Allergy in dogs Part III
In previous entries of this Allergy topic,I wrote about what it is,how it is activated, what the cause can be, how you can differ from food intolerance, and how you can do the Elimination diet to find the culprit if the possible cause was food. In this entry,I like to write about some more possibilities other than the possible cause: flea/bug bite,contact,atopy, and food,which I wrote in previous entries.
Thing comes to my mind other than above cause are...
* When you bathe your dog,you did not rinse off the soap off from your dog very good,and remained soap
can cause itchy skin (Remember to rinse off the soap until you hear the squeaky sound)
* When you bathe your dog,you did not dry the fur throughly,and the fur was kept dump and cause itchy skin (I love using my dandy pet hair air dryer called "Air force commander dryer". It is very loud noise and it scares the dog first but,with clicker training, eventually,dog can stay still until the fur dry very good. Combine with this dryer usage,I love using Rinse ace grooming towel that suck up quite a lot of water from dog.)
* Boredom,stress,anxiety, something emotional
If it were stress or boredom was chew/licking cause, you can go for nice long walk or a bit of jog with your dog or play fetch ball/Frisbee in your yard etc work good. This is not just for dogs but it is good for you as well,not only you can make your bond stronger but also you can exercise.
* Not much omega3 in the dog's meal. If the meal was lack in omega3,you may see a little dandruff/flaky skin.Dry skin can cause itchy skin as well. In this case,you can either feed omega3 rich fish such as Salmon,sardine,Mackerel or feed more fatty meat into the meal. Also,you can bump up the omega3 by adding the fish body oil capsules into the meal.
** I know that Grizzly salmon oil is often found on the market pretty easily,but please read its label of the bottle. This salmon oil contains Omega6 as well,which I personally feel that you do not need to add if your dog had enough amount of omega6 and just need to bump up the omega3 amount.I think that finding the fish body oil that provides omega3 only would benefit better than the one that has combo oil in.
To see the chart how much omega6 in the particular oil,click here.This one has 1 part of omega6 against 8-10 part of omega3.Approximately 50-300mg of omega6 in the oil for dosage against 500-2500mg of omega3 for dosage.Read more.
* When I was looking about licking/chewing related to allergy,I found one more possible cause called "Lick granulomas". You can read what it is here.
So, dog's scratching,licking,chewing are not something you can find the possible cause for easily. I think that quite detective work with patience seem to be needed. I think that keeping journals while you are trying to find the cause would probably make your detective work easier.
Please do not use this Allergy series entries as substitute of your dog's diagnose for itchy skin.I am not a vet nor nutritionist.Please consult with your vet to look into your dog's allergy problems.
Thing comes to my mind other than above cause are...
* When you bathe your dog,you did not rinse off the soap off from your dog very good,and remained soap
can cause itchy skin (Remember to rinse off the soap until you hear the squeaky sound)
* When you bathe your dog,you did not dry the fur throughly,and the fur was kept dump and cause itchy skin (I love using my dandy pet hair air dryer called "Air force commander dryer". It is very loud noise and it scares the dog first but,with clicker training, eventually,dog can stay still until the fur dry very good. Combine with this dryer usage,I love using Rinse ace grooming towel that suck up quite a lot of water from dog.)
* Boredom,stress,anxiety, something emotional
If it were stress or boredom was chew/licking cause, you can go for nice long walk or a bit of jog with your dog or play fetch ball/Frisbee in your yard etc work good. This is not just for dogs but it is good for you as well,not only you can make your bond stronger but also you can exercise.
* Not much omega3 in the dog's meal. If the meal was lack in omega3,you may see a little dandruff/flaky skin.Dry skin can cause itchy skin as well. In this case,you can either feed omega3 rich fish such as Salmon,sardine,Mackerel or feed more fatty meat into the meal. Also,you can bump up the omega3 by adding the fish body oil capsules into the meal.
** I know that Grizzly salmon oil is often found on the market pretty easily,but please read its label of the bottle. This salmon oil contains Omega6 as well,which I personally feel that you do not need to add if your dog had enough amount of omega6 and just need to bump up the omega3 amount.I think that finding the fish body oil that provides omega3 only would benefit better than the one that has combo oil in.
To see the chart how much omega6 in the particular oil,click here.This one has 1 part of omega6 against 8-10 part of omega3.Approximately 50-300mg of omega6 in the oil for dosage against 500-2500mg of omega3 for dosage.Read more.
* When I was looking about licking/chewing related to allergy,I found one more possible cause called "Lick granulomas". You can read what it is here.
So, dog's scratching,licking,chewing are not something you can find the possible cause for easily. I think that quite detective work with patience seem to be needed. I think that keeping journals while you are trying to find the cause would probably make your detective work easier.
Please do not use this Allergy series entries as substitute of your dog's diagnose for itchy skin.I am not a vet nor nutritionist.Please consult with your vet to look into your dog's allergy problems.
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