...
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October 5, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy, Happiness
All pruritic dogs (chronic scratching) will usually have these kinds of cheap and extensive tests performed on their first vet visit. NOTE if an obvious sign of a dog allergy is not available then these skin tests are always performed before diet and food allergy...
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September 3, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
Dog Food allergy Diagnostic Tests & dog allergies The reason that I have included the word ALLERGY twice in the heading is the common misdiagnosis and alarmist information from unqualified people about dog food allergies. Contrary to popular opinion, dog food allergies are not the...
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August 18, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy, Nutrition
DOG CONTACT ALLERGY These dog allergies are lumped into the Atopy or Allergic Inhaled Dermatitis dog allergies as discussed previously and the total allergy group is believed to be in about 3% to 15% of ALL dogs. As described in detail in a previous article,...
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August 13, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
Blood tests can be used to find what your dog might be allergic to in food, but they are often classed as inconclusive. The rast test that we will look at in later articles on this site is one such test, but the complexity of...
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August 8, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
Dog allergies from food are the LEAST common cause of dog allergies with about ten percent of dogs suffer who suffer an allergy being directly from a FOOD allergy. It is the third most common cause behind flea bite allergies and atopy (inhalant allergies) So...
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August 5, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
Flea Allergy Dermatitis on dogs Unlike the complex process of allergen reactions in the dogs body, Flea bite allergies are simply caused by the anticoagulant the flea has in its saliva to prevent the blood from clotting as it is sucking blood out of the...
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July 21, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy
The Full process that causes dog allergies of the skin When a particle is going to cause an allergy in a dog, it is usually because it touches its skin or is inhaled for the first time and causes the body to produce antibodies. This...
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July 17, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy, TOTAL
Dog allergy fixes I learned from my dog Something that you should be aware about with a strongly allergic dog is that besides having a long suffering life and potentially compromising how long they live. If they have a strong allergy to one or two...
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June 26, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy, Happiness
The following are a reasonably complete list of likely symptoms of allergies in dogs. This article is the base article of bad reactions that dogs can have to allergies, more detail on each specific reaction will be dealt with later They are not in any...
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June 23, 2015 Jenny
dog allergy, Happiness
