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Chanel

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Okay ladies its me again sorry about all the dog questions. I have read that apple cider vinger helps with dogs coat and helps with itchy skin and  helps keep fleas off. the info I found says to duilate it with water and spray it on your dog and you can mix it in the water or food daily. Has anyone use it? Does it work?

 

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I haven't heard of that, yet alone tried it, but I'd go easy on adding it to food/water so that it doesn't cause an upset tummy. I think if you did it gradually it wouldn't upset or go noticed.

If you have an itchy dog, it can also be allergies. Turns out my dog is allergic to chicken. So, she can't ahve a lot of foods and treats. If she gets it occasioanally it won't hurt her, but if its prolonged, she'll itch like crazy. FWIW...

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I've never heard of spraying the dog with apple cider vinegar, I'm not sure how well that work, and he would just stink. However, we've used apple cider vinegar to help with tear stains (it's a Ph. balance thing) since we got our dog and we can tell the difference. If we forget for a few days, his wrinkles on his face where he tears get really brown and gunky. He gets a splash in his food, it's maybe a teaspoon with the morning and evening feeds. Don't put it in his water, if you decide to do the ACV as it's a lot harder to monitor how much he's actually ingesting. Mixed with food, you can easily tell how much he's ingested, if he eats all his food, he should have also eaten all the ACV. However, the ACV only works if you get the kind that's unfiltered, with the MTHR. You have to buy the cloudy kind, we get Dr. Bragg's.

Also, does your dog have itchy skin or does he have fleas? Two different things. Is he licking his paws a lot? That's usually a good sign of allergies, as opposed to scratching from fleas. This time of year, a lot of dogs will have reactions to pollen and grass, just like humans. But Greendiamond is totally right on the money with chicken, a lot of dogs are actually allergic to chicken. Grains too, unfortunately. If he's not licking his paws a lot, he may just have dry skin, how often do you bathe him?

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They actually have allergy tests for dogs. But, we went to the fancy dog food store and the owner gave us a bunch of samples of various foods to try, and we soon discovered that chicken was the common denominator. The resident pup at the food store is allergic to nearly everything, so the owners have to make him a very special meal, and its a great dane - I bet they spend more on feeding the dog than the family!

Until then it never occured to me that a pet could have an allergy.

I hope you find the right anti-itching remedy!

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If he's itchy and flakey from dry skin, put a tsp of extra virgin olive oil in his food everyday to keep his coat and skin healthy.

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Thanks ladies, relrel he does not lick his paws he is scratching and biting towards his butt. I have looked and found no fleas so far.  I bathe him once a month.

 

Metric I do see white flakes on his  back  and I have been putting fish oil in his food, maybe I should try olive oil instead or can i combine both? 

 

 



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Ive heard that ACV helps with skin issues, so that would make sense but only if ingested, not topically.

I'd consider changing his diet - my Ollie had flakey itchy skin, a rash, and a bald spot. I changed his food and he is now "grain free" but also getting tons of antioxidants, fish oil, glucosamine, etc.. His skin conditions improved and he lost a lil weight (which is good, he was getting chubs). What are you feeding him?

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Xtinastyles he is eating purina puppy chow



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Oy. http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/purina-puppy-chow/

He may be having some allergies to the food - just a hunch.

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Thanks I will look in to it



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Well I found a few fleas when I bathe aires, I did not see any a few days ago, so that is why he has been itchy. Now I hope I can get rid of them before they get out of controlno



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